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How can I gain altitude without looseing speed, in a hand glider, or with a minimal loss of speed.
Everytime I climb even a little, speed saps and to maintain flight, I give up more altitude than I gained.
Anyone out there know if the game simulates updrafts near cliffs?
Or warm air columns?
maybe I'm noodleing this thing too much. Ha!
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How can I gain altitude without looseing speed, in a hand glider, or with a minimal loss of speed.
Everytime I climb even a little, speed saps and to maintain flight, I give up more altitude than I gained.
Anyone out there know if the game simulates updrafts near cliffs?
Or warm air columns?
maybe I'm noodleing this thing too much. Ha!
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In general, to gain altitude, you're going to have to give up some speed. In the absence of any kind of thrust or a "thermal" (the formal term for the warm column of air you mentioned), I think physics forbid you to gain altitude without giving up some speed. I suspect that in the end, the net change of trying to gain altitude in an unpowered craft like a hang glider or sailplane will actually be negative. That is, you're probably better off not to mess with the fore/aft attitude until you're ready to land and want to "flare" the craft for a more gentle touchdown. Also, minimize turns in order to stretch the glide to the maximum.
Regards,
Erik
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In a word, you can't. It isn't an airplane. It's really only useful for getting from point A to point B without being spotted by ground troops (watch out for Helicopters though --yikes!). On a side note: I did manage to kill someone in MP while I was hang gliding (Gotcha Data!) Most satisfying -- like a tomato & balogna samich.
