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Title: WW1
Post by: alskahawk on June 10, 2009, 09:31:49 AM

What was the result of the WW1 poll we took a few months ago? Positive? Negative?

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: LLogann on June 10, 2009, 09:33:34 AM

The results aren't coming out yet.  2 weeks it'll be ready.

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: Kazaa on June 10, 2009, 09:34:44 AM

I'm 99% sure more people voted for modern day A/C... :devil

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: RipChord929 on June 10, 2009, 10:17:56 AM

Your probably right!   Its a shame too... There is something extremely admirable about the WWI pilots...
For me, even more than the later generations... I think its due to the primitive nature of the technology at
that time... Every sortie was a huge ?..... The diff between life and death, was skill, daring, and a bit of luck..
I guess, that there was a certain level of 'purity' to it all...

I mean really.... If ya like to furball, WWI would be the place for it... 

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: LLogann on June 10, 2009, 10:36:24 AM

AH.... But the good news is.........

Modern aircraft will never be here.  Or at least, in real terms......  Development of modern aircraft modeling would be too long, expensive and wouldn't see the appropriate ROI for the resources spent. 

So if anything, regardless of voting, we'd be getting Fokker's & Hannover's before Warthog's and Raptor's.

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: MachFly on June 10, 2009, 10:40:16 AM

 :O

There was a WWI poll?!?!  :O

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: Slate on June 10, 2009, 10:43:02 AM

   No one wants to find out how long it takes a Biplane to fly a sector and drop a 10lb bomb out of the cockpit.  :uhoh

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: RipChord929 on June 10, 2009, 10:53:16 AM

LOL, yeah!!! But it would be cool as hell to be flying a DH2 or Bebe Neuport during the Fokker scourge..

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: MachFly on June 10, 2009, 11:20:07 AM

Quote from: Slate on June 10, 2009, 10:43:02 AM

   No one wants to find out how long it takes a Biplane to fly a sector and drop a 10lb bomb out of the cockpit.  :uhoh

only about 15minuts one way  :D

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: bravoa8 on June 10, 2009, 11:22:41 AM

they could softing the hangars up and that stuff so that it wouldn't require so much lbs of ords and use smaller maps

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: fudgums on June 10, 2009, 11:22:51 AM

more WWII planes,



Love the coming of the brewster and I-16 w00t w00t

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: MachFly on June 10, 2009, 11:24:30 AM

Quote from: bravoa8 on June 10, 2009, 11:22:41 AM

they could softing the hangars up and that stuff so that it wouldn't require so much lbs of ords and use smaller maps

 :aok

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: alskahawk on June 10, 2009, 11:34:28 AM

 Ok so no one knows the results! Good answers though.

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: SIK1 on June 10, 2009, 11:57:21 AM

Quote from: bravoa8 on June 10, 2009, 11:22:41 AM

they could softing the hangars up and that stuff so that it wouldn't require so much lbs of ords and use smaller maps

How about no ordnance at all and leave it an aerial combat arena.

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: Yeager on June 10, 2009, 01:18:09 PM

Check out this Hand Built Albotross DIII on display, with engine run.  Watch till it starts.  200hp engine was gobbs of power in its day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9PwNxpq87M

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: bravoa8 on June 10, 2009, 01:43:01 PM

Quote from: SIK1 on June 10, 2009, 11:57:21 AM

How about no ordnance at all and leave it an aerial combat arena.

then it would be a WW1 DA

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: texastc316 on June 10, 2009, 01:51:15 PM

WWI sim comes out June 17 called Rise of Flight. I've seen screenies and some reviews but I think HTC could do it better. Seems like a lot of hype and interest in WWI. I'm watching for it.

Title: Re: WW1
Post by: bravoa8 on June 10, 2009, 01:56:11 PM

Yeah i'd like to see WW1 combat here maybe someday they'll get it on here