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Offline Odee

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SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« on: December 31, 2008, 03:58:56 PM »
I was coming to Branch27's rescue as Rattfink in the 109 and Shifty in a 190 closed for the kill.  Caught Ratt in a long 90 degree snapshot, but he kept going for Branch.




Shifty nailed Branch and extended while I made sure Ratt's 109 was down for the count.


Shifty reversed and we danced briefly before I had to take my PW'd arse back to the barn.  Unfortunately, (or perhaps very fortunate for Shifty) was he ran out of gas as he egressed, but I was too banged up to go for a proxy.
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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2008, 04:52:02 PM »
I couldn't figure out why you wouldn't go down and branch seemed to soak up hits in his 38.
Once my gas ran out and I was in the  process of ditching I noticed I forgot to turn my cannons on when I got rid of my drop tank. :rolleyes:
« Last Edit: December 31, 2008, 04:53:39 PM by Shifty »

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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2008, 04:57:18 PM »
I couldn't figure out why you wouldn't go down and branch seemed to soak up hits in his 38.
Once my gas ran out and I was in the  process of ditching I noticed I forgot to turn my cannons on when I got rid of my drop tank. :rolleyes:

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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2008, 05:03:22 PM »
 :rofl :rofl
I couldn't figure out why you wouldn't go down and branch seemed to soak up hits in his 38.
Once my gas ran out and I was in the  process of ditching I noticed I forgot to turn my cannons on when I got rid of my drop tank. :rolleyes:
Yah I was missing an aileron and the PW and that was it.  Then I saw Ratt had his tank still on and wondered if you two were a couple of winging n00bs... until Shifty said he was outta gas.   That's when I started wondering why I wasn't shot down yet. :O

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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2008, 05:09:37 PM »
Yes well if I  were to quit making mistakes, I just wouldn't be me. :D

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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2008, 05:17:04 PM »
Yes well if I  were to quit making mistakes, I just wouldn't be me. :D
:rofl  Uhm...  Here's a shot of you pointing out Branch's mistake.  Unfortunately he thought you gave him the finger and replied in kind.   :o  Had one of the two of us passing in a merge but this looked soooo much better photgraph wise.

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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2008, 05:20:35 PM »
Odee, use the PNG format for those awesome screen shots, not JPG.
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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2008, 05:25:56 PM »
I see my mistake now everybody else kept their drop tanks avoiding gun arming issues. :lol

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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2008, 06:08:45 PM »
Odee, use the PNG format for those awesome screen shots, not JPG.

What's the reason for this Gav?

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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2008, 06:10:44 PM »
Odee, use the PNG format for those awesome screen shots, not JPG.

How?
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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2008, 06:20:33 PM »
PNG format does not cause those distortions you see between color borders.  Open the image in a program like paint, gimp, or photoshop, "save-as" and select the appropriate file type.  BMP is the highest quality, but it's far too large for emailing or viewing at a bbs.  PNG gives you better quality than a JPG, but without the cumbersome size of a BMP.
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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2008, 06:24:48 PM »
Here's the difference:



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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2008, 06:26:23 PM »
Thanks, will get a nice screen shot from the AvA later and try it
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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2008, 08:22:52 PM »
I never had any color bleed with JPG as I do with BMP  Maybe it's the # colors used in those formats?
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Re: SALUTE Rattfink n Shifty
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2008, 09:30:11 PM »
I never had any color bleed with JPG as I do with BMP  Maybe it's the # colors used in those formats?

I can see bleed in the images you posted.
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