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I didn't know that about the early instruments - thank you Becker!

B.

I am sure they did not use radio altimeters to read AGL altitude in these days. Instead, they set the barometric altimeters to zero while on the ground (QFE) , so it showed altitude above aerodrome level (AAL). In Alsace, however, it could lead to tragic consequences.

Hallo @JJJ,

yes, you are right. I have written too fast, my mistake.
Of course as you have written they have set the altimeters to zero on the ground (field elevation = QFE), not more. AGL indicates this according to QFE, when you start from the airfield-ground (that was my thought), but AGL ALWAYS indicates the actual altitude over ground during your flight. Of course that was not possible at that time and I haven't thought this point really out.

I fear, QFE is not possible in WOFF.


Greetings and thank you for correction!

Aaaah, they got me!
More than 40 missions, so much photos and sometimes bombs and dangerous situations. But now I have risked too much, one approach over target too much.
That was it, campaign closed.

The EngineFailure-mod by @Bletchley is very nice in my opinion. At default no engine-problems with Aviatik C1 much missions. With the mod I have had two missions the last weekends with a realistic development from light to heavy damage during one mission. It started with the message but at first without a problem. Minutes later you could hear, that something is wrong and then the performance decreased till oil and engine out.
The mod is worth it to test it more IMHO.


Greetings!

I am glad you are getting on well with the engine failure mod Becker01 - yes, the 'minor' failures that you have experienced with this mod are very mild for some time, but once a 'tipping point' is reached they will get rapidly worse (but even then you should have time to make it back to the nearest friendly airfield, as the deterioration in power is more gradual than with a 'major' failure). The 'major' failures are more like those already experienced in WOFF, can be sudden and severe or a very quick deterioration. The more reliable the engine, the greater proportion of 'minor' to 'major' failures, and the less likely it is that there will be any failure at all. The chances of a 'major' failure for the least reliable engines are about the same as you would have experienced with the original WOFF engine failure rate, and for the most reliable engines it is roughly the same as the current WOFF engine failure rate (most falling somewhere in between).

If anyone would like to test the 'Lite' version of this mod then please PM me (it involves switching in a different 'Simulation' file, so you would need to back-up and keep the original WOFF 'Simulation' file somewhere safe before testing the new ones).

B.

I have flown ReconWars several months, but because my campaign was over I went back to my fighter-campaign (Jasta 8, 14 confirmed claims and first lieutenant after 8 months). I thought I can continue where I have stopped, no problem. But what a bad awakening! I have no chance, I'm a rookie again! The aeroplanes are faster, the movements are faster, the overview is more difficult and the trench gunner are dangerous. After 5 missions I was injuried twice and I'm only happy to survive at the moment. It's a complete different way of flying.

IMHO it's a proof for the great job, OBD has made with these 2 different kind of campaigns. A class of its own!

Greetings!