Kamikaze Sub Hunters

VonGlaus · 09-18-09, 11:31 AM

So, it's December 43 and I'm cruising to the South China Sea when a report of a giant convoy comes through. Turn south to intercept. Suddenly my radar guy reports an aircraft heading straight towards me. I do a quick dive, level off deep and jump to the external camera (I just gotta watch).

Here comes a nice twin-engine bomber, dives and drops on my last seen position, then does a backflip and smashes into the ocean! It happened so fast I didn't even think to get a screenshot. There's a nice red sunken-ship icon now where he went down.

I dunno, maybe he thought he dropped on his own side, and crashed instead of going home to explain. Come to think of it, there might have been a RR painted on the side of the fuselage...

TMO 1.7 and RSRDC

Rockin Robbins · 09-18-09, 02:29 PM

Wasn't me! I'm wearing stripes and bustin' rocks!

09-18-09, 02:51 PM

Odd, this AM detected two aircraft on radar but shortly after that and before I could crash dive, one disappeared and a grey sunken ship icon replaced it. This about 100 nm north-east from Wewak in mid-June '42.

The remaining aircraft never closed and soon flew off to the west and out of SD coverage. I never got a visual and sailed over to the sunken ship icon but found nothing.

Same sort of event I wonder?

Armistead · 09-18-09, 02:59 PM

That's a bug that happens from time to time. Usually they hit the water before they pull out of a dive resulting in 100 flips per seconds. Sometimes it just happens. Planes can do strange things. I even caught the famous japanese stuntman Nochuta Wingawalka performing his act.

Armistead · 09-18-09, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Wasn't me! I'm wearing stripes and bustin' rocks!

Lucky they didn't shoot you. You'll have a few hundred wives to answer to when you get out.

09-18-09, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

I even caught the famous japanese stuntman Nochuta Wingawalka performing his act.

Maybe he just did a go-around trying to land on his carrier and accidentally picked up the poor Landing Officer or honourable flight deck sweeper.

09-18-09, 11:31 AM	#1
VonGlaus Gunner Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 92 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Kamikaze Sub Hunters So, it's December 43 and I'm cruising to the South China Sea when a report of a giant convoy comes through. Turn south to intercept. Suddenly my radar guy reports an aircraft heading straight towards me. I do a quick dive, level off deep and jump to the external camera (I just gotta watch). Here comes a nice twin-engine bomber, dives and drops on my last seen position, then does a backflip and smashes into the ocean! It happened so fast I didn't even think to get a screenshot. There's a nice red sunken-ship icon now where he went down. I dunno, maybe he thought he dropped on his own side, and crashed instead of going home to explain. Come to think of it, there might have been a RR painted on the side of the fuselage... TMO 1.7 and RSRDC

09-18-09, 02:29 PM	#2
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09-18-09, 02:51 PM	#3
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Odd, this AM detected two aircraft on radar but shortly after that and before I could crash dive, one disappeared and a grey sunken ship icon replaced it. This about 100 nm north-east from Wewak in mid-June '42. The remaining aircraft never closed and soon flew off to the west and out of SD coverage. I never got a visual and sailed over to the sunken ship icon but found nothing. Same sort of event I wonder?

09-18-09, 02:59 PM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	That's a bug that happens from time to time. Usually they hit the water before they pull out of a dive resulting in 100 flips per seconds. Sometimes it just happens. Planes can do strange things. I even caught the famous japanese stuntman Nochuta Wingawalka performing his act.