E-7? terrain color?

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by Avimimus

I am worried about the terrain colour. I prefer the pre-DCS Lomac and EAW. Perhaps I have a "difference in colour perception"...I also recall liking JWW2F.

Anyway, I hope we will be able to change the textures for the main terrain or that an option for colour saturation will be included.

I hope Oleg releases some new screenies soon. I'd like to see some terrain shots
Flyby

[Jughead]

"PS Someone send Oleg a copy so he can up the AI intellect. (don't ban me!!!)"

+1

I've been seeing strange things online too, so I have moved to offline play.
I've see some pretty neat things in WoV. If Oleg is a WW2 flight sim fan (something tells me he is) I'm sure he's played it too. Which is probably a good thing.
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[KOM.Nausicaa]

Originally Posted by 99th_Flyby

I also read that the E7 actually dropped bombs over England, and that doing so was considered a wasted effort. Flyby

First ever bomb-run carried out by the BF109 was done in an attack on Dover harbour, as early as July 1940, in the beginning of BoB.

[Ballenato]

E7 its called E7 because droptank. If not drop tank is able to carry (that mean no rak), was called E/3-4. Bombs in E-4 and before were an retroffited planes.

Stalkervision, where didi you read that those drop tanks and it's alarming tendency to catch fire in flight btw?

saludos

[stalkervision]

Originally Posted by Ballenato

E7 its called E7 because droptank. If not drop tank is able to carry (that mean no rak), was called E/3-4. Bombs in E-4 and before were an retroffited planes.

Stalkervision, where didi you read that those drop tanks and it's alarming tendency to catch fire in flight btw?

saludos

I believe it was in the Ballentine Series of military books / ME-109 by Martin Caidin buddy.

Pss..that was because they were actually made from pressed and molded paper!

right after the battle a metal one came out but by then it was to late..

[JG53Frankyboy]

i sure hope Maddox will include the -/B option for the SoW:BoB Bf109E

[stalkervision]

Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy

i sure hope Maddox will include the -/B option for the SoW:BoB Bf109E

what he will probably do is to make the tank the same as it was in real life..

Extreamly flammable...

It will make for some great unplanned screenshots though..

[JG53Frankyboy]

-/B means bombs - no need to model any droptank for the SoW:BoB 109s

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by stalkervision

I believe it was in the Ballentine Series of military books / ME-109 by Martin Caidin buddy.

Pss..that was because they were actually made from pressed and molded paper!

right after the battle a metal one came out but by then it was to late..

I still have that book!

[Ballenato]

Originally Posted by stalkervision

I believe it was in the Ballentine Series of military books / ME-109 by Martin Caidin buddy.

Pss..that was because they were actually made from pressed and molded paper!

right after the battle a metal one came out but by then it was to late..

I think you must double check your sources, at least dont get too much credit on those fantastic Caidin texts.

From "Bf109 Recognition manual" - Marco Fernandez Sommerau:

"From the E7 to the last K4s, all Bf could carry auxiliary fuel tanks externally. These were suspended from a carrier rack under the belly. The type of belly rack changed very little between the E and the last K.
The original ALUMINIUM drop-tank selected for the 109 was a Junkers design of 295 litres capacity. Other types of tank soon appeared, most being similar in apparience but with a flattened botton in order to give adequate ground clearance. At the end of the war an "economy" steel version (type 8-4559 E1) appeared but saw limited use as it was less resilient than earlier tanks and imposed some limitations - aerobatics and sudden manoeuvres were not advised with it attached, nor were reough field landings recomended. Areinforced steel tak was subsequently adopted."

regards