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Most of the time I fly on auto but if an enemy is trying to run in a straight line and especially if we both have high speed above 400mph I close it. But you have to keep your eyes on the ball and temperatures. If you fly uncoordinated your engine dies, if you turn and do not change to auto, it dies, if you fly too slow it dies. And always run (at low altitude) Emergency rich mixture. If you don't your engine dies. I told you that you know... Anyway, flying with any other setting is a waste of time. Especially for me as I already have to use RPM regulation via buttons and look around by using the HAT and not to mention the radiator door open themselves on auto if your temp is too high. I have not noticed any reduction in engine failure when opening manually the radiator anyway. I have to check again during climb but flying at 61' killed my engine last time I tried In DCS you can't really climb on MIL and WEP. It always leads to engine failure when you are climbing at the listed climb speed :/ PS. Real life manuals say to leave it on auto during flight at all times.

Lovely F4U. Glad to see its coming to DCS. I wish we can get at least one Japanese plane to flesh out some Pacific theatre. :) Best wishes for 2018.

The point being new vistas. Currently it all goes down in the same area. With new Caucasus we might pretend its Ardennes in Belgium or Norway. :)

Will your server feature the new Caucasus map? I mean, I know it is not perfect for WW2 operations, but it would be a nice map to pretend that we are fighting over Belgium during winter or Norway. I think it would bring some variety to the missions because realy Normandy is so small... It is very small.

TWS mate. Missle goes pitbul about 5nm from you and that's what you hear. ;)

At night they should blind the pilot, but during day 1pm flights that's excessive.

It happens sometimes (sadly). I once tried regrouping with my friend and was looking for him, he tells me he is right next to me, on my wing. There was nothing. Not a trace. I had to land get out of the server and come back to see him.

No because they can be potential cheats. One can make terrain with unnatural colours which would make spotting easier and track targets before they even see him.

This sim is one of the most expensive already and I payed for both Lock ON and FC3. I wouldn't even give a penny for it now. Other games get lots of free maps in updates, we get the same one that was since forever. Not thrilled.

It was always like that but its optional and destroys quality of sound design.

Yeah a proper DB605 sound would be great.

When I am flying at 61'hg Manifold Pressure the sound is realy nice, you can feel the power, but sometimes you need more power. So I expect that when I engage WEP the sudden jump from 61' to 67'hg would be quite audible, just as it is in the standard DCS. But with your mod I cannot feel much difference if any between 61' and 67'hg power settings.

Love it! THX! BTW... I found the lack of power increase indication when going from 61'hg to 67'.

But a tree can be in the background...

They are very small and they seem to be just the same as 20mm flak bursts for 88mm. I actually hope they will make new bigger and more natural looking 88mm flak bursts that are big just like in the picture above. Currently they look like this (They are very close and last only 2 sec so are hard to screenshot):

Yes +1 I would even make the time of those Flak burst longer, more like 10 sec and make them way bigger.

The main point still stands, the reflection is so vivid that it obstructs everything outside. It is a relic of the old engine when the reflections themselves were quite uderwhelming. You do not see that kind of obstructing type of painted reflections in other planes made later. To me they have to go or be toned down a LOT.

Try the P-51 then. This is the P-51 thread. Those painted on reflections are visible in all lighting conditions, it realy looks bad. Its not about the glare its about the dials and internal parts visible on the cockpit glass that obscure the outside world.

Mine looks way worse and those reflections are realy visible when changing lighting conditions during rolls and during vertical loops.

Hey guys, after the latest patch there were some nice and not so nice changes. The good: -I really like the new .50cal sounds and effects. Internal sounds are quite satisfying and I like the new tracers. I wish there was more light and less white trail but it makes shooting experience much better. -The new lighting makes the cockpit dials quite vivid and easier to read. - I like the new engine sound, makes it feel more powerful without moving the volume up and 3fd person flyby sound is just awesome. The bad: -With the new lighting reflections on the glass became overwhelming and make spotting very hard and it becomes overwhelming when maneuvering to get the target. It is very over the top. - with the new lighting the cannopy glass became very green and also makes spotting harder especially over ground.

I didn't see any hype really. I come here to see if something new happens and it was quite quiet lately. Maybe the toxic VEAO haters just switched to another target? I mean its not like they canceled the Corsair right? I think it is still in production...

Still try to compare stats of Yak and Eagle. Its like night and day. One is a slow trainer, while the other is a stunt plane. I think some people might be interested. For example these guys were flying P-51D in races:

The interesting part of all of this is that when ED announced Yak52 I haven't seen such very powerful oposition... Looks like a cool plane.

There are almost no players playing it already. I gues I have to thank you. When I flew in DCS I was constantly attacked by Spitfires and never felt a need to create a shaming post. I agree that friendly fire is annoying paint in the ... It is however quite rude to assume that whole P-51 player group is only responsible for it.

OK, cool. Good to know. BTW you can switch to TAS clicking Shift+ Y or something.