Krupi

I am always shocked to see a 190 turn it normally leads to there death unfortunately the map is so small online that when a 109 or 190 dives away if is straight to the protection of there base :mad: It is a ridiculous aircraft set as has been mulled over many times with zero response from ED regarding the situation.

Can we expect to see A/C modules which were applicable to the Normandy theatre in the future? I.e. Bf 109 G6, Fw 190 A8, Typhoon etc... Thanks, Krupi

Well I agree about the dive however the Spitfire rolls surprisingly well up to 300 mph IIRC. Nothing can beat the Dora roll wise though obliviously :music_whistling: I have read the envy in the words of allied fighter pilots when describing the roll rate of the 190 :) fantastic aircraft.

Looks good! :thumbup: Hopefully I will be in a position to complete my own column this weekend... :D

Good to hear Imacken, hope they help. If you fancy jumping online again especially now you can get on burning skies let me know.

I read somewhere that supermarine disagreed with the assessment on the skin wrinkling, they said it would not compromise the structure however they were ordered to clip the aircraft regardless.

No the XI and XIV had the same wing essentially. It was deemed too disruptive to redesign the wing so it wasn't until the mk21 that a completely redesigned wing was introduced.

It was thought to improve the roll rate of the aircraft drastically, reduce the drag slightly however it did have a negative effect on the climb rate and stall speed. There are documents which seems to indicate that the removal was not beneficial so really the point of contention is whether or not they did improve all these areas or was it simply that metal ailerons required tweaking to individual aircraft to give the same benefits.

I just remembered about this report NACA 868... http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk/reports/1947/naca-report-868.pdf In particular page 165 & 166... it makes me wonder which spitfire they tested a Mk V?

Amazing!

Talisman, I am a bit surprised by this however I was aware that there was some contention as to the benefits of clipped wing. I do wonder if the benefit was none existent why did supermarine continue to produce it, it must have had some benefit. Regarding the mk24 wing, you cannot use it as evidence of the benefit of clipped wing, yes it was squared off however crucially it was longer IIRC as the standard wing.

I find it very disappointing when his name is the only one attached to the spitfire there were many who developed the aircraft and Joe Smith who continued the development from 1936 onwards is forgotten. No disrespect to Mitchell, engineering a aircraft is not a one man job it requires a team of highly resourceful and skilled individuals with a plethora of skills.

I would take the word of engineers and test pilots over that of a Wing commander :D

Indeed! :huh: Certainly goes against some of the things I have read from the actual test pilots! :music_whistling: I recall a report from a test carried out at various altitudes which stated that up to ~25000ft the manoeuvrability increased, due to the roll rate presumably, and that the clipped spitfire was able to shake off the normal spitfire up to that altitude. Yes slightly slower climb rate and improved dives, I imagine the dive was only an initial improvement. @Sith We will never see a IX with HF wings it had a different engine Merlin 70 IIRC and given the things I read from Jeffery Quill bemoaning about the extended wing tips we are not missing anything! :D

hmm, i am not sure about some of those points :| time will tell ;)

Woooot!! Any pictures do they sync on multiplayer, I understood that clouds were only going to be worked on after explosion effects!

Is it the most common though? The clipping was part what made the IX a low altitude fighter. I wouldn't worry it will come, just not until we are closer to release.

A vast majority of the time yes, however by no means always... ;)

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I wonder if we will ever see deformable terrain, I know it doesn't do anything other than add to immersion however so very very low down on most people's list. Tank tracks in the grass, skid marks from belly landings etc...

Nice I am sure it will be perfect :D

yellow-green khaki please :thumbup: Order Ref. TEYVAOEZT Placed on 02/20/2017 Do you have a picture of the khaki?

Do you send a shipping email pit? Just wondering if I am the lucky one :music_whistling: ;) Bah you got a days head start!

Hi Andre, I placed a pre-order before the colour options became available, does that mean we will get the dark olive one that your website shows?

Has the label mod being switched off for good?