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Dead easy to find the data for the lightning. Gimme a list of what you want and I'll try to find it. The lightning was surprisingly agile for such a big beast... Way more wing area than a mig21 but whether that translated to better turn performance i'm not so sure. And of course the Lightning just wins by default. Better than 100% efficiency at converting fuel to awesome.

I think it'll be fun for some what-if scenarios. No other piston engined fighter that has been announced is as close to an ME262 in performance....

I always find the Mk108 to work very well if I land hits anywhere in the fuselage. Usually not instant confetti but usually a hit or 3 ends the fight. I also think deflection shots are far more effective. 90% of my kills seem to come from managing to hit someone turning hard.

Which aircraft DON'T have it out of interest?

A Mirage III is definately on my wishlist! Very clean, very elegant, very fast! I have developed a love for 2nd generation jets over the last few years and the more we get in DCS the better!

Interesting read! Pilum do you publish your simulation results anywhere?

Yep beatiful aircraft! Easily my favourite US fighter of WW2

Can't wait to give it a spin on sunday!

You mean what the papers say isnt always true? :music_whistling:

Found a video on youtube of a P51 having its gear tested at duxford [YOUTUBE]jtVQRCA0[/YOUTUBE] Obviously there's no slipstream loads on the gear so it's probably slower when in the air but still it's a start! Need to find some of the gear coming down in flight now! But the problem there is you won't be able to tell when the process is started by the pilot. Just how long it takes for the actual gear to deply.

Will discuss that on friday when I see a couple of the guys I mentioned. Suspect it's because the Flugwerk 190's aren't claiming to be a focke wulf. Would be good if i'm wrong as that could open up the possibility of seeing one of those Mosquito replicas in the air in the UK some time!

To be honest I don't know the reasoning but having spoken to various people who restore warbirds for a living in the UK they all state you can't build a "new" spitfire for example. You have to supply the ID plate at the very least. Seems crazy to me!

I very much doubt the engine is a replica.... The cost would be prohibitive. As to whether the plane itself is a replica that depends on your definition. AFAIK you aren't allowed to build new replicas of warbirds in the EU. They must be built up from an existing airframe though 99% could be made in new metal.

Beautiful... But why do we never get to see them in the UK? :(:(

I think HUD's will become a standard feature on cars un the next few years. I'm unlikely to own anything truly modern any time soon I'll be stuck with analogue gauges for a while yet! Oldest car I own was built in 69. Newest in 92 and I consider that to be a computer with wheels! Strongharm i'm very surprised you enthuse more about your new camaro than the old one! Saw a camaro of that vintage in London last friday. Real presence and an air of brute force.

It allows 6 directions of freedom. You can turn, nod and tilt your head plus move in/out up/down and left/right. So you can lean foreward to get a clearer view of instruments etc. It takes a little getting used to as you need to kerp looking at the screen with your eyes as you rotate your head around and the movement is scaled so you only need to move your head say 20 degrees to look behibd you in game. The scaling/response curves can be tuned in software so you can get it to your own tastes. As to immersion YES it improves it massively.

Will be there on the 22nd for a blenheim related event plus the 24th For the airshow!

Now you know how I feel!

Expect To wake up to a severed horses head Soon :lol:

Wrong thread! Actually I like all the aircraft posted so far! Even the IL102

Very nice work! I especially like seeing RAF roundels on a bare metail airframe!

F4U certainly has character and I hope it's in the works somewhere!

Good job! Will check it out later then try to get someone to do a skin for me when I remember how useless I am!

Remember the WW2 project was started due to the kickstarter. Without it there would have been no pieces for ED to pick up and less incentive for third parties to produce ww2 content. I "lost" many promised rewards when it all went wrong but I'm not bothered. We are seeing DCS expand into the WW2 era and that was exactly what I was hoping for.

Spitsim Edge Combat stick was my choice. Very smooth accurate and progressive.