High Flying Hurri

[71st_AH_Code_E]

So I decided, with the new patch and all, to see what the Hurri could do. I jumped in a Hurricane 100 octane and started climbing. This is what I ended up with.

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1032

29,000 feet!
I had a nice contrail behind me too, but I forgot to get a screenshot :doh:

The only reason it wouldn't go any higher was just that I ran out of airspeed. The engine ran slightly rough, but perfectly manageable.

My oil temps would have been lower, but I was seeing how high I could push the rpm.

Definitely had fun :flying:

[Dutch]

Aye. Good stuff, innit?

[Doc]

8840 meters! Nice!

[Catseye]

Lovely experience.
I managed 25,000 in a DH5-20 and took a pic of the contrails - could have gone higher but wanted to see how it behaved in a long hi-speed return to Ramsgate from St. Omer. Very nice.

I believe that 71st_JTDawg also achieved 29,000 ft.

So it looks like the confirmations are coming in about altitudes in the Hurricane.

[9./JG52 Jamz Dackel]

What's it handle like up there...the 109 has always been able to go reasonably high but handles like a brick..

[71st_AH_Code_E]

What's it handle like up there...the 109 has always been able to go reasonably high but handles like a brick..

At 29,000 feet it basically is a flying brick. Half the reason your going so slow is because you have the nose angled up so much.

At 25,000 it wasn't so bad. Not sure how much of a fighter it would be, but it was definitely manageable.

[ATAG_Colander]

at 25,000 ft the 109 is barely flying

[9./JG52 Jamz Dackel]

at 25,000 ft the 109 is barely flying

Yea this is true...

Well I hope they keep refining this altitude problem, I need to test that hurri up high...if it indeed is a better high altitude fighter then I'll leave behind the 109...kind of makes it futile