Not much to report, here. The Enemy seems to neglect the Area a bit for the Moment. Since the Aviatiks are busy taking Pictures of the Trenches, I borrowed one of their Cameras and took some Pictures myself...
#4296835 - 09/16/1606:11 PMRe: "RiR Challenge - Part One: The Fokker Scourge
[Re: Nietzsche]
Not much to report, here. The Enemy seems to neglect the Area a bit for the Moment. Since the Aviatiks are busy taking Pictures of the Trenches, I borrowed one of their Cameras and took some Pictures myself...
Great photos; it's beautiful but cold up there on a January morning!
I think the German team might have a bit of a disadvantage ... there are no French 2-seaters in-game so perhaps you guys will have as much action and less ability to get kills?
#4296843 - 09/16/1606:34 PMRe: "RiR Challenge - Part One: The Fokker Scourge
[Re: HarryH]
Well, there's the Morane-Perrier Veuve Clicquot, the Noob 12 and some Time later the Sopwith St-st-stutter. They just play hide-n-seek currently...
During testing of the EIII in this scenario I was seeing plenty of N10s. But WOFF, I imagine just as it was in RL, is unpredictable in terms of flight activity. Also, without dots and zoom, I think it's that much easier to miss E/A that otherwise you would have seen and chased. For me that's a big part of the interest in flying RiR - learning to look harder a smarter.
Maybe once WOFF UE has shipped we should replay this challenge, and stuff ourselves full of Caulderon G4s
Honestly I'm not sure not having 2-seaters available to fight is a disadvantage for the Germans. With the exception of the Aviatik C.I those things are brutal.
#4296981 - 09/17/1610:10 AMRe: "RiR Challenge - Part One: The Fokker Scourge
[Re: HarryH]
5-2-1916 last weekend mission , we have to break up the mission for a safe way back home, both plane damaged, we both got traped by 2+2 flight of EIII. My flight mate went after the fight direct to the home front and I followed him after He disapeared from my eye view. Was hoping he did make a turn to complete the mission, but he has right if we did that we both would be dead. No claims and no support from Aflight.
result mission is not completed!
Guys beaware by the end of February we get an ace in this escadrille.
Last edited by dutch; 09/17/1611:15 AM.
#4297036 - 09/17/1604:10 PMRe: "RiR Challenge - Part One: The Fokker Scourge
[Re: HarryH]
Just to be sure... the usual Phrases in the Mission-Summary count as Neutral, right? Positive Missions explicitly need something like "Well done!" "Excellent!" or "...you successfully..."
#4297120 - 09/17/1610:43 PMRe: "RiR Challenge - Part One: The Fokker Scourge
[Re: HarryH]
That's how I've been playing it. I'm usually successful in my missions, my CO just doesn't see the value in thanking me for what I'm being paid (hah!) to do. No wonder French morale is so low through most of the war!
#4297123 - 09/17/1610:50 PMRe: "RiR Challenge - Part One: The Fokker Scourge
[Re: CatKnight]
That's how I've been playing it. I'm usually successful in my missions, my CO just doesn't see the value in thanking me for what I'm being paid (hah!) to do. No wonder French morale is so low through most of the war!
Just to be sure... the usual Phrases in the Mission-Summary count as Neutral, right? Positive Missions explicitly need something like "Well done!" "Excellent!" or "...you successfully..."
5-2-1916 last weekend mission , we have to break up the mission for a safe way back home, both plane damaged, we both got traped by 2+2 flight of EIII. My flight mate went after the fight direct to the home front and I followed him after He disapeared from my eye view. Was hoping he did make a turn to complete the mission, but he has right if we did that we both would be dead. No claims and no support from Aflight.
result mission is not completed!
Guys beaware by the end of February we get an ace in this escadrille.
Dutch, you're seeing a lot of action compared to the rest of us!! Good decision to run for home
Unfortunately only two pics because I clicked the wrong button on my graphics program and shut it down when I was trying to save everything off. Too bad, I had some beauts, but let's see how well I tell it.
It was a beautiful day, sun already somewhat high in the sky and no clouds below 10,000 feet / 3 kilometers or so. My ailier went and got himself hurt without my help the day before, so I went up with Sergent Sennegaud. Despite his low rank, Sennegaud had a solid reputation as a pilot: 'Aggressive, determined, good morale.'
Our CO must have decided he had enough of playing defense, because today we were to fly to Sivry-sur-Meuse and see if the Germans wanted to come out and play.
Navigating wasn't too bad. Once more I had trouble finding the Hun sausages, and even the railway threw me once or twice, but forests are hard to miss. After letting the gunners at the balloon SW of Sivry-sur-Meuse take a few potshots at us we arrived at the airfield. Two airplanes sat on the ground as if they were getting ready to go up, but no other activity. We began circling with distant air raid sirens in our ears.
One lap, one and a half. Twice I broke off thinking I saw distant company, but it was only distant balloons and they weren't going to cause any trouble. I was just promising myself that if nothing happened I'd strafe their bloody field on the way home for the fun of it, when Sennegaud vanished.
It was a subtle thing, the high pitched whirring sound that joined our engines, and it was some time before I noticed. When I realized my wingman was gone, I began a slow, lazy circle to let him catch up. Then the whirring got much louder and penetrated my consciousness. Hun! I tightened my circle.
Sure enough, a single Fokker eindecker hove into view behind me. He must have been trying to sneak up in my blindspot beneath my fuselage. Keeping pace, but so far unable to do any harm, was my sergent.
