Cliffs of Dover Video Thread V1.0 [Closed]

[JG52Uther]

Can we keep this thread for video's please rather than debate? Theres plenty of other threads for that.

[choctaw111]

Originally Posted by spahis

Have you ever seen real tracers shot? I mean real real, not vids. In reality they don't look like flying light sabers but like fireballs. It's the same with every game it seems, i'm surprised nobody ever points it out.

In reality they do look like flying light sabers.

[choctaw111]

Originally Posted by Space Communist

As was mentioned this has been debated endlessly. The majority of people with military experience describe how surprised they were that tracers looked like "lasers" (real lasers look nothing like Star Wars lasers but I won't get into that.)

Some people did describe them as more like points, or fireballs as you say. But generally the consensus seemed to be that they only look like points when they are being fired out of a barrel you are looking down, so that the round is not moving much laterally to you. When seen from the side (someone else firing, or a gun in your wing or well underneath you in the nose,) they turn more or less into bars, though often with the front of the "bar" being brighter than the tail.

Now I am not speaking from personal experience so please feel free to correct me, I am simply summarizing the conclusions come to in other threads.

The "bar" is not brighter in the front than at the tail.
They have the same brightness for their entire apparent length.
The tracers in Cliffs of Dover look very good.
The only complaint that I have as they appear too fat when close.
Of course, that would all depend on ambient light conditions.

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger

..erm,this is probably me,but wasn't there a curfew on during the battle of Britain?! What's with all the lit up windows?!?

Yes. The blackout.
No lights were allowed at all. Not just during air raids.
Curtains had to be closed, and light proofed.

[major_setback]

I'll repost the link Hecke posted earlier.

Lots of videos here at the Russian Sukhoi forum (this is the second page):

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthrea...t=67882&page=2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnADD...layer_embedded

[Royraiden]

Originally Posted by major_setback

I'll repost the link Hecke posted earlier.

Lots of videos here at the Russian Sukhoi forum (this is the second page):

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthrea...t=67882&page=2

Thanks for the link.Im still amazed with the mg fire and engine sounds of the G50,its awesome.

[Dores]

Am I the only one noticing the really obvious looping of the external G50 engine sound?

[Royraiden]

Originally Posted by Dores

Am I the only one noticing the really obvious looping of the external G50 engine sound?

I didnt notice that, but the sound itself is one of the best I've heard so far.

[mattag08]

Originally Posted by Sven

Not necessarily, example: The Airacobra, an American fighter plane, had it's point of gravity in the middle ( since the engine was placed there ), this was purposely done to create a very manoeuvrable airplane. Engine chopped off will surely cause for a very unpleasant flight, but that's the aerodynamics that mainly cause that, the centre of gravity will probably be where the pilot is, and actually improve flight characteristics, although it doesn't add up to what I previously said.

No, that Hurricane should've immediately pitched up, stalled, and spun into the ground. There is no possible way that removing the engine would not also move the C.G. so far aft as to become uncontrollable. This is true even with today's lighter engines and shorter nosed GA aircraft. It's doubly true for a heavy-engined, long-nosed WWII fighter.

[Strike]

Agree... only way that hurricane could be flyable is if it had a modern flight control system