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#4645311 - 04/16/24 05:29 PM The Waco Glider  
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Anyone here get the add-on? I'm having quite a bit of fun with it, though I wish there were more pre-made missions!


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#4645515 - 04/21/24 04:19 AM Re: The Waco Glider [Re: ArgonV]  
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Yep, flew it for a QMB missions on day 1 and have not flown it since. No real reason since it is a fun little aircraft. I was able to loop it and off field landings were fairly reasonable when flown using the patch with which it was released. Not sure how easy it would be to land it off field now since a user made airfield we flew from on the Normandy map for almost a year before the last two patches has become practically unusable?


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#4645695 - 04/25/24 03:01 AM Re: The Waco Glider [Re: ArgonV]  
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Oh interesting! What about the airfield was unusable, in what way? The pre-made mission I believe uses the Normandy map but you start out already in the air. I've done some practice take-offs and off-field landings after detaching from the tow plane. I really have enjoyed seeing what maneuvers I can do while still attached to the tow plane.. I'm ashamed to say I've caused the crash of that tower more than several times.


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#4646248 - Yesterday at 11:17 PM Re: The Waco Glider [Re: ArgonV]  
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Originally Posted by ArgonV
Oh interesting! What about the airfield was unusable, in what way? The pre-made mission I believe uses the Normandy map but you start out already in the air. I've done some practice take-offs and off-field landings after detaching from the tow plane. I really have enjoyed seeing what maneuvers I can do while still attached to the tow plane.. I'm ashamed to say I've caused the crash of that tower more than several times.

If you are talking about the airfield we custom made the ground texture became so rough that you almost always bounced your nose into the ground trying to take-off or land.

Video of me landing on our User-made airfield.
Landing at a user made airfield: https://youtu.be/4ip5Pa1-I7o

If you open the Normandy map and look at the largest of the three islands in Grid 0119 np 6 we built an airfield on that island.
[Linked Image]
We were able to take off and land at our custom built airfield with limited problems until a recent patch made very difficult to takeoff and next to impossible to land without nosing over.
[Linked Image]


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