Hood

Hey Charly nothing really interesting to say - I lived in Farnborough and we used to have various folks stay for the air show. Baxter came back several shows in a row. We even had the replacement crew following this: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/two-killed-in-military-jet-crash-1548578.html For security purposes they kept the aircraft battery in our front porch. Hood

Excellent. During the '80s I used to get kicked out of my bedroom so Raymond Baxter could stay. Naturally I didn't at that point have a clue who he was. Hood

Gosh where to start. I think the sentiment of this thread is great, though a healthy dose of realism means that we need to wait for the current proposed development to conclude. This means the map (which may be far larger than just Normandy) plus all those components to make the environment live - A6s to A8s, D9s, G6s to K4s, Spits, Typhoons, Tempests, P47s, P38s, ground objects etc etc etc. Bombers would also be cool but personally speaking it's much more fun to do jabo stuff. But this is dreaming a bit - maybe we'll have all this by 2020. Following on from that, my wish list would be: 1. Desert (but you also need early Spits, Hurricanes, Lots off P40 variants, A20s, F2, F4 and G2, A4s, Ju88s, Bf110s, Ju87s etc). 2. Malta/Sicily (see above but remove the P40s and add Beaufighters, Blenheims, CR42s, G50s, Macchis and all the funky Italian things). 3. New Guinea would be excellent because you have a mix of all types of missions, but although you can forget the LW aircraft you'd need all of the allied planes plus the Japanese aircraft. I really really hope that more developers jump on the bandwagon to develop for DCS. Fingers crossed. Hood

1. FW190 2. Spit XIV 3. Bf109 - you can just hear the whistle of the supercharger. Either Red 7 or one of the G10s. Hood

The P39 underwent trials with No601 squadron around early 1942 but it killed some pilots in quick succession and was deemed unreliable and not suitable for operations. In my opinion it wouldn't be appropriate to have it in a '44 Bormandy scenario. Hood

You can do the normal fix for other games where the view is central, except in reverse. With TIR 6DOF lean right, hit centre then sit straight again - you should end up in the middle. With CLOD for example I am in the middle but prefer being behind the Revi so I lean left, centre then it's fine. Hood

I've read the FAQ and browsed the forum but there is a lot of conflicting info (that or I just haven't seen the post that sets it all out nicely). What I understand is that DCS World is a base game template that modules can be added to. Those modules are present anyway in the form of AI but to be useable they have to be bought. So, for example, you can download DCS World and get the Su25 and 2 seat P51 with it. DCS:WWII was intended to be DCS World but for WWII. A lot of the same coding etc but a different map, units and so on. With the situation we have now, is it still right to refer to DCS World as distinct from DCS:WWII? Is DCS:WWII now going to be a module to be added to DCS World i.e a map plus plane 1 plus plane 2 etc or is it going to be a separate entity without any cross-over? The D9 is being released for DCS World. If DCS:WWII is a module or separate entity, if I activate my key in DCS World will I still be able to use it in the DCS:WWII environment? If I activate it now is that a once and for all so I can use it forever in whatever form DCS World/WWII takes? Apologies if this rehashes old questions and answers that may have got lost in the forum. If there is a definitive answer already just a link to it will do. Cheers Hood

Cool. Any chance we can up the amount we put in? I'd bump from $40 to $100 instantly. Maybe time limit it? Hood

I don't think there is an accurate guide anymore given the amount of change, paint shortage, mixing, use of enemy paint etc etc that occurred. You may be better off seeing what some pedantic (in a good way) modellers have researched and look at their models to see what the schemes look like. Some paints referred to are always lightened for small models otherwise they end up too dark, so don't necessarily take a paint sample as being right - the underlying computer model skin might change things too I suppose. For example: http://www.rlm.at/cont/archiv01_e.htm http://www.rlm.at/cont/gal31_e.htm By the way, the maker is renowned for Dora research so if you get in contact he may be able to help. Hood

It did and there was a major design flaw as you had to hold onto the canopy to push it back despite the canopy itself being ejected or being forced back by the wind too fast. They found a few pilots missing arms where the force of the canopy being caught by the wind tore off their arms. Something like that anyway. A particularly sad and tragic way to die. Hood ps see Eric Brown's book for details - I think it was Wings on My Sleeve.