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Title: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: Dadtallica on November 03, 2026, 10:51:01 PM
Next video is up and what a fun night it was! This is the first installment of a three-part series that occurred over one of our vehicle bases. The entire sortie over only had me in the air for 10 minutes total but there was so much action involved that it was too much for one video.
I have part one and it’s teaser trailer for you to enjoy now while I handle the finishing touches on two and three. After each one is out then I’ll release a full director’s cut.
This was yet again another reason why the main arena can be unmatched! I was the lone aircraft left to protect the base and ground pounders while a few opportunistic Bishops tried to have their own little weenie roast. Not only do we get your standard dog fighting fun but it also features dynamic scenes with two sets of Lancaster’s and some really cool tank matchups too. All three films will definitely showcase the tremendous options that can take place inside the main arena. Everything only happened in 10 minutes of time and the full version will only have a few minutes left on the floor. What you will see in part one is it the shortest of the three and it was just the beginning…
Welcome to "Dial P47-M for Mayhem!" my first Aces High III trilogy!
Part I: "Dad Crashes a Bishop BBQ!" Part II: "Tanks for the Memories!" Part III: "The Taxman Always Rings Twice!"
For the too long too read version, head on down to the films full story write-up below the videos.
Thanks for watching and enjoy! Don’t forget to select 1080p if it’s not your default YouTube setting
Dial P-47M for Mayhem! — Part I: Dad Crashes a Bishop BBQ! | 16:9 Widescreen
😈 Dial P-47M for Mayhem! — Part I: Dad Crashes a Bishop BBQ! 9x16 Trailer Short
Shout out to all who participated and :salute to my fellow rooks and Bishop battlers, BTBlue, BW1stpar, BWTaxman, DZZ400, LitlBlue, Tankman2, ZE… and anyone else who was in the feeder that I forgot to mention! :cheers:
Setting the scene… On this night there was a really busy battle with the Bishops happening over one of our Rook airfields. It was absolutely bustling with all sorts of traffic. I’m talking full sector wide dar bars for both of us for a good long time. So of course I did my thing, grabbed myself a P47 Mary in my favorite skin, the cool blue camouflage coat. If you know you know! I was a couple sectors away, pointed the plane towards the action and went to puff on my stogie. Tonight it was a CAO Moontrance which also has a sweet cool blue band. They’re soaked in a vanilla bourbon for a period of time which gives it a really smooth flavor. I usually prefer a much darker wrapper style, but the Moons are some of my favorite treats. I could go on…
Anyways, when I got back on the scene, I was high up over the closest friendly base almost to the action packed front. As I settled in and looked below me, I saw a friendly blue icon. I use a light colored blue for friendly icons on my clipboard. There wasn’t enough definition with the default green. I find the blue to be much easier on the eyes.
It happened to be one of my favorite fellas to wing with and a AH video mentor… DLO52. We chatted for a brief few and then he gave me some ground intelligence he heard over their squad vox. His squaddie Rebel59 was reporting that it was just as crazy busy as it looked from above. Several planes and tanks coming in waves of motivated Bishop brothers. So off we went to put our two cents into the kitty.
Just as we were both about to cross the arc line of our radar ring, I noticed some flashing out of the corner of my eye to the immediate Northeast There was also a dar bar in the adjacent sector to the that kept fluctuating in size and disappearing. I saw we had a couple of that was who were on the ground defending, but did not see a single friendly airplane anywhere in sight. Everyone was at the base we were headed to. I let DLO know that I was going to go check it out and would meet him back at the other party if there was nothing up North. The vehicle base was very close to the main action and just almost inside the radar ring of it. However, unfortunately, both of those bases of ours were nestled tightly on the Bishop front amongst several of their airfields.
Big D and I parted ways and I made my way to the stricken heavy automotive repository. The dar bar was still minimal, indicating maybe one or two planes, and there wasn’t much chatter from the few Rooks on the ground. I was cruising at about 20,000 feet and at this point had about half a tank so I knew wherever I was going I would be pretty light on my feet. The bars to the south were still cranked to the full width of a sector, and I decided that maybe I picked the wrong fight. It was just when I almost turned myself around as I was about 10 to 15 miles out from our vehicle base. Nothing seemed like it was very important so I decided it was time to go back to the big party.
