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I'm not sure how many of us in the sim community branch into other video games but I can honestly say with confidence that 2.1 has some of the most realistic looking graphics out there, massive props to ED for their hard work! :D

Interesting! I'm a huge history buff and I love to learn about the smaller details like this so I appreciate all the replies :smartass:

I've been looking for resources on P-51 markings, specifically during D-Day, even more specifically about invasion stripes. Personally I love the look of the black and white stripes both on the bottom and top of the wing, take Crazy Horse (one of my favorites) for example The same can be seen on other Stangs like Quicksilver, but I never see them in actual historical pictures, more commonly I see the black and white stripes on the bottom of the wing and a single black stripe on the top, as shown here Are the stripes that we see on Crazy Horse and Quicksilver and others historically accurate? Part of me is hoping they are because God damn if they don't look nice on the pony :P To take the topic further, how many restored mustangs keep their original colors (or at least mimic other historical schemes) and how many are simply redone with the modern eye? Miss Kandy has to be my altime favorite P-51 scheme but again I don't know if it's actually historically accurate, any thoughts? :smartass:

I've been looking for resources on P-51 markings, specifically during D-Day, even more specifically about invasion stripes. Personally I love the look of the black and white stripes both on the bottom and top of the wing, take Crazy Horse (one of my favorites) for example The same can be seen on other Stangs like Quicksilver, but I never see them in actual historical pictures, more commonly I see the black and white stripes on the bottom of the wing and a single black stripe on the top, as shown here

I've been looking for resources on P-51 markings, specifically during D-Day, even more specifically about invasion stripes. Personally I love the look of the black and white stripes both on the bottom and top of the wing, take Crazy Horse (one of my favorites) for example The same can be seen on other Stangs like Quicksilver, but I never see them in actual historical pictures, more commonly I see the black and white stripes on the bottom of the wing and a single black stripe on the top, as shown here

So I'm hoping to work for my pilots license in the near future, however living in the bay area means that isn't going to come cheap so every dollar counts. What kind of stuff would come with the best price? I love the simplicity of the Piper cub and I wouldn't mind having a taildragger. How is the price of a Cessna or something more like that compared to a cub? Alternatively I'd love to have a biplane but I feel like something more on the vintage side would cost a bit more. I'm asking on here because when I searched online I didn't get very solid prices, everything seemed to fluctuate a bit so I thought I'd be better off asking people who have real experience :P

I'm absolutely loving the new canopy lighting effect, and I really like how the paint is more scrappy and chipped, makes it feel more authentic like a real rushed wartime aircraft :D

Quick question, will we be getting IFF interrogate? Or will we be relying on that handy dandy camera in the nose ;) Also how far can the camera effectively see?

I think it's really funny that a bit after I post this leatherneck shows us the viggen which has exactly the same effect you and I are looking for :P

Wow! Some great discussion going on :P I really wish that the game offered more fitting missions for the 190 instead of dogfight scenarios, some BnZ training would be really cool ;)

Well I hope they change it soon considering the agressor campaign is kind of based around BFM, is there any way to change it in maybe the LUA files?

It seems like every time I try and set up a quick dogfight mission with an AI, any AI, they always end up running away in a slow turn. It even happens with the F-14 in the default quick start dogfight mission on the NTTR map. AI skill doesn't change the behavior, and because of the F-5's little engines it can never seem to catch up with the enemy. I haven't had this problem with any other module and it's pretty frustrating, guns kills are a rarity and are really hard to pull off because of their inaccuracy alone, a lot of the time when you get a good angle on the AI they're already out of range. The only way I've been able to counter this is to do a wide turn into their turn and just wing it on a head-on, but this is a slow and boring process and it feels like it shouldn't be the case, at least not on low level AI. :helpsmilie:

That's a really good point, I imagine it would be much more effective in groups, especially against bombers and their escorts like you said.

I really doubt that, the 190A in IL-2 and 190D we have both turn like absolute bricks. The 109 can be fairly agile really, just never agile enough to outturn some of its opposition, plus using it to BnZ is to use its real power most effectively.

Thanks!!