The WWI arena today

[SCTusk]

you could throw free beer,girls and a 60 inch screen to go with a comfy chair and you still won't get anyone in there.

Best way to discribe it....It's like visiting relatives, nice to visit, better to leave

Hmmmm some people just don't get the concept of constructive criticism; some of us value the WW1 arena (for all it's faults) and while trying hard to improve it, we're not inclined to dump on it. So please be specific, so we can add your ideas like grist to the mill.

Constructive criticism btw is the opposite of (for example) me saying that in response to your post I presume that you don't like beer, girls, multimedia entertainment or even your own family. Clearly that was not your intent (to convey those dislikes) but hopefully I have made the point.

Constructive criticism.... it's how grown-ups make things better.

[Yeager]

I sure as hell value it.  And I look forward to it's continued improvement

I want to thank HTC for doing what they always do: Constantly Expand and Improve their product.  There is so much that they could do to the entire genre.  They will have this business as long as they wish it (which I hope is for a long long time).

[pervert]

Good tests Perv but I think there are other structural issues beyond overspeed; add some G to the equation at even moderate dive speeds and the Camel and F2b fall apart (not sure about the D7) yet the F2b had a reputation as a sturdy a/c and fast in the dive. The Dr1 seems to hold together better under high G loads in dives.

I wasn't able to see the E6B properly in the other tests regards G but the DR1 holds the illusion of being able to hold together in these G manevours because it bleeds E a lot more quickly when preforming them than the rest of the planeset and therefore isn't able to reach a G load were it would fail.
In a DR1 in a descending barrel roll its virtually impossible to gather enough speed to rip a wing off. The d7 suffers the same as the camel and f2b in the high speed barrel roll.

[Yeager]

Dont forget to turn the engine governor off!  Also, the DR1 historically had a nasty tendency for the top wing to shed away in high speed pursuit dives due to a higher lift generated by the full length top wing against the lessor lift generated by the four half sectional wings.  Point is the DR1 should be more susceptible to catastrophic structural wing damage than the other three.
Even if it actually slowed down in a dive (I doubt this), it apparently didn't stop that top wing from wanting to fly free from the rest.

Lets keep it real: the DR1 is by far and away the best of the four other rides in there.  It is the easiest for me to be successful in.  I suspect that's why 98% of the most successful cartoon drivers in WW1 drive the DR1 almost exclusively.   It is three things the other planes are not. DR1 is by far the most maneuverable, by far the most survivable and by far the most successful.

[pervert]

Dont forget to turn the engine governor off!  Also, the DR1 historically had a nasty tendency for the top wing to shed away in high speed pursuit dives due to a higher lift generated by the full length top wing against the lessor lift generated by the four half sectional wings.  Point is the DR1 should be more susceptible to catastrophic structural wing damage than the other three.
Even if it actually slowed down in a dive (I doubt this), it apparently didn't stop that top wing from wanting to fly free from the rest.

Lets keep it real: the DR1 is by far and away the best of the four other rides in there.  It is the easiest for me to be successful in.  I suspect that's why 98% of the most successful cartoon drivers in WW1 drive the DR1 almost exclusively.   It is three things the other planes are not. DR1 is by far the most maneuverable, by far the most survivable and by far the most successful.

It was off but it wasn't a test to see if I could blow up the engine  so there was throttling back etc soon as I heard it overspeeding. 

[Yellow39]

Bump !  Good Post...

[321BAR]

i love flying WWI. but it needs more. it lets me have fun for a good 30-60 minutes if my squad isnt online just like AvA does.

[SCTusk]

i love flying WWI. but it needs more. it lets me have fun for a good 30-60 minutes if my squad isnt online just like AvA does.

You want MORE than 60 minutes of fun each day? 

My wife simply won't allow it in our house.