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#4087183 - 03/03/15 09:33 PM Olham you may have to put me on "double secret probation  
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...as President of the Albatros Aviators Club.
With every other aircraft of my usual WOFF stable (Se5, Camel, Bristol, N17, and the Dr.1) I am hell on wheels..err...wings.
All of the aforementioned planes have areas of strength that one can use in combat, and develop tactics around, to be successful.
With the Alb DIII it just seems so "average" in all areas that I have a tough time developing a fighting style that seems to come so naturally in the other planes. I use your advice, and it works, but every combat against single seaters or Strutters is a hair raising event - and I do not always come out on top. And their flight performance is not lacking it appears.

I have to wonder how "Bloody April" became bloody for the RFC? Hehe...
Well, we will keep trying until I make it work - or die trying! Again!
Hats off to Alb aviators! Both in WOFF and 98 years ago.
Uh oh...am flying now and here comes 70 Squadron (my latter Camel squadron) in their Strutters. Least we have them out numbered. Charge!

#4087202 - 03/03/15 09:54 PM Re: Olham you may have to put me on "double secret probation [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Well, what the Strutters do in WOFF is actually hilarious, Duke - it often seems to me
as if the devs got accidently changed their fighting behvaiour with that of the Sopwith Camel
or the Triplane. I have not read anywhere, that the Strutters would have engaged the Albatros D.III
like that - they wouldn' have dared; the D.III was superiour.
But in WOFF they are among the most aggressive planes.
With this attitude AND flying abilities, they would have held their own, and "Bloody
April" would have received another name.

What does the last sentence mean - that you were actually flying AND writing simultaneously?
Well, here might lie a possible reason, why you get shot down often?


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#4087209 - 03/03/15 10:06 PM Re: Olham you may have to put me on "double secret probation [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Yes, hehe, I often "Auto-pilot" to the front so I can attend others things.
As to my latest Alb career...sigh.
As I was on the tail of one getting ready to shoot two of his pals ended up on my tail. Not sure where my guys were as they flitted about 1,000 feet up circling and watching I guess.
Anyway got my tank holed and while trying to make a dead stick landing as they continued to follow and shoot, my wheels hit a tree and....

#4087215 - 03/03/15 10:11 PM Re: Olham you may have to put me on "double secret probation [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Olham, I'm glad you mentioned that about the Strutters. I was being chased all over the skies by a pair of Strutters and I could've sworn that they weren't nearly that agile. I'm so glad I wasn't going crazy.


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#4087498 - 03/04/15 02:25 PM Re: Olham you may have to put me on "double secret probation [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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I can kick butt in a Strutter, no clue if the Strutter's FM is historically accurate.
I'm wary of attacking them in an albatros. If they have altitude we leave them alone, but sometimes they swoop down on us.

#4087500 - 03/04/15 02:33 PM Re: Olham you may have to put me on "double secret probation [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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The Strutter and the Roland are two of the most aggressive and dangerous adversaries of 1916. I have rear guns set to "less accurate" and it still seems like every two seater has Vasily Zaytsev in the back seat...couple that with their nimble flight model and it usually just isn't worth the trouble!


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#4087504 - 03/04/15 02:42 PM Re: Olham you may have to put me on "double secret probation [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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I feel that the Morane has the deadliest rear gunners.

#4087514 - 03/04/15 02:55 PM Re: Olham you may have to put me on "double secret probation [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Strutters are very hard opponents for the D.III because they turn better than the Albatros. They usually fly higher than players flight too, so they bounce you. They are basically sharpshooters from behind if approached wrong. Don´t know if this was the same in real life, but they are as difficult to beat if not more than Niueports, SPADS or Pups.

#4087524 - 03/04/15 03:01 PM Re: Olham you may have to put me on "double secret probation [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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My DiD pilot was wintering in Alsace and encountered the single seat version. Much safer to attack with no rear gunner in it. Every flock of Strutters was exclusively 1B1...then it happened and he encountered a mixed squad. Luckily the rear gunners didn't take him out of action, just messed his DII up some in the handling dept.

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#4087525 - 03/04/15 03:05 PM Re: Olham you may have to put me on "double secret probation [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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IMO, the Strutters in WOFF behave way too much like single-seater fighters. They can easily dominate a fight against proper German fighters, including Albs.


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#4087654 - 03/04/15 07:02 PM Re: Olham you may have to put me on "double secret probation [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Their aggressiveness is why I like escorting strutters.


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