NEW MAXIMUM ALTITUDE

[Club508]

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!

[Strategic Retreat]

Defective altimeter? :-?

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

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

[Club508]

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

[DaveSims]

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.

[Club508]

[quote]That is because your altimeter is set to 29.92 like it should be above 18,000 feet.

[JoBee]

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

[DaveSims]

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.

[DaveSims]

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. 

[Club508]

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

It actually can be done.