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  2. What Are Some Of Your Other Games And Sims You Play?

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    Just dipped my toes into the paranoia inducing, murderous, sociopathic, social experiment gone awry.

    In other words, RUST.

    Still in alpha but on steam for 20 bucks. It plays like a post apocalyptic minecraft 'free for all' without the blocky graphics.

    With up to 200 people on one server and lootable corpses, when you see a player you either kill him before he kills you. Run and hide before he can kill you, or go say "Hi" and hope he doesnt kill you.

    What is interesting from a social aspect is as the server increases in population, and the odds of running into the same players diminish, the asshattery increases exponentinaly.

    Just like real life XD

  5. Guess The Aircraft!

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    I'll have to give this one to Bongo, as it is the Found Aircraft company FBA-2C

    However the 'Bush Hawk' designation is for the FBA-2C2.  Of modern design.

     

    'Canadian' built and produced between 62-65 only 34 were built.  With its enlarged cargo doors it tried to do the smaller jobs that the DHC-2Beaver was over qualified for, but was out performed by its contemerary, the Iconic C185.

     

    An upgraded aircraft, the Centennial 100 was developed and 5 were built.   It approximated the performance of the C185 but unfortunately the company closed its doors before any more were produced.

     

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  9. Wheel Landing Or Three-Point?

    in Rise of Flight-NOT BEEN USED SINCE 2020 - TO BE DELETED

    Posted

    Late reply, but havent been perusing the ROF forum much, as I havent been flying ROF for a while.

    As such, I can not confirm nor deny if this would work in game. However, having some RL tail dragger experience on a touchy cessna 185 I can say that a large portion of pilots are not using the rudder effectively on landing and take off. Myself included when I first started training.

    The term for the technique is refered to as 'dancing' on the rudder pedals. What happens with most rookies is that they wait to make any inputs until they start seeing a trend for the nose to start swinging in one direction, and tail draggers by definition have a distinct tendancy to yaw to one direction or another for various reasons. (Think, balancing a broom handle on your palm.)

    At that point a large input is needed to arrest the swing, and the input is held until the swing stops and the aircraft nose swings back to neutral in the opposite direction. The problem lies in momentum. If you hold input until the nose is back in line, it will continue past neutral and require an input in the direction of the original swing.

    Once this happens, you are now pushing the nose of the aircraft in the direction it originally wanted to go in. That compounds the amount of rudder needed to stop the next swing, and you may find you no longer have enough rudder to stop a groundloop.

    'Dancing' is about putting in small corrections early enough, and either alternating pedals or simply reducing the input quickly enough that the nose never develops a distinct swing in either direction.

    Going back to the broom handle analogy, if you make small hand movements you can keep the handle mostly balanced, and fairly straight. If you wait too long to correct the lean, then you need a large motion of the hand to correct, and balance becomes harder to stabilize. This is what you are trying to simulate when you 'dance' on the rudders.

    The reason for this is that a taildragger has its center of gravity behind the pivot point ( the main wheels )when on the ground, this also is the culprit for why it seems to bounce back into the air if you are trying for a wheel landing and come down too hard/fast.

    In the simplest sense, with the center of gravity being behind the main wheels, the A/C is always in an unbalanced state. It naturally wants to swap ends. The greater the deviation from a balanced state, the greater the input needed to arrest the swing, and the more momemtum can build up. So, if you can tap in a light corrections while the swing is still barely perceptable, you can keep the momentum under control with much less effort.

    In effect it 'may' go something like this:

    Tap right, tap right, tap left, tap right, tap right, tap left, tap right, tap left.

    It all happens in quick succession (at approximately the tempo of a techno beat?), while the aircraft still looks like its going straight. If you notice the nose start to swing, use a little more opposite force until the swing stops, than quickly release, and tap the nose back onto course. Don't hold it too long, or it will go the other way.

    Remember, think broom handle.

    I hope this helps.

    Squawk.

    P.S. If the natural tendency is to swing to the right (Neup 11), more taps to the left than right should help keep it in line.

  13. Location, Location, Location

    in The World According to CaptJackG

    Posted

    It always irritates me when people are shocked over how much Ammo somebody has, when I can buy 1,000 bullets for my two .22's for less than $100.

    Although 100,000 rounds is substantial... I wonder if he needs a friend to help him use up some stock. :minigun:

    I can't speak for the rest of the Gun Dogz around these parts but I routinely head to the range with excess of 100 rounds and make it a point to come home empty.

    And as you can only fire a bullet once, it adds up. (I gotta get into reloading... Save some $$ on brass)

    Besides, everythings cheaper in Bulk, if I'm going to the big city I'm gonna stock up.

  19. P40 Found In The Sahara

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    Two interesting points to ponder, well three actually.

    1. Lack of observable battle damage.

    2. Seperation of the prop hub from the engine.

    3. Full left rudder in flight as observed by the rudder trim tab.

    These lead me to believe that this aircraft could have most likely been brought down by an engine failure in flight.

    IIRC Allison engines did have a rep for a higher incidence of failures in comparison to its contemporraries. (desert ops not withstanding)

    If the prop were stationary(ish) upon impact the blade would act as a lever to apply force on the propeller hub gearbox and cause it to tear away, most telling is the way the blades are only slightly bent backwards. If under power it would be curled in from the tips.

  23. Artie, Sid, Squawk.

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    Just saw it now Mick.

    It still makes me a little uneasy :confused3: Especially since we were under it.

    5 seconds mate... :sheepsmile:

    There was one other clip I have seen. Taken from, I'd approximate 20-30 feet below and to the right of where we sat.

  24. Gentlemen, Our Beloved Patriarch Has Passed On....

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    S! Jim

    Its strange, but I can't remember when I became a dog. I know the date (06/15/08), but I can not recall the events of the day I joined. This fraternity has such a moving and significant impact upon my life for the better part of three years.

    The only thing I can remember is that Jim was the first to welcome me into the dogz.

    I guess it says something about Jim. That he made it feel like I had simply come home, rather than join a complete bunch of "strangers". And lets face it, some of us are, well... "Unique" :icon_jokercolor: .

    Over the years, one of the most rewarding aspects of the game was to fly on Blairgowrie's wing. To me it was a place of Honor, to be led by a man truly worth following both 'ingame' and in life. (not to mention that if I followed him in to target, he'd be sure to let me know which units were friendly :icon_wink: )

    I heard it on TS a short while back, that a man is judged by the type of people he calls friends. As I sit and think on it now, I think It should be different. A man is judged by the type of people that call HIM, friend.

    I hope that in the years ahead, I can live up to the example you have shown me, of what a man can be.

    I will miss you my friend. :icon_salut:

    Until we fly again.... :angel7:

    Derek Vosse AKA. Squawk

    PS. Toad, Thank you for sharing a beautiful rendition of "My old friend" and the dedication picture. As I sat here writing this it has been placed on a loop, and I have been able to see Jim's face smiling back at me the whole time. (even though I have been crying like a baby :crybaby2: )

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