150GCT_Veltro Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 0.40'' airfield flooded takeoff. It would be probably too much but we have never seen somenthing like this in a flight sim . 7
Chief_Mouser Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 Nice! Hadn't seen that before. Looking at what happened to the first a/c it's probably just as well we don't have to cope with those conditions. Here's something similar - a P-39 in the Aleutians. Cheers.
ARM505 Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 You'd have thought a Duck would be at home with that much water. Jokes aside, I'm not really sure what they thought would happen - I mean, it looks kind of like it was a pretty obvious risk, even with a war going on, why break a plane like that? I've operated from fields with that much mud and water in a DHC6 Twin Otter (Twotter!) but it's a) a STOL aircraft, and b) we fitted them with the 'high flotation' tires, which are bigger and can ride over mud and water better, despite your tires giving no grip or directional assistance. It's really tough, and we broke Turbine Daks in the same conditions in exactly the same way as the video. Maybe I can dig up some of the photo's. But yeah, obvious nose-over was obvious.
ZachariasX Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 I can do this without all the water on the runway!
Blooddawn1942 Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 That's impressive and reminds me, that we have all the time the best possible conditions. No worn up aircraft. No such bad airfields. And also the weather conditions are never as challenging as in real life.
Inkophile Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 You'd have thought a Duck would be at home with that much water. Jokes aside, I'm not really sure what they thought would happen - I mean, it looks kind of like it was a pretty obvious risk, even with a war going on, why break a plane like that? I've operated from fields with that much mud and water in a DHC6 Twin Otter (Twotter!) but it's a) a STOL aircraft, and b) we fitted them with the 'high flotation' tires, which are bigger and can ride over mud and water better, despite your tires giving no grip or directional assistance. It's really tough, and we broke Turbine Daks in the same conditions in exactly the same way as the video. Maybe I can dig up some of the photo's. But yeah, obvious nose-over was obvious. Well, with a war going on they can't just stop flying because it's been raining, and with "not so permanent" airfields the surfaces are generally kind'a crap. Suppose that they could gravel-fill the pits they find , but other than that it's tricky business. The Americans of course added their "grating" to Pacific airfields to firm up the ground, but difference there is that because of the vast distances those airfields became more or less permanent, so it was worth the time and effort. That Duck will probably be relatively easy to repair. Prop will have to be replaced, the engine, prop pitch governor and reduction gears a thorough control, the undercarriage as well, and the wing root will probably need inspection to be on the safe side, but I am quite certain that the plane still is air-worthy. It's supposed to handle quite the G-loads, damage and hard landings after all, so the airframe should be fine. Only questions are the engine and undercarriage, and both can be replaced.
216th_Lucas_From_Hell Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Most of the time air forces did close shop under horrible weather. There is a war to fight, but if the weather is so bad that you can't take off, navigate, find targets, attack targets and land properly then putting up a flight equals almost guaranteed non-combat losses for little gain.
Inkophile Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Most of the time air forces did close shop under horrible weather. There is a war to fight, but if the weather is so bad that you can't take off, navigate, find targets, attack targets and land properly then putting up a flight equals almost guaranteed non-combat losses for little gain. However in this circumstance they could take off (only one plane in the entire flight failed to do so), and that was the only issue with the weather. The flying-weather was definitely good enough to pose no issues.
Jade_Monkey Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Nice find! Is it me or the area closer to the camera had a lot less water? It looks like he found the worst path to take off.
NETSCAPE Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 That's impressive and reminds me, that we have all the time the best possible conditions. No worn up aircraft. No such bad airfields. And also the weather conditions are never as challenging as in real life. Play single player, you actually might get caught in a storm and have to land in gnarly cross-winds. Most multiplayer weather is too dull.
Guest deleted@30725 Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Humm. Only one tried to takeoff in the water and it failed. The rest took off on dry patches. That p39 was certainly brave.
AndyJWest Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 That p39 was certainly brave. Or possibly foolish. I don't think muddy water going through the air intake is going to do the engine a lot of good.
1CGS LukeFF Posted October 14, 2017 1CGS Posted October 14, 2017 German fighters liked to go off-roading too.
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