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Thanks all who joined in the stress test last night.
Both a success and... not so much! For reasons as yet unclear none of the events last night logged - so whilst I was able to generate the next day's mission, no kills or deaths actually were recorded. I have a feeling I know what caused this but need to run another test.
Noted issues
1. Need to increase the idle kick timeout - well done to all for managing to dodge this issue without ground collisions last night!
2. Radio saturation - probably best to segregate the squadrons to separate channels
3.Skins -
402nd squadron:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/n8pc4a0ggyon99g/P38J25_402nd_Gen.zip/file
http://www.mediafire.com/file/z15z4hnirnp7wrf/P38J25_402nd_E6_T.zip/file
485th squadron:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/2am3npm7ftbszm5/P38J25_MY_LITTLE_PIG_V2.dds/file
and the official skins:
"Les Vin, Les Femmes, et Les Chansons"
"San Dot"
With a lot more coming soon:
https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/56052-370th-p-38-skins/
4. Icon mods for those who asked:
http://dangerdogz.com/forums/topic/13451-gbs-icon-mod/
http://dangerdogz.com/forums/topic/13517-mod-that-removes-all-aircraft-on-maps-except-own/
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Object Icons on, map icon on. Engines pre-warmed. No hud instrument except compass is how I have been running them thus far but open to conversation Dave.
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1 hour ago, Crash said:
Oh yes!!! Thanks Fen. Will the briefing have a picture of the target so we can assign pilots?
Alas, Crash, no such functionality exists in PWCG.
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Update 3: another test run last night with Rox and Painless to test the new segregated squadrons and...
Success!!!
We are ready to fly gentlemen!
In order to save me a great deal of tedious admin we will continue from the mission that Rox, Painless and I flew last night - also it means that the scores Painless and Rox accrued will be saved - a small reward for their help in the test process.
For now I will host on my computer but it would be wise to run a stress test mission one eve to establish what kind of numbers my PC and connection can handle.
I will attempt to get on Sunday evening and if we can perhaps substitute one of the co-ops for the campaign stress test at round 2100BST for a max attendance attempt that would be great.
Cheers!
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Hi chaps, in light of some of the misconceptions regards propeller pitch and RPMs I've been hearing on comms lately, here is a video that helped me understand the difference between fixed, variable and constant speed propellers and the various effects these have on RPM. Though it is for an FSX module, these characteristics apply to all the planes we fly in any of the simulators.
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Yup. Fraid it looks like we'll have to split the two squadrons to two separate airfields. 😠
However, on a plus note, after flying a sortie with BluBear managed to get the next day's mission to generate! Logged progression it seems is now acheivable!
Will have to make some further edits and tests regards the new airfield. Thinking A-89 Le Culot might be the best option for the 485th guys.
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Status update:
I have been having issues spawning a max attendance (8+) mission without having P-38s spawned inside each other. I did some messing about in one of the files and generated a new mission based on this edit and lo and behold I have 16 P-38s evenly split between the two squadrons and airframes are tightly arranged but importantly no occlusions between aircraft whatsoever. I am reluctant to claim victory as yet because this could be a fluke - so this requires further testing.
The test mission ran last week also brought up a critical issue. Whilst performance and behaviour in mission was excellent, when attempting to generate the next days mission after doing the requisite admin in PWCG, it crapped out and created an error. Naturally, if we cannot get events to log and the progression of time to occur it kind of nullifies the 'campaign' aspect of this effort. I bundled an error report off to Pat Wilson but as yet have had no explanation as to what is causing the error or whether it can be fixed.
What I have discovered is that in attempting to spawn two user squadrons of 7+ aircraft at the same airfield I am pushing PWCG beyond it's envelope and am butting heads with the limits of the program and in some regard GBS also.
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On 4/20/2020 at 1:51 PM, Crash said:
Good work Fen, will we me mostly mud moving or patrol/intercept?
Hi Dave, sorry for the tardy response on this matter, got distracted with the admin.
