shredward

Bulldog? Corgi? s**tzu? hmmmm

Now that's what we like to hear! Working on OFF mods at the office. Attaboy!

Yes, and yes. The first Halbs appeared at the Front in June, reaching a max of 104 machines in December. They were very well received: Boelcke raved about it, and Jacobs kept his long past when the other members of his Staffel were flying the Tros. P3 doesn't get it until August because the OoB for each unit has to reflect the bulk of the equipment. That limitation will not be an issue in the future. Cheers, shredward

per the Pup 'Bible' - "The Sopwith Pup', Bruce, Page, Sturtivant, all the Pups which served in France were fitted with either the 80 hp Clerget, or the 80hp LeRhone. The 100 hp Gnome fitted Pups served with the HD squadrons. Cheers, shredward

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2011/03/15/rare-first-world-war-plane-being-restored-at-raf-cosford/#ixzz1HLinUIBg Cheers, shredward

I have it, and it has absolutely everything. Mind you, I also had to reinforce the shelf it sits on, and the floor joists underneath - light reading it's not. Cheers, shredward

Stumpy did indeed. There were a few different iterations, but basically the 'flaming onion' was a 37 mm cannon which fired explosive rounds (usually five) which detonated with a characteristic green phosphorescent flash. I'm sure someone in the community still has it, and hopefully they will point the way. shred

Just approved it - should show up now! Thanks Bletch! Cheers, shredward

Best written unit history of the Great War, bar none. Cheers, shredward

Yes

I've just dispatched a pm to Scott, Aerodrome administrator, re the plight of Alex Revell. Would suggest all those who are interested might do the same. JFM is right, Bristol Scout, along with a few others, had it coming, but the Aerodrome needs Alex far more than he needs the Aerodrome. Cheers, shredward

The performance of the Roland DVI was not mediocre - some think it as good as or better than any other late war German fighter. This from DSA: Tailspin: I don't know where you got the idea they were withdrawn from service. The Rol. D.VIa and Rol.D.VIb served to the end of the war. There were a total of 350 built, the Rol.D.VIa were powered with the latest 200 Ps Mercedes D.IIIaüv engine which gave it creditable performance. After Jasta 23b was equipped the Fok.D.VII, there were no other Jasta completely equipped with either the D.VIa or the D.VIb,they were scatter to other Jasta in small quantities of 2, 3 and 4s. LFG Roland was capable of building 120 plus aircraft per month, their effort however was directed toward building Alb.B.IIa training aircraft @ 100 per month followed by the Han.Cl.II(Rol) at the same rate. According to the Idflieg production plan, during this period they were only building 30 or so Rol.D.VIa or D.VIb machines/ month. I can only conclude that the complex fuselage structure was the problem. A total of 150 Rol.D.VIb with the 185 Ps Benz BzIIav engine were ordered in August and September 1918, it was a damn sight better than the Pfalz D.XII and the Mercedes Fok.D.VII and almost as good as the BMWIIIa powered Fok.D.VII! Beats the hell outta me? Blue skies, Dan-San and this: I'll give you the information and YOU make your own decision as to which was the better machine. Pfalz D.XII Rol.D.VIb Engine. 180 Ps D.IIIaü 185 Ps BzIIIav Max A/S @ S/L 180 km/hr 200 km/hr Climb to 1000m 2' 30" 2"30" " " 3000m 11' 18" 7'44" " " 5000m 30' 42" 19' 6" Service ceiling 7000m 8000m endurance to achieve range. 1.625 hrs. 2.35 hrs. Cruising speed: 160 km/hr. 170. km/hr. Range 260 km. 400 km. Weights: empty, 717 kg. 645 kg. pilot 80 kg. 80 kg. fuel/oil 67 kg. 129 kg. military load. 48 kg. 48 kg. total load. 185 kg. 257 kg. Flying weight: 902 kg. 902 kg. Wing area: 21.7m² 22.1m² Wing loading:kg/m² 41.5kg/m² 40.8kg/m² Power loading; kg/Ps 5.01kg/Ps 4.87kg/Ps. That being said, and this is not aimed at anyone who might be thinking of taking up modelling... In that direction lies the path to madness What Lewie hinted at is very true - if you take up modelling - it will become more than a hobby. And the time it demands will be to the exclusion of all else - just ask my wife about my obsess...err hobby. And while not a modeller, I can tell you that I simply do not have the time to fly Over Flanders Fields - in fact, I never get to fly it except at beta testing time (P1, 2, 3, and hopefully, 4). So if you want to take up modelling, you will need to put away your happy carefree existence as a pilot soaring high Over Flanders Fields.... Be warned! shredward

