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Say that to the engineers :P and the insurance company

If you are landing on all three wheels at once then you risk the chance of damaging the tail wheel. Fly level, reduce power slowly and let try landing on the main wheels first and then let the tail slowly drop as the lift bleeds off. No matter how good the flight model, simulator without force feedback/ G forces just doesn't quite replicate for me. Might need to upgrade : )

Here's a nice video of a Replica A model 190. From what I understand, there were a small number made out of a company in Germany. Love the sound. The take off roll was nicely done. You can see the rudder work needed to keep her straight (she's a her right?)

I got this as well, but she is right on the stall on the rotate and the lovely lady seems to snap to the left and down she goes. I've found taking the power up to full power at 170 and trimming slightly nose forward helps. Lots of small feet work with the rudders. I've never flown a tail dragger in real life. A mate has a Yak55m and he reckons your not a real pilot until you've mastered one :)

You may have already done this, but just double check your bindings in controls as I find every input device was controlling roll and pitch.

Anyone else notice that if you eject from the F-86, the seat is an Aces II?

I've asked a similar question in terms of a little notice that EDGE is coming so we can do upgrades / clean rebuild etc. Surely it wouldn't hurt if ED themselves gave out some advice on GPU etc? I couldn't see that giving away a little info would hurt would it?

Soon? Yes would buy both as well.

Sorry to hear that, hope the treatment is going well.

It would be great to know before Edge is released for all those who are going to do upgrades and a clean build. I'm specifically holding back on upgrading the GPU but also don't want to spend anymore than I really need to so knowing the sweet spot for GPU would be hugely beneficial. I wonder if 16 or 32GB memory will make much of a difference with Edge. One thing for sure, 2014 is a great year for DCS!

1. I have a butt kicker that is turned up and is quite good for giving you stall warning buffet 2. Go easy on the back pressure, the faster you are the less you need to maintain the turn 3. Yes co-ordinated/balanced turns give you the best turn rate and you bleed off speed slightly slower 4. Energy management, keep your airspeed and height up. 5. Against the AI 190 you have a better turning circle, he can out climb you, go faster than you, but can't turn as good, so keep the turning fight going if he gets on your six 6. Impossible without TrackIR, if you don't have it, get it. 7. If you do find yourself stalling and entering a snap roll because one wing has stalled, kick in hard opposite rudder and you should be able to bring it back pretty quickly, relax the back pressure though. 8. Maintain eyes on your target at all times, situation awareness! 9. Fight in 3 dimensions, don't get caught in a 2D fight i.e. just vertical or just horizontal. As long as you maintain energy, maintain eyes on the enemy, then if shouldn't matter too much which way you are pointed. 10. Use throttle and height to maintain separation so you don't overshoot. 11. I also use my blade pitch to slow down and maintain separation not just manifold pressure. With high energy you should be able to turn holding with the vision just starting to tunnel. Hope that helps.

Yep - there is nothing more to say that that

Here's a couple of beautiful pics of an FW-190 by a guy called Gavin Conroy of Classic Aircraft Photography.

Very nice Cobra (and team). Enjoy the time away:)

WOW - stunning guys. The graphics are truly amazing over what we have now, so much so I have to ask if that is in game with edge or manipulated for marketing?

Yes true. I'm guessing quite a few people are holding out for upgrades. Not wanting any more notice than bare minimum helps us get those upgrades prior to release of Edge. Are you not planning to have a clean machine for Edge?

My thought process is that if we wait until the last moment then the latest hardware will be available and/or the prices will be less. I personally want a nice clean build without any legacy apps/settings but I want to continue playing 1.2.8 for as long as possible. Figure 2-3 weeks notice would give enough time for those that want to do upgrades / rebuilds.

Edge and Upgrades I'm keen as the next person for edge and fully understand it takes time to bring these products to market in a state that is worthy. I would like to ask two things if I may: 1. How many people are holding off doing upgrades and rebuilds etc until Edge is released? I am for one. 2. Would ED be willing to give us 2-3 weeks notice of Edge's release so that we all can get our upgrades / rebuilds done in time? I ask because it takes time to do these upgrades / rebuilds and on the day Edge is released I for one wish to be straight into it. X9

Cobra, great update as always. This is one aircraft to have in the stable even if you don't fly it (but we will). I think the A4 from VEAO will compliment your Mig21 quite nicely.

You seriously wouldn't want to sneeze.

Really! Is that a troll? Many a person will argue against the F-22 being the best aircraft in the world and how do you propose to get hold of all the technical data to produce a DCS quality product? It's good to have a discussion around whats best for the customers, but I'm not so sure the F-22 offers enough roles to be popular to the majority here. The only real solution is to keep the mix of flyable aircraft balanced so that it offers greater fun for everyone. Would love a blackhawk as well. The Tornado would add a great deal of functionality. What about an AWACS where you could have one person flying, another doing aircraft management. A C-130 Spectre would be wicked.

Ram is cheap Sceptre : ) Absolutely stunning looking aircraft Cobra and Rudel.

Dual 6950's overclocked to 6970 (dip switch enabled) in XFire. I'm happy to buy a new graphics card for Edge etc, but would like to know before Edge is released if it works better with Nvidia or AMD. Is that something you guys are willing to share?

Oh you youngies. I remember playing this F16 Combat Pilot on the Amiga Then came F117 on the 286 at work followed by DI Tornado DI made some cool flight sims, Tornado, Hind, Apache

Yeah no Aim9 on there at all from zoomed in. But it is a stunning photo. There is often a lot of demands and critics around but the fact is ED are doing a good job of not rushing this and I feel 2014 is a good year for DCS Modules and updates.