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Old 07-13-2012, 10:24 AM
5./JG27.Farber 5./JG27.Farber is offline
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Thing is, in my experience, flying with the canopy open or jettisoned makes you more vunerable to being pilot killed.
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Old 07-14-2012, 08:26 AM
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Thing is, in my experience, flying with the canopy open or jettisoned makes you more vunerable to being pilot killed.
I wouldn't know, it's not something I do, same as using flaps at high speed.
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Old 07-14-2012, 10:36 AM
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Seems like 50% of the spit pilots I come across are (ab)using the sound radar.

Quite frustrating to spend 15 minutes stalking someone and setting up a bounce, only to have them magically detect you in their blind spot.
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Old 07-14-2012, 11:32 AM
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Sound radar most definately exists with canopy open, which I always do coz I can see better. I only fly red, just in case anyone doesn't know.

Last night I would've been blown out of the sky by Little_D were it not for hearing him coming. I checked my 6 and there he was, easily 100yds away.

I avoided his first pass with a steep turn and we swung around for a couple of more or less head on passes, and on the third pass he stopped my engine. I got a shot off at him even with a dead engine but missed, then dived down to Hawkinge for an emergency landing.

I survived, but really I shouldn't have.
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Old 07-14-2012, 11:38 AM
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Amen my son. For your repentance we give you the absolution. Now you will have to copy ten thousand times kneeling down under the rain your T.O procedures : "Close the hood past 150" "Close the hood past 150" "Close the hood past 150" "Close the hood past 150" ...
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Old 07-14-2012, 11:39 AM
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Absolutely not!
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Old 07-14-2012, 11:41 AM
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The sound radar is annoying. You simply can't hear a plane behind you with a roaring 1000hp+ engine in front of you, plane rattling and all that. Seeing people flying canopy open just makes me laugh how game has to be gamed to achieve something. Talk about a "simulator"
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Old 07-14-2012, 11:52 AM
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Someone else might want to check this, but I noticed yesterday, that there is a head movement effect that changes depending on whether or not the canopy is open. I totally agree that you shouldn't hear opponents aircraft unless possibly they are very very close say 50- feet or not at all, but like I said I have never heard it. regarding canopy though,

On the Spit IIa I checked on the ground, when looking backward, your head moves to one side or the other so you can look past the tail.

I believe this is meant to give a bit more sideways movement when the canopy is open, but;

It seems to be reversed, so when the canopy is closed you actually get a better look at your 6. (more lateral head movement)

I don't often get sneaked up on anymore because as I stated I spend most air time looking backwards, and not staying on straight or level long enough for someone to exploit the blind spot. This is a conditioned behavior as a result of primarily lone wolf flying! but people flying with open canopy might want to consider that right now, your blind spot is bigger with the canopy open.

I am reinstalling now to check whether the big stutters I was having yesterday are a result of the latest patch or my system so I will check later hopefully.

Any thoughts?

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Old 07-14-2012, 11:54 AM
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it simulate the force of the airstream preventing the movement of your head IMO. This was in the game since day one.

@Dutch : I shld hve known that
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Old 07-14-2012, 12:46 PM
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Is there already something in the bugtracker for this?
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