Rick Rawlings

I just took a closer look at this picture catch, were you being attacked by the Death Star?!? mandrews_2, I've just consulted with the gods of thunder, and while they said that mandrews_1 was screwed, you were fine and escaped! Stache, I'm only, like, twelve posts away from editing privileges!!!

Stache, you posted the studio links instead of the direct video links TROOPER117: I promise I won't be a Stan...

So did I! So much so that I ran off to the workshop right afterwards to make sure I hadn't accidentally turned collisions off. I think it was graphics lag, as you may have noticed I had a few minor stutters right around there. While I was in the workshop, I did notice that I had force encounters set to high and air activity set to medium, so for anyone not 'getting some action' as they...er, say, you might want to check that out. That was a great fight you had there, TROOPER117, it was almost like a perpetual Albatros generator! That first guy really did hang on that half wing forever! My first joystick had a bit of nose wiggle to it that my newer one seems to be better at. I was able to mitigate it somewhat in the config by playing with the deadzone and sensitivity settings, in case you haven't looked into that. catch, glad you are still hanging in there! Everyone, please fill out The Survey (even for our fallen) as soon as you can so I can post our first week exploits, and good luck on week 2

Nice work, Baldric! Love the "business end" shot of the Vickers!

Nice, HarryH! One is better than none. And still breathing is better than not...so I've heard!

Nice work, Trooper. well deserved! Here's my last for the week, a weird one! I was waiting for the engine to flame out or fail at any point! Thankfully it held together long enough!

Wait, is that to say that in your alternate universe there will be no spearmint gum after the war? Sounds like a killer marketing opportunity for your pilot if he makes it!

I hope so! That was well played!

Great video, catch! The continuously cutting into the Pfalz gave me flashbacks: I think I also have three rejected on easy claims, so we definitely have the same C/O! You are making me nervous, though, with those spinning dives; that's how I lost my wing in the other SE5a challenge!

Great work guys! Man, that Lt. Wallwork is everywhere! MFair, great job on getting up to 9! My mancave doesn't have a door, so that must be my problem! Great story, mandrews_2! I find myself firing a lot of full drums too! Would love to see a pic or vid if you can!

They do seem to be pretty rare, don't they? That's something I've often wondered about. Reports I've read seem to range from one burst to almost all their ammo to down a single kite, and sometimes they go down in flames and sometimes not. On another note, I hope that they do get dx11 effects in as that should help with tracers, sun-glare, wing glare and fire overall.

Tim Tully Mission 6

Thank you, sir.

Tim Tully Mission 5 *Full disclosure: this was not my first mission 5. My first mission 5 was plagued by the head tracking issues in mission 4 but a lot more. I finally figured out that my Track IR cable was getting snagged by my rudders when I moved them a certain amount, not enough to noticeably move the camera, but just enough to keep shifting my view in a perplexing way. On top of that, the wife popped in and just had to talk about something while I was in the middle of combat. At that point I was getting a little hot, so I decided that as the CEO of Rick Rawlings Challenges Enterprises, neither myself, my employees or any members of my immediate family are eligible to collect any cash or prizes, so I reloaded and started again. And now:

They're pretty inconsiderate like that! That was a nice video. It's rare to see a wing come off a recon craft like that, at least in my experience. I think you should have sat out there a half mile away and let that fool observer shoot at you all day long until he ran out of bullets and the just gone in and shot him down!

Nice, Mfair! *I see a possible mug in your future!* Tim Tully Mission 4 Little bit of TrackIR trouble, which will cause a problem next mission...

Good work everyone and great videos Stache, even if you following so closely in a power dive does catch my breath! Nice job with the kill, catch. Confirmed or rejected, you know you got him! Lou, good to hear from you and I look forward to the reports!

NOOOOOO! Are you sure it wasn't anything glitchy that got you? I don't want someone going out for that! If your character is truly dead, feel free to fly on in exhibition more with a new character... Thanks, although I cut it for time, they almost single-filed right into me on the first turn!

Stache and catch, just caught up with the videos, great work! Stache, good job getting 'er down on the right side of the lines! Tim Tully Mission 3

Yes, absolutely! You can fly up to seven per real-life week in as many sittings as you need, just follow the in-game time advance instructions in the first post. Lovely picture, btw! Also, be careful on the roof!

Heh, well, I have a college degree, but it apparently doesn't always help with clarity! You were pretty much spot on with your breakdown above and everyone else added in beautifully!

Yes, you can fly all seven weekly mission in one setting if you like (and your behind can tolerate it!), just advance campaign time in game following the instructions. I have already flown five, I am just reporting them spaced out to make it more interesting and not all clumped up.

That's interesting, CastelEtzwane, We've been drooping down on the enemy, but not from that high! Timothy Tully Mission 2 Nov 14, 1917 Friendly Line Patrol

I use the Pinnacle Studio series. It's way overkill and very temperamental, so I don't recommend it, but it's what I have...

Thanks, they are fun! Someone else can run the next one!