Your most epic A-10 failure

I just got shot down by an Mi-24 helicopter with an AT-6 (anti-tank missile). I'm not sure if he was aiming at me or I just got in the way (I was trying to engage him with sidewinders and got too close), but either way, :(

Anyways, post your most embarrassing/worst-ever A-10 mistake so that we can learn from (read: mock) each other's failures.

I don't need any help from the enemy. Landing with my gear up is the least awesome thing I am likely to ever do.

Getting the message "KC-135 killed Spike with KC-135". Actually I crashed into it while refueling and suddenly our planes broke apart in a nice fireball.

Being sunk in searching infantry on the TGP (CSAR mission without labels) while slowely going into vertical dive and noticing it just before impact.

Dropping a 2000-pounder on myself :music_whistling:

Loaded couple of ka-50's for a sidewinder test in the early days...The game didn't let me win...want my money and my time back ;)

being in the middle between a Su25 in CSAR first mission (behind him) and its hunter F-15....The results? The AIM-120 shot down me!!!:megalol:

Hmmm getting my wing shot off by a BMP, got it stable , flew 50 miles towards closest friendly airport then hydrolics gave away forgot which button/switch to flip (it is a real big one btw hard to miss but oh well) and then crashing 2 miles infront of the runway ... just another day at the DS of the 476th =)

Yesterday I saw on MP someone getting killed by his own Maverick :)

My biggest fail? Hmm, once I had too hard landing which blew all my tires. I started wheel breaking, plane turned 90 degrees, went off runway and crashed directly into a Humvee, and I got kicked for AI teamkill. Hilarious.

the biggest A10 fail I saw was on a Su25 vs A10 server, when a hog gave me a blast with a sidewinder, leaving me heavily damaged in my Su25, the guy thougt I was a write off and turned away, but I still managed the poor Toad to turn and shoved a R73 up his a... , setting him into pieces..

landed the Su with gear up , noseless, fuel leaking and one engine on fire, but stayed alive.

epic.

Losing both wings because of structural damaged coming out of a dive with a heavy plane with 4 cbus and going for a gun run, at a speed of more than 500 knots. Did not make it to base, but I shot and killed that T72.

Step 1: Forget to turn on the RWR.

Step 2: Randomly explode.

The really embarrassing part is doing this more than once.

Yesterday I saw on MP someone getting killed by his own Maverick :)

Oh yes!!!That was me :D

That happens when you have a wrong angle and dive. Once the missile launched it blew on my left wing :doh:

Huge Epic fail :megalol:

Flying a nice tight diamond formation, and while fencing in, and setting up systems I drifted into lead and we both had fun watching the ins align again.

Crashing into my wingman during a formation take-off in the campaign. Oh well, at least the crew chiefs didn't have to go too far to collect all the scrap metal. :music_whistling:

Prepped for takeoff, started rolling. I knew my wingman was also rolling on the right-hand lane of the runway, so I stayed on the left. Took off, stayed straight and level, then banked left to get some distance from him, and KABOOM!

Turned out what what had happened from the track is shortly after takeoff, I drifted over the top of my wingman so he was now on my left instead of on my right where I thought he was. When I banked left to get away from him, I piled straight into him. Take home lesson? Look before you bank when you know a wingman is around :)

Another time I was coming in on one engine in a 15 knot crosswind. First time landing without full systems. Lined up as well as I could, flaps at 30, no speedbrakes, fighting with the rudder and ailerons to keep the TVV on track, sliding all over the approach, and just as I'm crossing the threshold I look to my right and see my wingman coming in at the same time!

Anyway, it seems that my wingman was smart enough to realize I was going to hog the whole runway, because a few seconds later he punched the throttle, aborted his landing and left me to it :)

Touched down a bit hard and wobbly, but brought it back safely. I was stoked :) Unfortunately though, the ground crew refused to talk to me...

Dropping a 2000-pounder on myself :music_whistling:

Yup. Was in a negative-g push and released: bomb floated up into me, BOOM.

Yup. Was in a negative-g push and released: bomb floated up into me, BOOM.

In a spiral dive myself keeping tabs on the bomb on it's way down. A moment's inattention, lost visual on the bomb for a blink and re-acquired a split-second before it came through the canopy.....:lol:

being in the middle between a Su25 in CSAR first mission (behind him) and its hunter F-15....The results? The AIM-120 shot down me!!!:megalol:

that happened to me in FC2... I order wingman to AIM-120 and An-26B and the missile takes just under a second to hit me. my RWR went off..

Step 1: Forget to turn on the RWR.

Step 2: Randomly explode.

The really embarrassing part is doing this more than once.

Hehe.. happened here as well..

Taking off with the canopy up is fun...

Happened to me in multiplayer when the sim first came out, I actually hadn't noticed... but my wingman did!

...This one was staged, but still pretty funny:

Two ship formation flight, lead was flying directly under me with about 150 ft of separation. "Pickle, mk82!" ...BOOOM!!! Blew us both out of the sky :D

I created a refueling mission with multiple AI flights and didn't space the flights of F-15E's far enough behind the tanker and didn't adjust their speed. I was on the boom as they zoomed past the tanker then one came around and attempted to refuel while I was still on the boom. I heard him coming, but thought that he was going to form up, but no, he came right up on my six that that was it.

I once came back from a campaign mission and realized i never put my gear up

Not very epic, but I often forget to turn off the external lights. I've seen some youtube videos as well where people fight the enemy with all lights on. :)

Being sunk in searching infantry on the TGP (CSAR mission without labels) while slowely going into vertical dive and noticing it just before impact.

I have done that once. I finally started using the autopilot while I'm in a bank now.

Was flyinh eariler today...Took a few canon hits from a Mi-24 and saw a reduced fan speed in the right engine. Hit the override (?) switch on the left panel and the rpm's returned to near normal. Got a 'Right Engine Hot' Warning on the panel, but ignored it. I spontaneously combusted about 5-10 minutes later. Not sure, but I think I committed a delayed suicide ignoring the warning.