To answer your question, I have set up the generator to give us a 50/50 mix. This can be tweaked on the fly though so if anyone feels it's not quite right, then it can be opened up for discussion.
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Right then, here's a provisional OrBat for the campaign:
402nd FS CO Maj. Fenrir FL1 Capt. Jabo 1.Lt. Fruitbat 1.Lt. Arthur 2.Lt Perfesser 2.Lt Wingflyr 2.Lt FT 485th FS CO Maj. Painless FL1 Capt. Sid 1.Lt. Pooka 1.Lt. Crash 2.Lt Friar 2.Lt Delta Anybody deeply offended by my choices can bugger orf. 😁
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Good show Mick, or should I say, Major...
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As an aside, some generic 402nd Fighter Squadron Skins can be found here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/n8pc4a0ggyon99g/P38J25_402nd_Gen.zip/file
With a specific and very nice skin of a/c "T", Vivacious Virgin of the 402nd, here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/z15z4hnirnp7wrf/P38J25_402nd_E6_T.zip/file
For those of you who choose to fly with 485th Fighter Squadron, some of the default skins already cater for your squadron - look for a/c coded "7F-".
Otherwise, a nice fellow called Jaegermeister is working on a scripted campaign for the 485th and is creating a load of skins (~12) for it's P-38s based on historical reference. The campaign is not available yet but release should be coming soon and the skins with it. Info here:
https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/56052-370th-p-38-skins/
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Update 2:
Discovered a limitation in PWCG that means only 11 players can be in a squadron.
We have 13 participants. Doh!
My workaround has been to create a second Squadron of the 370th FG: the 485th Fighter Squadron.
This squadron will not fly the same mission as the 402nd but from some testing last night they do seem to go to the same rough area of operations.
So that 485th don't get bundled off on their own mission with only one or two pilots and bump into half the Jagdwaffe whilst 11 members of 402 swan about and see little action on their own mission, I think it would be best to split the current roster and have 7/6 split between the 402nd and 485th.
What I need is a someone to lead 485th and some chaps to go with him.
Volunteers?
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Good stuff Pook, glad to have you on board!
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UPDATE:
So as, it stands I have (through some devious deduction and defilement of the campaign generators file structure!) got a campaign generated flying P-38s with the 402nd Fighter Squadron (of the 370th Fighter Group) flying out of Florennes in October of 1944! Wh00t!
Cold starts are enabled!
Furthermore - if I have made the edits correctly, we should move to the base of Ophoven in February of 1945 and thence switch to Mustangs come March. (Disclaimer, I have not tested this as yet, figuring out how to, so it might go Pete tong but we will have to wait and see...)
All those parties who signed up (shown in the first post of this list) as wishing to partake are currently assigned slots on the first mission, but if any further applicants wish to join they may - it does not take long to do the admin.
I propose a test run on an upcoming GBS night. I will host just to see if the form is viable. This will allow those not wanting to join the campaign to do Dogz Server co-ops as normal (ish - might have to use the premade 'good' co-op repository in rotation as I assume Ft will be flying the campaign tests?)
Missions may be quite long as Florennes is one of the more Westerly airfields so expect transit times to the Area of Operations to be in the 15-20 min range, similar on patrol/over target and then back again. Overall mission time could be in the range of 45min to 1hr for each mission.
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Mossie is gonna get a truckload of love from me when it lands in DCS, though I suspect it will be something of a torque monster on takeoff and asymmetric flight conditions... but the ability to precision bomb at treetop height whilst scooting along at 300+ IAS in something so profoundly pretty with the soundtrack of two Merlins? Priceless!
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DCS Dogsford too methinks!
For those who don't own DCS one DCSer could stream the event?
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WE HAVE A WINNER!
Looks pretty fantastic, doesn't it?
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So who can guess the airfield Wags is flying over in his P-47?
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Beverley eh? Wow, four Centauruses in close formation!
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Lol, thanks Mick. *Edit* - ooh I forgot one! Just popped it in before the Stearman!
