Stop talking about FSX and its ridiculous FM ;) This is why I'm waiting the Su26 of COD.

Faucon, don't be so dramatic, we agree that FSX is ridiculous for aerobatics, but some developers like Carenado (and hope Alabeo) makes their planes for FSX and X-Plane. There's a new X-Plane version (10) out there, today the free demo has been launched: http://www.x-plane.com/

Just try it, and we may cross fingers the Alabeo and other developers makes their planes also for X-Plane first, an later for CoD. At least I'm already requesting it in their facebook page...

They got the 3D model, CoD has the FM, it's only a question of merge, or don't you wanna fly this?
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...77336961_n.jpg

Anyway, you perfectly know that there's no propwash at all in CoD; at this moment, RoF has a better detailed FM (and X-Plane too but it depends on every concrete plane). CoD needs a realistic P-effect and a working propwash!

I'm sorry, but unlike you I'm not an armchair expert.. :rolleyes:

One thing is flying the formations like you see in the videos you posted, another is the video of the IL-2 aerobatics. Since you're an expert I'm sure that you've heard of concepts like propwash and turbulence, which aren't modelled in IL-2 (or better, they're in the code but not activated) and are massive on planes like the P-51.
A formation takeoff with P-51s like that of the IL-2 video is impossible to achieve, it's only stuff for jets. Let me show you what can happen in formation landings with taildraggers of that calibre..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLnKYJLzjjI

Little arrogant, self-proclaimed experts like you should always check who they're measuring with before making comments on stuff they obviously don't know much about, if anything to avoid being humiliated with facts. Unbelievable..

Are you telling that propwash caused this accident? That's not what the FAA report proclaims in that concrete accident... did you read it?

The propwash is real, true, but it's also true that there are some ways of flying just out of it or minimise its effect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxv8ySs6Yvk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBq1vhaeqYA

Turbulences are not activated in the FM but propwash generated by one plane onto another is. At least OFFLINE IMHO ;)

By the way I mentionned earlier the excellent Flight Unimited sim that had Propwash, turbulences, wind, rain, a finely tuned FM (for teh leagcy planes : Grop, Pits, SU26 ...) and a spectacular smooth full ATC never seen since anywhere else by myself.

That says a lot of what price we had to pay for nice graphics !

Pls Luthier if you ever happend to read this, bring us back to low polygons untextured world in your next patch ! :twisted:

I haven't said it's propwash that caused the accident, all I was pointing at are the risks related to operating warbirds in unnecessary risky manoeuvres like formation takeoffs and landings. Believe me, I've read the report again and again cos I'm friends with one of their crew chiefs.

Yeah, these guys are not pushing 1650HP on a four bladed propeller though, there's quite a difference.

Tomcat, the propwash ingame is just a graphic thing I think and it's just a fraction of what it really is in RL.

Ok, then you already know that was not a formation landing. The second plane did not land for the correct runway, so he was not expecting anybody on its way.

There's some difference between a "if you try to land in formation you'll crash" and "he was not landing in formation and found another plane ahead (at less speed)".

Lined up takeoff may be a problem, I agree, but landing... you land at idle!


Anyway, we were debating about having aerobatic planes in CoD...

I can't comment on this any longer on a public forum, PM me if you want to know more.

Man, we do 2 ship take-offs with the mustangs, but NEVER attempt formation landings, it's a very very very risky business, a million things can go wrong in a big engined taildragger when coming down for landing, the last thing you want is another big plane like yours nearby. They don't chop the throttle until they're flaring, they need to be ready for a go-around and avoid torque stall.

Thanks, I have my own fonts... :)


Ok, that's a procedure thing, agreed.