Though not as much protection that would ruin the gameplay!!!

Excellent updates this week.
Great work Oleg and team!

Reading some comments about the QMB interface (ie not immersive enough, etc, no period fonts) I think some people may be mistakenly viewing it as the main intro to missions.

It isn't - it's the rough and ready 'throw a quickie together and don't worry about the fine-tuning' building tool for missions.

For comparison see below the (4.10 updated) version from il2:

From Oleg's first post some good improvements over (original) il2:

- ability to import new QMB missions from the FMB
- increased number of flights available (il2 was limited to 4 each side)

Or sky

Oleg, I have been reseaching the flight-kit again, and I have been speeking with people who have had the pleasure of getting into the spitfire'c cokpit in flying gear, and each has said that it is is impossible for the pilot to wear an Irvin flying jacket. The cramped cockpit would make it impossible for the pilot to get the right-head movement which would be needed in combat.
I hope that this is useful information for you to use. A Hurricane pilot had the luxury of being able to wear an Irvin in the pit, but I would imagine this unlikely during the hot summer.
;) (also, if the pilot is fitting in the spit perfectly with the Irvin on, does this mean the pilot model is off? This isn't intended for another discussion on pilot size, but more a follow up question on whether layer clothing is modelled. We can see from one video that the parachute is a seperate model)

:cool:

Trying to see if I figured out how in the heck how to use this attachment thing. If it's a thumbnail click and you'll see nice gray letters on that Spitfire. How do you keep the pic full size? I never have been able to figure this thing out. Just stupid I guess :(

To do that you write:

[img]pictures adress[/img]

For comparisson/reference.
Dover and France looking South:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/...3d148c0e_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/...d52e086c_o.jpg

Unsure of location here:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/...426d43.jpg?v=0

Larger:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/...a79fba6d_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3588/...b1cbd57c_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2650/...9b37b110_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2037/...e92cdf.jpg?v=0

Like the quick-fly GUI, fresh and punchy, but not particularily of the era but who knows if the campaign interface is a more tailored experience? Would be good to have crew for the ground vehicles, (after all the aircraft have crew).

That Spit's my desktop for the week, looks like Biggles copped a packet.

I'm looking forward to seeing some more of the pyrotechnics, explosions, that sort of thing, how or if smoke columns interact with the environment, wind at differrent levels etc.

Smashing update, keep 'em coming.

It would have been a tight fit but it was more likely down to individual pilots and how comfortable they were wearing it. It certainly wasn't impossible and there are plenty of photos of Spitfire pilots wearing Irvin jackets. I've read a few pilot accounts of how cold they were at 30,000ft even with the jacket on (unless I imagined them). Anyway, I don't think it's correct to say impossible, rather it was just difficult.

The average enviromental lapse rate is about 2 Degrees C per 1000 feet. A nice summers day of lets say 30C at ground level turns into -10C at 20,000 feet.

I think I'ld want a Irvin jacket if I was on Patrol.

Cheers!