posted 03-30- 08:29 PM               

The gunsight texture mapping was fixed and more FM work was done.

Get it at http://members.nbci.com/fs_pilots

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posted 04-03- 07:54 AM               

I am terible about replying While I am no expert on FM's, it was a workout against a few Zeros the other night. I got two, but then they finally caught me while I was foolishly turning away to run It seemed pretty damn accurate to me

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posted 04-04- 08:03 PM               

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Originally posted by charmstar:
I thought the Wildcat could dive faster than the Zero?
charm

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You're right, but I did some testing in dives at 45 dregrees and 60 degrees from various altitudes. The current Zero FM can hang in a dive with a Corsair and almost pace a P-47 at 45 degrees , and is only marginally slower than the Corsair at 60 degrees (but the P-47 pulls away at this angle). This was done by my son and I pulling along side each other , matching our speed and altitude, and diving from a preset starting height to a designated pull out height.

Dive stats are REALLY hard to come buy, so I can't tell if we need to work on the Corsair, P-47, and Wildcat, or the Zero. I can make the Wildcat Dive faster, but it'll mess with the rest of the FM. Try diving at 50 degrees or better and the Wildcat should fall like a brick.

When the AI fights with the Wildcat & Zero, the Wildcat should come out on the losing end. Reason being- team tactics are not handled well by the AI (never seen it do the Thatch weave), and the AI doesn't do Boom & Zoom. This puts all of the advantages in the Zero's corner. Wildcat pilots ran up there scores by extensive team work and by B&Z tactics.

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That answered my question

posted 04-04- 08:27 PM               

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Originally posted by casualty26ac:
"It could also exploit the one serious weakness of the Zero. At speed the ailerons of the latter progressively stiffened, until at about 290mph they became almost immovable.

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Brother, duplicating this in the Zero would take some major trial and error and I don't even know if it'd be possible with the current physics modeling. I do know the Zero couldn't hang in a dive with any of the allied fighters (from the Wildcat on for the Navy, and the P-40 on for the Army). It takes an Oscar or Tony to do this.

Hey- how come two of our entertainment awards have the same name as a Japanese fighter?

posted 04-05- 06:43 AM               

I probably started the missions at too low an altitude to take advantage of that anyway, since after a couple of turns the planes end up very low and diving is no longer an escape option for the Wilcats.
I'll try again starting for much higher if I manage to find some time.
Q : who takes the time to climb to altitude (say 15.000 to 20.000") when playing on-line dogfight missions (from a ground start) ?

posted 04-05- 07:55 AM               

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posted 04-05- 07:32 PM               

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Originally posted by Sailor:
Q : who takes the time to climb to altitude (say 15.000 to 20.000") when playing on-line dogfight missions (from a ground start) ?:

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I do, and most of my squadies would too. It is part of our training and a huge part of our tactical docterine. However this in in RB; things may be different in this sim (game functionality wise). I actually enjoy taking the time to jocky for altitude and position. I've had fights that lasted 45 minutes before my enemy or I even fired a shot. The setup is what it's all about for me... screw the kill!