The DCS F4U

[CptTrips]

I was reading that a 50% off sale usually happens end of June beginning of July. Any truth to that? I'm guessing the easiest to fly WWII plane might be the spitfire?

Just wait until I buy the Corsair and then everything will go 50% off the next day.

I'll let you know ahead of time.

Plane?  Well that is like asking Ginger or Mary-Anne?

I love the spit.  It is a true masterpiece.

The Corsair is fresh of the press so probably needs some maturing, but I'll get it and just go along for the ride.  I don't need it perfect on day one.  AS long as it's being worked on.  I expect the Corsair to eventually be a beloved and popular DCS module.

If it were me, for several reasons,  (as a kid I dreamed more about being a Corsair pilot than a Spit pilot.  Baaaa Baaaa.  Also because of the direction I believe DCS is heading strategically)  I'd get the Corsair understanding it is a WIP.  But the actual correct answer is both of course.

The early access price break is enough to me to compensate for some early roughness.  And like the early days of AH, I like watching something grow and develop.  AH wasn't fully formed for the first couple of year either but I still had a lot of fun and felt privileged to be there watching it all grow in front of me from nothing.  I'm willing to help fund innovation and am pretty forgiving of bugs as long as I can see it is a living process and thing are progressing at some discernable pace, although in DSC, you might need a time-lapse photo to realize it. 

[AKIron]

I was reading that a 50% off sale usually happens end of June beginning of July. Any truth to that? I'm guessing the easiest to fly WWII plane might be the spitfire?

Both the Spitfire and P-51D are pretty easy.

The Spitfire has differential braking which I like because my rudder pedals don't have separate toe brakes. Using Joystick Gremlin you can configure the other planes to work the same way.

[CptTrips]

Both the Spitfire and P-51D are pretty easy.

I haven't flown the Corsair, But I'd say the Pony is slightly easier than the Spit.

The Dora is pretty easy.  It was design to be used by pilots that were being pushed through with a lot less training so a lot of the engine work-load was automated.

But the spit is probably easier to fight in, right?  Just pull the stick into your belly and keep it there until a target passes in-front of your view then squeeze off some rounds.   The Pony of course will take a little more finesse. 


But, I think the near term future of DCS WWII focus is going to be PTO for a while so I expect you will eventually get more use out of a Corsair than the Pony, in the near term.

That's just a guess.

[CptTrips]

Now if Heatblur would just make the P-38.... 

[AKIron]

You probably knew this but Leatherneck split a few years ago to become Heatblur and Magnitude.

[CptTrips]

You probably knew this but Leatherneck split a few years ago to become Heatblur and Magnitude.

Yes. 

I'd prefer Heatblur to do the P-38.

[AKIron]

Me too.

[fd ski]

lately AH has been virtually empty on euro times so i've done more DCS. Always 4YA WWII server, flying P51, 109 and sometimes 190s.

As violator pointed out, keeping sight is a must, unlike in AH you can separate from the fight in slower fighter if other guy losses sight. In AH it is quite deterministic, everyone has been flying for 10 years+, you can keep SA on cons approaching you from 5k out, there aren't any surprises if you have a reasonable SA. I'm sure we all had this "if i do this, i know i'm going to die" thought, because with 5k icons, you ain't running away if you fly something slower.

DCS icons are different. Well, there aren't any . I'm not saying better, but different. I even TKed someone recently, he was flying a pony passing profile shot, i mistook him for dora. First bullet hit the head
It is hard to tell the enemy from friendly. If you look around to keep SA up, it comes at the cost of reaquisiton of previous contact, which isn't easy. It keeps me terrified whole time i fly, and i must say i missed that. AH did become like predictable chess at times.
Still love both games, but euro times are pretty graveyard now
 

[hazmatt]

The Spitfire has differential braking which I like because my rudder pedals don't have separate toe brakes. Using Joystick Gremlin you can configure the other planes to work the same way.

OH CRAP. I'm glad you brought that up. I'm dangerous in the spit in IL2 because of that crap. I don't taxi if there are any friendlies near me because I can't drive that thing safely on the ground. Once I get it into the air everything is fine.

[hazmatt]

The Dora is pretty easy.  It was design to be used by pilots that were being pushed through with a lot less training so a lot of the engine work-load was automated.

I thought that was the same for the 109 in the engine management stuff. I'm now leaning toward the Dora if I can get it on sale for 1/2 price I might grab it.

Somebody may have answered this but I might have missed it so I want to clarify. I can't fly the TF-51 that's included in DCS on the WWII servers?

[Eagler]

I thought that was the same for the 109 in the engine management stuff. I'm now leaning toward the Dora if I can get it on sale for 1/2 price I might grab it.

Somebody may have answered this but I might have missed it so I want to clarify. I can't fly the TF-51 that's included in DCS on the WWII servers?

The 109k4 in dcs is a beast you wrestle the entire time you are in it..

From the 5 minute start up procedure, trying to take off, trying not to blow the engine...forget about fighting anything in it..to landing without crashing..

As someone stated it's like Microsoft fight sim with guns and explosions where the act of properly flying the plane has to be as much if not more fun than fighting in it as you do much more flying than fighting..

Fun for some but not this oldman..heck no auto pilot kills it for me lol

Yes you get the free p51 and some jet when you download the game..

The p51 doesn't have guns but the jet does..

Eagler

[AKIron]

I think DCS has a more realistic flight model than MSFS.