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Ok. A spectacular result. I dropped 2 Mk V at Hornchurch, then landed and watched the 2 small craters with the speakers turned up. This became quite nerve racking, with the 30 min time approaching. By chance, the Red Arrows display team flew low over my house, with an enormous racket, which included my dog barking and my wife shouting. With my attention diverted, the 2 bombs went off and I nearly <profanity> myself. When granny visits on Sunday, I will place her chair near the pc and see what happens. ..

OK. So lets try out the No 17 pistol. It has a tamper proof mechanism, so I hope nobody tries to disarm it, while I wait for half hour for it to go bang. ..

Dawn. Sea of Azov. ..

So what about the Mk V, probably the most useless bomb in simulator history, if simulated correctly. ..

The mk V bomb uses a no 17 pistol which has delay times of a minimum 30 mins, up to a max of 36 hrs. delay. It is a "one off" bomb, specially made to use up a stock of old obsolete long fuses and cannot be used with anything else. ..

Do this for any slider or rotator. It simply limits the travel of the lever for a max of 40 lb. This means you can apply full brakes without fear of a nose over or tail lift, which will damage the tailwheel. The wheel brakes themself, are the problem, not the lever travel or brake pressure. This is a work-round for a problem caused by an update and needs to be fixed.

It handles beautifully. Check tailwheel in de brief. It might be broken. It can turn inside its own wingspan. It does have differential brakes. My take offs are perfectly straight. Maybe it's you. ..

I tried the rockets today. Using Eastchurch, Channel Map. 8 rockets, fuel 100%. Taxi and T/O perfectly normal and easily controllable. Actually hitting my target ship is a problem, so I'm practicing with a RL profile. Dive from 2000' @ 45 deg. Guns @ 1500' to 1000'. Rockets @ 500' using a button on the throttle. Great fun. ..

I find the manual can sometimes be handy to do this job. (Page 119). ..

I stopped using a button to operate the brake lever, which became unusable due to the drums locking solid and changed to a slider, which meant I could reduce lever travel in the editor. With 40 lb pressure, I can use full braking without any chance of a brake locking and causing a nose over. ..

Nothing changed here. Taxi T/O and landing same as before, but I'll keep checking. Brakes were locking solid from about 2 patches ago, lifting tail with the slightest touch and then nosing over, something a Mosquito doesn't do. Noted by several people. I cured it with a work round. Limit brake pressure to 40 lb. ..

Add this to the list of amphibious vehicles. ..

This was pointed out right from the start, but despite it starting as an all grass French fighter station IRL, it has not been modelled as such and only the German concrete part is usable. The grass part is not airfield quality and is the draggy general grass. Having said that, you should be able to T/O and land within the concrete part. ..

I would go for brake binding. I tried this mission and I've not flown the Spit for a very long time, but there was no problem with the ground surface and you get a small headwind (Rnwy 05), which will make it easier. Landing, taxi and T/O was normal. Check there is no pressure on the brake gauge, which will mean a Settings thing. Post a track, if you're still having problems. ..

Thanks. Just what I need for Rochester Airport. ..

No 12 bomb bay long range tank, is not fitted in our Mossie and therefore is always empty. No 10 is the Centre tank. No 2 Stub tank, are Inner tanks, (gauges on left). No 4 Outer tanks (gauges on right). It's an arrangement that even confused pilots. ..

DIY. Rochester aircraft factory. Air raid in progress. Landing on 20. ..

Take off, (16 2723') and Landing, (20 2244') at Shorts Rochester aircraft factory. Light condition. 30% fuel, unarmed, 17494 lb. Default trim settings. There's an air raid in progress, 10 Ju 88 here, plus 4 88's at Eastchurch. 8 Spifires are scrambled from Eastchurch and Detling. No time to hang around. ..

Some facts: Measuring the time delay, cannons only, with a video editor, the times were: First shot ---- 0.25 secs. Second shot - 0.15 secs. Subsequent shots - 0.15 secs. Trigger movement, add 0.033 secs. ..

This is confirmed by reading WW2 pilot anecdotes. Lead with the left throttle initially until the rudder becomes effective. There is little swing, if the engines are synchronized. Difficult to achieve with one throttle. If you try to use brakes, things can get worse. They are too strong, (increased in a recent update) and the lever is too fast, causing over correction. Watching airshow Mossies, they wind up against the brakes and then gun it and that is what I do and it works. (More than one way to skin a cat}. ..

Sunday morning circuit practice. T/O on 16, 2723'. Default trim settings. Landing at Rochester 20, 2244', with the Mosquito. A bumpy undulating surface, makes this a difficult landing, without damaging the tailwheel. Fuel 30%. ..

I've knocked up a quick aircraft factory, to give the Ju 88s something to chuck bombs at and occasionally they score a hit. I placed AAA sites in their correct geographical locations for 1940 and they slaughtered the 16 88s attacking, so that didn't work. They are simply too good. This factory airfield and the Sunderland flying boat factory nearby, as well as Chatham Dockyard were major targets in the early 40s, so it makes a good target to attack and defend. ..

That's correct operation. ..

It's already in place and usable, but a little bit bumpy and rather bare. It needs some love and attention. Here's the Mossie on runway 160. Home to Short Bros. it was initially used to build Short Stirling heavy bombers, untill Do 17 bombers paid a visit and production was moved to Belfast. It remained as a RAF training field. Bomb damage. Rochester in 1936. When Channel Map first came out, this ground was un-usable due to high grass friction, but now it seems OK, so it would be a pity to waste it. There are 4 AAA batteries, within 2 miles of the field, defending against German air attack. Shorts factory. 50 kg. Bomb stick from Dornia Do17 raid, passes across recreation ground heading for large grey hangar (between red dots)). The distinct structure, top right, is Fort Horstead, defending against French 19th century land attack. It housed 1 3.7 in AA gun plus Bofors 40mm. in 1940. ..

They work when grey. ..