Brother can you help a "new" pilot?

[Gargoyle]

Hi all,

I haven't flown AH since the beta, but given all the cool new things I've heard of AH lately I've made the plunge from the other sim   to here.

Some questions...

There used to be a way to skip instantly from tower to hangar to map etc without sitting through the annoying runabout-the-field routine, couldn't find it in the docs, how do you do that?

Love the fuel options    Is there anyplace that describes what planes have what internal fuel tanks?  I've been flying for a week cursing the 190's short range before I realized that it _also_ has an AFT tank    Is there a way to get this info besides trial and error running out of fuel?  

What's with the dang N1K2!  Haven't seen something that spooky since the old WB P38L UFO days!

Love the high lethality!  Gotta get used to it though...

What's with all the freakin' alt-monkeys?   Jeez, spits at 25K?  I'm used to being the lone 109 in the stratosphere...Another thing I've gotta get used to  

My gunnery sucks rocks.  Another thing to get used to  

Lastly, any tips on getting the hang of the FM transtition?  I've noticed things are WAY different in the dive and accelerated stalls seem to come much faster.  Anything else?

To all that have been shooting me down the past two weeks, salute!  Hear my words though, I won't be on the receiving end for long, that next 30mm round through your wing will be coming from me!  

[AKSeaWulfe]

 

Originally posted by Gargoyle:

What's with the dang N1K2! Haven't seen something that spooky since the old WB P38L UFO days!

He's no newbie!!! GET HIM!!!!!!  

   
-SW

[Rocket]

Pull up your clipboard and hit SETUP.  then GUI.  You can adjust the walk speed from there. I have it set to just be instantly in the hanger.

To see what tanks you have hit shift-F to scroll through your tanks.  Go until you see A before the tank name .. this indicates auto fuel selection and it will pull the fuel from the correct tank first.

Gargoyle great to see ya back!

S!
Rocket

[Dinger]

The difference in things in the dive might be due to combat trim being enabled.  Go to setup-flight and disable it and see if it's better.

[Hans]

1.  The option to set how fast you transition to other airfield buildings is in the Setup menu, under GUI.  There you can set automatic clipboard stowage, the transparency of the chat bar (MSG Alpha it is called), and the speed of the movements.

2.  Fuel useage.

 

3.  N1K2 is a fast and manueverable plane.  It is what it is.  The real planes had reliability problems, which is why they're not as famous in real life.

4.  Altitude is speed, and speed is life.  22,000 feet is normal here.  It may have something to do with airfields being 25 or 30 miles apart over WarBirds 15 to 20 miles (you have more time to climb to alt).

5.  The only thing I suggest to get used to the flight model is to use some damping in the Pitch control, which for me is 25%.  I can ease my plane into a turn just fine with the pitch, but I always seemed to have a wild ride whenever I released my stick back to center.  It would jump all over most of the time if I didn't watch what I was doing.

Damping slows down how fast your controls move compared to your stick.

Experiment.  See how much damping you like, if any.

Hans.

[Nash]

Hans tha fuel table is *great!!!*. Thanks!

[Wardog]

Gar from 13th TAS in WB?

Dog out.........

[Gargoyle]

Wow, thanks guys!  Especially fuel table, excellent!

Nope, I was/am "grgyle" in WB, flew with 1st ACG under "-mrmo-" and 82nd AAF under "kiljim".  Seen many familiar names here  

I was noticing that the aircraft aren't the obese wallowing wheezing slugs over 20k here that they are in WB.  That could explain the higher alts in AH.  It's nice being able to fly a _climbing_ energy battle over 25k  

grgyle out.

[easymo]

  FWIW, I find the N1K2 one of the easiest planes to kill. It is my favorite bird, so I know exactly what its weakness,s are. If you are having trouble with a plane, fly it  for at least a month.

 BTW, the 30 mm has the worst bullet drop in the game. Switch to 20mm until you get use to the deflection.

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[Ripsnort]

Gar,
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[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 04-12-2001).]

[LLv34_Snefens]

I updated that fuel chart (and the non-MA as well) when 1.06 came out, where I added the new planes.

   

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[Lephturn]

Gargoyle,

Drop me a note... sconrad@hfx.eastlink.ca if you want to arrange some 1v1 time with a trainer.  I'll fix you up.  

In the mean time, you may want to look at some of the articles I have up on my web site:
 http://users.andara.com/~sconrad/articles.htm

The view system article in particular may interest you.  

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[Otter]

Welp,

I would say the fuel table minimums are optomistic pie in the sky at best.

I love the butt pucker factor of no radar, realistic ammo and fuel settings (as well as vis confirmation of a bogey) for a scenario, but find the unrealistically low arena fuel settings plus the radar porkers makes game play frustrating to say the least.

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[AKSeaWulfe]

 

Originally posted by Otter:
but find the unrealistically low arena fuel settings

Yeah man... I loved it in WB when you could get a SpitV with 25% fuel and fly around the arena 10 times before you had to think about landing....  
-SW

[SpitLead]

Snefens, I assume those fuel charts are based strictly at Max power (no WEP).  

If nothing else, they are a good relative comparison between aircraft.  Though someone in another thread pointed out the F4U and P51 (I think) have the same internal fuel yet the P51 has a much farther range.  On WEP the F4U sucks down the fuel.