I should be use to it by now. . . BUT

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gimpyguy

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Getting cut to ribbons, while straining to gain altitude in a Scramble

That's what I love about this game, utterly unpredictable

I've never tried it, I'm usually too Gung Ho

Perhaps Next time, I get a scramble

Start your engine, then just sit there at idle

Will you be strafed ? :bs:
 
I can say that I have definately beed strafed on an airfield Gimp. I was limping along in my Albatros after a scrap with some Nieups. I crossed the lines and noticed that the menace was still behind me. Losing fuel I decieded to put her down at the first field and maybe they'd go away and let me be. Nope. I landed, was at a dead stop, and they got me. Killed my pilot too. Crappy way to die.

-Rooster
 
Never give up

I know what you mean, Gimpy. My game's only running properly since a week, and so I only had one scramble mission yet. I fly without textmarked planes, but with that little radar, set to 2 nautic miles. I let my friends all start first, as I seem to irritate them sometimes - they crash into Brayelles village, when I get too close at start. Then I roll on and just take off, as I get showered by bullets. On the radar, from one moment to another, lots of red dots had appeared. I repeated it, and this time, as they appeared, I pressed "pause".
I went to external view and moved my sight round my plane, untill I saw them: a bunch of Camels came falling vertically out of a cloud, shooting at me from a distance of a mile or so - don't try it, only the mother:censored: AI can do that!
But I got so angry, :banghead: that I repeated it. And this time, I rolled to the left, lift off, flying like a snake slithers, got out of that hell. Only one followed, so I pressed "Help" several times and began to Tango with him. When my wingman joined, the Limey broke away, and I could return the "hot shower" - he dug right into the ground. I managed to get 3 claims that flight, and only one Camel stole away home - simply because we were all out of ammo (he had a "G" on his upper wing - might be an ace).
So, next time you do a scramble, try that; hit "Pause" and have a "freeze" look around. It can be survived - but it's a lot of curving :isadizzy:, and you need at least one guardian angel. Cheers; Olham
 
Each Scramble will be different, sometimes you will have time to run through an abbreviated pre-flight, other times it's just jump in and go.

With my TAC screen always up at the beginning of a mission, I have but to clic once, and it'll be on Aircraft 8 miles.
Most Times there are a bunch of white Blips = telling me, they are approaching the field, and from what direction
Sometimes 5 or 6 Red Spots, 3 miles out
Or like Last Night, 6 or 7 Red Spots at the very center of the screen, it looked one Big Red Spot = Enemy Aircraft at altitude, directly over the field.
I should've known I was in for a good Clock Cleaning, but I tried to get in a shot or two. Next time I see a formation like that, I'll just idle in place, and contemplate my navel. and see what happens next. :d
 
Gimpy wrote: Red Spots at the very center of the screen, it looked one Big Red Spot = Enemy Aircraft at altitude, directly over the field.

Yeah, that's exactly what happend to me. I'm afraid, contemplating your navel would be the wrong tactics again; in my case, they fired from all guns, right down on us.
But there is a garage on my airfield Brayelles - perhaps I can roll into that, until everybody is on eyelevel, and then come out again.
But seriously: next time I'll try to make my own start somewhere sideways, to keep out of the fire. If I survive, I'll tell you, how it worked. Cheers; Olham
 
Baron von Mahlo R.I.P.

Jasta 11 is in deep sorrow about the death of Baron von Mahlo, who fell in combat against British Triplanes. He has made 9 claims and 3 confirmed victories in 8 sorties. When the Triplanes attacked at start, he managed to get airborne and to shoot down three of them, before the damaged rudder of his Albatros DIII got stuck, when he was in a sharp right turn, too close to the ground. We will miss him and his constant humour.
Manfred and Lothar von Richthofen

(Voice from the grave: But I vill resurrect and zen I vill vipe ze crumpet menace from ze screen - ahr, ahm - from ze skies, I meant!)
 
You've got it right GG

I wait till the heat is off a bit, then sneak off to on side, get some altitude, then pick my fight.

Cheers,

british_eh
 
It can be done !

Yeahooooo !!! Gimpy - I made it!!! Just had another scramble! Red dots in the middle of the screen! So, I started, hard to the left, right through some trees. There, outside the field, I did the only "trick" - I froze with "pause" and looked around my plane. They were 4-5 Tripes from RNAS-10, ace William "Mel" Alexander with them. Right after releasing "pause", I got hit and thought, now the end for another pilot. Pushed nose down, rudder hard left, through the trees again! Called "H" help, called "A" attack - it worked, the Tripe got driven away. Followed him; close direkt shot; he pulles up steep; get's one more, heavy blast; falls away sidewards. Another Tripe flys across my clock, I fire - serious hits! Now I mark the ace (well, that's another "trick", okay), to keep watch at him. Everyones curving over the aerodrome, it's dangerous; I climb out a bit and go for the highest flyer; plaster him with rounds, he dives, crashes, gone! Now the ace. I come from his lower left, as he just fires at an Albatros. He get's full cash all over his side! Turns towards me; now we left-curve round each other. As his turns are tighter, I must let the Alb "drift-drop" down, rudder hard left, towards the center - dangerously short before a stall; pull out again, curve on; he does circles, I do kind of triangles; repeat that for some rounds. Call for help again; comes; Alexander tries to climb away from us very steep, but before my Alb falls back down, I give him a full shower on the roof, again. He decides to turn left and fall, to gain speed; but he can't do the turning game again, my wingman's there; he must turn hard right - thanks, right into MY gun line. Devastating hits again! He tries to climb to the right, but somehow falls away, catches her up again, only to receive another blast. The end looks rather sad - he can't roll her up anymore and falls sideways 'till he crashes. Short after that, another Tripe crashes as result of my hits. God - what a fight. All that in only minutes! (May the lord forgive me my cheating - it was absolutely necessary...) Cheers; Olham
 
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