Flight...Characteristics?

[KC-10]

Anyone else notice that when you go FASTER your turning radius increases? And when you go slow, you fly like a Harrier hovering without an RCS system. I found it easier to fly a Cessna 152 in real life - and also easier to fly in LOMAC then BF2, which is supposed to have arcade flight dynamics?

[XmetallicaXguitarstX]

Well yeah.. to a point.. like if you just go normal speed with afterburner you will turn tighter, but if you are going too fast IE up high 3,000... yeah. lol

[Chris_Redfield]

Turn diamater is dependant on 2 things.

Airspeed and altitude.

[XmetallicaXguitarstX]

Turn diamater is dependant on 2 things.

Airspeed and altitude.

And gravity.. and surface area on the rudders and stuff like that.. but yeah.. basically, just go full speed. If you are up past like 600 you will have a larger turning radius.

[Chris_Redfield]

BF2! Not real life!:laugh:

In BF2, a jets flight characteristics are determined by the following factors:

Altitude
Airspeed
"Flap angle"
"Flap rotation speed"
"Flap rotation acceleration"

:p

[XmetallicaXguitarstX]

well gravity too.. go into sandbox and up the gravity to like.. 60 or 70.. LOL

[Chris_Redfield]

well gravity too.. go into sandbox and up the gravity to like.. 60 or 70.. LOL

Never thought of that. I havent checked Sandbox, but from my extensive jet file research, I have yet to come across references to gravity. Ive seen "float modifier" and the likes though... Go figure, looks like theres some form of physics in the game afterall.

[XmetallicaXguitarstX]

Yeah with high gravity you turn on the dime

[mardgee]

well gravity too.. go into sandbox and up the gravity to like.. 60 or 70.. LOL

lol i remember mucking around with that with you we just flew up then crashed down from 3000 ft in seconds.

[DOGGiE52]

Yeah with high gravity you turn on the dime

Saw a youtube movie of what you're talking about, was pretty amazing.

[pxr5]

Anyone else notice that when you go FASTER your turning radius increases? And when you go slow, you fly like a Harrier hovering without an RCS system. I found it easier to fly a Cessna 152 in real life - and also easier to fly in LOMAC then BF2, which is supposed to have arcade flight dynamics?

i was on about this recently, i dont use the plane maps now. being bombed by the same plane twice in 5 seconds is too arcade for me, its gotta be realistic and hard. bf2 is aimed at amatures. i think the planes were thrown in for people young and new to gaming.