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Old 09-11-2011, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by rfa View Post
Another observation:
Crashlanded a Blenheim "gear-up" on an upslope, only to have it slide back down the hill tail first - at a decent rate I might add.
I had a simular thing happen.. spawned in a Spitfire.. it started to spin.. held the breaks until it stopped spinning.. than released the breaks and it remained still..

Than I fired up the engine, let it warm up a bit.. started to roll and the plane fliped up into the air and landed upside down..

The spawn point was near the edge of the runway and the plane landed upside down on the slope.. and it too started to slide DOWN the hill upside down..

So.. something seems up with either the ground physics or the plane ground contact physics..

The good news is the plane did not slide UP the hill
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