New Realistic Series of Missions -

[Guest British_eh]

Dear OFF enthusiasts:

 

After having P1, P2, and now P3, I can respectfully say that it has been an inspiration to all those who covet flight sims, and WW1 aviation. I too have been quite entertained and have pursued the 17 hour challenge.

 

There have been musings of the current difficulty of achieving the goal, and certainly, the OFF Team has supplied many different options to facilitate ones approach. For myself, 100% (or greater for some) Realism is the standard, but so difficult (for me at least).

 

I am reminded that the 17 hour, or two week stint on the Western Front, was the average time for a new pilot, when the Germans had the RFC on the run in 1917. What a goal to shoot for, which leads me to the following. I am embarking on making a series of Missions to perhaps provide a lead in to P3, or for QC pilots to expand their choice of Missions.

 

I have uploaded GB Productions 9 which is the first of these Missions. GB Production 10 "R series" is soon to be uploaded for approval. The *Realistic series is meant to provide for a P3 setting that is "Realistic" in the sense that it emulates what I believe to be a reflection of the pilot's flight mission experience and chance of survival, given the limitations of a flight sim. The hard coding of MS CFS3 provides for many obstacles, but with the keen approach by the OFF Team, there have been great strides to making this flight sim the best WW1 entertainment available.

 

And so, the object is to have a reasonable shot at attaining the 17 hour, or average life span of a pilot. Dead is dead can still be applied to your "Workshop" settings, but you don't actually qualify for the Siggi's DiD standard.

 

*Resources: Flying Fury – J. McCudden, Sagittarius Rising – C. Lewis, Dr.1 – Norman Franks, Fokker Dr.1 Triplane – Paul Leman, Fokker V5/DR.1: by Achim Sven Engels, Fokker Dr.1 Aces of WW 1- Norman Franks

 

Edited August 2, 2009 by British_eh