Olham

Great info like always, Lou! And since you didn't post another question, I'll take the freedom to post another rare one here. Only three were produced. What's that plane?

The "Center" command of TrackIR can be put on any button of the joystick. I find it quite helpful to have it in reach, cause I use it a lot.

Rugbyfan, let's say it like this: modern life is sometimes complicated. It may take some time to get used to TrackIR, but don't give up - it will be great one day.

UncleAl sent me a PM with this link he wanted to bring to your attention. A good one with some emotion. You may have wondered, why we don't see UncleAl posting recently. Well, he seems to have had an argument with one of the admins of the forum, and so he got banished. I hope, it's only for a limited time, cause I would miss him here. Admins, whoever had the pleasure of having an argument with UncleAl - please make it a limited time decision, so one day we will have him back here. We all know his ridgeback temper and sometimes rough communication. But he's an honest chap, I believe to have experienced.

Rugbyfan, I don't understand your problem. You DON't have to choose any profile for OFF. What you do is this: 1. start the TrackIR program (the device should show 4 little red dots in it's little black plastic screen, when it's on) 2. choose a Profile like "default" or "smooth", or mine, for a start 3. put the cap on and check, if it works - you'll see your head moves translated on the screen. Here you may later change values to your likes. 4. Look at the center of the screen and press the command for "Center". 5. start OFF, pick an aircraft and get to cockpit view by pressing "F4", until you sit in the crate. TrackIR does not always react immediately; move forth and back, until you get a reaction - now you should be there. Press "Center" again. Make sure that you place the TrackIR command for "Center" somewhere near - best on the joystick. You do that in the TrackIR window. You should now be able to fly. TrackIR should get recognised by the sim. If you found a setup you like, you can save it under a name and click "exclusive"; so it will be there at next start.

Bordeauxred Baron: "Vott vould I doo wizzout der Camelz - I love zem - vizz mustard! Mmuahahahahahahaaaaaa!!!!!!"

TrollBreath: Yes, we are killing ourselves and destroying valuable military aircraft at the same time. Happy now? Herman Hesse has replaced him in an Albatross DII. Oh me oh my - Herman was a very ernest man, so let's hope he will remember Dicta Boelke. BurningDaylight, I could imagine Rudyard Kipling fighting quite ernestly for the British common wealth - I see him in a Pup. But please, all you writers and philosphers - don't flood our side of the lines with pamphlets.

At the tail of a Jasta 19 pilot - did you get him, Carrick?

BurningDaylight and TrollBreath - the aircraft are not killing you; you are destroying them, and kill yourselves. But you'll learn to handle your crates, if you stay around for at least half a year. And perhaps you find yourself better pilots. Charles Bukowski couldn't have flown the Eindecker - he definitely drank too much. Jean Paul Sartre may have been a good philosopher - but can such guys fly fighters? Ernest Hemingway had his ways with war, hunting and fighting - he could make it. RAF_Louvert's map is brilliant - you should try and use that for navigating.

Pick my brain? Give this one, and maybe other profiles, a try, Rugbyfan - select them in the TrackIR setup window - it should work.

TrollBreath: Initial thoughts are HUGELY positive about the game. Well, you'll soon find out - this is NO game. Sounds like you made your first flight without any aids like Labels or TAC right from the start? That's tough. But I get the impression already, that you'll love OFF.

Oh, wow - that's how "sunrise" looks! (I'm rather one for evening missions - in the morning I'm of no use). Great picture, Mike!

Rugbyfan, if you like, you can try my profile for OFF here. Just go to Programs > NaturalPoint > TrackIR 5 > profiles and throw it in there after unzipping. Then start TrackIR, choose "Olham OFF" and click "exclusive". You can still make a copy by clicking on the copy button, and modify that then.

I agree about keeping this order: question asked, question answered, next question placed. But that should include, that the confirmations come faster here - otherwise we fall asleep and into the campfire. If it takes three days, until we get a "yes" or "no", that is too long for me.

You will begin to live a life beyond average greyscales - the life of a WW1 fighter pilot. It will be phantastic!

You're asking exactly the same question I asked myself, BigAl! The English Wikipedia has only good data about the English craft. And if they have climb rates or top speed for German craft, their values are mostly less than on the German Wiki - seems the competition still continues...

Good vision means so much - must have been like getting new born a bit.

Slartibartfast: hmm I was thinking Herr Olham that having the one for fighters and one for other types bombers recon etc would give a nice balance... Believe it or not - only now I just realised, that you had started a second one. Before, I had thought, you had posted in the first one - I must be getting senile!

That's nice to see some pics of the environment Paul is flying in. Keep them coming! I resently discover the Alsace with a pilot in the late formed Jasta 80 b (Bayern); for him, it's May 22nd 1918; they operate from Gross-Tanchen. (see "Screenshots")

Kids are starting earlier and earlier these days...

Here are data for the Siemens-Schuckert SD III: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens-Schuckert_D.III They say it climbed to 6000m (19.685 feet) in 20,0 Minuten.

Never seen so much footage about the French pilots and planes. Some great stuff! Some of their emblems show good humour.

And here is another aircraft to identify:

It's a Blackburn single seat Triplane. Here is some text I found about it: Designed by Harris Booth, who was also responsible for the A.D. Scout, the Blackburn single-seat fighter triplane was intended to carry a single Davis two-pounder quick-fire recoilless gun firing from the nose of the nacelle and was conceived for the anti-Zeppelin role. Possessing a fabric-covered airframe, the triplane was initially flown early in 1917 with a 100hp Clerget 9Z nine-cylinder rotary engine driving a four-bladed propeller. The Clerget was soon replaced by a Gnome Monosoupape nine-cylinder rotary of 100hp driving a two-blade propeller and the triplane was accepted by the Admiralty on 20 February 1917, but was struck off charge as unsatisfactory four weeks later, on 19 March.