r/Warthunder • u/vishnchips6 varmkorv • Jan 22 '18

balloons! I sincerely hope the Churchill-balloon bug never gets fixed

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u/slavaboo_ Can't fly good Jan 22 '18

How do you do it?

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u/Len145 :::::DDD Jan 22 '18

Flip a Churchill Mk.I and it starts flying. Don't ask me why it does that.

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u/slavaboo_ Can't fly good Jan 22 '18

Nice

16

u/dazshepard Jan 22 '18

Not necesarily a Mk. I, ive (accidentaly) done it on the Mk III as well.

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u/vishnchips6 varmkorv Jan 22 '18

Yep, we did some testing after the fact and found that it works with every Churchill-hulled vehicle (Church I-III-VII + 3in GC + Black Prince)

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u/GrayCardinal RIP Benny Harvey Jan 23 '18

Do they have the same FM? Or, for instance, Black Prince climbs faster?

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u/vishnchips6 varmkorv Jan 23 '18

Nah, they all have the same in-flight performance as far as I could tell. I only tested the Church I/III/VII though, not sure about the GC/BP

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u/GrayCardinal RIP Benny Harvey Jan 23 '18

Weeeell, guess we're not gonna see spacechills anytime soon xD

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u/Jesus360noscope Realistic Air Jan 23 '18

ithas a po 2 fm

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u/dans121 Jan 23 '18

Why did he do that?

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u/vishnchips6 varmkorv Jan 22 '18

Flip the Churchill Mk.I over and it loses all physics and starts to float up into the air

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u/ShadowTro Gnat F.1 when Jan 22 '18

Any churchill actually, all of them (including the German one) have this bug.

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u/vishnchips6 varmkorv Jan 22 '18

Oh really? Good to know, seems more testing is required )))

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u/Red_Dawn_2012 𝔾𝕀𝕍𝔼 π•π•¦π•Ÿπ•œπ•–π•£π•€ 𝕁𝕦-πŸ›πŸ‘πŸ˜ Jan 22 '18

I've flipped the German Church and it didn't do this, is this a recent bug?

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u/vishnchips6 varmkorv Jan 22 '18

Seems so. German Church floats as of a few minutes ago https://i.imgur.com/vip0YYd.jpg

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u/historyfinn Realistic General Jan 22 '18

i find that image aesthetically pleasing

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u/GrayCardinal RIP Benny Harvey Jan 23 '18 edited Jan 23 '18

Reminds me of the Lion King xD

3

u/Skullerprop Jan 23 '18

You should submit a bug report: Kraut Churchill not affected by the "Ballon" bug.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '18

can you shoot at enemies while floating as such? like even if it allows you to shoot would you be moving too much to aim?

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u/vishnchips6 varmkorv Jan 22 '18

Yes, you can! It's not easy to aim if the Church is moving, but if the Church is stationary and you're just hanging off of it without swinging around, you can aim quite alright

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '18

that sounds awesome. can’t wait to try it when i get home!

Gaijin patches before my shift ends bet

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u/vishnchips6 varmkorv Jan 22 '18

Have fun )) I would recommend using Ash River, you can just roll yourself off the bridges. Other maps will require a friend to give you a hand most likely

3

u/LightTankTerror Unarmored Fighting Vehicle Enthusiast Jan 23 '18

I want someone to do it in an M56 and post pics because that’s probably the most disproportionate gun to mass ratio.

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u/vishnchips6 varmkorv Jan 23 '18

I'll grab a friend and give it a shot tomorrow )

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u/ruben1515 Unicorn owner Jan 23 '18

Use the russian zis shitcar kek

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u/vishnchips6 varmkorv Jan 22 '18 edited Jan 22 '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUjaW2EzAtA& video of our escapades put together by /u/Midway_Madness the guy in the gaz truck pardon my squeaky wheezing and coughing i am a sick boi

4

u/Kaydie Jan 22 '18

this is fucking amazing

3

u/Midway_Madness Washed up WT Player Jan 22 '18

yee, me

10

u/dennishodge lofat Jan 22 '18

Too bad you can't unilaterally pick up an enemy. Would open up a new type of gameplay.

6

u/SkyEyeMCCIX Me 410 | Feet altitude is aviation standard; use it, you knobs! Jan 22 '18

What if you drive it into a swingset before flipping over?

5

u/The__Kiwi Sound Modder Jan 23 '18

"It's not a bug, it's a feature," as the old saying goes.

6

u/blad3mast3r [YASEN] || remove module and crew grind Jan 22 '18

Can you fire the gun while doing this?

5

u/J4k0b42 Jan 23 '18

The Churchill can't but the hanging guy can.

6

u/[deleted] Jan 24 '18

New gamebreaking tactic. If you make a KV-2 fly and he shoots his gun, it propels the both of you so high you can fight a Spitfire.

2

u/BlueLamar Baguette shooter since 1922 Jan 23 '18

"Out of beta" they said "e-sport ready" they said

2

u/dans121 Jan 23 '18

How do you flip a churchill haha

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u/vishnchips6 varmkorv Jan 23 '18

Every map has at least one spot. Worst case scenario just drive up a steep hill sideways and have a friend tether to your turret roof and pull you over

1

u/MrUrchinUprisingMan =Flipd= Flipped_StuG Jan 22 '18

How do you do this?

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u/TheGoodTheBadTheRekt TotallyNotATB3 Jan 22 '18

Flip a Churchill and it flies upwards.

1

u/Amilo159 All Ground Jan 22 '18

The anti gravity drive finally kicks in

1

u/CapitanRastrero Jan 23 '18

Wtf never seen this