Are former members of the GFC still out there flying?

[nrshida]

It's very much a Gentleman's Flying Club Mr Oboe.

We recruit very specific sort of Gentlemen:-



Absolutely wizard prang!

[xbrit]

Zack, hide your pies I'm going to be in Wigan for a few days early next year.

[zack1234]

I don’t know for what do

Wigan is full of pie eaters

Golbourne is the bench mark for Northern culture

Oboe has a small John Thomas

Shida i put a LHR Reed valve on my 1974 Lambretta using a Polini CP racing carb.

Hours of modification to ports, piston and cooling.

Also fitted a kytronic ignition system

My gender identity had no impact on modification to my 2 stroke polar bear murdering engine.

[LCADolby]

You have a gender identity zack? When did this happen?

[nrshida]

Shida i put a LHR Reed valve on my 1974 Lambretta using a Polini CP racing carb.

Hours of modification to ports, piston and cooling.

Fantastic! You lucky bastage   

I keep looking at Air-cooled RD350 engines on eBay. The heart says yes yes yes but I know I'd end up splattered on the grille of a Tesla trying to get my knee down on the beach road and leave Shida Jnr. Fatherless. In the police forensic report I'd look like a mosquito splattered on a windscreen but at least I'd be smiling.

Elon doesn't care about the environment, he's just trying to leave the planet to get back home. He had sex with Greta but got the shock of his life when she went on top. Turns out she was also in Men in Black 

...my 2 stroke polar bear murdering engine.

I do not think Polar bears are cute and I don't care if they die by 2T or a 338 Lapua as long as they die. You can't even eat them. Meat is rotten.

Happy Friday Pipz! 

[dirtdart]

Gents, gave it a month. Here is what I reckon.

1. I miss my flying mates and none are on.
2. Real time flying made sense before I broke my back and 20-years of war. It just hurts to sit this long.
3. 40-60 players on is a hot night.
4. There is no more GHI yelling Vulch Vulch Vulch on range.
5. Maps are way too big. Ought to have a PUGB format where the # of players online determines the extent of the map. Strats are at 50% for everyone until there are enough player to justify the big map.

So, cancelled Sub. Best of luck Hitech, it just is not my bag anymore.  Biggest reason is #1.  You guys decide you want to hop back on,  let me know, I enjoy the game, but not that I face it, you made it. <S>

[DmonSlyr]

Gents, gave it a month. Here is what I reckon.

1. I miss my flying mates and none are on.
2. Real time flying made sense before I broke my back and 20-years of war. It just hurts to sit this long.
3. 40-60 players on is a hot night.
4. There is no more GHI yelling Vulch Vulch Vulch on range.
5. Maps are way too big. Ought to have a PUGB format where the # of players online determines the extent of the map. Strats are at 50% for everyone until there are enough player to justify the big map.

So, cancelled Sub. Best of luck Hitech, it just is not my bag anymore.  Biggest reason is #1.  You guys decide you want to hop back on,  let me know, I enjoy the game, but not that I face it, you made it. <S>

Sucks to see you go Dirt.

I think a lot of players run into the same things. Many returning players don't have those friends on that made the game really enjoyable back in the day. Sure do wonder where so many of them went.

I have tried so many times to post about the map situation with current #s. I think its a huge detriment. Especially when some of these maps always show up on the weekends because they don't get rolled as fast. Flying around for 10 minutes trying to get someone to fight without getting jumped by 4 of them is really tough. Only do much I can do. I've made requests about zones for more perks to entice fights, coding to shave off the outside of maps to make them smaller during off hours. Changing the maps to small maps during off hours. I've tried to think of the best solutions to make fights more abundant, but unfortunately some people around here just don't see it like we do so we are stuck with the consistency of no change to bring big fights back to the MA not during US Est prime time. 🤷‍♂️

 

[oboe]

Many of the proposed solutions might require more coding and testing than Hitech is willing to do.   I'm wondering if this would be a simple, workable solution:

1)  Instead of one terrain list, build a second terrain list consisting of just small maps (and encourage terrain builders to build more small MA maps).

2) After 12am Pacific Time, load the terrains from the small terrain set only.   

3) Return to the large terrain set after 1600 Eastern Time, when player numbers start to build again.

[nrshida]

Biggest reason is #1.  You guys decide you want to hop back on,  let me know, I enjoy the game, but now that I face it, you made it. <S>

If I've corrected a typo correctly, that's magnificently stated. You are right, it was always the uniqueness of the people, doubly so in the fights!

