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Offline Dead87

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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2014, 03:53:54 PM »
If we wanted to go FULL realism...have everyone start on w/e airfield they choose....but they start on foot...with that little guy with this .45 and have them run to either hanger to choose that vehicle, or bomber, or fighter, then have them taxi it all the way to runway like you can now...same with landing..they land...park plane OFF of runway...these guys just didnt leave planes on runway...make it hard for the other planes wanting to land...but thats if we were going for FULL realism right? :joystick:

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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2014, 06:23:53 PM »
If we wanted to go FULL realism...have everyone start on w/e airfield they choose....but they start on foot...with that little guy with this .45 and have them run to either hanger to choose that vehicle, or bomber, or fighter, then have them taxi it all the way to runway like you can now...same with landing..they land...park plane OFF of runway...these guys just didnt leave planes on runway...make it hard for the other planes wanting to land...but thats if we were going for FULL realism right? :joystick:
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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2014, 07:32:35 PM »
I'm curious , of real pilots who fly AH, how many wish we had check list procedures?

I am not trying to slight you, this request just made me think of how I really don't enjoy running long check lists in real life.
I wish, as I would think many others do, that I could just get in  real airplanes , push 1 button and go fly.

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Yeah I don't need long checklists either BUT some real-life like procedures would be okay

….say having to take steps to shutdown and feather an engine on multi-engine airplanes….would reward those who practice a bit, make it tougher for those who don't.

...if engine fires were modeled then having to take steps in correct order to secure the engine and extinguish the fire.

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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2014, 11:08:55 PM »
If we wanted to go FULL realism...have everyone start on w/e airfield they choose....but they start on foot...with that little guy with this .45 and have them run to either hanger to choose that vehicle, or bomber, or fighter, then have them taxi it all the way to runway like you can now...same with landing..they land...park plane OFF of runway...these guys just didnt leave planes on runway...make it hard for the other planes wanting to land...but thats if we were going for FULL realism right? :joystick:


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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2014, 06:03:37 AM »
I'm curious , of real pilots who fly AH, how many wish we had check list procedures?

I am not trying to slight you, this request just made me think of how I really don't enjoy running long check lists in real life.
I wish, as I would think many others do, that I could just get in  real airplanes , push 1 button and go fly.

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While not a real pilot I play IL2: Cliffs of Dover and as much as I enjoy feeling like I'm flying a real Emil/Spitfire/Hurricane I get tired of (And sometimes frustrated with) all the engine management. Especially when I am trying to keep it all going using keyboard shortcuts without TrackIR and a full simulated cockpit. I think Aces High nicely balances realism with ease of use. That being said I think I could learn to tolerate checklists if it meant flying real aircraft instead of pixels.

On a totally unrelated note, could you fix the magneto switch in the 109 cockpit? They're switched off and I am very confused as to how my engine is still running without them.  :salute
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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2014, 10:02:36 AM »
Yes Hitech, would love some more realism. I know some people have gone else where because of the lack of it!
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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2014, 01:00:21 PM »
With any level of proficiency in a particular aircraft there will be time based on your experience that starting the aircraft and running the checks are intuitive and easy.  I think having the quick start feature represents that.

To a non pilot with no first hand experience in operating an airplane I can see the appeal and that feeling of immersing yourself in it.  Your first few times of checking, verifying, doing and all the minutia might feel like immersion and interesting but once you get a handle on the keystrokes you'll develop mind and muscle memory which will take that immersion feeling away rather quickly before it becomes routine.  You'll end up pushing the buttons as quick as you can because you want to actually get started and flying and wishing you had a quick start function.

When you sit a new crew down in a simulator during initial training in a jet they've never flown it can take an hour or more just to power the thing up and run through the checks from cold and dark to ready to fly.  When you get on the line and you spend 6 minutes or less from closing the door to being ready for takeoff that hour seems silly.  You'll develop a cadence, a flow and use the checklist as a done list and it really doesn't take long to accomplish everything you need to do.  The same will happen with a gamer however with no real systems failures there isn't much reason to do all the checks since what you're checking is to make sure things are working...and they are.

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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2014, 04:08:08 AM »
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Could you plz answer OP ?

Thanks.

I'm curious , of real pilots who fly AH, how many wish we had check list procedures?

I am not trying to slight you, this request just made me think of how I really don't enjoy running long check lists in real life.
I wish, as I would think many others do, that I could just get in  real airplanes , push 1 button and go fly.

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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #23 on: February 09, 2014, 12:58:32 AM »
If we wanted to go FULL realism...have everyone start on w/e airfield they choose....but they start on foot...with that little guy with this .45 and have them run to either hanger to choose that vehicle, or bomber, or fighter, then have them taxi it all the way to runway like you can now...same with landing..they land...park plane OFF of runway...these guys just didnt leave planes on runway...make it hard for the other planes wanting to land...but thats if we were going for FULL realism right? :joystick:
In the old AH one used to "walk" from the tower over to the plane on the runway and climb in.
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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2014, 01:41:58 PM »
I'm curious , of real pilots who fly AH, how many wish we had check list procedures?

I am not trying to slight you, this request just made me think of how I really don't enjoy running long check lists in real life.
I wish, as I would think many others do, that I could just get in  real airplanes , push 1 button and go fly.

HiTech


Put it up as a poll in the General Discussion  :aok
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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #25 on: February 09, 2014, 05:51:37 PM »
?

Could you plz answer OP ?

Thanks.


Was already answered.


There are no engine fires in AH. Only fuel tanks burn.

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Re: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
« Reply #26 on: February 11, 2014, 08:43:50 AM »
real procedures.. would be counter productive

half the people in this game cant take off without autotakeoff..

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