Aces High's authentic flight model verified by Fester doing warbird training

[BaldEagl]

I've flown dozens of flight sims from WW1 to jet age and beyond (space, etc) and whenever it comes to carrier landings they are always hard at first.

How many had the decks pitching?

[Changeup]

Sorry, but that is bulltoejam.  The guys who flew these in reality were young men, sometimes just teens, not supermen who's abilities are unmatchable for us mere mortals.

Would it be harder to do some tasks with full realism?  Of course it would.  However, hyperbole such as "no one would be able to land them or fly them" is just that, hyperbole.

Karnak and Krusty:

My point was this and this alone..the total level of proficient flight difficulty is lower in-game than in RL.  That maybe because of wind speed, CV speed etc so I was agreeing with all of you.  I have no issues with the flight models whatsoever.  Now, that is just my opinion and its worth what you paid for it.  I do have one hour in a Texan (not flight instruction, just the ride)...it was obtained at Addison Airport at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum's Texan and about 30 hours in pittly little Cessna's...152's and 172's but nothing high performance or certainly not centerline thrust. 

I believe this:  In RL, I think it stands to reason that most of the population can't handle a HIGH TORQUE, HIGH PERFORMANCE aircraft in one hour...with no instruction.  I am fairly certain that isn't an unreasonable assessment...regardless of who you think may have "strange" thoughts.  I have always wondered if some folks believe their flight proficiency in this game would have translated into the same skill level in combat during WW II....based on what I read on 200 sometimes, I think they do.  I certainly don't want to ruin anyone's fantasy...lol

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[icepac]

We actually get more opportunity to familiarize ourselves with the flight models than someone flying in a real plane.

We can shoot 200 carrier landings a day.

[Karnak]

Changeup,

Have you ever watched somebody who has no real or simulated flight experience sit down in front of AH and try to fly something?  It isn't pretty and there is no way they are getting a Spit XIV off the runway inside an hour, unless you count a brief hop before it rolls to the side and crashes.

I will grant you they will get a P-38 off, having a good chance to do so on their first try.  They won't be able to land it again for a bit, but get off and fly a bit, sure.  AH does not model the preflight procedures or complex engine management.

In flight in AH, people with no flight experience stall and crash the aircraft with abandon and don't know why it is happening.

[Traveler]

The young men that flew them in real life, started off, like all pilots, in trainers like Tiger Moths (sorry I dont know the US equivalent) operating from grass airfields that enabled them always to take off and land into wind. I think that is what he meant.

My Father flew P47's & P51's in WWII.   He's primary training was loged in a J2 in 1942, built by Piper aircraft company.  In 1964 he taught me to fly in a J3.