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Painless inspired me to post this topic - having a natter on TS, conversation fell to the motorcycle thread; it then evolved to a similar for cars. At this point I confessed I've flown more different aircraft than I've owned cars and my car collection was decidedly under-whelming! So Painless suggested why not an aeroplane one? So here goes.
First, the aircraft I can legitimately claim to have flown, hands-on, didn't crash it!
My first flight! Headcorn, aged 11 and I lost my aviation virginity to... a Cessna 172 Skyhawk II! :
Then to the cadets, where I became a something of a ho' for aircraft - got the majority of aviating bed-post notches in my time (kind of) wearing blue.
My first true love - the de Havilland Chipmunk:
Many happy memories in this plane - bimbling around Cambridge on a hot summers day, watching the cumulus actually boiling up in the thermals and being overtaken by a P-51! Mock dogfighting with another Chippie over Whitstable; making the IP say 'Ooof!' and hearing the wings creak with a slightly over-exuberant pull into a loop over Pegwell Bay; orbiting the Capel le Ferne Battle of Britain Memorial and the Shakespeare Cliffs; and where I learnt that my favourite manouevre was the stall turn. I think heaven - if such a place exits - for me will be a warm summers day over Kent in a Chipmunk with unlimited fuel...
Then it's replacement - the Scottish Aviation Bulldog T Mk.I:
Pleasant enough but didn't like having to sit left seat (throttle on the right is just wrong!), having the IP overlooking what you're doing was disconcerting and there was a little deadspot in the middle of the stick travel where you could waggle the stick and nowt would happen! However, still have some fab memories - flying out of Manston and feeling my way through some very marginal weather and finding another Bulldog and flying a very loose formation with it under the scud; but my favourite was getting a ride with an AVM and upon being told what my level of flight experience, his comment was "well, that's pretty much everything. Done Spins? No? Well we're not supposed to do them in these..." Then spent the next 20 minutes getting up to 12,000ft (highest I'd then been in an unpressurized aircraft) and then tumbling down out of control and practicing recoveries! I had a blast. Thanks Bully!
Next - the Jodel D.11:
One word summed up my experience in this aeroplane: BORED! It was also unpleasantly hot.
However, this lowlight was more than made up for by my next non-standard outing. However prior to that, one more RAF training crate!
Grob Vigilant T1
This neat little powered glider was introduced to me on my trip to RAF Barnstaple for my Glider Course; a week in sunny(ish) North Devon with the goal of going solo! Wh00t!
Except after a spate of engine failures, and a period of grounding, the type was not allowed to be flown solo by cadets, so my 'solo' was with the CFI, but he sat there with his arms crossed doing a good impression of taking a nap!
Two things stick in my mind from this plane - one, being a tail-dragger it could get away from you directionally if you didn't keep on your toes, as I neglected to once - I learnt some choice new anglo-saxon words from the IP that takeoff!
Secondly, that we were under advisement to three point the plane, in case the tail down rotation that tended to occur on a two-pointer increased AoA to such an extent that the aircraft would takeoff again. It was pointed out to me by the CFI that I habitually I kept two-pointing the a/c, but that the balloon never occurred under my hand and all seemed under control. Whether this was an admonishment or a compliment was always something of an equivocation but I took it as a compliment and kept flying it that way cos it worked!
Boeing Stearman PT-13:
Glorious! My first open cockpit experience, and on one of the most breathtakingly gorgeous summer evenings you could hope for - the sky gradually fading to a deep pink with the odd tuft of lilac hued cumulus scattered about. Simply magnificent. The smell, the noise, the sensation of the wind racing around you was fabulous. Being flown by Charlie Brown - he of moustache and Spitfire renown - was another highlight. Though I misheard an instruction to make a 90 degree change of heading turn as a 90 degree angle of bank turn, so I think I put the wind up him a tad when I threw her over on one wing and ground around making holes in the sky for a few seconds... sufficed to say his next instruction was most clearly enunciated! I blame the boom-microphones...
