Duce Lewis

Sounds like a good stick Barkhorn One thing I really like about the Sidewinder is the Stall Shudder is so strong (and early), most stalls can be avoided Does the Logitech give similar performance here?

Ohhh! I wanna barf like that!

I guess that means it'll never be released to the theaters Too bad, why do they always flub up the WWI flicks Where are you Peter Jackson??? Huh? vat iz thiz? Um, Olly, did you notice the nice poetry there?

I guess we're all dedicated Campaigners as I too am not sure Only way is to try them both out ...but make sure you click "Pilot Never Dies" 1st ...then go back and fly Campaign

My MS Sidewinder produces very strong MG and Stall Shudders but the Flight Control FFB is near non-existant

Good show on getting HitR trebb! FFB is not very strong for me either Not sure if it depends on the stick or not I have a MS Sidewinder, strong MG Fire, and great Stall Shudder. but the Flight Control FFB is weak I can actually feel the stick go limp when the OFF Manager fires up cfs3 So you're not alone with FFB issues This might be a good issue to run a Poll on The Devs love Polls as an overall view of issues/opinions

I guess that would make it Bullethead's turn next then huh?

Done, it does add alittle better definition

I hear you Rickity I've been there, when the bills are still coming in and no one's responding to the resumes Glad to hear you're doing OK IMO the 70's were worse, but this may drag on for awhile And communist China is now giving us economic lessens huh? Hope everyone can batten down the hatches and ride this storm out

I updated all 3 lines

I voted "No" Btrit Se5's dive like Stukas Dr1 Controls lock up and you Dirt Nap And Albatross & Nupes lose their wings This seems realistic and true to their designs

LOL! Lotta truth in that one I fear

Ras: "I like it Duce. It sounds like a short career indeed" Thanks Ras, inspired by the majority of my pilots in OFF Thanks Olham/Dej, it was just a short li'l 'tongue in cheek' story You both are right, limericks are tough, but there are other ryhme schemes It reads best if you read the 1st two lines of each stanza, pause briefly, and then quickly read the last 3 I also wanted to emphasize the muddiness of the trenches and our poor lad's futile attempt to put them in his past I tried tp have 1 reference to the mud in each stanza There are 2 lines I'm still not happy with And to the Major he slid on "slid" doesn't convey that muddy thought Twisting and turning he flew "flew" just doesn't read well If you kind gents have any suggestions, I'd be happy to update

Is that you Pilotsden? If so, it's good to see you back in these parts!

Here's my effort Destiny There once was a lad in Flanders Who despaired his life in the mud Looking to the sky He saw no reason why A transfer could not be arranged Documents were soon attained The Major he sought in the muck The request was made And soon he was bade All success in the upper reaches To training he marched off Now soaring far above the mire He was no fool Tops in his school Shiny wings now on his chest He roared into the fight Twisting and turning he soared But his foe was an ace And he lost the chase To plunge back deep in the mud

Never heard of that, but it sounds like a good idea I't'd be nice to actually control Artillary Fire with Flares when on spotting missions

Suggest you try 74 Squadron They fly the Viper version of the Se5a Performance is the same but there are some small differences in the craft that improve vision The tubular Aldis Sight is replaceed by a simple Ring Sight And the headrest is removed giving a clear view to the rear

The HitR Expansion Pack has an option for a unique Player Skin But it's a trade-off If you select Unique Skin in Workshop, then you loss the ability to specify Fuel and Ammo Load % The Devs are trying to find a fix where we can have both options

Just tell him you fly OFF! That should be good enough for a solo Sounds like a fun afternoon

