Olham

Imagine Pol sitting with a bowl of popcorn, and Winder with an ice cold beer, reading our countless questions, giggling and chuckling ...

I got mine delivered in Berlin within 14 days. So, Canada should probably be a little faster. But, however long it may take - as soon as you fly it, you'll find any time too long at hindsight. Welcome in a mad community. Hope, your wife/kids/friends are prepared to see you far less soon...

RedDog, if you just put a Nupe skin in as an Albatros, the Albatros 3D model would be rendered with the Nieuport skin - a "shark in a jet's clothing" so to say. I had once been mistaken, and saved an Alb DII skin as a DIII skin. The result was almost pop art. But in QC, you really could create such a German Nupe, and fly it against French or British Nupes.

Olham tries to learn it, really! But it's hard! So I won't yet risk any of my campaign pilots for that. I did some QC fights today. It is extremely difficult to find, were everyone is,without the TAC. But I switched everything off - no instruments at all, no target cone, no labels, no red or blue text data. And I must say, after short time, I enjoyed the pure clean realistic view around. Only, to find those Camels, was hard. I realised, I wasn't making the most of TrackIR before. Now, I had to check 6 much more often, or look around the whole plane, to find the enemies. I got almost dizzy! But it worked much better, than I had expected. I will do more such training, and then start two campaign pilots, who fly after "Dicta Siggi". Promised! PS: here's a picture of the last Camel, I drove into the grass of our field.

If I look at the sky? You mean the REAL sky - outdoors? A friend called earlier today and asked, why I was indoors in this sunny good weather. Me: "Sunny good weather? Bah! Round the Marne bend and Bonneuil Ferme, we have typical April weather - slate grey clouds; it always looks like rain! Since a whole week or more now!" He: "Why don't you go out and have a walk?" Me: "A walk? Are you kidding? Everyone else has 10 or more confirmed kills, and more claims! I have to reach up with them - I got the sim so late! I have duties! The next sortie is in 10 minutes!!! A walk - tch!!!" I promised him though, to have a walk or jogging tomorrow. Now I can only hope, it will rain...

Bah! TTTiger; I don't care so much for the type names - I shoot them down. But you must admit, the names are a bit confusing. And off course I met FE2bs, with my Albatros DII, in 1916. But now you made me curious about the Bristol F2b - I just started a second career in Jasta 11, in April 1917. There, I will meet this plane sooner or later. Have you got any good tips, how to attack it? Or should I do the same like with the Sopwith Strutter - leave it alone?

In case, you didn't know: the skins for the contest can be placed or viewed here: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...amp;showcat=351 They can also be downloaded there, for your own use and pleasure. Enjoy! Olham

View File Albatros DIII Milan Skin created from original OFF skins made by OvS/James Romano and Paarma/Arto Karttunen. Submitter Olham Submitted 04/05/2009 Category Aircraft Skins

View File Albatros DIII early Burgundy Skin created from original OFF skins made by OvS/James Romano and Paarma/Arto Karttunen. Submitter Olham Submitted 04/05/2009 Category Aircraft Skins

Never mess with Strutters, I say, too. The FE2b is not that difficult. I could down 4 of those with my Albatros DII, within 4 minutes! But when I see Strutters, I let them pass, and hope they do the same with me. They really attack sometimes; and there are even aces amongst them!

Captain - were can I find a girlfriend like yours? You guys are definitely mad, and I would offer to cure you - but I have another sortie in 10 minutes, and I can't give it a miss. There are some SPADs out there round the Marne bend, waiting to get burnt...

My experience, Griphos, seems to be, that you order "attack" first, but then press the "help" key. It seems, that only wingman 1 follows that, unless the others are very close.

Warning - Hauksbee again!

Different to dogfights, the rear gunner's fire always hits your crate from the front. And a running engine is something very vulnerable. These rounds went right into it's interior. What would you expect to happen, when it turns with some thousand rpm?

View File Albatros DVa Wolf Skin created from original OFF skins made by OvS/James Romano and Paarma/Arto Karttunen. Submitter Olham Submitted 04/04/2009 Category Aircraft Skins

View File Albatros DIII Red Yellow Skin created from original OFF skins made by OvS/James Romano and Paarma/Arto Karttunen. Submitter Olham Submitted 04/04/2009 Category Aircraft Skins

Thank you, Siggi! Now, that's what I call a good help! Should make it more successful now. And you, Pol - take care, the tap isn't running, when you leave the flat!

Here's a picture. Now, I don't know, if the fixation of the gun to the metal bow is a turnable joint; but if so, you wouldn't have much of a safe angle below the plane. http://www.greatwarflyingmuseum.com/planes...s_small/sop.jpg

Thanks a lot for guiding me over there, Fortiesboy! Very useful details and additions about TrackIR, I had not known. All of you, who, like me, haven't visited the help section yet - take a look. HomeBoy's TrackIR advice alone is definitely worth it!

My god - what a great job you have done here on explaining TrackIR step by step, HomeBoy! This should be used by TrackIR themselves! I read details I din't know, which will be very useful. I must admit, I hadn't got used to the new forum form; and haven't been in this section before. Thank you, Fortiesboy, for guiding me here!

There, there, Catfish... Don't you see? The crumpets are trying to keep every trick and chance for them, to maintain air superiority (as if they didn't have it anyway - at least in numbers of planes). I'll write the time now as it is in the briefing (Takeoff at 12h08). We'll see, how far I get.