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Hauksbee

Do aircraft break up in QC?

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Just finished wringing out a Sopwith Pup chasing a gaggle of D.II's. Frequently, well...constantly, I had warnings on screen about exceeding design limits. But the bad news never came to pass. I've had similar with DH-2's and E.III's. I've read of many wing failures by others [i assume they're flying real missions] but I've yet to experience it. Is it just a matter of time or am I safe in QC?

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QC is exactly the same as campaign from that point of view. Many wing failures? Oldham seems to be having a problem but not seen mass reports of wing failures.

Try an Alb DIII early, dive to 180 pull up at 80 degrees or so. Repeat, about 3 or 4 later you should lose one..

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That's a jinx, or how you call that - I have the wing failures Hauksbee doesn't get.

That's not fair!!!

 

PS: I flew much more careful today and brought the lady home in one piece.

Damn hard, to let them SPADs dive away, and not to follow!

Edited by Olham

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Well done Oldham. Yeah that's the main disadvantage of the Albs not good to dive with. Especially not good to dive after a SPAD one of the finest fastest diving machines :)

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That's a jinx, or how you call that - I have the wing failures Hauksbee doesn't get. That's not fair!!!

Well...there you have it: 'God on our side...' and all that sort of thing.

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Maybe Olham’s problem can be traced back to the manufacturer. Some sort of QC issue.

 

Or worse, maybe you have a saboteur in your Jasta! 

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