Friday 2010-03-12 Screenshots and Discussion Thread

[Letum]

Thanks for the update!

[Abbeville-Boy]

Is the trainer getting ready to land with a tail or a head wind? The sea condition seems to suggest that the landing may be with a tail wind. Any thought on this luthier

[ChrisDNT]

" I guess the ground is still WIP so i wont comment on this..."


Me too.

I just hope they will get the right colors for a British landscape.

[Avimimus]

Brilliant! I can see where the new communications/text message system is going.

Also, very brave (given the incomplete terrain and lack of AA)! Now we know exactly where the sim is at (and it is very promising)!

[Feuerfalke]

Again, the little details are amazing. Just look at the coolant lines inside that radiator opening - awesome!

[Rodolphe42]

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Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

Again, the little details are amazing. Just look at the coolant lines inside that radiator opening - awesome!

Well, those ducts are installed to carry warm air from behind the radiator to the gun positions to keep them warm enough for instant operation at high altitudes.



Fig 10, A.P. 1565E Vol I Sect 11 (not a Mk I manual ) .

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[Borsch]

Great pics, but HATE the "hoops" in training idea... Training is ruined by such stuff- why? The immersion is KILLED by sci-fi hoops in WW2 flying sim! Training should be immersive too, please!

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Borsch

Great pics, but HATE the "hoops" in training idea... Training is ruined by such stuff- why? The immersion is KILLED by sci-fi hoops in WW2 flying sim! Training should be immersive too, please!

Hoops are probably optional.

[Blackdog_kt]

I guess there will be an option to turn the rings off (in the training pic).

What i liked most was that they seem to have really researched the aircraft operating manuals.
If you take a look at the messages, the instructor says he's unlocking the slats for you. Well, the Tiger Moth slats were automatic, but could be locked in the closed position so that they wouldn't open when you don't expect it during maneuvers.

Since they are useful for takeoff and landing however, the usual thing to do was start with them unlocked, lock them after take off and then finally unlock them again during the approach.

Excellent attention to detail not only modelling that, but also having the "experienced instructor" do it for us "rookies" and also tell us about it, so that we gradually start learning about such stuff and remembering it in future flights.

That's exactly the kind of stuff i wanted to see in SoW, the little things that will keep our hands full even when there's no combat around.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

What i liked most was that they seem to have really researched the aircraft operating manuals.
If you take a look at the messages, the instructor says he's unlocking the slats for you. Well, the Tiger Moth slats were automatic, but could be locked in the closed position so that they wouldn't open when you don't expect it during maneuvers.

Since they are useful for takeoff and landing however, the usual thing to do was start with them unlocked, lock them after take off and then finally unlock them again during the approach.

From memory, slats on the tiger moth were locked for aerobatics. One of the last things you'ld want was to loose a slat when your performing a loop.

About the training hoops, I think that anything that gets new pilots into the sim with as little trouble as possible is a good thing. Hey even us "experienced" pilots could use a little refresher at times. A lot of us (myself included) perform some very dodgy landings at times that would probably get us grounded for life. a bit of practice in using the correct procedures wouldn't hurt!


Cheers!