DD_Fenrir

06/02/45 Maj. John Denymere Air: 0 claims Ground: 1x AAA, 5x Artillery Hit by flak East of Cologne, landed single engine at friendly airfield.

Hi chaps, Update to Open Beta:

Final BDA: Please note, no criticism or judgement meant here; this is just for your own information and evaluation going forward. After review of the combat film from all surviving aircraft and crew reports: 1. Fenrir - 3 of his 4 bombs landed short but the last landed within 2ft of the wall and was just close enough to drop it... skin of the teeth job though.... 2. Kronenberg - released a little high and possibly with a slight loft as he managed to spread the bombs and hit the two outbuildings on the north side of the compound. 3. BluBear - all 4 bombs just short, bad luck! 4. Zukker - too early release and in a dive, bombs well short. 5. Sheriff - forgot to open his bomb bay but manages to crack the wall with his wing bombs only (a). Then cheekily swings back round to re-attack from the SE, narrowly avoids getting a face-full of 2nd Wave's bombs detonating as he runs in but nonetheless delivers his remaining bombs with remarkable accuracy and breaches the wall again (b). Ten-out-of-ten for dedication and derring-do Ross, but there's a fine line between bravery and, well.... 😉 6. Bremspropellor - release too high and too late; bombs went long and landed in residential area West of prison. One of your bombs detonated instantaneously, causing the engine loss. 7. Wingflyr - a text book drop, absolutely spot on centre of target; couldn't have done it better if he had a CCIP pipper! Well done. 8. Dixon - fractionally late release, luckily the 1st and 2nd bomb on target, the others landing slightly beyond. 9. 464 Sqn Yellow 2 - release was too early and line-up was to the right. 10. 464 Sqn Yellow 3 - lineup was good but release too late; bombs detonated outside the prison wall to the south. You guys were travelling at 320-350ft per second; ergo, 1/10th of a second means the difference of ~35ft (10m). Add in the massive differences any variation that the height of release can bring, with pitch attitude at release compounding the problem, plus trying to keep some semblance of formation, well, you all did an amazing job.

Provisional BDA analysis:

Some shots courtesy of Dixon of 19 Squadron:

Thanks Dennis, bad luck, but good bombing! The only DDs to make it home were BluBear, myself and Bob... But the target was decisively and accurately hit - good job everyone! @FoolTrottel and @Crash we missed you! What happened?

AC-130 version is not initially on the cards.... if it sells well enough though, the developers apparently say they'll consider adding it as a feature....

The Order of Battle has been updated (again!)

OMG!

For getting started installing SRS the Grim reapers video covers it well:

The pilot needs to assign two Push To Talk (PTT) buttons - one to talk to entities outside their aircraft with the radio, one to activate the mic when talking to the nav over the intercom. The nav cannot communicate outside the aeroplane; they will only require to assign a PTT button to activate the intercom.

Nope. The only unofficial things you need are SRS and the Mustang skin.

Absolutement!

As it stands, no. Stable Release and Open Beta are the same version… unless ED release an update in the next couple of days. For once let’s hope not.

Great! Hey @FoolTrottel, fancy a warm body in your right seat...?

The default green & grey one.

@BluBear - Fruitbat has not yet got his rudder pedals replaced thus cannot pilot a Mossie; I have instead offered him a nav seat - next to you!

Hey dude, no worries; why not come along as someone's navigator? Own Plane Icon will be available on the F10 map so you won't have to do any number crunching and having an extra pair of hands to arm the bombs, and eyes to watch for bandits and AAA would be much appreciated from some of the Mossie boys here...

@Crash - A Mossie has become available, would you like to switch to that airframe or stick with the Mustang?

For non-Discord app owners, PapaBear and I ran a test using the web version of Discord and all appeared to work well. Find it here: https://discord.com/ When there, click the "open Discord in your browser" option and follow the prompts; you'll be asked to register. Once registered, click this link to be invited to the "DCS Event: Ramrod 564" server: https://discord.gg/wurKMWmY Try connecting to the "General" vox channel and look for a prompt from your browser asking permission to use your mic; after you grant that you should be good to go. PM me if you run into any issues.

Hi chaps, Please follow the link to d/l a Mustang skin that will be used for the mission: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f7ML7rqmBYoZc8V4ALpCs7dQLV_LgKIS/view

Ok Mustang pilots, kneeboards for you also: Eastchurch Mustangs - 198_Sqn.zipLympne Mustangs - 174_Sqn & 245_Sqn.zip

Chonky update to Stable Release chaps & chapesses! This brings Stable & the Open Beta to same version so you can use whichever you like on either server.

03/02/45 Maj. John Denymere Air: 2.5x Fw 190A-8 Destroyed - 1 shared with Lt. Roger Hammersit Ground: 1x AAA Hit by flak over Cologne, force landed damaged at friendly airfield near front line.