Friday, September 28 - Patch...First Impressions

[ATAG_Dutch]

C'mon Tommy mate, spill the beans. How is the overheating in the Spits????

Can't download yet.

[MadTommy]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

C'mon Tommy mate, spill the beans. How is the overheating in the Spits????

Can't download yet.

Ok.. 1st off i'm not the best tester of how things should work. as i so confused about how they are meant to work compared to how they do work in game.

But the Spit IIa is still easy to overheat. Couple of minutes climbing with 2,800rpm , 9lbs boost and she started rattling and over heated.

I was also able to pull hard out of a 400mph IAS dive with ease without loosing any parts.. not sure if that is right.

Clouds: Still pretty crap.. they spawn around your plane like you are a cloud generator.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by MadTommy

Ok.. 1st off i'm not the best tester of how things should work. as i so confused about how they are meant to work compared to how they do work in game.

But the Spit IIa is still easy to overheat. Couple of minutes climbing with 2,800rpm , 9lbs boost and she started rattling and over heated.

I was also able to pull hard out of a 400mph IAS dive with ease without loosing any parts.. not sure if that is right.

Recommended settings for climb are 2600rpm at 6.25lbs Boost at 185mph up to 12,000ft. This wasn't possible in last patch. You'd overheat at 10,000. You should be able to pull out of a 450mph dive without losing bits, but just use trimmer to pull out.

This download situation is driving me crackers. I'm just sitting here waiting for a decent mirror. Bum.

[pstyle]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

This download situation is driving me crackers. I'm just sitting here waiting for a decent mirror.

I hear you buddy.. I rushed home from work...

[JG52Uther]

Mirrors are being posted...

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by MadTommy

Ok.. 1st off i'm not the best tester of how things should work. as i so confused about how they are meant to work compared to how they do work in game.

But the Spit IIa is still easy to overheat. Couple of minutes climbing with 2,800rpm , 9lbs boost and she started rattling and over heated.

I was also able to pull hard out of a 400mph IAS dive with ease without loosing any parts.. not sure if that is right.

Clouds: Still pretty crap.. they spawn around your plane like you are a cloud generator.

The Spit 2a should be able to handle this climbout without overheating:



In the last 1.08 beta the Spitfire 2a burned out at EXACTLY 10 angels doing this climb (9lbs boost, 2850 rpms, 185 mph). The A2A Spitfire 2a had no problem up to over 26 angels:

https://vimeo.com/49806991

I'll be testing this Release Candidate and hopefully the devs have corrected this.

[MadTommy]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Snapper

The Spit 2a should be able to handle this climbout without overheating:..........

I just tried this and was getting some really odd things happening.

Climbing at 7lb boost, 2,850rpm, IAS ~155, rad half open.

Temp gauges all within limits when at 17,000ft my rpm started fluctuating wildly, causing cockpit shake. I was unable to control my rpm.

oil = 85, water = 100.

Changing fuel mixture did not help.

I don't know what was going on.

Only way i could stop the shaking was sub 2,100 rpm & sub 4 lb boost.. managed to get to 19,000ft but could not maintain a climb..

[ATAG_Dutch]

Quite true Snapper, I was posting Ia figs in my excitement.

Which is now more pronounced after an initial offline dogfight in the Ia 100oct.

Looking good. Looking very good. So far.

Thanks for the Mirror, Tommy.

[fruitbat]

So whos going to do a shark skin for the su26, so i can have a shark with lasers coming out of its head..........

[Continu0]

First Impression:

+Very good Light-Changes. Some life is back. Didn´t test sunrises/sets
+Cloud Shadows look nice (but somehow my plane gets overshadowed above clouds, can that be?)

-Less FPS, especially over industrial areas like Dunkirk