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Offline Flavel

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Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« on: August 29, 2016, 10:36:15 PM »
Haven't been able to successfully ditch on water.  Anyone else have success?
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Offline Pluto

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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2016, 12:40:17 AM »
I havent tried the water, but a soft slow landing in the grass has had the same result for me
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2016, 01:25:29 AM »
I've landed on grass..off base.
It's do able..I picked a nice looking field for the job..

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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2016, 03:07:01 AM »
Quote from: JimmyC on August 30, 2016, 01:25:29 AM
I've landed on grass..off base.
It's do able..I picked a nice looking field for the job..

But not wheels up, I suppose?
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2016, 05:34:50 AM »
True..wheels down.
 I had been fighting Avanti all night and he said he had tried to land an it was not possible..automatic crash..
So when I ran out of fuel I tried it:..have not tried belly landing though.
Sorry maybe I was missing the point.
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2016, 06:36:23 AM »
Quote from: Flavel on August 29, 2016, 10:36:15 PM
Haven't been able to successfully ditch on water.  Anyone else have success?

Water ditching has so far been impossible in AH3.  Repeated mentions of the problem have fallen on deaf ears.
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2016, 06:40:43 AM »
Quote from: JimmyC on August 30, 2016, 05:34:50 AM
True..wheels down.
 I had been fighting Avanti all night and he said he had tried to land an it was not possible..automatic crash..
So when I ran out of fuel I tried it:..have not tried belly landing though.
Sorry maybe I was missing the point.

'Ditching' in the countryside in RL was generally made with gears up for safety reasons (overturns!), and quite often in AH you have your gear partially or fully damaged.
In this case, any try to ditch off base is a death sentence in AH III so far, no matter where and how.
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2016, 10:15:41 AM »
Quote from: Lusche on August 30, 2016, 06:40:43 AM
'Ditching' in the countryside in RL was generally made with gears up for safety reasons (overturns!), and quite often in AH you have your gear partially or fully damaged.
In this case, any try to ditch off base is a death sentence in AH III so far, no matter where and how.

That explains why I blew up yesterday trying a 1/2 wing ditch.  Was definitely slow enough.   Bummer.  I will miss ditching.  :(
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2016, 01:02:32 PM »
I managed a gear down ditch on Sunday.
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2016, 03:09:21 PM »
It appears it is a fine line...no skid, no bounce...just BOOM. Have had 1 out of MANY attempts....water and land both. Squaddie has had water and beach ditch as well...so it is doable, but just requires a near zero descent rate it appears. Did I mention fine line?
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2016, 03:47:43 PM »
Quote from: Dobs on August 30, 2016, 03:09:21 PM
It appears it is a fine line...no skid, no bounce...just BOOM. Have had 1 out of MANY attempts....water and land both. Squaddie has had water and beach ditch as well...so it is doable, but just requires a near zero descent rate it appears. Did I mention fine line?

You don't have a film of that perchance?
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2016, 04:21:27 PM »
I have had the same experience ditching on water.  BOOM you're dead.
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2016, 04:51:47 PM »
Fixed for the next patch.
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2016, 05:03:27 PM »
Quote from: Lusche on August 30, 2016, 03:47:43 PM
You don't have a film of that perchance?

I may have...but you would have to dig in the footage to find:)

Live stream means I don't usually go back through it:)  So its unedited in all its glory! 
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Re: Ditching on water in AH3 is automatic crash
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2016, 05:07:17 PM »
Quote from: Dobs on August 30, 2016, 05:03:27 PM
I may have...but you would have to dig in the footage to find:)


Not necessary anymore, seeing HTs statement above :)
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