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  2. Posted

     

    I remember to have liked in my last visit 1989 in Cornwall, was Director's Bitter -

    possibly by Courage Brewery?

     

    Yes Olham. You are correct.In certain hostelries in the City of London the same beer is sold in pewter tankards under the name Davy's Old Wallop. In sufficient quantities it can be a handful!

     

    best

     

    nio

  3. Posted

    mmm beer.... right I 'm off to get one now! Got some Wychwood's Hobgoblin in the cupboard downstairs should be perfect.. just a slight chill below room temperature.

     

    And on that subject I think we need to clear up this whole english drinking warm beer thing!

     

    Firstly it is important to know the difference between lager and beer!... the stuff you drink in america like budweiser etc is not what we call beer! it is Lager! (yes I know it is technically a type of beer).

     

    We, like you drink LAGER icy cold Chilled.

     

    What we call beer is what is also known as Ale, which is drunk at (or just below) room temperature (not warm!).

     

    Although I love real ale Lager is far more popular over here these days... possibly as it is lighter and easier to drink and suits our penchant for binge drinking and casual violence!

     

    That being said I also love a pint of good German lager

     

     

     

    Of course the most important thing about british beer is we drink it in REAL pints (20oz) ... not the little 16oz things americans call pints good.gif

     

    Stiffy, you have reminded me of one of my favourite advertisments extolling the benefits of ale over lager.

     

    http://bp3.blogger.com/_l3hE1L9RPR4/R4S-pMDZySI/AAAAAAAAB0o/IG4_wCd-aW4/s1600-h/adverts_lager_boy_poster.jpg

     

    With all due respect to its fans ,I never could get on with Budweiser after I read the ingredients and discovered rice was one of them.Saki beer!

     

    best

     

    nio

  6. Posted

    You may be interested to learn that the service records of 99,000 RAF officers have been made available on the National Archives website here in the UK.

     

    The records were compiled in 1918 -1919 the time of the creation of the RAF but they apparently contain many details of earlier service in the RFC and the RNAS.

     

    Unfortunately each record costs £3.50 to download.Ouch!

     

    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/air76.asp

     

    Best

     

    nio

  12. Posted

    Well, to answer your question more simpy......."There's no air....up there." :rofl:

     

    ZZ.

     

    Or very very little....to be more precise.

     

    I am not a meteorologist but I believe that it would be more accurate to say that there is less air pressure up there at 10,000 ft.

     

    I found this:-

     

    The atmosphere extends above the Earth's surface 100,000 ft, and generally remains consistent, with a 78% nitrogen/21% oxygen mixture to about 70,000 ft. Above that, it becomes more a mixture of helium and other gases. This being the case, and because the highest elevation we find on Earth is about 30,000 ft, we can't really say that oxygen decreases with height.

     

    However, what does decrease with height is air pressure. At sea level, the pressure of the atmosphere is 14.7 pounds per square inch (psi). At 18,000 feet the pressure is 7.34 psi. By 34,000 feet, the pressure is reduced to one-half the value at the 18,000 foot level (3.62 psi). It is this reduction in pressure (or in other words, the less dense air) that causes hypoxia, a condition during which the pressure in the blood is not sufficient enough to deliver oxygen to the brain.

     

    The barometric pressure at 10,000 ft is ~670 mb. Meteorologists often use the following scale when describing specific altitudes. For instance, they will say, "The freezing level is at 850 mb."

     

    1000 mb ~ 360 feet (110 m)

     

    850 mb ~ 5000 feet (1500 m)

     

    700 mb ~ 10,000 feet (3000 m)

     

    500 mb ~ 18,000 feet (5400 m)

     

    250 mb ~ 34,000 feet (10,200 m)

     

    E & OE

     

    best

     

    nio

  14. Posted

    I saw London from a SP campaign mission when 56 Squadron was resting in the UK. I fuelled up, left my squadron and followed the Thames up to London to take in the sights. Battersea Power Station looks odd though, I thought that wasn't built until 20s/30s?

     

    Correct!

     

    A history of the power-station, which is apparently still the largest brick building in Europe, is available here.

     

    http://www.batterseapowerstation.org.uk/hist1.html

     

    best

     

    nio

  17. Posted

    Nio,

     

    Your post encouraged me to try it again.

