Bail out or not....mat8s i have a question

[bigjava]

yesterday i was half a way between an enemy airfield and a frendly base.
my engine collapsed, and i was about 3K alt... enought to bail out.

In this one case is better take a ditch or try to use parachute...  
And in case it's better bail out , Is there a way to esteem if im going to be captured before i'll jump from my airplane:rolleyes:...
  be captured or be safe depends from what....  proximity to field and stucture or closeness to GV,   enemy/frendly force:confused:

Plz clear my dubts Thanks

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by bigjava
In this one case is better take a ditch or try to use parachute...

If you try to dead-stick land it, you will increase your knowledge of your plane, in particular, and the difficulties of landing without power, in general.

If you bail, you gain nothing.

- oldman

[Soulyss]

Like Oldman said most would consider it better to try a dead stick landing if for no other reason than to learn how your plane handles with damage, which may come in handy when you actually have a chance to make it back to base.  

A "sucessful bail", "ditch", or "capture" depends on proximity to enemy fields or ships.  If you have a friendly field closer you will ditch/bail if enemy fields are closer you will be captured.  


Also if you care about score you will get less of a penalty for a ditch than for bailing out.  


On the other hand a lot of people just like to pop a cold one and ride their flaming wrecks into the ground and go out in a blaze of glory.

[fffreeze220]

Augering gets u a fresh plane quicker.
Game the game. Who cares about score.
I only deadstick to the next field if i have a fair ammount of scalps (kills)

[wetrat]

Since there are no trees to contend with when ditching, I'd just put her down at the flattest spot I could find. I generally don't bother bailing.

[bigjava]

Thankz mat8s:cool: