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HunterICX
03-22-12, 07:03 AM
Well...for starters don't fly it like Oberon :timeout:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcTDwJcO_os

:damn:

Fortunately there where no casualties.

HunterICX
Arclight
03-22-12, 07:09 AM
I'm trying to find the ultimate face-palm image, but I'm not sure anything can adequately cover it.
Herr-Berbunch
03-22-12, 07:50 AM
Turns out it is a fake. It was just Oberon after all -

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3487/captslowapache.jpg
HunterICX
03-22-12, 07:56 AM
:har:

HunterICX
SgtPotato
03-22-12, 11:20 AM
Jesus, that guy got a close call to the Apache's tail. :o
Herr-Berbunch
03-22-12, 11:49 AM
This guy?

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/8964/ah64duck.jpg

Yep, I'd be calling him Lucky right now and asking him to buy me a lottery ticket. :yep:
Oberon
03-22-12, 12:27 PM
:har::har::har:

Guilty as charged, I was hoping you guys wouldn't find out. :oops:
Kptlt. Neuerburg
03-22-12, 12:39 PM
This guy?

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/8964/ah64duck.jpg

Yep, I'd be calling him Lucky right now and asking him to buy me a lottery ticket. :yep: Bet he had to change his pants after that one!
Schroeder
03-22-12, 03:04 PM
Strange behaviour of the chopper after it hit the roof. Looked pretty much to be in stable flying condition, made a nice turn around ....and slammed into the ground....I guess I missed something.:06:
Dowly
03-22-12, 03:13 PM
Don't think it hit the roof, just the ground after the turn.
seaniam81
03-22-12, 03:16 PM
Simple case of pilot showing off for ground troops and breaking the aircraft. There should be some kind of fancy name for it... like calling the Oberon move. :D
flatsixes
03-22-12, 06:52 PM
Simple case of pilot showing off for ground troops and breaking the aircraft. There should be some kind of fancy name for it... like calling the Oberon move. :D

Looks a lot like the "flying bank vault" maneuver. One of my favs in RoF.
Oberon
03-22-12, 09:04 PM
I have pulled moves like that in Black Shark and ARMA, but you need to have a bit more height than he had, plus he turned the wrong way, into his torque rather than using it to turn faster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9FPcA7rNbTs#t=275s

Done right it's very handy for a quick turn...done wrong, and...well... :dead:

Show's how well she's built though for both pilot and gunner to survive that.
Oberon
03-22-12, 09:09 PM
Ah, here we are, basically a Stall Turn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stall_Turn
HunterICX
03-22-12, 09:16 PM
Shown here is what the idiot in the Apache ''tried'' to do, a RTT (''Return to Target''):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRJYu9clZF0

HunterICX
Oberon
03-22-12, 09:33 PM
Aaah, not quite the Stall turn then, it's got a bit more of a curve at the top. Even so with that KW, you can see how close he gets to the ground in the second RTT, the guy knows his chopper. :yep:
SgtPotato
03-23-12, 11:37 AM
We've played way too much in ArmA 2. :O: