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Wow, complete with buwet holes and everything. I'm surprised that the government hadn't restored one for nationalistic purposes. Bye the way, did you see all the ribbons on that guys jacket.
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FT, everyone knows that the Mig 21 was what really helped the French win the BOB.
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I think we need a default DD skin however just so anyone without a custom can put it on. Perhaps the letters DD with a little z on the sides and an alternative Dogz logo for the tail section and wing. If anyone has any ideas it will be easy to implement. Other than that I think I will start working on some SE5a in the next few days.
A default DDz skin is a great idea Mayhem. I must admit, the Sopworth Camel I can barely fly straight and level. Fighting in it is out of the question.
But the SE5a? Ah, now thats my ride of choice.
The Camel is fantastic once you get used to it. Having your response curves set properly is essential. It's a finicky plane a bit, not quite as bad as the DR1 but if you rub it the right way there is little that can match it in a dogfight especially a turning fight.
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It's funny, there are always about 3 votes for no. I have the feeling its the same 3 people that just troll the skins forum and vote no on everything. I'm pretty sure the no count won't get any higher then 4 as it never seems to on almost every submission. As someone else stated, why would you even be concerned with something that will hardly effect you. If I download an official skin pack I will enjoy seeing other pilots custom skins as long as they are not wildly out of context with the rest of the sim.
I'll say this, its going to be really cool for me to look around while flying with you guys in formation looking around and seeing all our customs and knowing instantly who is who. I think we need a default DD skin however just so anyone without a custom can put it on. Perhaps the letters DD with a little z on the sides and an alternative Dogz logo for the tail section and wing. If anyone has any ideas it will be easy to implement. Other than that I think I will start working on some SE5a in the next few days.
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I'm voting now, thanks MT, you're great!!!
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Hey MT, just uploaded 3 Camel skins to the vault. http://dangerdogz.com/forums/files/file/563-streakbadaimricozip/
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As promised, here is your shiny new Camel skin Rico. Hope you join the ROF crew as much a possible. I'll have the requirements completed for submissions of BadAim's, Streak's and your skin by tomorrow probably.
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Got my vote too. I don't own the plane, but nice clean skins. I'm sure if I get the plane you will provide me with the template. =^)
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After a few pints you really won't care too much where they came from anyways.
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Sounds interesting. I'll give it a go and let you know.
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Yeah, fantastic video I hadn't seen before. That was exactly what I thought too Arthur when I saw that DR1. I don't think they climb that fast in ROF, but he's probably flying into a headwind which would explain a lot. Did you notice those shots of engine starts, love those rotary engines and did you see how fast he had to get his hand out of the way. All taken with a grain of salt of course because those old films don't always represent time accurately. The rails for reloading the Lewis gun are genius.
I'll tell you what else, those boy were some crazy ass seat of your pants flyers. You've got to be either brave or crazy to be pulling some of those moves in those wooden crates. I know what it's like though, it looks insane from the ground, but once you get up there the pure ecstasy and trill kind of take over your brain. I bet they had a blast practicing or just messing around. Now its another story if someone is shooting at you.
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Pretty planes! Me want touch, me want fly!!!
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RoF Fans,
I suggest that you watch this one on a Full screen and @ 1080P HD
What a show !
MT
WOW! So many WW1 planes in one place. Totally awesome. You know watching this made me realize that it was only about 16 or 17 years after man learned to fly they were making these planes. They seem so ahead of their time. Even to this day they are awesome machines.
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Well, I was going to say something earlier but didn't want to get bashed for it. Just look at the first 15 seconds of the second video. Is it just me or do Dogfight's physics seem a little off? I'm no aerodynamics or physics expert but that plane seems to be doing a wicked tailwhip. Also check out the climb rates on those videos, those planes act like rockets. Some of the role rates look too high and some of the high G maneuvers look like they would tare those planes apart. Great videos, fun to watch, but I think they throw a little 'Hollywood' in there to liven it up.
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Just thinking out loud here but, has anyone else noticed how drama free the ROF forums are compared to the Ubi or 1C? I was reading through some ROF post the other day and had a flashback from IL-2 forums. Tis a bit of a breath of fresh air.
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WOW... Can you image being in a S.E.5 and encountering a DR1 for the first time preforming those maneuvers??? I think a serious case of brown pants maybe
Yea, imagine having to get back in your plane again knowing more of those might be out there, after having just watched one manhandle multiple SE5a. The thought of running into a whole flight of those had to be running through their minds.
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Ah, don't get me started. I have had arguments with individuals over things like this. Haven't seen anyone do this exact maneuver horizontally in ROF but I have see someone do the same thing with just a sharp pull back of the stick to get them in the vertical plane before rotating, sort of like a hammerhead but no where near stall. The turn was performed in the blink of an eye and effectively reversed his heading 180 deg in about 2 seconds. The only problem he had was that I was so hot on hit tail, after reversing he couldn't level out fast enough to get a shot at me, but if I had been just a bit farther back he could have. Still it made for a tricky evasive move. The pilot I was dogfighting made beautiful consistent maneuvers in that DR1, I was quite impressed. I in my Camel however, had to shoot him down anyway. Still his flying was visually spectacular and you could tell he knew what he was doing.
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One thing I would add here is you need a camera with a good framerate to be effective with freetrack. My first camera was way to slow, and freetrack worked like crap with it. I then went out and got the camera for PS3, which is made for motion capture work and it really works good. I am still using the headset clip setup, but I can see where the cap would work better. I'm just not sure I want to be tethered to my seat by two different devices!
