MACADEMIC

Spoke with Manuel of Realsimulator about this feature, they are interested in making this happen. Please read more on this thread: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=137578 MAC

This message is directed at all Realsimulator FSSB R3 Warthog owners/prospective owners! I've spoken with Manuel of Realsimulator about a feature request for the R3, to couple the required control forces directly to the flight model and flight situation in DCS. This generally means light control forces at low speeds, and higher control forces at high speeds, as derived from the FM of the particular aircraft (some kind of 'implied force-feedback'). He told me this would be a good idea, as this is how it is generally done in all 5th gen fighter control systems. Realsimulator would be happy to implement this request in a future firmware update, provided they hear from 10 or more R3 users that they would like to see such an update. If you are an R3 owner and would like to see this feature, or a prospective owner who would be more likely to purchase the product with this feature, please write to Manuel at general_inf@realsimulator.com :thumbup: MAC

I'm wondering about something, hope the FFSB 3 users can answer. I noticed in a video posted above that required control force input can be set on ground - but, can they change dynamically depending on condition of flight? If yes, that would amount to some kind of built in force feedback, wouldn't it? MAC

Amazing work Maler, thank you! MAC

Found a nice in cockpit video of the recently restored Bf109-G 'Rote 7' of the Messerschmitt museum - slat deployment on right wing during landing approach can be seen very well from around 5:0. MAC P.S.: further great videos on same youtube channel, and on http://flugmuseum-messerschmitt.com/index.html

Interestingly I just spoke to a man in Germany today whose grandfather just passed away at age 103 a couple of weeks ago. He had been a flying instructor and ferry pilot for the Luftwaffe during the war, and had told his grandson of the many crashes he and his colleagues suffered from the bad quality of airplanes that came off the production lines in the final years of the war. Also, that many pilots were lost on ferry flights to free roaming allied fighter pilots who shot what they found, but he escaped many times because he chose the worst weather conditions for his ferry flights, or was hugging the landscape. MAC

Yep David, I think our perception is sharpest when it comes to reading faces, it's where we're the hardest to fool. Goggles and mask are an intelligent (and historically accurate) way to maneuver arround that difficulty in simulation. MAC

Fantastic new screenshots of the K-4 and NTTR! Also congrats on the new WWII pilot model with glasses and mask - there's something deeply immersion killing in the always same expressionless face of the unmasked pilots. Big improvement! MAC

My friend Erich Brunotte with Colin Heaton's book 'The Star of Africa', the story of Hans Joachim Marseille, at the 'Musem der Luftwaffe', Berlin Gatow, two days ago. Will sit down with Erich soon to get some fine details for his upcoming IV/JG51 Dora 9 livery. :) MAC

This goes for any digital (0/1) inputs, be it keyboard or button, for example throttle increase/decrease. They should be user definable. This is presently not possible as far as I know. MAC

In real life you didn't have to move your head, your right eye would already be aligned with it, stereoscopic vision would have taken care of the rest. MAC

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Thanks Mainstay! MAC

Hi maruschka, Could you please post some screenshots of the completed skin here? Thanks! MAC

Hi Mainstay, looking great! Could you please post some screenshots of your completed skin here? Thanks! MAC

Give us a Tiger Moth and a Bücker Jungmann, please. Also wouldn't mind a Yak 18-T... MAC

Okay, sorry if I misunderstood. MAC

Okay, let's wait for Erich's comments, but he didn't mention any green in the paintscheme to me before, only blended spotted grey on top fuselage, light blue on lower. Hope I'll have some answers by the end of the week. MAC

Maler, what's 82/83? MAC

Mainstay, Maler is doing the livery of Erich Brunotte and Heinz Marquardt's Doras, they were in IV/JG51, and to me these won't look much like the picture you posted, more like the D-9 in the Air Force museum in Dayton, Ohio. No green there, this matches what I know from Erich. Awaiting some more details from him for Maler. MAC

Shadow of a very high Cumulunimbus cloud beyond the horizon line around the time of sunrise/sunset, such clouds very frequent around the equator. MAC

Thanks FoxRomeo! MAC

Erich Brunotte never heard other aircraft... http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2162638&postcount=66 MAC

That's very interesting, I must tell Erich. He said he was sure the other pilot had put himself on his wing not by accident, but on purpose, because his hand flew up right when Erich looked over. It was a Yak and had a red star on it. Have to ask him if he flew a FW190 that day, and if he remembers some more details about the other aircraft. It would be too incredible if Erich would find an answer to his question after so many years. Destiny moves in mysterious ways. MAC

I'm sorry if this is not the right place to post it, but I remember there was a discussion about hearing other aircraft from inside the cockpit of the FW190-D9 or other warbirds with the engine running. I asked Erich Brunotte if he ever heard another aircraft, and he said he didn't, ever. He also told me an anecdote to illustrate this. Once he was with a wingman on 'Freie Jagd' - free hunt - over Russia, and decided to spread out a bit, looking for possible enemy bogeys. After a while he called his wingman back and saw a little dot approaching from the right. Certain that this was his wingman he didn't pay attention to it, until he looked to the side again and had a Yak flying on his wing, just 20 meters away. The Russian pilot saluted, a shaken Erich saluted back, and then the Yak broke off. To this day he's sure the Russian could have easily blown him out of the sky that day, and is still wondering why he didn't. MAC