night and rainy.

iamcow · #1 03-25-2011, 09:10 PM

Has anyone managed to land their plane in a cta when its at night and rainy on cta? You know, the mode where you're 100% blind under the clouds.

One thing that's a shame is the real lack of instruments. I mean, sure you can find the runway on radar an more or less line up with it, but the thing's never at 0ft. So i crash.

So just wondering - any hints for landing completely by instruments on arcade/realistic or even sim? I think it'd be quite useful vs guys who insist on using an il 10 or bomber - theyd crash before they can strafe me properly.

themeistor1 · #2 03-26-2011, 04:51 PM

eat plenty of carrots

bobbysocks · #3 03-26-2011, 05:13 PM

drop a bomb or rocket or crash once on the field to give you a reference. the flaming wreck ought to give you a good visual.

iamcow · #4 03-26-2011, 09:16 PM

awesome. never thought of that - ill give it a go

McQ59 · #5 03-27-2011, 10:03 AM

I've witnessed Davedog land his Spitfire blind on Tempelhof. Instruments only in realistic mode/CTA. It's by far the most impressing I've ever seen anyone do in BoP.

KAV · #6 03-27-2011, 11:12 AM

Davedog is awsome in his Spit. He has even landed it, in realistic, at the roof at Tempelhof.
I have tried and failed a million times at that.

I havent tried to land at night in rain, have to give at go tonight......

The_Stapler · #7 03-27-2011, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by KAV

Davedog is awsome in his Spit. He has even landed it, in realistic, at the roof at Tempelhof.
I have tried and failed a million times at that.

I havent tried to land at night in rain, have to give at go tonight......

I can land on templehof, outside the reichstag and the brandenburg gate, but only in a Po-2 in sim. The stall seems much more forgiving. Never tried a spitfire though, must be tough...