B17 questions

[-floo-]

As I find myself flying the B17 more often with the 463rd Bomb Group I have some questions...


1) Why is it when I jump into a gun position my B17 starts to gently bank until I get back into the pilots position?

2) Has anyone else noticed when looking at a B17 that is carrying a gunner that there is a small dot following the B17?

3) Will the B17 get correctly shaped engines as the current ones are too egg shaped. I know I know I'm nit-picking but they just look too weird especially from the side  

ok..that should do it for now  



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463rd Bomb Group

[Lephturn]

Hey,

1) Why is it when I jump into a gun position my B17 starts to gently bank until I get back into the pilots position?

Check your rudder position and dead-band.  You can bank the 17 in auto-pilot using rudder input while you are gunning or bombing.


2) Has anyone else noticed when looking at a B17 that is carrying a gunner that there is a small dot following the B17?

I'm guessing that is the gunner's clipboard?  Seems likely, I see mine chasing me all the damn time.  



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Lephturn
The Flying Pigs

[Mark Luper]

I think the dot following the 17 with a gunner is the dot we all see at a distance to show a player, may be the clipboard. It follows I think due to net lag, I've noticed some follow closer than others and it varies in it's distance from the bomber.

MarkAT

[Dinger]

Maybe that dot's a crocodile.
I really wish the bomber would do something other than autolevel when we jumped to gunners (maybe autoclimb? how about autospeed 250?).

Of course, a clipboard kill would be good.  Maybe that should be added to the damage list.

[rzch]

It does autospeed and autolevel, it does not remain on autoangle for some reason though.

[wolf37]

if b17 has gunner, i think any pilot shooting down that b17 should be credited for two kills, what do you all think.

[wolf37]

and how come when i bomb a plane on the runway,( a b17 sitting and playing ack) it does not get destroyed, i should have had a kill there, and if it is going to be added, then please disregard this note.
thanks

[-floo-]

Well I experimented with some stuff and it doesn't seem to matter if I'm in autoclimb, autolevel, or autoangle, it stillbanks when I get into gun position. Also I've made sure I was not touching the rudder pedals. So by process of elimination I have yet to try my deadband settings

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463rd Bomb Group