WTF?

Leo · Post by **Leo** » 2007-03-31 03:19

Today, I was minding my own business, flying around in my blackhawk, going to insert a sniper on top of the Hotel roof at Basrah, I'm almost there and suddenly an A-10 flies under me, clips me, and blows up, I manage to stay alive, just lose some rudder, but I get that sniper on top of there, all is good right? Well, I'm flying to the helipad for repairs, and boom, another A-10 (Snyp3r_Jesus I think) rams me from behind and tries to blame it on me by saying I shouldn't be flying on top of the runway, well, I was flying perpendicular to the runway, and got hit from behind, what the hell? Just thought it was a funny story.

youm0nt · Post by **youm0nt** » 2007-03-31 03:39

You crazy pilots... Stick to the ground

Animalmother · Post by **Animalmother** » 2007-03-31 04:56

Im gonna go ahead and guess this was on the devfile server...

and desertfox was the pilots jk llol

ReadMenace · Post by **ReadMenace** » 2007-03-31 05:17

Why don't you complain to DesertFox about it? Though, in my experience, Snyper Jesus is a nice guy.

Sandy_Beret · Post by **Sandy_Beret** » 2007-03-31 08:32

sounds like good grounds for litigation, to me - wear a neck brace to court

Post by **Cheeseman** » 2007-03-31 08:32

Will to be quite honest, the runway accident was really your fault. The A-10 is a fast moving aircraft and has to rearm and repair by landing and flying over the runway, but on the other hand the UH-60 Blackhawk is a slower moving aircraft which can hover at one spot. So while you have the ability to hover, land at any appropriate location, and fly in reverse direction, the A-10 does not. The A-10 has only forward control while in the air and at high average game speeds as 700 km/h it is much harder to control such a large airplane. Therefore you’re the one who has to look at the minimap and check for traffic before you move "perpendicular" to the path of the runway where a possible A-10 could be taking off or landing.

Leo · Post by **Leo** » 2007-03-31 12:04

Yes, but my point is that he hit me from behind, and yes, the A-10 is fast moving, and the mini-map is small, so what wasn't there a second ago, could be there the next. He didn't land or anything, he flew from behind me. Even if he was landing/taking off, he had plenty of clearence. Not trying to say he did it on purpose (which at first I thought he did since it was the second A-10 to crash into me), just thought it was a funny story.

Post by **Mongolian_dude** » 2007-03-31 14:18

I'd say 90% of all air accidents in PR, involving fixed wing aircraft are totaly the jets fault.
They got the speed and manouverability so they chose where and when.

...mongol...

Post by **bosco_** » 2007-03-31 14:23

This is one of the things why I prefer to stay with my feet on the ground in PR.
It's very stressfull to fly in PR because you will get shot at when landing to repair/rearm and so on.
Also, teamkilling for planes and choppers is somehow more annoying then in vBF2.

Salustro · Post by **Salustro** » 2007-03-31 14:26

I agree with you mongol, if not 90 then 95% a jet or A-10 should know where it's flying and too should the blackhawk, but the A-10 I've always experienced can usually see the Blackhawk before the BH sees him.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-03-31 14:30

There has been a lot of complaints from the devfile server being posted on the "PR Forums"!!!

Isn't there a Devfile complaint thread!?

Either DesertFox ain't doing the right thing and controlling these people, or he spends too much time on these forums.

WNxLT7 · Post by **WNxLT7** » 2007-03-31 15:37

I was there when this happened and i lol'd. It was totally jesus's fault and he was being a total **** that entire round.

eddie · Post by **eddie** » 2007-03-31 16:41

The solution to not hitting anything in a jet is simple. CTRL+ mouse left and right movements. That's how you avoid hitting someone else when flying low-level or turning a corner, look! The number one rule of flying: LOOK OUT!

Blackhawk 5 · Post by **Blackhawk 5** » 2007-03-31 16:56

Despite my crazy flying habbits ive never been rammed by an A-10 transporting players. NEVER. So kids obey the traffic rules. Look both ways, stop on red, etc. etc.

Leo · Post by **Leo** » 2007-03-31 18:35

This isn't so much a complaint as a tale of a funny story, I'm still in disbelief that two A-10s thought fit to sacrifice themselves on me.

Another thing, the BH pilot (especially when he is about to land) does not have much situational awarness, he can't press CNTRL-Look or he'll crash (and in my case I can't anyways, I have a HOTAS setup) and bringing up the map will take away from your concentration. The A-10 has plenty of time to pull up.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-04-01 02:58

Fly over the Runway once before landing. Would you jump off a cliff, knowing not if there was water there?

Leo · Post by **Leo** » 2007-04-05 23:54

No, but would you expect a hand glider to slam into your side on its way for a landing?

Viper5 · Post by **Viper5** » 2007-04-06 00:04

Yeah most crashes are jet's fault, tho I've had my share of morons who thought that my rearming A10 on landing strip was a rearm point and landed on the A10...

Leo · Post by **Leo** » 2007-04-06 02:56

'[R-PUB wrote:Viper5']Yeah most crashes are jet's fault, tho I've had my share of morons who thought that my rearming A10 on landing strip was a rearm point and landed on the A10...

Hahahaha