carrick58

Well Alvin York in 40 RFC sgn didnt last long. Flying a N-17 Lewis gun he avoided a flight of 4 Albati D-2s But fell victim to the newly arrived at the front Albatri D-3s. They came quickly out of the sun 3 of the V strutters . Alvin s wingman went 1st as the a/c was ripped apart by machine gun fire it staggered and fell smokeing into the tree line below ,then it was Alvins turn caught between two of the black bodied with a white strip in the center a/c. Both firing, his N-17 took 16 -24 hits all at one time clack clack went the motor, then smoke, then RED as he went into the trees. 5.8 hrs flt time and hes gone. Gotta try the Dark Side next time.

I recon men the FE2B or BE2C, They teach you to dive and run. also hiding in the clouds at maximum height. another asset they teach is finding a quick spot to land so u dont get shot down in a fight. Nothing can teach survival like these two old crates Fly them and be very afraid. The HUN is looking for fresh fodder.

Kudos to you all for such great work. I think thats what makes this forum rock. I cant add anything of value to the work, but two things I have noticed over time. 1. when I was in Germany many yrs ago. They did seem to preserve the land by staying in communties and not spreading out so wide. 2. A few years ago, I knew a guy that bought land, without owning the minerial rights, at the bottom of a lake Silly things that people do.

Gotta try to fly as if I was on a learners permit and keep the wings on the plane

Thanks all, I will drink to that.

Thought u guys might like the site. Type into ur browser Vintage aviation.net has close ups of Dr-1 including Machine Guns of time period ( Orignals ?)

In a small but high engery furball 7 N-17s and 3 albatross D-2s zooming , claiming. turning, from 8000ft down to the deck, some just playing follow the leeder firing at each others tail. Diving the N-17 U pull up to fire at a passing target, sure of good hits ,and your lower right wing comes off ? Managed to crash land and spent time in the hospital.

50 hours ? I gotta work harder! Every pilot that I had get kills, they got killed. Pep pe la pew had to land in farmer fields 2 times just to get this far, althought he did get a few hits in on a E-3 ( Empited the drum) 4 hits I think. The other pilot Alvin York (10.8) in N- 17s in RFC 40 sgn has 4 kills ( 2 balloons and 2 Albatross D-2s) He seems to be doomed The D-3 V strutter s just showed up at the front.

Well, I guess I am finally doing it right. Pep pe la Pew ESC 3 N-11 BeBe s 20.7 hours No Kills No Claims but flyable.

I just went with the Super patch. Its a lot faster spoting the e/a just look for the flak. Ive only lost one A/C of mine to Archie over the lines, so I am happy with it.

According to Wikipedia: The Lewis Machine Gun had an effective range of 880 yards an a max range of 3,500 yrds. with that said it all depends on the ammo. The 303 rds of the time were the 1st of the smokeless powders and had a lot of inconsistancies. The powder used was codrite M.T.D. according to UKonline which depending on storage conditions Dampness, , ect affected the propellents burning rate. Different burning rates effect the velocity of the bullet and if it will fire at all. in the game, ???? 100 yards maybe. U tube has a lot of machinegun videos Lewis and vickers among them But they are useing more modern ammo stiil fun to watch.

For what is worth, a deflection shot works well with the N-11 Bebe. Perhaps, its the only way that you can be effective with the limited amount of ammo. its not that hard getting the hang of fiire in front of the target keep firing till he flys through the line of fire normally its engine or pilot get hit s complete with Yells then the a/c smokes of falls out of control. The problem is getting the a/c in that position for the shot. You will find most the time the ammo is gone.

I had that happen before too. Shot up two FE2Bs (use abut 400 rds) When logging the claim, it wouldnt redcord untill I down sized to one FE2B ( maybe the other a/c in the flight got a few hits in) then it accepted the form.

Snakes: althought looking back its hard to remember, I heard of the Posko while in S.E. Asia. There was one (think the same one hung in trees) called the two steper because if you were bit that was how far you would get. ! And a nasty little spittin snake ( Corba ?) instead of bitin the little devil would spit poison. Nasty little devils, but they didnt come looking for U.

Sure hope he does, I think it would show his love of the by gone time , but will it make money? I know that I would see it at least twice then buy the DVD. (same for Red Baron and that one is not great) At the rate hes going at the aircraft. He soon will have enough to start his own air war.

Sitin Duck: Just a note of thanks for fixin up OFF. U guys Rock Thanks. Carrick

I am in agreement with Herr Prop wasche. The term refects the region in which the person was raised For Example, In the early 70s I was in Europe and the peace sign (V) ment something different then what it did in the U.S.A. Fast forward to shakeing hands in some parts of the Arab world U just dont do it. however, in the U.S. Its a sign of greeting the open hand meaning without weapon dates back to Rome.

P.S. Dont remember much about Teamspeak is there a code or password Thanks thats about 4 pm california time ?

To Night???????

Since we are talking about computer systems and OOF. What system would max out the the sim? I have a 2.0 dual core with a XP operating system( I run a single processor for OFF) AMD 64 3800 processor 2 gbs ram DDR Nvida Ge force 7600 graphics card. 256 mb. Currently it overheats and chugs along at 40 frame rate during the game. What system would make OFF rock? without overdoing it? Kudos luv the forum and the game.