This brief episode of calmness lasted about three whole milliseconds and before I could even blink my eye, everything had changed. It was right at this moment, and just as I was about to jink to the right and head back South, when things changed in a heartbeat. Before I could even flick my wrist, the base became a globular cluster of red. My map was a little zoomed in at this point and I couldn’t get the exact count, but it was these five or six planes, and they all appeared like the abrupt flick of a light switch. It turns out some of them were dogs, Puppies in fact, and these hounds looked to be very, very, Sic-ly!
However, as luck would have it the BT squad and Litlblue took care of of the issue. I’m pretty sure order. By the time, I finally arrived over the motor pool, they had pretty much eradicated the aerial threat. Only BWTaxman’s P-47 was left behind. Even though I was pretty high up, I made a quick reverse down towards the ground and try to get their post haste. As I was descending upon him, he crossed over the base and got absolutely shredded by the ground crew. How this man made it through I will never know and ZE will attest!
There is no way I should’ve missed this. I was in the sweet spot for the P 47M and moving fast at about 600 yards when I fired and in true Mr. Magoo fashion missed his bulky ride completely. I thought for sure I hit his wing but as per usual, just a half second too late. Always a bridesmaid. Taxman turned his smoking plane towards their closest home and was low on the ground going as fast as he he could muster. Still, I was fast enough and high enough that I could come back around and crank on him to make it official. Over the top and around I came while carrying plenty of energy with me to drop him like he was hot. Just as I reached close to terminal speed as he tried to skirt along the ground back home, a bomber icon flashed on the screen.
And thus I was presented with a choice, a split decision many of you have had to make for yourself. Do I chase after the probable sure thing or do I go save the day? I don’t know what you pick in this instance I chose the day. I thought for sure it was a goon because I hadn’t been paying attention to downtime on the base. I even proudly called out. I found the goon! But as it got closer, It was instead a low-level set of three Lancasters and moving at break neck speed at our the base. I called out to the ground team below and told them to get their helmets on as I dove myself fast as FcK right in between them.
My first pass was sporadic best while avoiding being shot at along the way. DZZ400 was piloting this menacing set of buffs and once I passed, you immediately yanked himself apart right to the base. I had plenty of mojo to get up and around and on top as he headfirst into the densely focused AAA fire. I thought for sure he was gonna lose his drones with the way he was banking and I called out to the crew but that was short-lived. I caught one of his outside planes just as it was releasing bombs and lit it aflame as we both screamed over the treetops. By the time I got back across to the other side, he was down to one plane and it didn’t matter. The BT squad and their Wirblewinds sautéed him like some delicately, sliced onions. All that was left for me at this point was to watch the show as he spiraled to the Earth.
The skies are quiet, but the ground was heavy with rumbling. Even though the immediate threat was eradicated, we had some tanks coming in across the river. One of them had already made it across the bridges and was approaching the team. It looks like we were safe from the air threat at the moment and I had plenty of gas and my meat chopper was still pretty flush in my big ole lady jug.
As part one ends, I turned myself back to the ground to help the ground pounders locate their threats. We were just getting started!
Thanks for joining us so far and stay tuned for the next installment…
Part II: Tanks For the Memories!
Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: Dadtallica on November 04, 2026, 02:25:36 PM
The 25 second short trailer already has 500+ views on YouTube in less than 24 hours. The longer videos definitely don’t get that kind of attraction. Looks like people are dropping out around two minutes no matter what it has.
Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: Dadtallica on November 04, 2026, 11:39:54 PM
Pretty sure I found the sweet spot at about 20 to 30 seconds for the shorts. This one has almost five times the views of my first two videos in less than 24 hours! The longer videos definitely lag behind, but the shorts definitely hit the spot.
I’ve also been sharing it in the r/flightsim Reddit. I suggest you all visited and use Reddit. I’ve hit well over 2 to 3000 views for all of my videos on the post at least. Whether or not they watch the video on YouTube and how it translates to views I don’t have any idea but just be nice and descriptive about AH and you’ll be fine. It would be nice if we could have a little heavier presence on Reddit because it’s pretty busy for our genre.
Parts number two and three are almost there!! Once they’re finished that gives me a good bank to move to other platforms like Instagram and TikTok for the next round as well.
I updated my ending cards to include crew chief and the new update progressions.
What’s up with the Russians? :noid
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Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: The Fugitive on November 05, 2026, 07:43:17 AM
Its because its a short. Youtube shorts are put out on THEIR shorts group and so hit a bigger audience equaling bigger numbers. MDStamp/Rider figured that out and told me to expand from my regular videos to those to get the word out better. Between being lazy and not sure how it took me forever to get some going. While I still would like to make longer videos, after doing a few shorts I have seen a much wider audience group with the shorts.
