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  3. Flying Legends 2021

    in Flying Legends 2021

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    When I go to events like these I aim to arrive around 9am, even though flying starts at around midday.
    just beats the worst of the traffic. I tend to grab a burger a nd a coffee on site for brekkie.

    I'd love to come guys, but I tink I will have to wait till new year to make the final decision, as I have a few hurdles to clear first.
    Worst case for me I can stay with my Aunt in Biggleswade. but it is a bit of a journey from there.

    At least she has a Hot tub. lol

    Although her Step son is a total bellend. so its decisions decisions.

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  5. Searching question of the day.

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

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    3 hours ago, Sid said:

    For the gyro sight and for the adjustable fixed sight eg. Hurricane, I use a hat switch on the stick to give me 4 - way adjustment - range increase/decrease and base increase/decrease.

    I set the range to whatever my convergence is set to, currently 300yds/300m, and the base to a generic 40ft/13m. I use 300yds at the moment because of the extra amount of ground strafing being carried out and 40ft is roughly the wingspan of fighter aircraft - I rarely change this in flight. Setting 300yds also gives me a bit more built in lead on those pesky AI aircraft that so love to get into turn fights.

    My hat switch is being hogged by my rad and cowl flaps inputs. but if adjusting for fighters wing span, and range is nominal and not often requiring constant adjustment in flight I can at least find yet more key mappings to set it up before engagements. Bombers should be no problem, I have a pretty decent idea of the scale difference between say a 109 and He111. so that will work fine.

    I was going to jump on and tweak my pitch settings last night, but ended up watching TV instead. lol its largely pitch and yaw inputs thats screwing me up, because my movement and positioning isnt smooth or precise enough.

    What I really need is a better flightstick, mine isd a bit crap tbh. (Cyborg X)
    Im looking at the Thrustmaster T16000 HOTAS, but I will probably have to beg santa, as I have some big bills coming my way in December in the way of a double whammy of car insurance. and Children are not cheap this time of year either.

    plus I have several birthdays to see too as well. all my GFs family are late in the year.

  7. PWCG P-38 Lightning Strikes Co-op Campaign

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

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    3 minutes ago, Painless said:

    If a fifteen minute max delay would help you out then ask Fenrir for special dispensation Tbone. Maybe offer to buy his first 6 pints at Flying Legends next year ? 😉

    Everybody has their price! :)

    and it would be sods law that I joined late, and crashed into the control tower on takeoff. or get nailed by flak when just 3 feet over the front line. lol
    No seriously, I will do my best to get on for the 9pm, but a bit of leaway may be helpful. I'd say 10 mins will be sufficient, and if Im not there just go without me.

    I'll mop up the tears before you all get back from the mission. my VR may need a hairdryer though when it fills up with salty water.

     

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  8. PWCG P-38 Lightning Strikes Co-op Campaign

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

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    8 minutes ago, FoolTrottel said:

    Don't think so, the other side has only AI - them do not wait around you know - them just go!

     

    Oh wait... you mean ...

    Well, not my place to state it, but if Fen knows in advance, and it's only a few minutes, it should be possible - though, can we please be a bit more specific re 'a few'? It's all rather vague at the moment ... 

    Now what if, at 8:50pm, you tell 'm you gotta throw another shrimp on the barbie, they'll get it ... :shaunhb:

    LOL, those guys probably throw Lobsters on their barbie.

    as for specific timing, thats going to be really hard to answer, as it depends on who is on the call and how gobby they are, Aussies do like the sound of their own voices in my experience. So I will state that if I cant be on by a certain time (you can decide what is reasonable) then I will have to wait at the station and wave a goodbye hanky, then hack the radio so I can listen in whilst quietly crying into my lap.

    I think thats the fairest way to do it. otherwise you guys will be having me clean out the commodes and gerry cans with a straw and my tongue for a month as punishment.

  9. PWCG P-38 Lightning Strikes Co-op Campaign

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

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    This is gonna be tight as a ducks butt for me tomorrow, I really want to fly, but i have a work call at 8:30pm. Australians and time zone differences.
    is it a definite 9pm GMT kick off for P38s? or is there any wiggle room for a few minutes either side?

    I can have my pc up and running and TS and IL2 all booted and ready to go, so I can jump right in, as I work on another machine.
    Just bloody typical this call is on Tuesday. its one of those calls that cant be avoided as its with the board of directors in the APAC region, and Im very much below their paygrade., so I would be taking the piss if I even attempted to re-arrange it.

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  10. Searching question of the day.

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

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    11 minutes ago, Perfesser said:

     I don't generally shoot in a high deflection situation unless he's very close.  If the gyro pipper is not visible in the gunsight I generally don't shoot at all - pulling too much G and your rounds won't be concentrated.

    This is the theory:

    Fix the range problem first with lead pursuit and after that fix the aspect (angle off his tail) with lag pursuit. Get the gunsight steady on an important part of his airplane (engine/cockpit) with near zero deflection.  SHOOT!

    In practice what usually happens is:

    while I'm maneuvering into position for where the bad guy is gonna be someone else gets in right behind the bad guy and tries to stay with him in a tight turn spraying all his ammo 100 yards short,  then claims I'm cutting in on his kill but I digress.... 