OK, that's just weird. Cause that's the first piece I thought of as well. Either that, or Homburg, from the same album. Many other possibilities of course : Layla and if I started to think about it, but that would turn me away from my beloved files. But Whiter Shade of Pale was the first thing I thought of. Perhaps because we both grew up in the same era, culture, and place. Cheers, shredward

Naval Ten was one of the elite units of the British Flying Services. I think it might be instructive to spell out the statistics: Draw your own conclusions. 122 pilots served from it's formation until it's reorganisation as 210 Sqn RAF on April 1, 1918. KiA 21. WiA 13. DoW 1. PoWDoW 1. PoW 9. Kifa 4. Iifa 7. 78 made 0 claims 22 made 1 6 made 2 3 made 3 1 made 4 2 made 5 1 made 6 4 made 7 1 made 8 1 made 13 1 made 16 1 made 19 1 made 26 Cheers, shredward

I know nuffink nuffink nuffink about model building, but I do know that the two Marks always start out with 3 view drawings, and lay out the model on those - it's the only way to go. I think they use Max for most, if not all tasks. Bullet, and prolly others here, will be able to point you to tutorials and stuff - I'm pretty sure there are some good ones here at Combat Ace, as well as elsewhere, but I'll let others point you in those directions. And of course, if you decide that you really do want to go mad, well, I have all the references you would need, and medications to recommend to help control the symptoms. Cheers, shredward

I can tell you that it wasn't on our order books yet Olham - long list in front of it. But I can also tell you that model building has an incredibly steep learning curve, and many many have started out building one, only to give up in frustration with a half-built model that never sees the light of day.... And we would hate to lose you over something like that. Cheers, shredward

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LOL It's an inhouse joke left over from the days of Red Baron. There were claims, and outrageous flame wars fought on one of the old RB forums, that the DrI Flight Model was deliberately altered to neuter the DrI. shredward

And you thought we built this sim with no bias - Hah! btw, the DrI is porked

The pen of the bard lives on in our noble Hellshade. Makes you want to run shrieking over the barricade. Bravo Hellshade!!! And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: Follow your spirit, and upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!' Bravo!!!! shredward

To paraphrase my friend Mike Westrop, exasperated after a certain author published yet another book with MvR's name on it, after that same author had already written a shelf-full: MvR did not die of lead poisoning - he was milked to death. Cheers, shredward

Hallo mein freund! ItFoftRB is part of Mike O'Connor's Airfields and Airmen series for Battleground Europe. They are small, but packed with info - they were of great use to us in spotting the aerodromes On Flanders Fields. I think you are looking for one structure - the Chateau de Bethune, and yes, there are three photos of it: a modern aerial, and a then and now, the then with MvR on the back steps, and one as those same steps look now. This book covers much of the same ground as the area books in the series, so if one has all the others, there is some redundancy, but it it still a great little book nonetheless. Cheers, shredward

Shot across the bows everyone! If this turns into a sim-bashing thread, it will be shut down. You know the rules. shredward

Have someone expendable - yes, you will do, von Keltsch - fly over Bertangles this afternoon at 17 Uhr Berlin time, and see if the Lords have tables with white tablecloths and silverware laid out on the lawn in front of the Chateau at Bertangles. If they do, perhaps we will drop in another day. vR