Though Lothar Richtoven was a great Ace in his own right I've always felt he was very much in the shadowed of his older brother Here Manfred relates one of Lothar's combats against a Be2 Interesting to note they struggled with much the same Tactical Issues as we do in OFF Though the consequences are so serious for them I had not yet passed eight days of my leave when I received the telegram: "Lothar is wounded but not mortally." That was all. Inquiries showed that he had been very rash. He flew against the enemy, together with Allmenröder. Beneath him and a good distance on the other side of the front, he saw in the air a lonely Englishman crawling about. He was one of those hostile infantry fliers who make themselves particularly disagreeable to our troops. We molest them a great deal. Whether they really achieve anything in crawling along the ground is very problematical. My brother was at an altitude of about six thousand feet, while the Englishman was at about three thousand feet. He quietly approached the Englishman, prepared to plunge and in a few seconds was upon him. The Englishman thought he would avoid a duel and he disappeared likewise by a plunge. My brother, without hesitation, plunged after. He didn't care at all whether he was on one side of the front or the other. He was animated by a single thought: I must down that fellow. That is, of course, the correct way of managing things. Now and then I myself have acted that way. However, if my brother does not have at least one success on every flight he gets tired of the whole thing. Only a little above the ground my brother obtained a favorable position against the English flier and could shoot into his shop windows. The Englishman fell. There was nothing more to be done. After such a struggle, especially at a low altitude, in the course of which one has so often been twisting and turning, and circling to the right and to the left, the average mortal has no longer the slightest notion of his position. On that day it happened that the air was somewhat misty. The weather was particularly unfavorable. My brother quickly took his bearings and discovered only then that he was a long distance behind the front. He was behind the ridge of Vimy. The top of that hill is about three hundred feet higher than the country around. My brother, so the observers on the ground reported, had disappeared behind the Vimy height. It is not a particularly pleasant feeling to fly home over enemy country. One is shot at and cannot shoot back. It is true, however, that a hit is rare. My brother [Lothar] approached the line. At a low altitude one can hear every shot that is fired, and firing sounds then very much like the noise made by chestnuts which are being roasted. Suddenly, he felt that he had been hit. That was queer to him. My brother is one of those men who cannot see their own blood. If somebody else was bleeding it would not impress him very greatly, but the sight of his own blood upsets him. He felt his blood running down his right leg in a warm stream. At the same time, he noticed a pain in his hip. Below the shooting continued. It followed that he was still over hostile ground. At last the firing gradually ceased. He had crossed the front. Now he must be nimble for his strength was rapidly ebbing away. He saw a wood and next to the wood a meadow. Straight for the meadow he flew and mechanically, almost unconsciously, he switched off the engine. At the same moment he lost consciousness. My brother was in a single-seater. No one could help him. It is a miracle that he came to the ground, for no flying machine lands or starts automatically. There is a rumor that they have at Cologne an old Taube which will start by itself as soon as the pilot takes his seat, which makes the regulation curve and which lands again after exactly five minutes. Many men pretend to have seen that miraculous machine. I have not seen it. But still I am convinced that the tale is true. Now, my brother was not in such a miraculous automatic machine. Nevertheless he had not hurt himself in landing. He recovered consciousness only in hospital, and was sent to Douai.

Here's nother brothers tale that gives an idea of ground fire, albeit early war flying http://www.oldmagazi...bombardier1.pdf

Nice website, lot of great pics I like that Alb DVa skin with the eagle Is it in OFF?

Yes, the need to get out of there quickly probably outweighed his fear of ground fire MvR also stated "One is shot at and cannot shoot back. It is true, however, that a hit is rare" which shows he didn't respect ground fire accuracy that much Maybe this was a factor in his demise ...if the Aussies indeed got him! I find this read interesting as as it gives an insight into their tactics and the risks they were willing to take

You're ging to make an outstanding new addition to this forum! Glug, glug, glug, ...urrrp! Yep, that takes BH&H to the latest update There should still be a Gun Jam Control in Workshop somewhere Just click on the HitR Ad Banner above and it'll detail the Expansion Pack 6 more planes and several mods Well worth it ... but it's your nickel

Glad to help! It's a fine work Took another look at this line "Bathing my face in god" Did you mean "gold"?