sound radar is back ... naaaaaaah!

[ATAG_Snapper]

Strange.....there don't seem to be any Spit or Hurri pilots complaining -- and that's shameful! Getting shot down from behind seems a small price to pay for the sake of realism, IMHO.

[Sammi79]

I haven't played in a while, but I can honestly say in 100+ hrs of flying on ATAG servers across the many patches, and being shot down almost every flight, I never heard this sound radar thing. Roughly half the time the first indication that I had an enemy on my 6 was a black screen pilot killed.

The other half I spotted them because I had learned to fly whilst looking backwards 90% of the time and constantly changing course.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Thing is, in my experience, flying with the canopy open or jettisoned makes you more vunerable to being pilot killed.

[Sammi79]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Thing is, in my experience, flying with the canopy open or jettisoned makes you more vunerable to being pilot killed.

I wouldn't know, it's not something I do, same as using flaps at high speed.

[CaptainDoggles]

Seems like 50% of the spit pilots I come across are (ab)using the sound radar.

Quite frustrating to spend 15 minutes stalking someone and setting up a bounce, only to have them magically detect you in their blind spot.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Sound radar most definately exists with canopy open, which I always do coz I can see better. I only fly red, just in case anyone doesn't know.

Last night I would've been blown out of the sky by Little_D were it not for hearing him coming. I checked my 6 and there he was, easily 100yds away.

I avoided his first pass with a steep turn and we swung around for a couple of more or less head on passes, and on the third pass he stopped my engine. I got a shot off at him even with a dead engine but missed, then dived down to Hawkinge for an emergency landing.

I survived, but really I shouldn't have.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by Sammi79

I wouldn't know, it's not something I do, same as using flaps at high speed.

I would, as when you jettison the canopy to bail out and pull up you generally get shot in the face. Doesnt happen half as much with canopy on.

[Robo.]

I agree, this is extremely annoying.