#4179088 - 10/08/15 04:51 PM
Re: RAF_Louvert is the best
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And tempting YOU to fly a Nieup? Wow!
Almost - I said "almost, Lou! I actually hate the "welding-mask vision" in the N 17. But WOFF is such a wide field to explore and have fun with, that I will give that craft another try. I know it was a good fighter, and once I switched from energy fighting to turn fighting, I should be able to score in her. . "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee."
John Donne, 1624
Dammit, I knew it wouldn't work: I always wanted to be an island as much as possible. But the they told me that depression is around the corner, when you don't socialise enough. Which I only recently experienced. Yeah, one day the bell will toll - sooo - where are the girls?!?
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#4179093 - 10/08/15 05:08 PM
Re: RAF_Louvert is the best
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Thanks for the tip, Nietzsche! I forgot to mention: I had made several attempts in another Nieuport: the N 28, flying as an American pilot from Toul. But I never had the time to get good on the craft - the German Pfalz aces always had me for breakfast. Maybe I should do some good training time south of Toul, before flying into combat. I did actually like the N 28, once I had found out how to turn in her - which is quite different to turning in an Albatros.
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#4179117 - 10/08/15 05:54 PM
Re: RAF_Louvert is the best
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Yeah, the N28 is Fun to fly. It is fast, powerful... aaaaaand that's it LOL If you want a true Stunt-Car, ...err Plane, go for 23, 24 or 27. You can do freaky Things with them
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#4179129 - 10/08/15 06:12 PM
Re: RAF_Louvert is the best
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I'm sorry, but here is another screenshot of my new ride. I can't help myself, it's soooo good. How on earth did you get a pic of it inside what looks like a hangar? Did you taxi inside at the start of a QC? If so - that is very cool
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#4179149 - 10/08/15 06:58 PM
Re: RAF_Louvert is the best
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How on earth did you get a pic of it inside what looks like a hangar? Did you taxi inside at the start of a QC? If so - that is very cool Yep, you can taxi into the open hangars. Not only in QC.
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#4179186 - 10/08/15 08:35 PM
Re: RAF_Louvert is the best
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I taxi'd into it after I landed.
Olham, I like all of the Nieuports. The N17 isn't the most powerful plane but in it's prime it is a good plane.
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#4179238 - 10/08/15 10:44 PM
Re: RAF_Louvert is the best
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The N17 isn't the most powerful plane but in it's prime it is a good plane. If you like the Fokker E.III, you'll love the N17. Get ready to stall. A lot.
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#4179370 - 10/09/15 10:06 AM
Re: RAF_Louvert is the best
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Even the Fokker E.III isn't really bad in it's time. We must not forget that the development of aircraft was advanced with an incredible tempo in WW1.
Who would have thought, looking at the Eindecker or even the Nieuport 11, that only 3 years later there could be such powerful planes as the S.E.5a or the SPAD XIII?
The earlier in the war, the less power do these crates have. So you must fly the Eindecker with very much care about your "energy householding" (does that word make sense in English?). You will need do dive - at least gently - to be able to perform a tighter turn. And turning tight for several full circles in one go was someting this early aircraft could not do. For planes developed only one or two years later, this was a definite must-be; urgently requested by the fighter pilots.
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#4179456 - 10/09/15 02:26 PM
Re: RAF_Louvert is the best
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I believe the word you were looking for would be Energy Management.
Yes, of course, that's it! Damn, these scrambled eggs I'm using for a brain - not much memory in there. Maybe I should put pepper and salt on it?
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#4179474 - 10/09/15 03:14 PM
Re: RAF_Louvert is the best
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I was only ironical against myself; I never beat myself up too much - life is doing that for me. Mmuahahahahaaa!!!
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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