Sign me up sir ; PK von Powers <salute>

I'm in.

I got to the padreland just as soon as I received that Zimmerman telegraph.....

Well looks like modeling will take a little longer to get started as Muttley must avenge his masters fall! I'm in hopefully longer than 3 missions lol.

Bummer. I'm in nursing school and working every day I'm not in school, and consequently have zero time for this.

So sign me up!

My sentiments exactly Glubber. Balance is key in this life and what's a little less sleep in the whole scheme of things?

Horst Spieler brother of Did Spieler has signed up for revenge:

Unfortunately, I'm traveling for business next week, so I think I'm going to have to pass on this one. Good luck, guys! I'll be watching your progress.

I need to practice a bit as I haven't flown an Albatros in maybe two years since my early OFF days. I do remember the Alb.D.III tends to want to stall while turning at higher altitudes and I tended to take my fights lower. Am I thinking of the right craft?

All FMs have been updated since OFF and, on top of that, the Albatros has recently gotten an extra dose of update sauce, so it should be new and exciting for all of us!

The Albatros isn't bad right now. Some of the earlier models are definitely a bit sluggish at high altitude so it takes a little practice to find their limits, as with any model. There are even small differences between different sub-types, methinks. Luckily they're easy to get out of a spin and I've definitely resorted to spinning them when I couldn't shake an AI on my tail.

I think they turn fairly well, once you're familiar with them, but their biggest strength compared to Nieuports and Fokker DrIs is their sturdiness. I can hold a tight & steady turn with the Albatros wings screeching and moaning for an endless amount of time. The other aircraft will similarly moan, but only for a brief time and then silence.. surprisingly followed by a 'Snap!' and wings being broke off, putting the plane into a death spin. The Albatros doesn't have that odd silent death, and almost never snaps wings in a turn anyway.

I have occasionally experienced the right-rolling stall behavior, as if it's a rotary, in the "D.V (uprated)" but I think this only happens sometimes when at low speed and high altitude while turning left. With the specific start we have, I'm hoping to avoid flying that specific one. Much rather have a D.III OAW.

We should probably take time in our first 'orientation flight' mission to fly around and get familiar with our new mount. I'm always worried about straying too far off from my flight because your autopilot will only stay on mission within a certain range of them and trying to catch up from a long distance can end up with you getting pounced without support nearby. But immediately testing a new type's limits can't be a bad idea, even if you miss out on something, right?

Q:

We're using the Engine Failure option too, right?

I've had it on for awhile.. just wanted to verify.

I'll be using it for sure!

My new pilot starring in this big show about vengeance: Burk Willitz!

He'll probably die soft.

We're also using gun accuracy set to normal across the board too, I suppose? Just the TAC, Padlock & Label stuff to preference?

That's a good point. I have been using "less accurate" on rear guns, because those rear gunners are brutal, but we should all be on the same page. So I will switch to "normal" for the challenge.

I was also thinking of lowering it in my campaigns, but I'll wait until this challenge is over before doing so.

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I've got everything set for 'Full Real' and my pilot is ready to go.

Karl Heusinger, younger brother of the great E.III ace Kurt Heusinger, reporting for duty.




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Well, it's April 26 in Siberia and I'm ready to report on my first mission.
First of all, let me introduce myself. Martin Uberflieger, Flugmaat, 24 years old.
This is my photo after my very first mission which was a success. Being a bit superstitious, I didn't want to take picture before my first flight.



Now, here's what happened that day







I hope the text is readable on the images.

Alright, gone bagging. Will be back soon.

Good luck everyone and see you in Aertrycke. After all, we're flying in the same squadron.

Regards,
Martin

Didn't really try the Albatros in WOFF yet, so it seems to be a good reason to start !