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Steve, Here's the link, I think: Click Here. Looks like OlPaint's your man for advice.

Here's a link to a previous post that Rickitycrate made on the subject LINK I must say it does sound good and there are some bargains to be had on eBay. I'm intrigued by the remounting on an office chair, does that mean taking the two chairs apart and cobbling together the force feedback variant? Any chance of some photos of the setup, RC?

Just 'Bastard'? Winder was playing his cards close to his chest, you've only half the gen, HS. I mean, c'mon, there has to be a higher accolade than that. Jeez... 'Bastard!' That's what my mum said when I was born... dunno why, figured it was the oxygen.

Close enough for a good group photo As long as you're leading you're in no danger... unless you execute an irresponsibly tight turn, of course. After all, they're only non-human.

Steve (and Others), This is worth a try too and should work with any headset. I think the demo is time-limited, so it's not free, but I used it a couple of years ago and found it worked well. I expect it's improved since then. Worth one's time to evaluate anyway. Diverseware Voice Activated Commands

I'd also recommend selecting the 'Tightest' option for friendly formation in workshop. This keeps your wingmen closer anyway and reduces the time for 'R' to yield results. Of course, you must remember to set it back to default if your pilot survives longer than 17.5 hours, or Winder's 'Sod's Law' algorithm (which is extremely efficient) will use that setting to precipitate a mid-air collision with one of your wingies.

I'll back RC on those. Derek Robinson's War Story is worth a read too, while his Battle of Britain novel, 'Piece of Cake' remains one of the finest fiction works on the subject I've read. Non-fiction-wise, I recently finished Peter Hart's 'Aces Falling', about the war in the air in 1918 and which isn't dry at all.

Had the 'full horror' yesterday. Spending a little time 'on the dark side' with MFJ1 to see what the RNAS is like from the German perspective. First mission is an aerodrome scramble against FE2bs at altitude. We finally made it to 8000 ft in our Albatros DIIs and I manoeuvered on the tail of one of the Tommies and hammered him well, smack in the Beardmore. The Pilot screams, the FE bursts into flames and both Pilot and Observer leap to their deaths. Latched onto another and it happened again... have to say I felt quite the butcher. Here's the first... I was too stunned by the second to take a good screenshot.

Okay. Make room there you American chaps, we need your bally country back, what? You've played with it for long enough now we'd like it back please. Bally UK's a bit crowded, dohncha' know.

I've never tried a scout prior to 1917 so I cannot speak about the behaviour of EIIIs. However, I 've also never experienced the 'hanging on the prop' effect with any machine post 1916. I'm allowing for seeing it in the DVII, as it was reported to be able to do so. Yes the AI behaviour is a little predictable, but not so much that I can avoid having my arse kicked on a regular basis. As Pol and Olham say, try later in the War.

Hmmm... black and white wings. I reckon that magpie's paint job is one of yours Olham. Fit a pair of Spandaus and that model airplane is toast!

It's true, this thing has really snowballed and I hope it's an indication that OFF sales are about to do the same. Mind you, though, folks in the UK are going to have to pick shorter names... although I hold myself exempt from that requirement

Je crois que Navarre aurait quelque chose à dire à ce sujet ...

Really enjoyed that Homeboy, the voiceover was just right, informative at the necessary points but unintrusive. Steve, you can fly the twin Vickers Tripe in Campaign, but only with Naval 1 or Naval 10... and I've a hunch you'll be flying with Naval 8.

So soon after Henry Allingham, we lose another of the last living veterans... BBC News Rest In Peace Harry, with both your sons again at last.

Indeed. I think Harry was one of those without real peace, he says in his biography that he felt guilty at surviving when three of of his five man Lewis team were killed by a German shell. Harry was badly wounded but still felt guilty. He then, in his long life, saw two wives and both his sons buried... he definitely deserves that long, long rest.

Soissons? About the correct position, but incredibly difficult to be precise at that scale

Envy! Can you take a clearer shot of your bookcases please, Shred? I'll peer at the pics and compile a list of books to expand my own library. Basing it on yours would be no bad thing I think

I can't quote technical specifications but it does seem a bit high to me too. I could view the video (obviously) but only in DiVx. Looking good though Louvert.

It seems to happen (or has happened to me) if you don't precisely hit the waypoints. First time it happened I flew it again, the hard way. Second time, I warped it and it was fine. Don't know if that's of any help.

From Fokker DVII Aces of WW1 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #53), about that very same photograph: "Ernst Udet of Jasta 4 poses before his most famous DVII in the only clear photograph of this enigmatic machine known to the authors. Naturally, Udet himself obscures much of the machine except for the intriguing wing stripes and the legend Du doch nicht!! - loosely translated as 'Certainly not you!!' on the elevators. A white chevron was added to the dark tailplane, and two black/white streamers were affixed to the elevators. The diagonal striping on the top wing was certainly inspired by Udet's experiences with the black/white striped Dr I of Kirschstein, thus many enthusiasts feel these stripes were black and white instead of the red and white previously favoured. This was probably the first DVII flown by Udet, and there is no primary evidence that he was yet using the red colour scheme so associated with his later aircraft. The tailplane, and nose, may in fact have been Jasta 4 black. The finish on the wings would seem to indicate this was an OAW DVII, yet there is also some evidence it may have been Fokker-built. Many questions remain concerning the actual coloration of this popular DVII (via VanWyngarden)" So, jury's out on that one I guess, black and white is as accurate a representation as red and white.

Yup, that's the blighter. If it's on you go straight back to the OFF Manager. If it's off, you return to the aerodrome, where you should be able to summon up the stats Olham was talking about. And it's small wonder the Luftwaffe had so many aces in WW2, with deflection shooting taught like that, wouldn't any chap have attended every lecture... several times

BuB, You need to have turned pilot stats on in the Workshop for accuracy to display in your dossier. The information Olham is talking about won't appear unless you've deselected the 'Return to the OFF Manager' feature, also in workshop. Being at work I haven't OFF in front of me else I'd take a screenie and indicate the check boxes in question.

I'm reading 'Hawker VC' at the moment (having finally acquired a replacement copy) and there's a passage in there mentions Lanoe laughing at the inconguity of his DSO in its silk-lined case vs. his VC 'rattling around in its cardboard box'... into which, incidentally, Lanoe tucked a white feather that some dozy woman had given him when he was home on leave (after winning the VC) and walking down the street in mufti! So, don't expect any showy cases like those above if you win Britain's most coveted award.

Outstanding! Tops the work in progress I saw before, and I thought that was brilliant. Absolutely beautiful, Paarma.