Simviation Forum - NEW MAXIMUM ALTITUDE

Jul 25^th, 2011 at 7:51pm

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I found a new maximum game altitude for FS9!

104921 feet!
I found this out in an F-14 Tomcat.
This is NOT an edited screenshot!

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Reply #1 - Jul 25^th, 2011 at 8:32pm

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Defective altimeter? Huh

Why haven't you double checked pressing SHIFT-Z? Tongue

That and... why did you slew a F14 up to these heights (after all a F14 maximum ceiling is way below that)? Roll Eyes

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Reply #2 - Jul 25^th, 2011 at 11:28pm

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I did not do any slew, and I reset the altimiter multiple times, but iit still read 104921ft.

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Reply #3 - Jul 26^th, 2011 at 7:20am

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That is because your altimeter is set to 29.92 like it should be above 18,000 feet. However that is not your actual altitude above the ground.

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Reply #4 - Jul 26^th, 2011 at 9:20am

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DaveSims wrote on Jul 26^th, 2011 at 7:20am:

That is because your altimeter is set to 29.92 like it should be above 18,000 feet. However that is not your actual altitude above the ground.

I'm not sure that's it. First of all, like I said, I corrected the altimeter multiple times. But it may have been a glitch, because, when I looked from tower view, there was a sudden change from the steady ascent rate I had been holding, and I hadn't changed anything. And I can tell this because I had set the tempature to -139*F co I could see a smoke trail from the engines. (I had been doing some random F-14-style-aerobatics if you're wondiring why I set the tempature that low for the smoke trail)

From tower view the smoke trail showing my ascent looked like this:
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Mentally rotate thyis model about 20* counter clockwise to know how it looked from the tower.

Another reason it may have been a glitch is because of this: when I pressed Y, from tower view, I saw it instantly shoot down to 99,999ft.
When I couldn't get back up I did a nosedive back down to about 10,000ft to get back to 2,000 KIAS for a better ascent. (I had aircraft stress turned off) I then pressed Shift-Z and shot back up and here's what happened: When I hit the Shift-Z's 99,999 ft, my altimeter read the same, but the Shift-Z altimeter stayed at 99,999 ft while from tower view I was still ascending and my aircraft altimeter was still increasing and then stopped at 104,921ft and my aircraft stopped ascending in tower view.

And I know that altimeters measure above sea level and not ground level. And just so you know, I wasn't above land when I did this. I had done this above an ocean or sea of some sort after launching off an aircraft carrier.

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Reply #5 - Jul 26^th, 2011 at 11:07am

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450 knots, 100,000+ ft, climbing at 2000 fpm,.....only in the Space Shuttle

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Reply #6 - Jul 26^th, 2011 at 1:55pm

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What I mean is, if all you are doing to reset your altimeter is pushing B, flight sim will automatically reset your altimeter to 29.92 when you are above 18,000 feet. The real test would be to set your altimeter on the ground, or to the setting of the nearest airport's reading and it will agree with what is shown on Shift Z, as that altitude is always correct for sea level regardless of altimeter reading. Trust me... Wink

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Reply #7 - Jul 26^th, 2011 at 1:58pm

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JoBee wrote on Jul 26^th, 2011 at 11:07am:

450 knots, 100,000+ ft, climbing at 2000 fpm,.....only in the Space Shuttle

It actually can be done. Years ago the USAF had a program to shoot down enemy satellites (ASAT) using F-15 fighters. The fighter would climb to 20,000 feet like normal, then accelerate to top speed. Then it would pull up into what is known as a zoom climb at full power. The aircraft would reach 80,000+ feet, then fire its missile at the satellite.

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Reply #8 - Jul 26^th, 2011 at 9:28pm

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DaveSims wrote on Jul 26^th, 2011 at 1:58pm:

JoBee wrote on Jul 26^th, 2011 at 11:07am:

450 knots, 100,000+ ft, climbing at 2000 fpm,.....only in the Space Shuttle

It actually can be done. Years ago the USAF had a program to shoot down enemy satellites (ASAT) using F-15 fighters. The fighter would climb to 20,000 feet like normal, then accelerate to top speed. Then it would pull up into what is known as a zoom climb at full power. The aircraft would reach 80,000+ feet, then fire its missile at the satellite.

That's pretty much exactly what I did!!! (except without the shooting, I was in an F-14, and that I went up to 10,4921ft.

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