howie87

That's old news.

It does seem exceptionally wobbly... like a puppet with all the strings tangled up.

Great news. Thanks Headspace.

Just tried this in DCS. After 3 minutes 30 the right hydraulic system still had some pressure which only dissipated after cycling the speed brakes. I assume this is the accumulator precharge? It does seem like the pressure bleed in DCS is waaaay too slow regardless. Also it seems you can fly around happily all day with both hydraulics out in DCS, just off the pressure from the wind milling engines. Hope this is fixed one day so we actually have a reason to use manual reversion mode for once.

More Nevada screens please :D

Bump... Why can't we have nice things?

Bing is nobody's friend...

In a book I read recently a P-47 pilot recounts a mock dogfight with a late Mk Spitfire. The only advantages his aircraft had were roll rate and dive speed, so what does he do? He rolls one way then reverses the roll and turns the other way. By the time the Spit has reversed his roll, the Jug is half way into the turn and gradually increasing his separation. After repeating this for a while, the Jug dives for the deck and pulls up into a hard climb. He's carrying more energy than the Spit now and goes all the way over the top and comes back down on the Spit's tail. Superior knowledge of his aircraft's advantages enabled him to turn the situation around from an initially disadvantages position.

What I think people want is to be able to set a 'maximum' value for wind speed. The altitudes you can set wind speeds for should be the altitudes where wind speeds peak. For exanple if you got rid of the 10m setting and made it 200m instead, people would know that the wind speed between 0-200m will be not be higher than what they set in the editor.

Hmm... more than another WW2 aircraft but less than a more modern fighter. I'm also more western minded when it comes to avionics. I'd prefer anything from the century series onwards.

Heaters are for cheaters!

Haha, fair enough Ells! Also, if you had to fly the Sabre for a change you'd probably get strafed on the ramp while you were still reading the manual! MiG-21 vs Hawk will be interesting. Although I suppose the MiG would have the ability to extend at will... All these new jets are getting me excited!

That's great news. Thanks Cobra!

Surprisingly close in the poll... We shall see if it stays that way later in the year!

The Sabre is 30 years older, slightly heavier and has less thrust. But it has a higher top speed and service ceiling, more guns and radar targeting. The Hawk has a better thrust to weight ratio, is probably easier to fly and more nimble and superseded the 'Sabre killer' Folland Gnat. So, I think I'll take my chances in the Hawk (in the back seat, with my hands wrapped around the ejection lever).

In a guns only dogfight (with a gun pod on the Hawk!), which would you rather be in and why?

Yeah, I hope we get some better explosions with EDGE.

Not new, but with the new rendering engine coming shortly, not a priority either.

I think when the consumer version hits the shelves, it's upgrade time. Hopefully EDGE will help squeeze some more frames out of my 4GHz 2500k though

Wrong thread. This is not community news.

I'd say it shouldn't be a priority now - there are more important things to fix. Down the line though, sure. Who doesn't love a bit of eye candy... The thing you have to take into account though is the time it takes to implement these features for all aircraft. Also, as soon as we get one thing some people want something else. We've already had wingtip vortices, wing flex, engine smoke and touchdown smoke improved in the last year alone.

Eject! Trust me, you don't want to be fooling around with the keyboard when it's time to hit the canvas.

Sounds awesome skate. Keep up the good work!

Oh really? And who's making that? ;)

Did somebody say BLUE STEEL?