4.13 development update discussion and feedback

[Artist]

Concerning the Norden Bomb Sight, I'd like to mention this great lecture (again, as it has been mentioned here in this forum before...).

[sniperton]

Originally Posted by Fenrir

Viola: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheher...msky-Korsakov)

The 1st movement, 'The Sea and Sinbad's Ship', is the backing for the video and is one of my favourite romantic pieces; the 2nd movement known as 'The Kalendar Prince' I also recommend.

Thanks! And now I recommend something: Vladimir Bortko's TV-Series based on Bulgakov's 'Master and Margherita'. 1st movement is performed and conducted there by a certain 'Johann Strauss' on the ball organized by Woland. When I fly offline, Radio Roma is broadcasting Wagner's Walküre, Act 1st, conducted by Barenboim in the Scala... I'm perverted, I know...

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by sniperton

Thanks! And now I recommend something: Vladimir Bortko's TV-Series based on Bulgakov's 'Master and Margherita'. 1st movement is performed and conducted there by a certain 'Johann Strauss' on the ball organized by Woland. When I fly offline, Radio Roma is broadcasting Wagner's Walküre, Act 1st, conducted by Barenboim in the Scala... I'm perverted, I know...

For the Soviets, certain Shostakovich and Prokofiev pieces are both contemporary and appropriate. The music is also within in the public domain.

I'm particularly fond of the Lieutenant Kije suite (and sometime fly using that as my pilot name, since it's highly appropriate for a heroic but fictitious Russian junior officer.)

[P-38L]

The bombardier will have part of the controls to fly the airplane. Well perhaps this new command will develop the following feature.

1. Pilot:

a. Full control of the aircraft.

b. Will be assigned a key combination to cede control of the aircraft to a bombardier or the copilot. This feature also applies if you are using the aircraft as a trainer of another pilot. When assigned to copilot control, the pilot is disabled in controls surfaces and engines, can only manipulate other aircraft functions such as lights, radio, flaps, landing gear and others. The pilot may get at any time full control of the aircraft.

c. The player who is playing the pilot roll is the only one who has the key combination to cede control.

d. At the time of bombing, the pilot must cede control of the plane to the player who is in the position bomber. This is done so that the player in the role of bomber aircraft to control speed, altitude and route.

2. Co-pilot or student:

a. While the pilot is flying the aircraft, the copilot can not use commands engines or control surfaces. He or she can only use the other functions, such as lights, radio, flaps, landing gear and others.

b. If the pilot dies, the copilot happens to have complete control, including key combination to give to the bomber.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by P-38L

The bombardier will have part of the controls to fly the airplane. Well perhaps this new command will develop the following feature.

That's a cool idea. For players, it might be simpler for pilots to have a single command and submenu.

Cede Command of airplane
|
|----> 1) Copilot
2) Bombardier (for planes with Norden bombsight or equivalent).

Pressing the same key again = "take over command of plane."

And, as P-38L says, this key opens up the door to two-seater training aircraft where the back seat pilot can give or take control of the plane from a student pilot. Pretty keen for a plane such as the U-2/Po-2!

[Bolelas]

Or in a long mission you can split the flight time... Very usefull also if one needs to go to the bath room, or dinner, the other crew member can carry-on.