     

    at the moment Im the guy spraying all my ammo and hitting nothing. lol, but my inputs are a bit sensitive so Im having difficulty fine tuning my position which is also hampering my performance.
    on the latter, it doesnt bother me if someone has a better shot and takes it. its one for the team, and it helps win battles.

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  11. Searching question of the day.

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

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    1 hour ago, delta7 said:

    Hi mate , its a question dear to my heart as I am also shite at calculating gunnery. I have studied it and put a collection of tips here, including ww2 RAF, Luftwaffe and USAAF docs

    In BOX I have my convergence at 300m and give a lot of lead, if the bandit is turning at all I am basically shooting blind under my nose. Dont chase the pipper, try to learn how many rings lead for the angle the bandit is off. Getting in close is good.

    The FW is very sensitive to changes in Angle of attack (or pitch) try to fly as smooth as possible and set up your attack , best practice is you shouldnt be turning in it , dive, turn no more than 20 degrees then wings level and zoom up again

    Hope that helps

    the FW190 was more of a defensive situation, trying to pull a split S ended in absolute disaster, and I lost all my airspeed and ended up having to just nose down, kick the rudder and throttle up to level it.
    by the it was too late. but also found it a tricky customer trying to position my attack run when I did have the advantage.

    when I attack I like to position the enemy below me and fall almost on top of them, so it requires a bit of jinking to get into a nice position. thats how I tend to close on a target as quickly as possible so I can get right up his ass. my dive at times can be near vertical and then I try to swing up at a 45 degree angle either above or below him.

    my bad shooting isnt helping, as I have a habit of following rather than climbing and trying again.

    Thanks for the reading mats, I will be sure to check those out.

     

  12. Searching question of the day.

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

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    I will give it a try, Im currently at about 130m. but I like to get in close to see the colour of their mustache. as one of the chaps witnessed last night when I was in that P51 ,I was about 3 feet off his rudder giving him a pasting. lol.
    just tend to need less accuracy at that sort of range. but I am finding I need to back up just a little bit. had a few close calls of late. What I havent worked out yet is the relative distance and range I am firing from the majority of the time, where the target needs to be in relation to the recticle etc..., once I have that it should help with banging in the nails.

    I confess I havent used a Gyro sight before, but after seeing that video it looks like a snacky little tool to have if I can get it mapped quickly enough in combat

    also need to do some testing on my pitch deadzones, Im finding its way too sensitive for me atm. the last few sessions have raised issues for me over how my inputs are performing to my play style. Im quite aggressive on the stick when in combat and I keep flat spinning. the FW190 last night was attrocious, I know its a sensitive tail puller anyway, but it was spinning on near every high speed turn I was trying to perform.

  13. Searching question of the day.

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

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    How many of you... or who, how have you mapped it and how often do you use calculations for...

    GUNSIGHTS!

    Ive been watching some youtube vids on the gyro and fixed gunsights and how they operate and relate to IL2,
    so how have you mapped it, how do you use yours, and how often are you adjusting it in combat?

    Asking for a friend who is crap at shooting., who told me he, 'cant hit a cow up the ass with a banjo'

    Although he is getting better, its not through calculations or settings, its more down to visual recognition at this stage. more precision is required.

  15. Flying Legends 2021

    in Flying Legends 2021

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    19 hours ago, Jabo said:

    Premier Inn, Corby - 14 miles away but £64 per night - https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/northamptonshire/corby/corby.html?ARRdd=09&ARRmm=07&ARRyyyy=2021&NIGHTS=2&ROOMS=1&ADULT1=2&CHILD1=0&COT1=0&INTTYP1=TWIN&BRAND=PI

    ***EDIT*** Provisionally booked a twin room, pay on arrival, free cancellation up to 1pm on the day of arrival

    Corby is an absolute shithole, thats why its cheap. I used to work in Northampton. But I suppose it would be ok for a couple of nights.
    I'd be up for going to an airshow, depending on all this Covid rubbish not interfering.

     

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  23. just wanted to say thanks.

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

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    P38's are tonight arent they!?

    I should be ok with my mapping etc... it was a bit odd that when I joined your DF server some of my bindings werent functioning properly as they had been when I was playing solo, but theyve been reset now and appear to be working ok.
    anyway, hopefully thats fixed now.

    one thing I have done barely no practice on is taxiing. but I guess theres not loads of that on campaign nights, otherwise we could be there a while. lol 20 SECONDS!!!!

    Oh and, I've not really taken a P38 into combat yet. so its likely going to be a short flight for me. :)

  24. just wanted to say thanks.

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

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    I do need to work on my craftiness for sure.

    yes I had been practicing my basic flight, but not so much combat training, that usually comes on the job I find.
    At least for the most part I was able to keep up with formations etc... its like riding a bike, you dont forget, but you definitely need to do it often to pull any stunts. :)

    oh and my other hobby, definitely not underwater blow football. lol have a look at my instagram. you can see some of my photoshop work in action.

    https://www.instagram.com/tonyfoot/

    try to behave on there!

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