What ever it takes to get them out there. :)
Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: 1stpar3 on November 07, 2026, 05:11:56 AM
I enjoy reading your write up on what is going on in these episodes! I see we share more interests in common. Moontrance...nice! CAO Eileen's Dream is my favorite! For flavored anyway. Java cigars by Drew Estate are VERY CLOSE second. :aok I am a Cigar/Pipe Tobacco junkie! :aok I spend way too much money on them. LOL I have boxes I haven't even opened yet. :headscratch: I seem to horde them along with ammo :rofl
Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: Dadtallica on November 07, 2026, 09:42:14 AM
I enjoy reading your write up on what is going on in these episodes! I see we share more interests in common. Moontrance...nice! CAO Eileen's Dream is my favorite! For flavored anyway. Java cigars by Drew Estate are VERY CLOSE second. :aok I am a Cigar/Pipe Tobacco junkie! :aok I spend way too much money on them. LOL I have boxes I haven't even opened yet. :headscratch: I seem to horde them along with ammo :rofl
Send some my way I will hold them for you! lol
I love the moontrance. I prefer the long Churchill darker styles. I had a pipe phase too. Now I just smoke wed and stogies lol.
Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: Animl-AW on November 07, 2026, 10:16:11 AM
Just a thought. Any port in the storm. If a person only has attention span of 30 sec for short clips, do they have the attention span to learn AH?
I see no actual result numbers, but it has the feeling of wrong crowd audience (?)
I love being wrong.
Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: Dadtallica on November 07, 2026, 01:12:50 PM
Just a thought. Any port in the storm. If a person only has attention span of 30 sec for short clips, do they have the attention span to learn AH?
I see no actual result numbers, but it has the feeling of wrong crowd audience (?)
I love being wrong.
The first short I made was about 45 seconds and has accumulated 370 views. The first short for this series I kept at 30 seconds of action and it already has 1,300 views in just three days. The one I just posted last night is also about 30 seconds and already close to 300.
The longer videos tend to trail off viewing that about 90 seconds to two minutes. I’m also just mostly doing this for me anyway.
Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: The Fugitive on November 07, 2026, 03:03:18 PM
The first short I made was about 45 seconds and has accumulated 370 views. The first short for this series I kept at 30 seconds of action and it already has 1,300 views in just three days. The one I just posted last night is also about 30 seconds and already close to 300.
The longer videos tend to trail off viewing that about 90 seconds to two minutes. I’m also just mostly doing this for me anyway.
I think its more along the line of how the video is pushed, not so much on how long it is.
In your case, the youtube algorithms saw....
first video = newbi - push the video second video = someone active - push it harder third video = an influencer born - spam the crap out it!
The "shorts" get views quicker because they are pushed to more viewers due to the format of the phone sizing.
Content still matters as my "killing bombers" short is almost to 2k views in 5 days , my "spawn camping" one in one day is at almost 400 views and doesnt look like it will be getting many more looks.
The whole thing is a bit confusing trying to figure out whats going to fly and whats not. For me, it doesnt matter so much as long as they are getting out there. I've had a number of people contact me about the game, some new, and some old timers that havent played in years. If we can get them through the door and into the air, Im good withthat!
Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: Animl-AW on November 07, 2026, 05:05:53 PM
I think its more along the line of how the video is pushed, not so much on how long it is.
In your case, the youtube algorithms saw....
first video = newbi - push the video second video = someone active - push it harder third video = an influencer born - spam the crap out it!
The "shorts" get views quicker because they are pushed to more viewers due to the format of the phone sizing.
Content still matters as my "killing bombers" short is almost to 2k views in 5 days , my "spawn camping" one in one day is at almost 400 views and doesnt look like it will be getting many more looks.
The whole thing is a bit confusing trying to figure out whats going to fly and whats not. For me, it doesnt matter so much as long as they are getting out there. I've had a number of people contact me about the game, some new, and some old timers that havent played in years. If we can get them through the door and into the air, Im good withthat!
Same contacts with my vids.
Marketing is a science. I’ve sat through marketing meetings and events as work. I watched people with 6-7 digit incomes get it wrong. Hence, the events.
I don’t think there’s any single answer to what works. I think it’s what ever reaches multiple audiences.
Problem is, most will not post “this is why I came…” and ya learn something.
