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TX-EcoDragon
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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2003, 03:34:48 pm » |
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Saturday might be better for those who need to get to bed before work. . like Mr. Rah. Either way works for me, but I might lean towards Saturday because its lame not ever being able to have BLue 2 there. I think there are probably a lot of things to train on, but perhaps writing a game plan out for a month at a time might make life easier, and paint a picture of the overall flow of the training. This way things could link in with the previous sessions etc. and if anyone misses a session it's easy to figure out what was covered.I have been the TO with another squad, and my training sessions were resented by many of the members, and so I guess I tend to keep my head down about this. . . one thing I discovered is the basics that combat pilots take for granted often give them the greatest rewards, things like spin avoidance, getting altitude before engaging and keeping it, Flap usage (not really needed in FB's FM) low alt combat speed snap roll recovery, flight and maneuvers at minimum controllable airspeed such as climbs, turns, stalls, spin avoidance via snap rolls with 180 degree recovery and no alt loss, and for the 109 drivers, this is a must for the classic climbing spiral, as the 109's strength comes from taking away that of the uber yaks and LA's by slowing them way down, forcing them to break off or drop a wing, and promptly get killed. This is also the way to take on 10 bandits of the opposing team, even if some of the aircraft are equal or greater climbers you can use your greater comfort at slow flight, and taking them into territory that they can not remain in (the LA are better, the 109 are equal, but generally the pilots don’t seem to know this, and usually they can be taken beyond their comfort level)In FB this is less the case as most of the aircraft can not be stalled or spun no matter how ham-fisted you get, and as such many of the classic maneuvers aren’t factors in the current version of this sim, but I hope that this is fixed in the subsequent patch, and that classic B&Z techniques will be useful when the FM of the sim is finished. (this took two patches on the first IL-2)The thing is, this training is pretty boring for those shoot 'em up types (hehe. . .like combat pilots), and takes practice, smoothness on the stick, and more practice in the type or couple types of airplane that you fly. I never had much luck but with 3 of the pilots we had, and I tell ya that even after I introduced all of the team to the dirt without firing a shot they never acknowledged that they were lacking something, and seemed to think that this training was below them. The current LW_Crewchief and LW_Idaho, and LW_Carp were all at different levels of fighter skills but even lCarp, an experienced pilot hadnt done this stuff, and with an open mind they all made rapid progress, doing stuff that was below the others, and fly against them now, and if you havent since the old days. . well . . .you will see! 109 drivers to be avoided!Sadly I think FB now is more a matter of keeping such excessive altitude that the bandits simply can’t get you, and keeping it. .. making one pass at a time, and zooming back up. . .setting up, and zooming back down. Having an official hard deck never hurts to get pilots home, and this seems even truer in FB than before, but again, many are into the down on the deck T&B stuff, but this is typically what ends up getting them killed, and their team mates when they must do the same thing to clear him. Unless they are in an I16, 153 or hurri ;-PThe other thing is that we have practiced the AG MB RG thing, but we haven’t practiced it much with a large number of enemy bandits, a coop might work, but more so than this, I wonder if a public server wouldn’t be ideal. . after all that is the place we fly, and against human pilots. WE have less control, but if we all simply bail after each drop, or loss of the bomber, we can get some semblance of order on the maneuver. Anayway, this stuff puts the burden on the squadron members, as this stuff doesn’t just get learned, it takes practice and familiarity with the aircraft and it also takes a desire to learn it. I used to always see the other squad members take off and buzz the trees as they went in to the engagement, and no amount of training would get them to change this bad habit, because they didn’t acknowledge the problem, nor did they respect those who suggested there was an issue with it (even if it was Robert Shaw and Mike Spick) and as such the training time was simply wasted time.Right now I am mentoring an aeronautical engineer who is starting his flight training, his aim is to fly the heavies, but he is also a R/C freestyleaerobatics guy, and although he seems to excell at the written stuff, his head is deffinately in another level of aviation, this "get there itis" is great as a means to motivate, but in the real world of aviation its also a number 1 killer. You don't barrel roll, untill you can fly straight and level. . . in the sim, we all start with the barrel roll.S!TX-EcoDragon
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