Vulching on the ATAG server.

[VO101_Tom]

Originally Posted by ATAG_knuckles

Borris: as long as we are on the subject: (which is a much better subject than the original) I dont remember see many "if any" gun camera footage of German strafing airfields, plenty of American though

The 109 rarely used gun-camera, because they have external guncam only (ESK 2000a type).

[drewpee]

I must say that when I play (OZ time) I only see about 12 to at best 30 players at a time. Players tend to be drawn to the coast and then to the air fields looking for action and it happens on both sides of the channel. Blue do have an advantage in warm up times so they can reach the coast quicker. Maybe that gives the impression that blue are the worst culprits. Shorter warm up times mite help ac to meet some were in the middle.
The thing is when flying red the longer warm up time leaves you vulnerable to EA attack. I would have thought in the real world the ground crew would have kept the AC's close to operating temperature other wise their precious fighters would be sitting ducks. Another thing I miss from il2 is the old fashion air raid siren. I have taken off and not realized an ea was near but with the air raid siren there is no mistake.

[bw_wolverine]

Eastchurch would be a great airfield to use, but ATAG's maps limit it to Blenheim air starts for some reason. I say open it up to player choice of aircraft and code and a lot of people would use it.

Is it one of the bugged airfields for spawns? Maybe that's the reason.

Maidstone is...bumpy. It's difficult to get up there (not impossible). Inexperienced pilots might have a very hard time taking off from Maidstone.

Also, with regard to the 109s taking out low and slow aircraft just after take-off: try this

If you're in a hurricane, drop your flaps a bit and weave at the slowest speed you can manage and still make it look like you're not about to stall. If you do it right, and the attacker isn't wise to it, he'll stall right into the ground. It'll work in a Spit too, just be careful not to damage the flaps at speed.

I've done this successfully on three occasions and it's very satisfying