My 2 weeks is over...will I subscribe?...errm...no

[Toad]

So it was a troll all along?


This one is the BEST one though:

 

...I can do all those perfectly on all my other flight sims, EXCEPT THIS ONE . And, as soon as I buy a game, I put settings to most realistic and "ace" level all the time...and usually can fly well in a few minutes.

Gotta love that one.  

<swims off>

[FlyingDuckSittingSwan]

No, it wasn't a troll I just find it really arrogant that people on this forum consider anyone who can't complete a cetain maneuver as being "not experienced enough" or crap. Ok, so I can do it in 10 flight sims but not on the high and mighty AH so it must be that I'm crap and all those flight sims have botched FM. How arrogant is that??
More likely this game has some quirks in the FM's and you've all just got used to it and compensated for it. How about that?
Why should I eat humble pie and say "yeah I'm not experienced and I'm crap" when people are so big headed and one-sided, biased and wearing blinkers, on here??
And who says you're right and I'm wrong anyway?
Bah..who gives a crap?

I appreciate the help by the people who were nice on, but to the others...all I have to say is that it seems likely to me that most of you hate WW2Online simply because you cannot get it to run on your systems. Seems like it anyway. Anyhoo, how can you compare WW2Online with this game when that one has been out for far less and is far more ambitious then this one? Beats me.

Enjoy your game...and see you over the skies of France!

             

[moose]

Too bad, I think most people wanted to help ya but it looks like another 14 year old is headed over to WWIIOL.

WWIIOL is a tank sim. Not a flight sim. When they make it more of a realistic flight sim where people aren't successfully dogfighting in Ju-87s, then maybe I'll pick it up. I saw it on someone elses machine and I wasn't impressed enough to send my $40 their way when I see hitech and crew working a hell of a lot harder on their product.

All of the communities are 'arrogant' about their games.. well, it doesn't seem that the WWIIOL crowd is. More of em are squeaking about how bad CRS is.  

[Jebo44]

Never Mind I am too tired.

[ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Jebo44 ]

[Nomde]

This is Frenchy posting under Nomde's account  

 

Originally posted by FlyingDuckSittingSwan:
...
1) Would have liked to see more team play.
2) People calling non-existent 6 calls...
3) Not enough info on who wins the war.
4) The flight model. Although in general good,
5) The engine noise would stay the same
6) Something else about the

I don't really share your experience:
1) I tend to agree.
2) True, it happens, but I don't really mind.
3) There is a message who tells who won the war in the text chanel, u may have missed it.
4) Not trying to show off but I'm a real life pilot and I like the flight model a lot here. I can do all the ACM manoeuver that you describe. I can do barrel rolls in a P47-D30 even at 100IAS.
5) The engine noise is not changing with airspeed, why should it? I think that most of those planes (maybe all) have a constant speed propeller, meaning that it will always spin at the same airspeed whatever ur speed. Earing the planes screaming in dives is mostly an holliwood concept for "dramatisation".
6) The landing, u can flare, bleed ur E, and 3 point landing. In any AH plane, I usually land on the tail wheel first because I bleed my E to the max while flaring ...eckk   I can provide the films if u want.

FlyingDuck, I think you didn't had enought experience to appreciate AH assets yet. Fly it more, if u want, I can spend some time with u in the training arena to help. Look for Frenchy Online.

Cheers.
Olivier "Frenchy" Raunier
 

[Yeager]

Dude, if your of the opinion that these FMs dont hold enough E than your just a babe in the woods.

These FMs hold WAY TOO MUCH E!

The only other thing I might add is this:
Just accept the fact that whne you come into the arenas your already dead.  Just work your way up from there and everything will be ok.

 

[Creamo]

Usually when Skernsk posts, I just take it as a unnecessary distraction from reading a shampoo bottle, and stare at the towel rack.

See the above obvious reaction itinerary Kerian. You’ll be miles ahead.

WWIIOL failed, and Im sorry to see it.

I just wish they would say so and stop the sad email promotions. They pry using my $40 to do so, and I see that as pretty toejamty.

[Toad]

Think about it...

In the search for realism, is it more likely that a game that allows you to fly like an ace "in a few minutes" is more <ahem, I HATE to use this word> "realistic" than a game that takes quite a bit of practice before you become proficient?

 

[K West]

Everyone should have seen this was a train wreck in progress. Even if the first post was still miles out from impact  
 
And I think Gunfighter is Hatch      
 
 Westy

[ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: O'Westy ]

[Kieran]

Creamo-

Yup, you're right. The teacher in me always keeps trying long beyond the point I should stop. Sad thing is I told him exactly what I tell anyone that picks that box up at any retail outlet I'm in. Friendly advice that is unsolicited is not welcome, I guess.


Toad-

Lucid as always.


O'Westy-

Hehe, that makes total sense now! All we need is the "they are doing something they believe in" speech and another reference to their "balls". Which reminds me, a lot of those guys have an unhealthy obsession with CRS's balls. Talk about slavish devotion to developers!  

[airspro]

Sad thing is I told him exactly what I tell anyone that picks that box up at any retail outlet I'm in. Friendly advice that is unsolicited is not welcome, I guess.
 

I do that also , I think "they" think I am nuts most times  

Got say that HOOK hurt    

[Terror]

One item:  your complaint about your landing flare causing gain in altitude.

This is not a "bad" thing. Most of these planes need a higher landing speed.  They were not meant to be 3 point landed.  The landing flare should be relatively flat and the plane brought down on the main gear.  A bounce is relatively normal.  A 3 point, full stall landing will just get you a ground loop and possible death.

Full Flaps, powered approach, keep your landing flare "flat", use all the runway.

Terror

[Seeker]

Terror, they were meant to be three point landings.

You need the tail wheel down to steer the thing, and you most certainly would want to catch the wire on a CV with the hook, not the main wheels.

Having said that, I don't see a problem with landing in a flared attitude in AH.

[Kieran]

It's all in the timing, fellas. You can 3-point, but if you flare too soon or at too high of airspeed bad things can happen. You can fly it right onto the runway, or you can stall right on the runway. More than one way to skin a cat...

I am an ultralight pilot with some stick time in light aircraft, so I am not the expert that people like Toad or Citabria (people who do it for a living) are- still I have enough experience to see there are situations where one type of landing would be preferred over another. Be thankful we don't have surface winds modelled- I can see some crosswind landings now in my mind's eye.  

[Toad]

I think you'll find that most tailwheel flyers are at least familiar with both the three-point and the main wheel landing techniques.

There's a time and a place for both, IMO.

Of course, everybody seems to have their own opinion on when the exact correct time and place for each would be.

Generally speaking, with higher crosswinds or gusty conditions, I much prefer a wheel landing. However, be advised, you can easily start a heated discussion on this topic in any pilot lounge.