PPS: if you by LED's that don't have a visible light, do yourself a favor and get an extra visible led so that you won't forget to turn your clip of several times in a row and start burning out LED's.
If you're burning out LEDs you are probably overvoltaging them. I would suggest a larger resistor. When I first made mine I was running my LEDs at the max rating which was totally unnecessary and just puts more wear and tare on them. I now run them about half or two thirds the rated voltage and my batteries last several months of hardcore flight simming. I believe the life expectancy of IR LED is not quite as high as normal visible spectrum kinds but the rating are assessed at max voltage correct me if I am wrong. Running them at a lower voltage then rated has no ill effect and will make your lights last a long time. I'm thinking in the order of 10 years or more.
This is what I am using right here. Deal Extreme 3 bucks for 20 and they work great. They have a wide spread so there is no need to file them flat. Free shipping too and while the site might look a little shifty, I can assure you they are legit as I have ordered many parts for projects from them and always been satisfied. I even ordered a steering servo with metal gears for my Nitro stadium truggy. It was cheap, free shipping and it works great with a lot of torque. This site is a little know goldmine. I recommend checking out the DIY project section of the site. They have replacement parts for Sony Playstation 2, cell phones and a whole bunch of that stuff.
Its funny too cause the parts are shipped straight from China, Bangkok if I remember correctly. You know they say in China R&D stands for 'receive and duplicate'. I have found many parts for name-brand items where it seems the factory that the originating company farmed the production out to, had left over units or had stamped out too many, so they just resell them with or without the name-brand labeling. For instant they sell network card antenna not sold as under any brand name but when you get them they have D-Link stamped on the them. Another thing is the Gameboys SPs knock offs they sell. They have the same Nintendo casing but the units contained bootlegged games on a built in mem card or you can by cards with several games already on them.
If you look around the DIY section you will also probably notice heat sinks and fans for name-brand video cards like Sapphire and Leadtek. I always get a kick out of it when I run across something of that nature. Its definitely a great site if you're looking to for project parts for say a robot or whatever.
P.S. Like this here. Where else are you going to find one of these this cheap. This would be great for making RC foamy 3D airplanes. You can also find the Lipo battery packs, ESC, receivers and mini servos all really inexpensively on this site. Go buy a few dollars worth of foam and start designing your own RC aircraft. 2.4Ghz Transmitter and propeller not included.
Well I found this Transmitter, it's for a car or boat but it comes with the receiver. Still an great deal. All that craps made is China anyways. When I bought my Nitro Truggy there was a range issue on the Cirrus receiver which is supposed to be a decent brand. I opened it up found half the solder joints inside done by hand by someone with no ability whatsoever. One of the legs of the output amplifier transistor wasn't soldered in all the way, so I fixed it and it's great now. The point is all that crap is made in China anyways so I wouldn't worry about the quality so much.
I'm sorry, am I babbling again???
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Love it. If you like doing things yourself and don't mind tinkering it is a fun project. With the right camera and settings it works perfectly and hasn't let me down yet. The camera and head device you choose goes a long way towards the results you will achieve. I use a Microsoft Lifecam VX1000 which works very well. As far as the head device I would recommend a cap rather then a clip. I've tried both and the hat is much more accurate, not that the clip wasn't good, but a hat or visor is superior in my experience and make the setup a bit easier. Overall, I spent around $24 US making mine and have been using it for several years now with few problems. TrackIR has a few issues occasionally too from what I've heard. I think the newer version of TrackIR have less little issues then the older versions. Either solution will work well, it really depends on how you feel and if you like or feel comfortable making it yourself or just go the super easy route and buy TrackIR.
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I wonder if our first batch of skins will work now in protected mode???
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I saw one of these a couple of years ago at the Winston-Salem Airshow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan
I think I remember reading somewhere that a T-28 was the first American plane (single engine or something like that) shot down in Vietnam.
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Hey all, just to let you know, the game Portal is free to download on Steam until the 20th. It's not a demo, it's the full version and you will retain ownership after the 20th to my understanding. Pretty awesome if you ask me.
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Practically speechless, what is going on with P-51s lately. Glad to hear the Dogz in attendance are fine but OMG the poor folks that got killed and injured.
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Streak, unzip the attached file and drop the SC_DD_Streak.dds into your C:\Program Files\Rise of Flight\data\graphics\Skins\SopCamel directory. If you want to use the skin you have to go into your ROF setting and turn 'modifications ON'. This might prevent you from joining certain servers that require 'mod OFF' mode. Once MT and I have complied a new skins pack to submit for approval from the ROF community and get them voted through, you will hopefully be able to use your new skin in 'mod OFF' servers once the next official ROF patch comes out. We've already had one pack of 6 approved but they were too late to make it into the most recently release patch but should be included in the next one. Looks like we will have another at least 6 or so if not more ready for the next patch as well.
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You are very welcome BA, glad you like it. Wrapping the ammo belts was a little fiddly. Most of the pictures I found of ammo belting for the Vicker's showed only the front half of the bullets actually in the fabric belts with only the tips sticking out the front. I'm not particularly a WW1 munitions expert so while it might look a little wonky at first I believed this to be period correct. If its wrong I can rework it for you, though it was a bit of a chore lining all the panels up especially on the ailerons.
Needing Your Support - Dd Camel Skin Pack Group 2 - Up For Voting
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Hey Trib, yeah these are a new batch of skins. More to come in the near future. Its starting to look like the DDz flying circus.