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You really should Fliegenhund. It's a great collection of flying museum pieces. Cheers! Lou

Sound advice Olham. I have been flying it both ways myself. Have a couple of DiD pilots, and a few "just for fun" flyers as well. It's great to have the options to fly it any old way you choose. Cheers! Lou

Luftace, that would be "Effects Quality". I have mine currently set at 2. Cheers! Lou

thewoo1, it depends on which shot you are looking at in Dawn Patrol. They did use several real N28's, but they also had a pair of Thomas Morse scouts done up to look like the Nieups. So yes, sometimes those N28's in the movie do look a bit odd as they are not always N28's. Also uncleal, not all the planes in the Blue Max were built for the movie, but nearly all were. The one exception were the Stampe SV-4's they used in quite a few of the group shots. All the planes you see with the deeply swept-back wings are Stampes. BTW, I just watched The Blue Max again, and it really is one of the all-time best. Cheers! Lou

I have also been fiddling with my config settings since installing the latest upgrades as I too was noticing a big drop in fps at take-off and in dogfights. I have now settled on my sliders at 5-2-3-2-3 with ground density set at "low". My fps are back up in the 40-to-70 range all the time and the overall look of the sim is actually better than it was before with the previous OFF version and higher slider settings. I ran my tests flying in the Alsace with the Escadrille Americaine, and tried it in all kinds of weather. One of the biggest improvements I noticed with the lower slider setting is in the exhaust smoke of the aircraft. It looks spot-on correct now whereas before with the higher settings it appeared as if you had the contrast cranked to about 1000%. Go figure. Every computer system is different and will require the proper tweak to get it all just right. And mine is now very close to just right. Me so happy. Cheers! Lou

I love fly fishing, and is one pursuit I intend to get back to now that all the children are off on their own. I began at age six when my father taught me how to work a rod out in the back yard. I stood there for hours feeding the line out, sweeping the rod in long, slow ellipses, trying to drop the little lead sinker into one of several buckets my dad had placed around in the grass. I can still smell the lilacs and feel the breeze coming in from the lake like it was yesterday. God, but that was a long time ago now. I need to go dig out my gear. .

stumpjumper, here is a touched-up photo of what I rather imagined the flaming onion rounds must have looked like to the Great War pilots. Is it even possible to make a single archie burst "appear" as five or so separate balls of phosphorous? Just wondering Sir. Cheers! Lou

Looking very good stumpjumper! One thought, (and just say if it can't be done). Can the balls appear in more of a line or "chain" as is described in many reports? Thanks for your hard work and efforts Sir. Cheers! Lou

uncleal wrote: Except for the Strutters with the tail plane you could adjust from the pilot's seat...and that SE5a you mentioned, (that's what the little wheel is for in the cockpit). Even so, I still let my lead flight mechanician Sgt. Dinsdale take care of that for me before I sally forth. "DINSDALE!" Cheers! Lou

There have been a few discussions as of late concerning the latest patches and the increased danger as you exit warp. As has been noted by Pol and others, there have ALWAYS been potential risks using warp, and the recent OFF advancements seem to have only increased these risks. See, this is what happens when you start anachronistically mixing technologies.

I'm givin her all I can now Captain! Any more and those Hisso connecting rods are gonna blow!

"COUGH, COUGH (absolutely) COUGH, COUGH, COUGH ! (Brown all the way)"

stumpjumper, I came across another thread as well with a few more pics of the various 37mm AA guns used by the Germans. Here is the link: 37mm Flak Types Explained Also, here are two of those photos showing the difference between the early-war revolving cannon likely used to fire the flaming onions, and the late-war ten-shot weapon. This would help to explain one of the discrepancies as concerns the number of firey balls in a single group, where the early reports noted 5 to 7 while the later reports talked about 10 to 20. Cheers! Lou

You are more than welcome Sir. Glad to help in any way I can. Cheers! Lou

Great, glad you found it stumpjumper. BTW, in the thread I cited there is mention that the bursts were green in color rather than yellow-white. Not a lot of concensus on this weapon. Cheers! Lou Coolio!

