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From: bernie@DIALix.UUCP (Bernd Felsche)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: F18-Interceptor
Summary: Running out of Fuel
Message-ID: <567@DIALix.UUCP>
Date: 15 Sep 90 05:06:30 GMT
Expires: 30 Sep 90 00:00:00 GMT
References: <360@shrike.AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM>
Reply-To: bernie@DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche)
Organization: DIALix Services, Perth Western Australia
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>Anybody else have some interesting things they've done with F-18?
>
>How about shuting off your engines at around 30000 feet then once you've slowed
>To around 100-150 kts go into a vertical dive.  Your speed will increase to 
>Around 600-700 kts.  You can then climb back to an altitude above the one where 
>you cut your engines!!  You can fly forever without any fuel.  How's that for a
>Glide ratio.

If you go into a long dive, when low on fuel, you can MACH-out (running
afterburners) and come to a dead stop the instant you run out of fuel.

This takes some practice, because if you have too much fuel, you
crash. :-)  I've made it as low as 300 feet before stopping.

I don't think EA know much about inertia....

bernie

P.S. Do not try this in a *real* F/A-18. :-)