Olham

1. Albatros DII 2. Jasta 2, Bertincourt 3. 11 kills 4. 7,5 hours 5. DiD yes 6. 110%

For a first look, there's the pic we sent with them. If you want to see, how it really looks, you best throw it into the skins folder, and fly it. Here's the direction: go to game's folder, then Campaigns > Campaign data > skins Throw it in there, give it an own name ending, or just note the name it has, then go to QC and choose the plane type for it, then the skin.

Haha! At that altitude, you fight with ground forces, Duck. So that might be hand granades!

wsmwsm, I had that too in QC - it was so, that the game did not recognise the throttle. I had to move it full back, and forward again - and there the engine came! Maybe the reason?

Just made screen captures of my log, to post it in another thread. But the longer I look at it, the less do I understand. After all, that is mentioned about claims submitted, and claims confirmed; there should at least be more claims noted. But I read 4 claims, 4 confirmations. Can anyone explain that to a spring tired brain?

No, Waldemar. And although taken prisoner, I could escape after 20 days or so; and was allowed to fill in my claim report. So, that's alright.

Schlissefahrt, I don't say that. It was just a short time experience I made. But anyway - you won't be able to seriously fly a whole month of campaign in one real life day? At least I can't - would be far too straining.

The log can't seem to be screen shot as usual. You press "print", beam the game down with the windows-key, and open Photoshop or similar program. There, you say "new", and "insert" the print. Now it can be saved as a Jpeg.

...a quick turn of my head saw the hun zoom climbing up in an arc to take a position behind me. Though I wrestled with the controls, I couldn't turn fast enough to escape his guns. Like a mad hornet he stung me several times and soon I pitched earthward. Unable to control the descent, the last of my cables having been shot away, I plowed into the ground... Yes. That sounds much like the end of so many an ace. You're really good; fighting with excellent manoeuvers; you love your plane, you feel what it can do, and you do it all to the extreme; young and confident - you think you're almost unbeatable; almost immortal. But then you're not... My condolence, Hellshade

Reading the rules, I saw, it must be on version 1.3, which I haven't installed yet. So, the 4 victories are useless now?

Sometimes, it can go quick. But it may depend on how often I started the game, in this example. All confirmed victories were made on May 18th, 1918; but on several flights, which I did not do on the same day in reality. But these were the fastest confirmations I ever had. Now, I don't know, if there would be a "rejected", instead of a "confirmed" in your case? Or are they still "in waiting position"? What I don't understand, are the ballon bustings I made in the first flights - they don't appear as confirmed. But it reads there, that a claim from April 26th got confirmed. Now, together with all other claims, that should be more than 4, right?

To match Siggi's high realism standards for my DiD candidate for his killboard, I have changed AA to "realistic". And got badly damaged right after that! Fortunately, it resulted in a crash landing, I survived. But, my god, these Archies - I'd like to really strafe them hard! My pilot now has 4 confirmed kills. Not enough yet for the board; but if he has: what exactly must I do to take part in that?

The beautiful Nieuport overall design becomes clearly visible with this non-painting. Classic!

Who of us do you mean? And why IL2 pilot? I don't know Widow's looks, but me - I'm handsome, surely. Even WITH glasses!

One is Widowmaker, and I'm the other (Lol!!!)

Hahaha!!! But good, you're the right stuff, eyh? You just stand up again, and enter the next available plane, with a good headache, maybe. Do you know: was it the left or the right turn, she performs better?

Hey, good to know that this works, Siggi - makes it a lot easier, and more immersive surely.

...he crashed his Camel. (damned Huns can't fly properly!) Well, as far as I know, the Camel killed a lot of British rookie pilots, too. Wasn't she even called "Widowmaker"? But interesting story, that. And a special skin. Perhaps it can be built into Jasta 28b, in some future version of BHaH? I will try a British campaign with the Camel now; see, if I can get to grips with this nervous witch craft.

Bonjour, Liaxelot, welcome! Si tu veux plus d'activité et de air combat, chois les ans 1917 et plus, 1918. Et chois une region, ou il etait plus d'action - comme la region Arras - Cambrai - St.Quentin. Ou la Marne region en 1918. Je ne sais pas, sis les Escadrilles avaint "defensive" et "offensive" Esc. Tu veut choisir une Escadrille "offensive". Mon Francais est tres limité - I wish I could help you more. Au revoir. Olham

Hahaha!!! Yes, Catch, that's how the pilot must look after firing that monster.

Hi, Luiz Before the flight, you read the briefing. There you find your mission task, takeoff time, the names of your wingmen, the total flight distance etc. You may decide to press "alternative flight" (or how it's called), until you like the route and distance. [now, write on a pad or note book: mission task, names of wingmen, takeoff time. Make sure, you have petrol for the flight distance filled up, plus 30 - 50% reserve.] When I enter air combat, I press "pause", and note, how many opponents I see, which plane types; and you can even switch "labels" on, to see, if there are aces among them. When you really destroyed an enemy plane, you will receive a blue message on top of the screen. Press "pause", press "Z" - now you get red text with a lot of data, including exact time and altitude. Write these two down. Now open your map, and check, were the plane was shot down (north of Arras; or "southwest of Bertincourt airfield"). When you collected these data, you fly on. Later, you should write ALL your wingmen into the report, cause you will hardly know, WHO might have witnessed your kills. Now many may say, that kills the immersion a lot. True - but I can't remember all this any other way. Hope, this will help you. Have fun! Question to all: Has anyone tried yet, to write down all these things after the fight, from rather vague memories; and had his/her claims still confirmed?

Good stuff, Tttiger, you found there; I remember I had seen the first bit in the old forum. I shouldn't have jumped in with my data. What we do here sometimes, is defending the planes we like, against negative criticism. At least I feel I'm doing so sometimes, and off course, that's pretty useless. Sure the Dr.1 was an outstanding plane. And also sure it was much overrated by many. The most important points in all air combat of that times surely were: - how good did each pilot involved, know the strengths and the weaknesses of his plane? - how much control could he retain about himself, the situations, and the plane? - how good or bad were the conditions of each plane and pilot at the beginning of the fight? I started a campaign with the Dr.1, and there are Camels and S.E.5a in my area (sweat - Lol!). Now, I must find out myself, how far I can get with it...

I like SPADs. For breakfast, lunch, or with my tea. Yes, Interlocutor, I prefer turnfighters too (although the Albatros isn't the best there - Dr.1 would be the choice!) For the Camel, there's one direction, were it's really good (depending on the powerful rotation torque); but I forgot, wether it was the left or right turn. I think, it was the right, and it was so much faster and safer, that the pilots did rather a three-quarter right turn than a left (if right was right - ask the experts). I'll try a Camel campaign soon - she's the only British plane with good twin guns (if we ignore the few twin gun Tripes). But a nervous little witch, as far as I experienced yet.

Naw, British and von Baur; it's just a lucky outcome - happens rather rarely; so enjoy! See Hellshade's thread about the same lucky event - and what I wrote about it. I regard it as one of these moments, when your guardian angel held a hand over you. Your crash looked terrible - but nothing much happened to you. In car accidents, that happens a lot.

The S.E.5a was 37 km/h faster than the Dr.1 Within 6 minutes, the climb would be: S.E.5a: 1.200 Meter Dr.1: 2.000 Meter (At lower altitudes - data like these are never bulletproof) You can only escape by climbing away; and Gremlin's trick seems perfect - spiraling up, the agile Dr.1 won't loose much climb, if any. The S.E.5a should find that much harder to do - and can't aim or hit you.