"You probably won't see a Hun until June 1915 - I joined up a pilot in February 1915 (see reports from the front thread) and managed to get plenty of valuable flying time in BEs before meeting the inevitable Eindeckers ...
As for landing, you'll probably find it increasingly easy as you go on. I used to crash with monotonous regularity until I realised that the best way of landing is to actually chop back the throttle to more or less nothing, and then to glide in, keeping the nose just up until the stick's rattling away, when you cut the engine completely and coast."
Thanks Si, this confirms what I've been trying to do. Typically, I made a couple of reasonable landings first off, and now I seem to to be always crabbing sideways in the last 10 feet - and it's too late to get power back up and go around again!
I deliberately chose Feb 1915 for its quiet start - I seem to be strangely content to fly spotting flights real time, just trying to control the machine and enjoying the graphics. I never have this patience with CFS3 or IL2, but I haven't tried any WW1 since 'Flying Corps' wouldn't work with Vista. I'm going to try and persevere so the shock value of the first Eindecker will that much more exciting!
