I have just installed the latest minipatch (1.30c) and was testing it using Quick Combat.
The conditions set up were
Flying for Britain
Squadron 3 RFC (as a bomber pilot)
Airfield - Chocques
Date - 1 Jan 1915 at 10:15
Aircraft - Bristol Scout
I started on the ground and the mission was essentially practice flying.
Now to the problem ...
After starting the engine I switched to Chase Mode and then slowly opened the throttle. Gradually the aircraft started to move and my eye was drawn to the wheels. The left hand wheel (port) was rotating backwards !! The right hand wheel (starboard) was rotating forwards.
I do know that you can sometimes get this appearance with a stroboscopic effect but to check on this I slowed the aircraft so that it was just moving.
After a flight of some 30 minutes I landed at a different airfield and checked again. Still the same problem.
Finally I went back to the start of the mission and tried a different aircraft. This time I tried the RAF F.E.2.b. This one worked as expected with both wheels rotating correctly.
My machine is a Dell XPS5 with 4Gb of memory and an ATI Radeon 3870X2 card. Both graphics and system software are up to date.
Is this a small bug ?
Trevor
