Topic: Jet Age - Vietnam era jets drop out of the sky (Read 1017 times)

Raven Morpheus · « **on:** October 09, 2017, 02:12:56 PM »

Hey all

Wasn't sure where to put this other than here...

A while back (read a month or two ago), I tried out the Navy F-4 Phantom II and A4 Skyhawk hoping to play some Vietnam stuff (I think I saw at the time a 'nam map or campaign or missions or something?).

But I encountered a problem - the jets just fall out of the sky. I wasn't climbing in much of a climb off the runway, I was at about 1 on the climb indicators.

I couldn't seem to get any good airspeed in either of them, although it was worse in the F-4 Phantom II. I had my airbrakes, flaps and undercarriage retracted so I know they weren't the cause.

Anyone know why this might happen?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT - I must have been doing something dumb because I just tried the F-4J at Edwards and it seems to fly OK. A bit heavy but I wasn't dropping out of the sky (although I did try landing at 190mph...!!)

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Raven Morpheus

Jet Age - Vietnam era jets drop out of the sky