Sorry to hear about your back. I slipped a disk a few years ago through an act of kindness. The Pregabalin I had to take was arguably worse than the pain. Lost 30% of my IQ and reflexes on that crap. Especially when hungry.

For recreation I have been learning the Nordschleife in Assetto Corsa, but began to lose interest when it became clear that you need quite a couple of grand in controllers to be competitive in driving sims. Thus prompted I unpacked my joystick project and realised how close I was to getting it working. Few more components needed, bit of wiring and programming and I can use it (if not finish it). I'd forgotten some of the work I'd done on it. Perhaps it would be a shame not to get it working. Maybe I'll post some pictures of the handle at least. Still have my 12-bit throttle. Only cost a Takeaway to make and I've only calibrated it once  My Sidewinder and CH stick passed away unfortunately. I had a quick service and flushed them down the toilet after the rest of the Pregabalin and the goldfish.

I'm still in touch with Danny76, he's into DCS jets now. JoBravo went to IL2 and I think is no longer flying. I think the remains of the Few went to CloD last I heard. Pervert found that Nazi gold and is now living in Jamaica and has dreadlocks and six wives.

Well maybe if I keep focus enough to get my project stick working (what are the chances) I'll drop back into the MA, get dissilusioned and rinse repeat. We have to coordinate the upstroke of enthusiasm sometime.

 

[JimmyD3]

Just for the record Nrshida, we miss you. 

[1stpar3]

If I've corrected a typo correctly, that's magnificently stated. You are right, it was always the uniqueness of the people, doubly so in the fights!

Sorry to hear about your back. I slipped a disk a few years ago through an act of kindness. The Pregabalin I had to take was arguably worse than the pain. Lost 30% of my IQ and reflexes on that crap. Especially when hungry.

For recreation I have been learning the Nordschleife in Assetto Corsa, but began to lose interest when it became clear that you need quite a couple of grand in controllers to be competitive in driving sims. Thus prompted I unpacked my joystick project and realised how close I was to getting it working. Few more components needed, bit of wiring and programming and I can use it (if not finish it). I'd forgotten some of the work I'd done on it. Perhaps it would be a shame not to get it working. Maybe I'll post some pictures of the handle at least. Still have my 12-bit throttle. Only cost a Takeaway to make and I've only calibrated it once  My Sidewinder and CH stick passed away unfortunately. I had a quick service and flushed them down the toilet after the rest of the Pregabalin and the goldfish.

I'm still in touch with Danny76, he's into DCS jets now. JoBravo went to IL2 and I think is no longer flying. I think the remains of the Few went to CloD last I heard. Pervert found that Nazi gold and is now living in Jamaica and has dreadlocks and six wives.

Well maybe if I keep focus enough to get my project stick working (what are the chances) I'll drop back into the MA, get dissilusioned and rinse repeat. We have to coordinate the upstroke of enthusiasm sometime.

 

JoBravo....from Malta?

[zack1234]

Shida from Holland

[nrshida]

JoBravo....from Malta?

The very same. Good friend.

Shida from Holland

Neg. Just happen to live there.

Just for the record Nrshida, we miss you. 

Crikey. Who'd have thought flying an electronic aeroplane like an idiot who stole it and arguing with trolls would be missed    But thank you.

[1stpar3]

The very same. Good friend.

Neg. Just happen to live there.

Crikey. Who'd have thought flying an electronic aeroplane like an idiot who stole it and arguing with trolls would be missed    But thank you.

Heard any news, as per his wife? Jobravo's.   He left because of something going on with her, Health wise. If memory serves?  "Sure, I will go to Match Play with ya!"  2 months later..."JO, WTH!  What was I thinking?"  He was flying with Rud3boi's Squad..   Dont for 1 minute,  believe I didnt kid him about the #1 Maltese Pastry, Pastizzi   Looks an awful lot like.............   I'm a fan

[nrshida]

Heard any news, as per his wife? Jobravo's.   He left because of something going on with her, Health wise. If memory serves?  "Sure, I will go to Match Play with ya!"  2 months later..."JO, WTH!  What was I thinking?"  He was flying with Rud3boi's Squad..   Dont for 1 minute,  believe I didnt kid him about the #1 Maltese Pastry, Pastizzi   Looks an awful lot like.............   I'm a fan

Possibly you've got two people mixed up into one there brah. The JoBravo I know is not - so far - married.