Fishing and weather are more predictable.
Keep in mind, 40,000 tried AH, 3% stayed. So it can never stop.
Good point; over 1 million have played AH.
Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: Dadtallica on November 07, 2026, 06:09:19 PM
Marketing is a science. I’ve sat through marketing meetings and events as work. I watched people with 6-7 digit incomes get it wrong. Hence, the events.
I don’t think there’s any single answer to what works. I think it’s what ever reaches multiple audiences.
Problem is, most will not post “this is why I came…” and ya learn something.
Fishing and weather are more predictable.
Keep in mind, 40,000 tried AH, 3% stayed. So it can never stop.
Good point; over 1 million have played AH.
15 to 20 seconds looks to be about the sweet spot for a short video after that people are dropping out. Only about 30% are staying through the end of anything longer than that.
The Reddit posts have several thousand views, but that doesn’t translate into video views. Part one has 3K+ views after 4 days but the video on YouTube itself has only 68. That’s only about 5% of the total that have viewed the trailer of it lol
Where is my affiliate link????? :rofl
Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: Animl-AW on November 07, 2026, 10:52:37 PM
15 to 20 seconds looks to be about the sweet spot for a short video after that people are dropping out. Only about 30% are staying through the end of anything longer than that.
The Reddit posts have several thousand views, but that doesn’t translate into video views. Part one has 3K+ views after 4 days but the video on YouTube itself has only 68. That’s only about 5% of the total that have viewed the trailer of it lol
Where is my affiliate link????? :rofl
Reddit has a wide audience, are they simmers viewing them?
Just FYI, most common duration on my vids, that aren't full viewing, is 30 sec. 35-40% on my vids stay through to end.
starting to wonder if bots are involved.
My vids average 10 views per day. The top ad vid is at 5,644+, 100 Likes, at 1 yr old. All 6 vids, approx 13,500
Frankly, the Like count I see as likely number that are interested. Problem is, some of those are from current players. That is why I removed the link from my sig. I wanted to see how many outside the bubble actually view and like them. Since it was already after the current players saw them there wasn't much difference, about 10-11 views per day. I don't care how many times current players saw them.
Also MotA, was n HTC front pager for quite a while, I'd say 2k of those came in that time. And that is about 17 min. I predict same graph you see on yours.
This is an uphill battle, many real gamers get hung up on the graphics. They are looking for #1 Perfect Graphics.
That said, If sims like IL-2 and DCS were doing really great on the biz plan they wouldn't be having sales. IMO, that's the first red flag they aren't meeting their goals like the bean counters want. Peaks and valleys.
When AH lost numbers is also when modern graphics started coming out. So like AW lost to AH for graphics (and game play), AH is losing out to others over graphics.
When MA has good numbers the game rocks. I'm afraid to say, we need graphics as #1 to get new players, and I have NO idea where/if that is on the menu.
SO if you're draggin them into older graphic game, you're doing something right. That's a hard catch.
HT is prolly wanting to beat me with a spiked club for saying it, but right now it's about the graphics, absolutely. I hope we're working up to that. It will make selling the game so much easier.
Not discounting the updates, some cool stuff was done. Players seem to be into the Clear Voice and Crew Chief stuff.
I honestly think we could compete with IL-2 audience....that game is old now too. And like someone else said, I don't want to be in 1943 every time I play. DCS? Phfffff!, pretty but as exciting as watching grass grow. For $3k-$4k investment, I can get a pilot license and lease a plane to go sight seeing, and it's real. WT is pretty but arcade type game play, the graphics aren't pulling me in. Who knows where CP is.
Title: Re: Dial P-47M For Mayhem! An Aces High III Trilogy!
Post by: Dadtallica on November 07, 2026, 11:38:13 PM
All that definitely noted which is why I’ve straight away from the straight 10 minute flight Sim video. I’m aiming for more cinematic and dynamic action that doesn’t dwell on what isn’t already there. For those longer videos that I’ve seen where people just fly forever for a couple seconds of action the graphics are enough to keep you involved, but I doubt they’re even getting that anyway.
I’m also just doing this for fun. I included the aces, high title cards and informational sections at the end, which by the way now includes crew, chief and forum active daily discussions. If Dale wants to talk about actual targeted marketing and getting it done. I’m all ears.
That said also all of you who make the videos and put them out there or to be commended and showcased. Even though AI makes it a lot easier now it’s still quite the labor of love, which is why I always avoided it in the first place.