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Arty spotting was one of my favorite mission in RoF : I flew a Sopwith Stutter against Albatros DV : it was tough In Il2-1946, they found a way to "simulate it" : it was some sort of a gun, with a very slow shell speed I think

Everyday I hope that the external ECM not used by AI bug will be corrected, among others ... That tk, will give the source of SF2 (and FE2) to talented 3rd party developpers ...

Another interesting fcat about the Caudron RXI and its predecessor (The Letord) : One pilot (captitaine Abel) was able to perform a fiull loop starting from 50 m altitude above the ground !

It is very hard to compare WWI and WWII, first because during WWI, the majority of air activity was about reconnaissance and Artillery Spotting (ie conduct mission / prevent the nemy ...), much less about bombing (even at the end of the war). Also, performances comparisons did not depend on aircraft role but also on generation (which means during wwI 6 months). Add to this that doctrine was at its infancy and was going in all directions : that is what makes comparisons difficult, but fascinating too

The RXI had 2 purposes : 1- Long range reconnaissance 2- Long range escort And approximatly the same number of missions were performed in both roles. Indeed, with the Caudron R4 and the Letord Family (let alone the Salmson Moineau), the French developed a concept for escorting recon planes (Farman F40 / Caudron G4 ...) with heavy "fighters". With the Letord (1917), the planes became "dual role" as they could carry the necessary material for long range reconnaissance (and artillery spotting too), as it was found that for close escort, having two planes of the same type was better. The purpose of those planes was not exaclty air superiority in the sens that it did not maneuver agressivly, they had to be a "wall" between the ennemy fighters and the planes they were protecting. Contrary to some saying, the plane was heavily employed and losses were significant. They often resorted on the help of Spad 13 for those missions : very often, the escorting R11 "bought time" for the Spad to arrive.

I am here, but mostly for SF2. I follow news aboutWOFF on simhq

Desperate defense:

An unsung hero of desert storm:

I have / had the same type of problem with another map (Anatolia) and found a woraround : I load a mission on one of the default SF2maps (Israel, Dhimar ...), quit. Then, if I start a mission on the "big map", it works

The Buccaneer FM has a porblem in lateral stability. I talked of this few years ago, but I don't rememver where