dunadan Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Was flying a quick mission last night and while making a head on pass on a Mi-24 he hosed me good with his nose gun, taking out one engine completely and damaging the other one. I jettisoned my stores but was mushing down into a hill, and when the plane was obviously not going to make the turn, I punched out at the very last second, sure I was going to be a smear on the hillside. Somehow my chute opened and my once proud steed crashed about 50m away and burned merrily. I was walking around a bit thanking my lucky stars when the fire went out. On a whim I walked over to the hulk and got into the cockpit, when I noticed the charred cockpit had 'converted' into an A model after the crash! I know its probably just an un-updated texture carried over from FC2 or something, but I thought it was funny. It did bring an idea into my head though . . . I know it would be a waste of ED's effort, and we have FC2 for the A-10A, but wouldn't it be awesome if we had the A-10A in this sim too and could fly the same mission in both to experience the enhancements in a head-on compare?
GGTharos Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Why on earth are you attacking a helicopter from any other altitude than nearly right on top of it? :P [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Stretch Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Going to fathom a guess here ... He was playing the first mission of Devil's Cross. The mission has you checking in with JTAC after crossing a ridge line, and NOT engaging in any air-to-air, but there are a pair of Hinds strafing friendly ground troops that appear as easy pickins for the easily-distracted pilot. Anyway, in that mission the cloud base is about 4,000, making top-down attacks unfeasible. I suppose the correct answer in this case is "skip it." EDIT: Or "fox two." Tim "Stretch" Morgan 72nd VFW, 617th VFS Other handles: Strikeout (72nd VFW, 15th MEU Realism Unit), RISCfuture (BMS forums) PC and Peripherals: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RISCfuture/saved/#view=DMp6XL Win10 x64 — BMS — DCS — P3D
dunadan Posted March 8, 2011 Author Posted March 8, 2011 Why on earth are you attacking a helicopter from any other altitude than nearly right on top of it? :P Obviously, I was learning a valuable lesson about not attacking helicopters head-on! :pilotfly: It wasn't part of Devil's cross, it was just a quick mission. I saw the Mi-24 on my ingress and while I was lining up was suddenly surrounded by a huge stream of tracers . . . was a real 'Woah ****!' moment! I swear I ducked in my chair. This sim is a fantastic achievement, I look forward to many years of development (and my continued patronage) to this series!
DocSigma Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Obviously, I was learning a valuable lesson about not attacking helicopters head-on! :megalol: Ryzen9 5800X3D, Gigabyte Aorus X570 Elite, 32Gb Gskill Trident DDR4 3600 CL16, Samsung 990 Pr0 1Tb Nvme Gen4, Evo860 1Tb 2.5 SSD and Team 1Tb 2.5 SSD, MSI Suprim X RTX4090 , Corsair h115i Platinum AIO, NZXT H710i case, Seasonic Focus 850W psu, Gigabyte Aorus AD27QHD Gsync 1ms IPS 2k monitor 144Mhz, Track ir4, VKB Gunfighter Ultimate w/extension, Virpil T50 CM3 Throttle, Saitek terrible pedals, RiftS
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