F6F Recall

[A8TOOL]

"If" my assumption points at what is a mere oversite, then perhaps this could be remodelled in the next patch?

Really hard to say if they are going to be stubborn about this or not. I do know they will be fixing the tail problem which I myself have not noticed a problem with but is definitely there according to many. The view prob should be an easy fix for them but I've seen no word of any change they may make to it. Ya know how artists are 

[LYNX]

You can see pretty much the same amount of the horizontal tail in both the narrow and wide angle shots, so I'd say the blindspot is about the same.

ah....yes....good point.

[BaldEagl]

It's been broadened for the next patch.

[Die Hard]

I read an interview with a luftwaffe pilot who said that they would loosen the shoulder straps so they could literally 'put an eye to the glass' to see behind them in the Me109. I would think that american pilots in planes with bad rear views would do something similar.

[Hazzer]

 Bubble canopy's were introduced for a reason.

[Kweassa]

I read an interview with a luftwaffe pilot who said that they would loosen the shoulder straps so they could literally 'put an eye to the glass' to see behind them in the Me109. I would think that american pilots in planes with bad rear views would do something similar.

The shifts in head positions in-game, already simulates it.

If we had only strictly restricted movement as if with tightened seat belts, the FoV would be more akin to what we see in IL2 by 1C:Maddox.

[Die Hard]

I think the point some of these gentlemen have been trying to make is that "head" movement is too restrictive in the F6F, while other gentlemen have been arguing that "head" movement is too lax in general. My point was that in real life the pilots did move about in the cockpit.

[SEraider]

I like it but I just cant see behind me.

[Kweassa]

I think the point some of these gentlemen have been trying to make is that "head" movement is too restrictive in the F6F, while other gentlemen have been arguing that "head" movement is too lax in general. My point was that in real life the pilots did move about in the cockpit

Under what Gs?

There's a world of difference looking behind when you are sitting in a cockpit at normal 1G level flight, and then trying the same thing while making 4G breaking turns. If anything else, the restrictions could simply be considered a compromise between the two.

Don't get me wrong - I'm all for having a totally sophisticated system that might simulate the varying degrees of body/head movement under different G loads. Unfortunately, since AH doesn't have such a thing in place, HT simply drew a line somewhere and made a new standard as opposed to the ol' "mega-wide panoramic Linda Blair view" we used to have. The forward/backwards/sideways movement inside the more recently modelled planes are a lot more restrictive than the old ones, and F6 is certainly not the only plane under this influence.

[Die Hard]

Under what Gs?

There's a world of difference looking behind when you are sitting in a cockpit at normal 1G level flight, and then trying the same thing while making 4G breaking turns. If anything else, the restrictions could simply be considered a compromise between the two.

Don't get me wrong - I'm all for having a totally sophisticated system that might simulate the varying degrees of body/head movement under different G loads. Unfortunately, since AH doesn't have such a thing in place, HT simply drew a line somewhere and made a new standard as opposed to the ol' "mega-wide panoramic Linda Blair view" we used to have. The forward/backwards/sideways movement inside the more recently modelled planes are a lot more restrictive than the old ones, and F6 is certainly not the only plane under this influence.

Really? I assume the Me109's are "recently modelled"? They have excellent rear views, can even see the vertical stabilizer. Didn't someone already post that the F6F's views were being fixed in the next patch?

[Widewing]

Under what Gs?

There's a world of difference looking behind when you are sitting in a cockpit at normal 1G level flight, and then trying the same thing while making 4G breaking turns. If anything else, the restrictions could simply be considered a compromise between the two.

Don't get me wrong - I'm all for having a totally sophisticated system that might simulate the varying degrees of body/head movement under different G loads. Unfortunately, since AH doesn't have such a thing in place, HT simply drew a line somewhere and made a new standard as opposed to the ol' "mega-wide panoramic Linda Blair view" we used to have. The forward/backwards/sideways movement inside the more recently modelled planes are a lot more restrictive than the old ones, and F6 is certainly not the only plane under this influence.

There is no "new standard"... You're imagining it. The problem was simply insufficient head movement, in all directions.

Rear view on the F6F is broadened on the next patch.


My regards,

Widewing

[Kweassa]

There is no "new standard"... You're imagining it. The problem was simply insufficient head movement, in all directions.

Rear view on the F6F is broadened on the next patch.

So you deny that there's a general trend of rear views and head positions being much more restricted than it was in AH1?

The odds are, however the rear view may be broadened it's not going to be as broad and wide and clr as the old AH1 stock F6F.

[Greebo]

I got into a couple of real flaps-out stallhorn-blaring rolling scissor knifefights with Banshee5's Seafire just now, great fun. It seems the Hellcat no longer does that low speed roll wobble when you stall it with flaps out, it just drops a wing a little when you hit the limit. I'll have to test it properly offline, but has anyone else noticed an improvement in low speed handling?

[gpwurzel]

Oh Dear God, thats all we need - Greebo not having problems with low speed handling 

Enjoy running across Greebo - even tho I lose every single time - and dont last long either 


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Wurzel

[Greebo]

Don't worry Wurzel. I've since managed to get the F6F into one of those weird stalls. Either I wasn't trying hard enough before or they raised the threshold a bit.