Why is it a ditch if you land on your battleship?

[mars01]

Last night for one sortie I was kicking prettythang for a change lol.

Then they killed they carrier.  6 kills in my FM2 and too far to fly for my tastes to land em.  So I thought, we'll I've seen alot of posts in the past about guys landing on the Battle Ship.

So I said what do I have to lose.  I got about 100 ft off the deck slowed her down to about 150 knts then brougth her up behind the Battleship nice and slowly.

As I got here just behind the stern I started to bring her down as I approached the deck I got her at the speed of the boat cut the throttle and she stcuk like glue.  

.ef and the next thing I know I'm in the tower and it said I ditched WHAAAAAAAAAAA.

lol.

Was fun to do tho.

[TBolt A-10]

Originally posted by mars01
Last night for one sortie I was kicking prettythang for a change lol.

Then they killed they carrier.  6 kills in my FM2 and too far to fly for my tastes to land em.  So I thought, we'll I've seen alot of posts in the past about guys landing on the Battle Ship.

So I said what do I have to lose.  I got about 100 ft off the deck slowed her down to about 150 knts then brougth her up behind the Battleship nice and slowly.

As I got here just behind the stern I started to bring her down as I approached the deck I got her at the speed of the boat cut the throttle and she stcuk like glue.  

.ef and the next thing I know I'm in the tower and it said I ditched WHAAAAAAAAAAA.

lol.

Was fun to do tho.

nice landing.

but, why wouldn't it be a ditch? I mean, if you land on the grass within the boundaries of your airfield, or park your aircraft 2 feet from the runway & you get stuck with a ditch , you should probably be awarded a ditch for landing ON THE WRONG BOAT!  

I wish HTC would fix the ditch parameters.

[mars01]

Thx.

Yeah I gues I can understand that.  It would be cool tho .

[Adogg]

I'm going to sound incredulous for a minute - not trying to make you feel bad.

You land on a ship other than your carrier and you wonder why its a ditch???




...can't ..... stop .....laughing.....oh the pain!!!

simple answer - land a plane anywhere that a time consuming recovery or repair of the aircraft is necessary and you'll likely get a "ditched" statement. Battleships tend to be one of those places.

[mars01]

Yeah but for such a feat pulling off something like that they should throw us a bone as a simple reward and at least agive us a successful landing.

I just think it is something cool and would be a fun option, especially when the carriers are so easily killed.

[Mugzeee]

Originally posted by Adogg
I'm going to sound incredulous for a minute - not trying to make you feel bad.......................... ............................. ............................. ............................. ..................

simple answer - land a plane anywhere that a time consuming recovery or repair of the aircraft is necessary and you'll likely get a "ditched" statement. Battleships tend to be one of those places.

What we have here is a "Game Play Issue"
And for morale sakes...id say give it a sucessfull landing...same for Landing within the paramaters of an airfield. After all......
Not trying to be a bad person here.
But are we saying that WWll fighters were not able to land on grass without damage? Get Real!
Probably more than half the MA planeset  were capable of landing on grass with no damage in the "Real World".
Not trying to be a bad person here.

[BlueJ1]

Honestly, I dont wana be in the rear turret of a cruiser when some hobo tries to crash land into it. Sorta like a friendly kamikazee.... (and Im pretty sure I spelled that wrong so dont bother with the flame)

[mars01]

LOL a plane wouldn't even scratch the turret.

[BlueJ1]

what about the deck guns ??

[X2Lee]

Originally posted by mars01
LOL a plane wouldn't even scratch the turret.

yEAH BUT HE CALLED YOU A "HOBO"

[BlueJ1]

A few more words would come out of my mouth if someone crashed their airplane into a cruiser just becasue he didnt want to get his feet wet.

[mars01]

There was no crash, I landed no damage no crash.

Plus and here is the big suprise  -  Are  you ready -


Its A Game Fk Nuts

[sax]

If you can get out in friendly territory with plane intact it should be a safe landing.
Land on the runway and flip flop with gear missing and its safe not a ditch--go figure.
Mars is dead right , no damage , friendly territory , walking distance to the crapper , about as safe as it gets , which was the point of the post.

[MOIL]

Originally posted by mars01
There was no crash, I landed no damage no crash.

Plus and here is the big suprise  -  Are  you ready -


Its A Game Fk Nuts

Game  or  Sim  ?

I've been instructed many times that this is a flight "Sim" not a flight "Game"  
With that in mind let's see what the others have to say, then we'll let ya know if it's acceptable to land on a boat instead of the carrier.  I'm pretty sure if it's a "Sim" you would have to land your A/C on the carrier, BUT, if it's a "Game" I say set'er down on the boat or crusier or water tower..................

[Jackal1]

In real life has  there ever been an instance of a  plane landing on a battleship?