Whats the highest altitude you've reached, and with what aircraft? (FS9)

Ex-RoNiN · 28 May 2006 at 22:40

I just breached 72,000 ft (21.9456 km) with an F-14 Tomcat, the sceenshot is taken seconds after I lost control.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j263/nickthegreat1981/alt.jpg

What's the highest you have reached, and with what aircraft? Are these altitudes reachable by these aircraft?

Lashout_UK · 28 May 2006 at 23:02

I used to love doing this, in either of two manners

- Setting up a nice gradual climb at a reasonable speed trying to maintain it levelly

Or, preferably:

- Going absolutely hell for leather at a steep as an angle as I could carry and just full on balls-to-the-walls for outer space!

Never noted how far I got, either way.

Great fun seeing how fast you could go on the way down before the aerodynamics fell apart too

miracleboy · 30 May 2006 at 17:10

I'm guessing this is probably the plane you need!

"the ceiling is 85,000 feet, but I managed to cross that barrier and scale to over 90,000 feet on a few occasions."

Stellios · 30 May 2006 at 17:14

Been off the 999,999 scale before, but it was with that model of the Columbia spacecraft

I think ive had a F16 up to about 80,000 before, but it took a lifetime to get it there.

Roduga · 30 May 2006 at 17:40

Good god, I didn't even think to try! I'm going to have to install it on my new PC now!

Lt. Manlove · 30 May 2006 at 19:20

Can't you just press a few buttons and fly up 6000ft a second?

Morthoseth · 30 May 2006 at 20:46

Not when your engines stall

OzZie · 30 May 2006 at 20:55

Lt. Manlove said:
Can't you just press a few buttons and fly up 6000ft a second?

Aye. Slew mode

Y then F4 if anyone cares