The three of us spun around each other above the airfield. Twice Sennegaud and I nearly collided, but he was the better pilot and arced out of my way like I wasn't there. The Eindecker pilot seemed quite willing to fight at 1:2 odds and had a particular interest in knocking me down. Fortunately tight turning fights is one of the few things the Nieuport 10 is good at.
After at least five minutes the Eindecker pilot decided he'd had enough of chasing us around and turned for home. I think Sennegaud agreed and simply left, for I wouldn't see him again. As for me, I chased him. Twice he tried to pass under me, but each time I found him again. Mindful of the Nieuport's pathetic ammo count I fired carefully into his propeller at point blank range.
After the third volley I heard a horrible tearing sound as the Eindecker's back broke. He plummeted straight into the earth, by some coincidence no more than 100 yards/meters from Sivry-sur-Meuse. We must have kept getting turned around as he tried to get away.
After climbing away from the airfield's return fire, I did notice a biplane at my altitude, to my right, at very close range and apparently indifferent to my presence. I figured it was Sennegaud and rushed over to form up. Then I noticed the aircraft had silver wings. And black crosses. Aviatik!
The Aviatik was coming in to land, and though his pilot continued to deny my existence, his observer soon figured it out. I got off a short volley before I heard the chunk-chunk of return fire on wood frame and broke off. Recovered, found him again, and thought I'd take a second pass.
My second pass consisted of maybe one bullet before my gun ran out. I spun away from the confrontation. His observer fired a few shots as parting gifts - again, nothing important hit - and I broke for home as the Aviatik pilot banked in the other direction to land.
Again with the indifferent navigation, but between compass, front line and forest I found my way easily enough and landed. Sennegaud was there waiting for me.
After filling out my after action report, which Sennegaud was happy to sign off on even though he hadn't seen much of what transpired, the CO gave us a "Well done."
I'll take it.
Last edited by CatKnight; 09/19/1603:36 AM.
#4297376 - 09/19/1602:25 AMRe: "RiR Challenge - Part One: The Fokker Scourge
[Re: CatKnight]
Catknight, another gem of a report! Congrats on your victory! Good to see someone getting into a dustup and living to tell the tale. I was a little concerned when you went after the Aviatik as well!
Mission #5 Augustine and his wingman were assigned a railyard attack at Jametz Junction. Partly cloudy. Navigation was easy. Take off and climb out. Go northeast until you hit the river and follow it to the wood. Go through the slot and hit the tracks to the junction. Actually I overflew and noticed we had passed it. Had a good attack and return only to watch my wingman hit a tree and crash into a building on landing! We left one big warehouse burning but the CO said, "the railyard was not seriously damaged."
CatKnight, Good story and congrats on the victory.
Lederhosen,sorry to hear about your pilot. What happened?
Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from either end. BOC Member since....I can't remember!
#4297501 - 09/19/1607:00 PMRe: "RiR Challenge - Part One: The Fokker Scourge
[Re: HarryH]
2 vs 2 low alt turn fight that we could not win. esc.38
I have now switched over to full real for my centenary campaign and had a damn good scrap with a Roland. This Sim is so much better using trackIR only. The combats are just so much differant (harder). I know some cant afford this type of gear but if you can then do so.
Led
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#4297541 - 09/19/1608:35 PMRe: "RiR Challenge - Part One: The Fokker Scourge
[Re: lederhosen]
2 vs 2 low alt turn fight that we could not win. esc.38
I have now switched over to full real for my centenary campaign and had a damn good scrap with a Roland. This Sim is so much better using trackIR only. The combats are just so much differant (harder). I know some cant afford this type of gear but if you can then do so.
Led
Lederhosen, I am both saddened by your departure, yet happy that this challenge may have gotten you into flying RiR full time in future Thank you for giving it a shot!
Lowdrag, Nietzsche, that leaves us three and we are trailing badly! Lowdrag, I only have one flight logged for you. I think you were having machine issues as I recall. Hope you are able to catch up some this week!
CatKnight: Great report. These posts are fun to read.
Lederhosen: Too bad about Heinz. I guess someone has to be the first to die ... I am just surprised because usually its me!
MFair: Your eyepoint in the video is rock solid. Do you have the X, Y, and Z axis turned off on your TrackIR or are just a very stiff fellow ? I noticed because I flop all over the place (mostly side-to-side) in the cockpit, which is great for visibility but lousy for aiming the gun!.
#4297559 - 09/19/1609:55 PMRe: "RiR Challenge - Part One: The Fokker Scourge
[Re: HarryH]
Hauptmann Behrndorff went on a long patrol of the enemy lines, circling la Foret de Puvenelle which lies south of the lines, to the west of Marbache. Aside from a few futile attempts by the archie units on the ground, Behrndorff and his rottenflieger had no contact with the enemy. On the way home, Behrndorff had a momentary rush of adrenalin as he spotted a craft below and to his right. Moving in to investigate he saw that is was one of their own. An Aviatik going about its business.
Nice vid Harry, thought you had an easy one there for a moment.
Scout, I had to laugh out loud. I would not know how to change my xyz axis or anything else in my TrackIR. It is stock. As for being a stiff fellow, I have 3 ruptured disks and 5 bulging disks and all the vertebrae in my neck are fused together. So, yes, you could say I am a little stiff!
Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from either end. BOC Member since....I can't remember!