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The first time I saw pictures of it outside an aircraft I had to look twice because it looked alot like the MK19 we had when I was in the army.

I pulled that from my FW190 Eddie Creek and J Smith volume sets. They have some pretty good sections on the weapon systems and compared the MK108 and MK103. The Mk103 had a velocity of 940m/sec and the Mk108 only had 520m/sec. They talked about the FW190 A6/R2 which was to compromise of Mk108 mounted inside the wings. "The MK108 gun, was very small and compact and easy to manufacture. However, its relative low muzzle velocity was its shortcoming, with the result that is projectile trajectory was seriously affected by bullet drop after a comparatively short range:41m (135 ft) of drop in the first 1000m (3300 ft) of range". If its velocity was only averaging 427m/s over 400m I'd hate to see what it drops to by the 1000m mark. I'm guessing this won't be a long range sniper weapon on B17s when they are released unless I'm using David as my spotter.

I think we would be surprised by the mid-late war Soviet planes if we got them in DCS. From all the stuff I've been reading about the FW190s pretty much all the pilots from Germany gave high regards to the Yaks/La-5 in flying performance. It was the tactics and training that gave Germany the great edge in the air throughout the first half of the war in the East. Eventually like in the West the numbers they were putting in the air were too much to overcome plus Soviet planes improved greatly.

:thumbup: Throw in the P40 also for me.

Yeah I waiting to see the drop rate on the MK108 cannon. Supposed to be like 41m the first 1000m with a pretty low velocity.

Compared to the DCS release record (Blackshark, A10, Mustang) we are flying along now.

That's just wrong David lol. Why don't you start something useful like proper engagement techniques and evasive maneuvers in the Dora video.

Any plans to make the server larger in the future? With the 109 and spit coming its going to get crowded pretty quick.

Awful movie ... watched about the first 20 minutes and turned it off. Any movie with a Bf109 firing for 30 seconds straight while the guy he's shooting at nonchalantly makes his plane do a backflip is a joke.

It was like this the first week it came out but died down later on when most of us figured it out. Just wait unit the K4 gets here ...

I've been playing WWII flight sims since Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain and Aces of the Pacific. The digital battles between the Allies and Axis will always probably be alive.:thumbup:

Dora .. until I try the K4 next month and then we will see. I will most likely skip the Spit and wait for the awesomeness that is the P47.

Night tracers had reduced brightness because they would effect pilots night vision if they were too bright. As far as the 21cm mortar tubes .. I'll check to see if any D-9 combat units really used them but most Fw190 A versions had removed most of them for many reasons. Very short range, greatly reduced combat effectiveness of the aircraft, and they were ineffective in combat. They were very hard to aim and had very few successes.

I've got 16gb of ddr4 ram so I doubt that it was a memory problem.

This was the first time I've had it with the Dora but I've had it on another computer with the Mustang. It is definitely muzzle flash related except that the windows went brighter instead of darker. I believe someone told me before that it was related to the sun or clouds but others had heard about it last time. No track since I was online but next time it pops up I'll record it.

I had this occur on a mission on the DoW server today and wanted to know if there is a solution for it. It doesn't occur very often but when I fired my weapons on the Dora the whole screen would flash brightly to where you couldn't see anything at all. I've had it occur in the past on another computer system and have heard of others having it. 5930k gtx980 current drivers win 8.1

So what is the correct procedure to get this thing working right? Turn the range fully down on the manual range twist grip? I've only had this thing a couple of days but this sight makes you long for the K-14 or EZ42 sight pretty quickly. I'm averaging between 1-3 kills on the Mig sweep mission but should really be hitting 4 to 5 will all the ammo I'm wasting by estimating without a fixed sight. This thing will pick up a cloud 3000 ft away but not the Mig15 less than 200 yards right in front of me.

I was reading last night that when 6 Staffel of JG2 converted from BF109 to FW190s in 1942 they lost 11 FW190s to accidents in less than 4 months. These were experienced pilots of the BF109 so I doubt that flying the FW was the cakewalk that other sims make it. Alot of Germany's pilot losses weren't air combat losses but accidents, flak, etc. Just practice and read other peoples tips to help you out. The Dora is just one of those planes that when you get it ... your good to go after that.

Bob Anderson was a WWII Mustang ace that could spot large formations from 50-60 miles. I don't think people are trying to cheat by changing dot size but spotting needs serious attention and I hope EDGE fixes that. I do notice alot of Mustang pilots just cruising along and not scanning at all. My biggest problem is when your actually in a dogfight and they just disappear into the background.

Just keep working at it. DoW server was a mess tonight with everyone trying to learn to takeoff in the Dora and Mustang. Can't imagine what threads we're gonna see in the next month with the BF109. Airfield looked like a B-52 strike had come in by the end of the ship mission. I still don't make perfect landings but is more because I get impatient than anything else. I have had alot of tailwheel collapses lately for some reason. You master the Dora or Mustang and the rest will be easy. Did my first startup in the F86 with perfect landing and takeoff.

It will be a better sight when they are crashing into the ground because of Doras and Me109s.

Looks fantastic! Just picked up the F86 on sale so this would be a great addition. Just throw in a map, Korean War era ground targets, etc and boom---DCS Korea will be born.

Generally you can fly for quite awhile at 2700 rpm but if you want to conserve fuel run in the 2100-2500 range and if possible over 3100m(supercharger kicks in somewhere between 2600-3100 usually). There is a sweet spot for the trim also in the 21-2500 range depending on altitude which makes it much easier to fly. Manual also recommends you cut the front fuel tank pump after takeoff to use up the rear first. I usually will run it at 2700 in areas I know are frequented by enemies to get my speed as high as possible.

Can't believe the Dora and F86 were 70% off. Already have the Dora so F86 was a must have purchase.

Wait until we get Edge to see what improvements are made by moving up. I've recently upgraded but I went from a Duo Core 2 to a 5930k with 980GTX so of coarse I saw a huge difference.