That and, pilots in WWI never brought parachutes with them.
About the parashute. I only want to point out, that the sim RoF is not easy (not to talk about ms flight), and that is what i like when flying (at that time)!
I got a revolver to shute with also when flying, but having some on my back shooting me to parts, then a parashute comes to mind.
Second rule: putting YOURSELF at your enemy's Six 'o Clock, and/or above him, is PARAMOUNT.
First, and most important, revolvers are NOT machine guns. They are, as a rule, low powered when dealing with anti-material roles. Even today's Magnum series or the famed Desert Eagle .50 do not measure up with machine guns fire. They have about 50 meters of useful range and bad effectiveness against a plane, and back in those time there were no Magnum the like of today's, so cut the range off of at least 10 meters and dial WAY down any amount damage to any plane... THEN you must consider that your slow and almost spent bullets, if caught at the end of their range, almost assuredly were batted away from your enemy's propeller like an annoying fly, or stopped dead by the glass of your enemy's cockpit's wind deflector, or the metal of his rotating engine's casing, or even the rotating engine heads... you should have been SO LUCKY that a bullet from your revolver COULD have SLIGHTLY DENTED the radiator of a water cooled engine powered fighter, IF EVEN THAT.
Second rule: putting YOURSELF at your enemy's Six 'o Clock, and/or above him, is PARAMOUNT.
Not if it is a Two-seater, then you should try & get underneath it.
Fifth Rule: If it's a Two-seater always shoot the Gunner first. This was one of von Richthofen's main rules.
Sixth Rule: If an enemy is flying derictly at you DON'T turn away. This was a major rule in the RFC.
First, and most important, revolvers are NOT machine guns. They are, as a rule, low powered when dealing with anti-material roles. Even today's Magnum series or the famed Desert Eagle .50 do not measure up with machine guns fire. They have about 50 meters of useful range and bad effectiveness against a plane, and back in those time there were no Magnum the like of today's, so cut the range off of at least 10 meters and dial WAY down any amount damage to any plane... THEN you must consider that your slow and almost spent bullets, if caught at the end of their range, almost assuredly were batted away from your enemy's propeller like an annoying fly, or stopped dead by the glass of your enemy's cockpit's wind deflector, or the metal of his rotating engine's casing, or even the rotating engine heads... you should have been SO LUCKY that a bullet from your revolver COULD have SLIGHTLY DENTED the radiator of a water cooled engine powered fighter, IF EVEN THAT.
The First air combat was fought with a Rifle & a Revolver.
"At the moment at least, it seems no two-seaters are available under RoF, so it's a little redundant... maybe in anticipation of a future new AI plane... but for now... Tongue"
You are so wrong! Why state something you dont know about?
Beside the doubtful experiments made in England with a plane with a pushing propeller (seen once in a documentary... they were insane those Brits)
Beside the doubtful experiments made in England with a plane with a pushing propeller (seen once in a documentary... they were insane those Brits)
Are you calling the Airco D.H.1 & D.H.2 "doubtful experiments"?
In 1915 they were some of the planes that ended the Fokker Scourge.
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