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Gousgounis
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No its not wierd. Every time i get hit, my engine dies in like 10-15 minutes...:isadizzy:
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ZoomZoom
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Well yeah, it IS kinda wierd considering only a very small percentage of the aircraft is fuel tank and radiator.
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gimpyguy
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Depends alot on What, you're attempting to glide in, I can personally recommend the N17. That's one bird that refuses to drop on it's own.
Best way to check, is take it up to 5000, and intentionally Kill your engine, that way you're sure to omit battle damage.
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On a different note: My suggestion which I doubt if anybody picked up on for Phase 3. Or it wasn't possible, that I don't know.
There's alot of useless garbage, in the Printed HUD
But it also features a very accurate fuel gauge .. ie ...63.4%
Plus the ONLY ammo counter in the game
We already have the capability to throw those gauges over the side. So that (F5) only features the printed HUD
So much the better, if only the goodies were visable... ie...63.4% & 521
I'd then be inclined to leave it up, all the time. Don't know about you, but before I decide to stay and fight, or run and hide, it'd be nice to know at a glance, that I only have 087 Bullets.
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gimpyguy
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I feel alot depends on which bird you fly ( Don't know if the DM is that precise). When a bullet in 1917, (1) impacts a cast iron engine block, something has to give, usually the bullet shatters into many small fragments, and fuel line is copper tube. Copper itself is soft and bendable, and steel tubing wasn't available in 1917
Whereas a Rotory could be holed anywhere, without doing much damage, unless of course, you got Lucky, and disabled a cylinder, then the resulting vibration, could ruin your whole day
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Polovski
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Seems everyone has a different experience. I glide fine in the craft I mostly fly. Maybe you fly different craft mostly. Easy to brush a comment across ALL craft or everyone else's experiences but seems people see many variations.
In fact some craft glide too well in my experience.
In fact some craft glide too well in my experience.
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Baywing
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Having dead-sticked more than my share, my experience is that each of the a/c have their own, unique flying characteristics. Some glide well, others drop like rocks.
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Polovski
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Exactly, thanks Baywing.
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JohnReid
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Here is what happened to mine!
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ZoomZoom
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You know, that does seem a logical place for it to break JR. With that big cockpit hole cut in that weakens the monocoque exterior right at that point, I wouldn't be shocked to find a lot of planes cracked there. In addition, its just aft of the last main strong point in the fuse, the lower wing spar joining point, and I can't recall how many rc-birds of the period I've seen with cracks or stress-marks at this point after hard or rough landings.
Is your model of a particular crash?
Gimpyguy....your right, and it may also be my flying style. Usually its my instinct to dive first in my evasion of incoming fire. This might explain fire more often entering my upper wing/radiator.
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Is your model of a particular crash?
Gimpyguy....your right, and it may also be my flying style. Usually its my instinct to dive first in my evasion of incoming fire. This might explain fire more often entering my upper wing/radiator.
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JohnReid
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JohnReid
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Hi ZZ! I got the idea from the photo in the background.:ernae:John.
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Mattias1
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Best CFS-friends!
I´m a new member from Sweden, and I´m sorry but I just can´t understand how to start a new thread! I hope it´s ok that I post my question here, because I´m kind of desperate...
I tried do download a new campaign to CFS1 (me 262), and I extract the files in winzip and put the extracted files in the campaign-folder in the CFS-folder.
But when I try to activate the mission in CFS I get an error message saying, "error loading mission file. Either the file is corrupted or formatted improperly".
Can anyone help?
Once again; Sorry for "hijacking" this thread...
Best regards/
Mattias, Sweden
I´m a new member from Sweden, and I´m sorry but I just can´t understand how to start a new thread! I hope it´s ok that I post my question here, because I´m kind of desperate...
I tried do download a new campaign to CFS1 (me 262), and I extract the files in winzip and put the extracted files in the campaign-folder in the CFS-folder.
But when I try to activate the mission in CFS I get an error message saying, "error loading mission file. Either the file is corrupted or formatted improperly".
Can anyone help?
Once again; Sorry for "hijacking" this thread...
Best regards/
Mattias, Sweden
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JohnReid
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Actually the way I read the picture was that the aircraft did a nose over in a training accident.A rescue attempt was made to save the pilot by cutting through the fuselage with axes and saws and then the rear half of the fuselage was thrown over the lower wing.The two halves are joined only by the control cables.A fire started near the engine and a flashover fire stripped the wings and control surfaces of their fabric.
The pic shows a covered aircraft but I wanted the structure to be visible for educational purposes.:ernae:
The pic shows a covered aircraft but I wanted the structure to be visible for educational purposes.:ernae:
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gimpyguy
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Wrong Forum Friend, OFF is a Patch of WWI from CFS3:ernae:
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Baywing
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It's easy. First, go to the CFS1 forum. Then, click on the box at the upper left with the start in it. That will open a window. Type in your title in the title box and question in the larger box. When done, you can either select "Preview Post" to look before you submit, or just hit the "submit" button.
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womenfly2
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I feel alot depends on which bird you fly ( Don't know if the DM is that precise). When a bullet in 1917, (1) impacts a cast iron engine block, something has to give, usually the bullet shatters into many small fragments, and fuel line is copper tube. Copper itself is soft and bendable, and steel tubing wasn't available in 1917
Whereas a Rotory could be holed anywhere, without doing much damage, unless of course, you got Lucky, and disabled a cylinder, then the resulting vibration, could ruin your whole day
.... not really, look at the Albatros that the NASM restored. One bullet went through steel tubing of the gun mount, then through the fuel tank and into the magneto. Doesn't look like it shattered.
A bullet could also take out a cylinder or pierce it on a rotary or an in-line engine.
They also did have steel tubing, Fokker used it even up to 1918!
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