Bug report: Flaps

[jokeri]

I had this never before experienced bug while using flaps in combat.

I dived after enemy used flaps 100% to slow me down. After the fight I raised flaps. I noticed my plane was acting funny, shaking and only doing 290 km/h with full manifold and RPM's. I checked my flaps and they weren't jammed I could raised them down and up. Little later my flaps jammed and didn't move when I tested them while cruising for RTB. I didn't get any hits during the fight there were only 1 EA near our AF.

Same night I had second experience of this. I got some hits before (my plane was still doing good speed and didn't affect flight) I entered fight. Again used flaps to 100% while slowing and after the fight noticed same behaviour as last time, but now my plane was doing 330km/h with full manifold and RPM's. This time in RTB I didn't get the flaps jammed they just wen't up and down like no problem.

In both fights I don't remember using the 100% flaps for long duration. To me this seems to be something like the flaps are jammed, but they still do the sounds and effect?

[jubax]

Same thing happened to me yesterday. Allmoast exactly like jokeri described but my flaps didnt jam. Plane just started shaking and slowed down. I managed to do this offline allso once. 100% flaps, few tight turns and plane would not stop shaking after flaps were set back to 0%.

Edited September 13, 2010 by jubax

[munchkin]

Flaps aren't ment to be used at high speeds, they will jam or break. Maybe they just don't visually jam..

[jubax]

When flaps do jam it will say so on chat, that does not happen. And you are still able to use them after the plane starts shaking and loosing speed. I was able to replicate this again offline with h81 and 109f4.

[ghostrider]

had this happen in my spit...never went above 48% flaps

[mrfancyp]

Also noticed this, although it seems to occur only at certain speeds (somewhere above 200 km/h and flaps jam speed). If it is intended then please add some feedback such as a sound or text message when the flaps are damaged.