Rickitycrate

Is it 36 hours since your last quess? Don't do what I did.

Well for what it's worth I'm trying to register with SimHQ, so far no confirmation email. I will gladly support OFF as I have tried to do at the Aerodrome. I am obviously biased and will not comment on a sim I have no experience with. The upload is different there so I'll need to figure that out.

Erik to the rescue, thanks brother!

Sorry I have no answer but as I am Vista/dual core I am interested in any responses.

Gous, change if you want but keep the frenchman. Reminds me of a job I had. Sometimes one of the guys would walk by doing a little "crop dusting". Payback was a bitch.

Hey, as long as the drinks keep flowing

Everytime I see Gous make a post and his signature I think he is "farting in my general direction" haha I hope I have it right as I am not a Monty Python officianado.

I have a most wonderful book that any good German WWI fanatic should have in his/her library. This book is full of fantasies for a virtual WWI pilot. German Aircraft of the First World War authors Peter Gray and Owen Thetford, ISBN 0-85177-809-7. Over 500 aircraft are described and illustrated. They range from the A.E.G. two-seaters and bombers to the Zeppelin Staaken 'R' types in the main section and, in the Appendices, from the A.E.G. B I to the little known Zeppelin Staaken seaplanes of the German Navy. There are some wonderfully aggresive looking fighters that were designed but not chosen for production. Seeing them in this book makes you wonder how they would handle and how well you you might do in an OFF campaign with them. So there you have one of my secret weapons in this contest. Get yourself a copy for the next competition but get youself a copy by all means. It was published by Putnam in the U.K and may be expensive but it is a real prize.

Pic # 48 is the D.F.W. Dr I Photographed at Aldershof in January 1918, at the first D types Competition, this was triplane variant of the D I, which stands behind it. Engine, 160 h.p. Mercedes DIII. Armament, twin Spandau machine guns.

Hi Stiffy, I'm glad to see you made it over from the Aerodrome site. Don't despair. I think you have enough machine to run it okay. Heck my slider settings are low and I seem to do alright. For example see my pics in the Screenshots thread. On the other hand maybe these two sims will be the excuse to upgrade the ol' 'puty. Thanks for joining up and I wish you the very best. Help is here for the asking. Just don't ask me for I am the village idiot.

The "Rising Sun" meets the setting sun. I finally got the time to take up my latest addition, curtesy of Burning Beard. Lt. John Jeffers Spad XIII, U.S. 94th 1919. I will let the pics speak for themselves. Thanks again Beard, Jim

The Gotha's are not OBD product but are 3rd party download. There are user made missions that have the gotha and it is flyable and accessable in CFS3 QC in the OFF Workshop. To install find MadMatt's installer. Everything you should need is in there. Look in the other OFF forums here at CombatAce. You should find it easily. It is nice to have this Gotha but it is unfinfinished. Your question is not stupid ZZ. I wish you well with the big birds. I think you will enjoy.

Great fun to see these. Thanks for posting Ax.

I'm out of the running for first but fighting for 3rd. So here's my best guess. Rumpler 6B-1 Seaplane. The land version is the Rumpler C-1. The 6B-1 aircraft nos. 787 and 789 entered sevice July 1916. Hmm, seems that rascally Rooster beat me to the draw, hehe. If we're right, good goin' for you Rooster.

No use in feeling bad Lou. I mess up on a regular basis. Funny thing is I thought I was a good hour late. Good going Olham, I am pleased our answers were so similar. I'll have you know the real fighting is in the B flight between my friend Red Dog and myself. It's getting down to the wire. I keep a chicken-eye open for bingo bonus round or two yet.

You know what. You're right. What a bone head I am.

Very nice drawing. It does seem to feature the rear gunner position so that is very apprpriate for your friend. I am not a critic but I can say I think it's fab.

Oh my word! Fantastic! You must have worked long and hard Beard. It looks very accurate to the information I have. And there just so happens to be a special spot in the Rickity hangar for this loely bird. I'll be taking her up soon. Many thanks!

Pic No. 42 is the D.F.W. R.II Built by the Deutsche Flugzeug Werke Gessellschaft. It was developed at a request by the Luftstreitkräfte in spring 1917 after their experience with the R.I had been generally positive six of a larger version (the RII) were ordered. Only two (R 15/16 and R 16/16) had been completed before the end of the war. The craft pictured is R. 15. Design and development The service desired generally similar aircraft but needed greater payload (3400 kg, up from 2600 kg in the R.I). This meant the design had to be considerably revised. The same engine/propeller arrangement was used (four inline engines mounted in the fuselage, driving two tractor propellers and two pusher propellers via long driveshafts). When the R.II first flew in August 1918, the driveshafts proved troublesome, creating excessive vibration. As a remedy, they were enclosed within steel tubes, which fixed the problem. The aircraft also was able to benefit from the newly-available Mercedes D.IVa engine that had replaced the troublesome D.IV in production. Operational history Of the six ordered by the Luftstreitkräfte, only two were completed before the end of the war, and these were operated from Cologne on training duties only when their performance proved inadequate for front-line duties. Following the war, DFW planned an airliner version of the R.II, which would have carried 24 passengers. Construction of a prototype was abandoned before it was complete. Specifications General characteristics Crew: Five Length: 20.93 m (68 ft 8 in) Wingspan: 35.06 m (115 ft 0 in) Empty weight: 8,600 kg (18,900 lb) Gross weight: 12,000 kg (26,500 lb) Powerplant: 4 × Mercedes D.IVa inline piston engine, 194 kW (260 hp) each Performance Maximum speed: 132 km/h (82 mph) Endurance: 6 hours 　

You really do fine work Lou, she goes nicely in my hangar. I will kick the tires and light her fires later today. Thanks!

Olham, check your PM's , bitte.

Man, I guess I missed out. Nice prize there. Good luck gents.

That sounds really great Duck. I think it would motivate me to fly online.

Sure the Spad. It shoud be able to carry some of your stuff.

Take care Al. Sounds like you are working together and have a plan. That's good. Best wishes, Jim