     

    Yes, I did check the TrackClip Pro button and position the sensor to the side of my monitor. My problem may be due to a wobbly, cheap headset. TrackIR recommends Creative headsets. What's brand/model are you using?

     

    Thanks

     

    Cheers

     

    Birddog

     

    This may sound lame but I am at work and canot recall the make of my headset.

     

    I think it is a Sennheiser gaming noise-cancelling headset and mike, although I cannot recall which model.

     

    It is essential to ensure that the clip is firmly clipped to your headset.The fitting can be a bit loose. If I recall correctly, I had to wedge some folded card and trim it to ensure a snug fit. Do please persevere as I firmly believe, based upon my experience, that the clip does provide smoother gameplay over the cap-fitting standard reflector device.

     

    I wish you every success.

     

    best

     

    nio

  18. Posted

    Barnstorm, Nio, et. al,

     

    Funny, I found the TrackClip Pro to be clunky and not nearly as smooth as the traditional reflective TrackClip. I played around with profiles for several hours and could never get it to work as well as the older technology. Any thoughts??

     

    I guess that's why I always close my answers to technical questions on this forum with "Of course, your mileage may vary" :wink:

    Cheers

     

    Hi Birddog

     

    Your experience is different to mine.

     

    Just a thought, but when setting up did you go into your profiles and put a dot in the track clip pro button at the head of each profile page?. I apologise if you did so and this was not the problem for you.

     

    best

     

    nio

  19. Posted · Edited by nio48

    So, I won't have a cable from head to rig? It's Bluetooth then, and much more fefficient/precise?

    In that case, I may get it.

     

     

    Erm no Olham.

     

    I find the clip does help improve the smoothness of TRACKIR ,probably because it relies on positive beams from the clip to the receiver rather than passive reflectors.

     

    It is USB cabled to your rig or hub and not wireless.I think Barnstorm was trying to describe the clip as looking like a bluetooth wireless device.

     

    Please see this PDF from Naturalpoint's website

     

    http://media.naturalpoint.com/files/print/...tart-200612.pdf

     

    HTH

     

    best

     

    nio

  20. Posted

    Wow ,Hauksbee.Those are impressive stats!

     

    That is on average:-

     

    7.51 minutes per mission

    9.71 minutes per confirmed kill

    6.13 minutes per kill, if all are confirmed.

     

    Did you fit a supercharger and a Gatling gun on your SE? :minigun:

     

    Glad to see you are flying for Britain.

     

    I guess the rest of us will just sit here sucking on a pint or two and wiping the sweat off your ground crew and the guy who marks the tally board.Go on like this and you will win the war in the air single handed! :rofl:

     

    best

     

    nio

     

    :hi:

  21. Posted

    I just experimented. It's not the overall realism level. It's the flight model. Only "realistic" produces a normal flight path when starting at altitude while "easy" and "medium" create a nose dive. You'd think it would be the other way around.

     

    Any way to correct this? My pilot won't live long enough, or fly well enough, at the "realistic" level to make things as enjoyable as they could be.

     

    I do not believe this is an FM problem or we would all be experiencing these unwanted effects.

     

    Just a thought ,and I may be way off beam here, have you checked to see how your aircraft control surfaces behave in outside view when you start your QC flight?

     

    The reason I ask is that if, for instance, you fly with rudder pedals you can sometimes find that the axis controls are messed up and operation of rudder actually operates your ailerons and throws you around a bit.The solution ,if this is your problem ,would be to go to axis control settings in game and find your rudder axis control and delete everything you find in assignments apart from the rudder axis itself.

     

    This is a long shot.

     

    HTH

     

    best

     

    nio

  22. Posted

    I should just like to make the observation that the one thing that the IL2 engine has strongly in its favour is that it lends itself far more readily to online play than the vestigial CFS3 engine we have in OFFBHAH.This is not intended as a criticism off this sim. Many who have followed this sim through all stages of its development will know perfectly where I stand in my admiration and appreciation of OFF.

     

    In an online squadron I fly with, we regularly fly missions with over 20 members airborne joining from all over the globe.The lag and concomitant stutter factors, so prevalent in the CFS3 engine, are vastly reduced by comparison in IL2.

     

    I merely make this as an observation of potential interest to those who do enjoy online flying.

     

    best

     

    nio

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