Battle of Britain

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Pilots Notes:
Next time Red Leader crosses the French coastline, shoot him with Webley revolver.

Hold on , I understood that revolver was ment for you.
Right, I suddently picture seeying throught my mirror the canopy sliding open and a hand comes out holding that Webley revolver aiming at his 12 O'clock.

Right....I'll scrap any future attempts of visiting France!

HunterICX

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Hold on , I understood that revolver was ment for you.
Right, I suddently picture seeying throught my mirror the canopy sliding open and a hand comes out holding that Webley revolver aiming at his 12 O'clock.

Right....I'll scrap any future attempts of visiting France!

HunterICX

Good idea, sir!

Truth be told, it did happen but not that often. It was frowned upon by Fighter Command to let valuable pilots gallivant off to France and generally the only time that British fighters found themselves there during the Battle of Britain was if they had been focusing so hard on following a target that they hadn't realised that they had followed it home. They usually realised about the time that flak started bursting around them, which meant it was time to go home.

[Oberon]

Just been trying to find out a bit more about that crashed Spitfire at Kemsing, the only reference I can find is one that made a safe crashed landing in 1941 with the only casualty being a civilian firefighter who had run all the way to the crash scene and then collapsed and died (presumably heart attack) when he got there.

Funny little note about Kemsing:

The American aviator, John Moisant, the first pilot to fly from Paris to London, and the first to cross the channel with a passenger, crashed at Kemsing in 1910. Perhaps this is not such a great distinction as Moisant crashed with great regularity across all of North Kent.

Heh...looking back at it, I was born within ten miles of Biggin Hill. I honestly didn't realise that it was that close. Always thought of it more west than it actually is.

[SgtPotato]

I don't know why did my engine suddenly stop for no reasons? Also, Task can see me smoking a trail, which I don't. WTF?

[Task Force]

Originally Posted by SgtPotato

I don't know why did my engine suddenly stop for no reasons? Also, Task can see me smoking a trail, which I don't. WTF?

Magic... thats my final awnser. lol

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by SgtPotato

I don't know why did my engine suddenly stop for no reasons? Also, Task can see me smoking a trail, which I don't. WTF?

You're flying the Spitfire Mk.I
if you pull negative G's (pushing the nose down) your engine will choke and if you don't be carefull it will shut off.

HunterICX

[Oberon]

The use of carburettors was calculated to give a higher specific power output, due to the lower temperature, hence greater density, of the fuel/air mixture compared to injected systems.However, the Merlin's lack of direct fuel injection meant that both Spitfires and Hurricanes were unable to pitch nose down into a steep dive. The contemporary Bf 109E, which had direct fuel injection, could "bunt" into a high-power dive to escape attack, leaving the pursuing aircraft behind because its fuel had been forced out of the carburettor's float chamber by the effects of negative g-force (g). RAF fighter pilots soon learned to "half-roll" their aircraft before diving to pursue their opponents.

If you need to dive, use a Split-S:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_S

Or (although not particularly realistic) cut power before you dive and then stick it back on once in the dive. Not exactly realistic but that's Olegs world for you.

[Oberon]

Err...Hunter, you might want to crack open the FMB on the 11th July mission. For some reason best known to themselves, the Hurricanes from Tangmere spawn in a giant clump in the middle of a field and promptly explode.



The Spits at Middle Wallop are fine.