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Post by elmer92413 on Jan 26, 2008 15:42:45 GMT -5
Anybody interested in getting a game or two in tomorrow morning?
I will be on around 10:30AM EST.
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Rex
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Post by Rex on Jan 26, 2008 22:05:23 GMT -5
I think I might be able to make it.
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Post by kevan on Jan 27, 2008 13:40:17 GMT -5
Sunday morning turned into a Sunday afternoon game. We're playing at present, if anyone feels like dropping in to join us.
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Post by AP on Jan 28, 2008 10:00:27 GMT -5
Sorry I missed it! Got a good 'Squadron Report'?
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Post by kevan on Jan 28, 2008 13:03:56 GMT -5
Another balloon bust, this time Elmer and Rex in SPAD XIIIs, me defending in a DIIIa. The allies quickly dove on the balloon, popping it before I could even get down to the battle. Then I was doing a pretty good job of hounding them, until Rex put 2 hits in my wing and took out an aileron (only 2 hits I took). Finally, Elmer came in for a HO, missing me while I put 5 into him. Then we collided. An anticlimactic ending to what had been a good battle for my pilot.
I just can't keep a Pfalz pilot alive. If only I had made my parachute roll.
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Post by AP on Jan 28, 2008 14:10:36 GMT -5
Bummer about the Pfalz pilot! Was it a neccessary head on? Or do we need to make sure Elmer reads the section in the rules about head on attacks?  |
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Post by kevan on Jan 28, 2008 15:36:21 GMT -5
Head on attacks don't really bother me that much, as they were a common feature of dogfights. However, I've always thought the odds of probable pilot hits were screwy. I can be tailing a plane at a very low closing speed, shooting through comparably soft rear fuselage and tail, and I have a lower chance of wounding his pilot than when I'm firing at someone head on, closing at 200mph, and his pilot's partially behind a solid engine? But I guess that's a separate discussion. Along with why 2/3 of my tail shots are hitting his wings, while I suddenly develop an incredible ability to put half my hits in his engine while closing head on...
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