B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

ikrananka · 11-25-16, 11:04 AM

The seventh video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I focus on Training Mission #4: Bombing (Good Conditions). I give five different examples of bombing, illustrating the effect of the intervalometer setting as well as the salvo switch, with some surprising results!!!

Buddahaid · 11-25-16, 08:38 PM

Great videos. Still waiting on the new controls but I wanted to let you know the videos are appreciated.

ikrananka · 11-26-16, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Great videos. Still waiting on the new controls but I wanted to let you know the videos are appreciated.

Thank You

ikrananka · 12-08-16, 02:35 PM

The eighth video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I focus on Training Mission #5: Bombing (Poor Conditions). I focus on the procedure I use for the bombing run, correcting for drift and rate error to achieve synchronisation as early in the bomb run as possible.

ikrananka · 12-08-16, 02:41 PM

The ninth video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I focus on Training Mission #6: Gunnery. This is actually a relatively useless training mission. My main recommendation is to instead practice your gunnery by playing Quickstart Missions #2, #3 and/or one of the historical missions in the game.

ikrananka · 12-08-16, 02:41 PM

The tenth video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I focus on Quickstart Mission #1: Limping Home. This is a challenging mission to land a badly mauled B-17. I introduce the use of trimming the plane which makes the mission so much easier.

Buddahaid · 12-09-16, 08:54 PM

Very helpful. At the end of the poor conditions bombing tutorial, it seemed to me that the bombing map in the debriefing was oriented with north at the top. The bombing run was to the southwest, and you aimed just off the top of the target making the bombing pattern true to your aim.

Curiously, I remember seeing a four engine start up somewhere but I can't find it now. I'd like to run through the adjusted full start up to take off.

VR B-17
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=ArPe3NZ5f1o

VR B-29
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=Qa3Lu8iPfHW

VR Many
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Vis...ockpit360.aspx

12-09-16, 08:54 PM	#7
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Very helpful. At the end of the poor conditions bombing tutorial, it seemed to me that the bombing map in the debriefing was oriented with north at the top. The bombing run was to the southwest, and you aimed just off the top of the target making the bombing pattern true to your aim. Curiously, I remember seeing a four engine start up somewhere but I can't find it now. I'd like to run through the adjusted full start up to take off. VR B-17 https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=ArPe3NZ5f1o VR B-29 https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=Qa3Lu8iPfHW VR Many http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Vis...ockpit360.aspx __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

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11-25-16, 11:04 AM	#1
ikrananka Sailor man Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 48 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The seventh video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I focus on Training Mission #4: Bombing (Good Conditions). I give five different examples of bombing, illustrating the effect of the intervalometer setting as well as the salvo switch, with some surprising results!!!

11-25-16, 08:38 PM	#2
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Great videos. Still waiting on the new controls but I wanted to let you know the videos are appreciated. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

12-08-16, 02:35 PM	#4
ikrananka Sailor man Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 48 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The eighth video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I focus on Training Mission #5: Bombing (Poor Conditions). I focus on the procedure I use for the bombing run, correcting for drift and rate error to achieve synchronisation as early in the bomb run as possible.

12-08-16, 02:41 PM	#5
ikrananka Sailor man Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 48 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The ninth video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I focus on Training Mission #6: Gunnery. This is actually a relatively useless training mission. My main recommendation is to instead practice your gunnery by playing Quickstart Missions #2, #3 and/or one of the historical missions in the game.