Category Archives: Aircraft Performance

Updated Aircraft Performance

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

I have updated the speed/altitude numbers for the Tulip and the Fortune in the Lautern section of the Aircraft Performance page for Sky Crawlers aircraft. Fortune turns out to be almost as good a fighter as the Tulip, and both … Continue reading →

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Combat Radius

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

No official information is available on the combat radius of Sky Crawlers aircraft, but all can presumably fly the Rudakai anti-shipping mission – 820km from Hariyu to Rudakai with 15min of low altitude combat and return. This is almost twice … Continue reading →

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The Ugly Incident

Posted on June 12, 2010 by

I have been trying to use the Lautern Incident interceptor in its intended role, with no great success. It should be a great anti-bomber aircraft, but it doesn’t have the weaponry, and system cheating limits its effectiveness. An interceptor has … Continue reading →

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Sky Crawlers Aircraft Speeds

Posted on June 1, 2010 by

It looks like I’ll have to make the aircraft performance characteristics charts more complex. I just confirmed that aircraft speeds vary with altitude. For a stock Tulip with gunpods, it was something like 610kph at 1000m, 590kph at 2000m and … Continue reading →

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