Here is a very educational thread from a while back over at The Aerodrome, (even has a pic of what would seem to be the weapon that fired these rounds): Flaming Onions Rammjaeger appears to be a very well-informed individual when it comes to the German guns of WW1. Cheers! Lou

Very good stumpjumper! From my readings, the flaming onion produced a hot yellow-white glow that hung in the air as smaller bits of burning phosphorus trailed out and down from it. Planes nearby ran the risk of having these burning chunks drop onto their wings as they passed under. The gun that fired these was a smooth bore, 37mm, revolving barrel type. I wish I could loacte an actual photo for you Sir, but I don't recall ever seeing one. I look forward to your finished efforts stumpjumper. Thanks! Cheers! Lou

Olham, that is definitely one of the heated flight suits and face masks. That is braided, cloth-wrapped, two-lead electrical wiring you are seeing coming from the face mask. Also notice the similar cables to the suit itself. These became common by late war in the the high-alt B/R planes. And yes, that is a fully loaded flare gun rack on the side of the fuselage Jim. BTW, most inter-cockpit communications in WW1 was done with a speaking tube/ear tube system, (or with just plain old-fashioned hand signals), rather than electronic communications. Cheers! Lou

I too sort out the trim settings on a test flight or two for each new aircraft I am assigned. Once I have them dialed in I make all trim adjustments on the ground before take-off, just as your mechanicians would have done in WW1. Here are the keys: Rudder Trim L: CONTROL + 0 Rudder Trim R: CONTROL + 3 Elev Trim U: 1 Elev Trim D: 7 Flaps Trim L: CONTROL + 4 Flaps Trim D: CONTROL + 6 (all above on the number key pad) Cheers! Lou

Winder, I send my thanks to you and the rest of the OFF devs. I can't imagine another sim that has ever provided the kind of support and interaction with it's creators that BHaH does. Apologies for my initial post about the new gun sounds, if it sounded like complaining it was not. Had I dug into the control panel a bit I would have found the new adjustment features myself, yet you were lightening-quick to respond with the cure, which speaks yet again to the helpfulness of you folks. Have a great break Winder; get some sun, drink some ale, take in the latest floor shows, and just relax. Many thanks again for the finest WW1 combat flight sim ever. Cheers! Lou

Very neat! And I see it is painted up as Captain Grinnel-Milne's "Zanzibar No.1". This particular FE2b was forced to land by Ltn Gontermann of Jasta 5 on the 16th of May, 1916 and ended up in German hands, as did Captain Grinnel-Milne and his gunner Corporal MacMaster. Cheers! Lou

I'm not sure if this has been posted here before or how many of you have seen it, but I ran across this document again last night when I was organizing some of the WW1 files and folders in my computer. It is the June 21st London Gazette posting of Roy Brown's bar to the Distinguished Service Cross for his downing of von Richthofen. I find it rather poignant that one of the most defining moments in the aerial history of the Great War, (as well as one of the most debated), was noted in such a nondescript and humble fashion. Very British. Cheers! Lou

I have seen this before somewhere, many moons ago, but for the life of me I can't remember where. I thought it might have come from Hall and Nordoff's "Lafayette Flying Corps" but I did not see it there, (though I could have missed it). Very neat rabu. Cheers! Lou

Outstanding screenshots! And it is very good advertising for BhaH, and the more of that the better I say! Which reminds me, I wonder how Mr. Jay Slater of Combat Aircraft Magazine is liking OFF. Hopefully we will be seeing a first-rate review of our beloved sim soon in his publication. Cheers! Lou

Duce Lewis, the tactics you describe seem very sound and prudent, and are nearly identical to those I use against the Hannover CL IIIa. Diving attacks from either front quarter, than zip by and jinx under the fuselage to avoid those deadly accurate rear gunners. Fly up and away and repeat. And just as with the Brisfits, attacking them when they are in their defensive formation is a quick way to die for King and Country. Have I mentioned again lately how much I love this sim...and these forums? Cheers! Lou