Stupid names

[Ramesis]

And yet another senseless troll 

[999000]

999000   <-------Stupiet name!

[Softail]

Didn't know... #oldmanproblems

Really old man problems:   A donkey puncher is the operator of a small steam donkey, a machine used in logging in the 19th and 20th centuries

LOL.  Takes the "coolness" right out of it now don't in. 

[Softail]

I also fly irl and have done some aerobatic (not yet certified for aerobatic dough) and i have to agree with RV. If u believe that this game will help u out when flying real planes (and especially in a dog fight) u will be very disappointed and most likely very dead.

Actually....  I had a chance to fly for an hour under instruction a couple of years back.  It was a WWII A6 Texan Trainer and this was remedial flying instruction think Kindergarten Level.   This game helped me when I looked down at the dash and was able to identify almost all the dials and gauges.  :-) 

The Instructor took off and landed....but I got a good 45 minutes of level flight with basic turns.   After some basic instruction and demonstration he said "Turn to a heading of 270" and I did it.  "Hold this course",  "Watch your alt...stay at 4500"  and I did it.   On the way back to the airport he told me to "descend at 500 feet per minute."   Rgr that.....held it on the correct heading and rate of descent.    Now...ask me what was going on "outside" the cockpit...LOL....I have no clue....I was glued to the instruments because the slightest lack of attention (looking out the cockpit at the ground passing under us)  put us off course, in a climb or dive.    I would say my SA was a 1 in 1-100.      

During the time he did some ACM rolls, loops, chandelle, etc.    I made the mistake of looking back over my shoulder with my head tipped back when he said he was going to check his six and pulled up and to the right to see behind him....I just about passed out right there.   What a head rush though.

So while the game helped me....it certainly is nothing like the real deal.    It just makes me appreciate more what the "real" pilots did in WWII!!

Salute!!!

Softail

[Ack-Ack]

Dialing down the rudder effectiveness and punishing uncoordinated flight while pulling Gs with spins would eliminate many of the flight model complaints.

A real P38 can't turn 180 degrees flat like a rotisserie while going 34mph.

Many P38 pilots use this as their only "move" when it's real advantage is something completely different and on a different plane than the yaw.

How does this relate to someone having a stupid name? 

Oh, BTW, P-38 can't flat turn at 34mph in game either.

ack-ack

[Vinkman]

OBX  - to me it always seemed like a once a month feminine hygene product, version 10.    

But seriously, I don't see many stupid names but I do see many that no one seems to be able to read correctly or pronounce correctly. Here are some of my favorite Mis-pronounced names....


1) Shufly   Everyone says Shuff-lee as if walks without lifting his feet,  but it's suposed to be pronounced Shoe-Fly.
2) Ghi       Half of the folks say Gee-Hi. while the other half say Ghi (GGee as in "Guy" LaFluer the Canadian hocky player.)  
3) Pipz      Hear a lot PiPs as if he sings backup for Gladys Knight.   It's suposed to be Pipes like he's a plumber or preferes the Pipe to a Bong    
4) Geaux   Everyone says "...hey...uh...Um...There's a P-38 on your six!"   It's GO, like the opposite of STOP. It's a Lousiana thing, paying tribute to their Cajun influences.
5) RuAml   People say Rommel as if he was the German Field Marshal.  I think it's just a mashup of Russian-American League or something.  I say Roo-Am-el because that's how it's spelled.


What are yours?  

[MK-84]

In retrospect, 'Lusche' was a stupid name choice in a mainly English speaking community 

I'm not so sure its a good choice for a german speaking one

[icepac]

How does this relate to someone having a stupid name?  

Oh, BTW, P-38 can't flat turn at 34mph in game either.

ack-ack

I don't know.

Maybe your should scroll up and include the rest when you target insults.

Or even better, work on your acm so you don't lose a duel in your favorite ride in which you have thousands of sorties to a guy flying it for the first time.

I'll make it easy for you and list them since your reading comprehension seems to fall to the wayside in your zeal to skewer.

I have film but would like you to stick your neck out a bit further before I refute your drivel.

Rvflyr
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demonslayer
zimme83
softail

I agree it is off topic but try to be a little bit less selective with your quips.

[Ack-Ack]

I don't know.

Maybe your should scroll up and include the rest when you target insults.

Or even better, work on your acm so you don't lose a duel in your favorite ride in which you have thousands of sorties to a guy flying it for the first time.

I'll make it easy for you and list them since your reading comprehension seems to fall to the wayside in your zeal to skewer.

I have film but would like you to stick your neck out a bit further before I refute your drivel.

We had 4 fights that day in the DA, you got your arse handed back to you in 3 of the 4 fights, so my ACM must have been okay that day.  

My second flight ever in a P38 of any type in a duel VS AKAK after he claimed I was avoiding him.

After this, I was worried it was too uber but I lost the next 3 so the P38 doesn't become one of the uber hangar queens I avoid flying like the la7 and N1k.

Still.....haven't flown it since.

IIRC, one of the fights were in I-16s, which you claim to be an expert in (and one I've never flown) and you lost.

ack-ack

[SFRT - Frenchy]

I got my butt handed to me sometimes in P47 Vs P47 ... so?

[bozon]

I got my butt handed to me sometimes in P47 Vs P47 ... so?

in that kind of a fight the P47 will always lose - therefore P47s suck
on the other hand the P47 will also always win - therefore P47s rule!

Now I got myself confused 

[Lusche]

I'm not so sure its a good choice for a german speaking one

But they would know how to pronounce it 

[Rob52240]

But they would know how to pronounce it 

Does it mean "low card"?

[Lusche]

Does it mean "low card"?

Yes.. low card... dud... loser... weak person... 

[Mar]

Yes.. low card... dud... loser... weak person... 

That's the last time I use your name when referring to you!