My penultimate (at time of writing) powered ride was this little honey, the Piper L-21B Super Cub:
My girlfriend at the time, bless her, bought me a lesson out of Redhill in this lovely little aeroplane. I had a blast. No aeros, but some nice wing overs, and I got to practice some serious side-slips, something the Cub seems to do very well and really flatters the pilot. Gentle, forgiving, a delight. Coming into land at Redhill paralleling the heavies on approach to Gatwick was somewhat disconcerting , mind!
Then a sailplane interlude:
ASK-21
The entry level training glider of choice, it was staid, solid dependable, but responsive too and nigh impossible to spin unless you loaded a crap ton of ballast in the tail, which was regarded as unsophisticated if not downright unwise. Chasing thermals in this was both a challenge and a delight, and nailing a good landing very rewarding, if not very difficult.
PZL Bielsko SZD-50 Puchacz
I only flew the Pooch (as she was affectionately called) once to do spin training (since the ASKs were so belligerently uncooperative in this regard!) but flying this in the aero-tow was great fun, feeling your way around the wake & prop-wash of the tug - I was complimented by my instructor on my debut aero-tow flying, something I attribute to all the sim time chasing you buggers around! The spin itself was positively sedentary compared to those I had experienced in the Bulldog, so having geared myself up for some serious weightlessness and rotational adventures I was a little taken aback by the dignity and unhurriedness of the Pooches attitude to spinning!
And finally the big tamale:
Supermarine Spitfire T.9
What a day, one I'd dreamt of since I was 4 years old.
The start-up was the moment it crystalized into reality for me - this was actually happening, the airframe trembling (or was it me) with anticipation, the Merlins steady staccato chug like the breath of some impatient beast anxious for the chase...
Then the takeoff - good god the takeoff! I knew beforehand that it was going to involve significant levels of sound but despite this I still muttered a small gasp! Nothing quite prepares you, not just for the noise level but the entire nigh overwhelming blast of sensory input. Sound, vibration, acceleration, my adrenaline was maxed out and I went from excited but analytical (I had planned to watch the rudder input, boost settings etc for comparison to the sims) to a state of sensory overload and internally giggling like a little boy. Not a chance of paying any attention to the details I had so scientifically planned to monitor! It was the very essence of awe inspiring.
It was great to feel some 'g' again; not lot's but enough and to watch the world revolve whilst in the peripheral of your vision you see that wing shape... simply magnificent.
Video of it below for those who haven't seen it:
As well as the aircraft I actually got hands on stick time with there were some honorable mention rides:
Hawker Siddley HS.125
Lockheed C-130K
Hawker Siddeley HS 780 Andover
Westland Wessex HC2
Hawk T.Mk.1A
This I have only loose memories of - partly because it was long ago (almost 18 when it happened), partly because I was so excited, partly because I had so little input - "do not touch ANYTHING!" - but mainly because I was overwhelmed! It wasn't a long flight, some 25 minutes, but sensory overload is a thing! I recall Welsh valleys going passed around me at some unfeasible rate of knots and some sustained and pronounced 'g'! My faculties, being accustomed more to speeds in the 90-100 knots range were somewhat saturated at the 400 odd I was told we were doing!
So guys, that's my collection - let's see your aviating bed-posts!
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Major Fenrirs P-38 Campaign - Testing
in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series
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As a rule I orbit the field at much reduced power settings - 2700 RPM, 35-40" Manifold Pressure - in a VERY gentle left hand turn to assist with forming up; this does however rely on those joining to cut the corner properly to rejoin - and I mean properly! You chaps joining up need to put your leader at your 2 to half-past 2 o'clock, not stick your gun-sight on him and try and overhaul him! Otherwise all that happens is you end up with an extended conga line merry-go rounding home base for 20 minutes!
Done effectively and with people getting off the ground in good order this can be done in a maximum of two orbits.
This should allow everyone to get into a reasonable group before setting off to mission.
I agree with Sid on the Whispers. Have the Squadron Leaders certainly but perhaps have the Flight Commanders too for redundancy in case the CO's buy the farm! If they both go down then the individual squadron members just have to do the best they can and/or scoot home.