Sim Flyers

This is for all you RB2 flyers.

I would like to know if Dynamix has really come up with a good flight model for the Triplane. I have flown the original Red Baron sim triplane, and found out it does not fly like the real one at all!
Sim Questions:
What are it's landing characteristics like?
What is it's roll rate?
How touchy is the rudder?
Can you do a flat turn without falling out of
the turn?
Does it drop a wing when stalled?
How stable is it in flight?
Do the controls seem balanced or are one or
more of the controls more or less effective
than the others?

Your response will influence me as to whether or not I will purchase this program.

Thanks

I wouldn't be overly concered about just one particular aircraft. The sim is one of the best I have ever played. A couple of years more development and they'll need a crowbar to pry me off this PC from playing it!!

I have never flown an aircraft before so I can't comment on how accurate the flight model is on the Dr. 1 but from what I have heard from pilots who have flown in these types of aircraft the consensus seems to indicate that the models are very well done. The real fun comes in the dynamic missions and the sheer screamin' action of the dogfights. The planes behave very much like those I have seen in real footage.

I say buy it and experience it for yourself. I bought it back in March and still find myself up late nights flying to my heart's content.

Like Chris I am not a pilot, but in my humble opinion Red Baron 3D is the best WW1 flight sim out there. Great graphics, and by all accounts quite accurate flight responses. I found the rotary engined planes such as the Camel and Triplane a little tricky at first, but when I had made enough allowances for the torque which tended to pull the aircraft to the right, I was OK. My original choice of aircraft was the SE5a, but now I love the Sopwith Snipe. It seems to give me more options when I come up against the Dr1 and DV11.

[mike_baram]

I prefer using the "fly now" program, and I've been flying a Snipe against Pfalz DXIIs. While I like the Snipe, it seems to have a magnetic attraction for enemy bullets, while the Pfalz seems to be so rugged, it absorbs all the rounds I can pour into it and I might not know it crashed until I review the game at the end.
I'm still using an old generic 15" monitor, but I'm sure this game is a mind-blower on a larger, newer screen.

[Billy_Bishop]

As one of the many nameless playtesters, I can attest to the time and effort that went into making RB3D one of, if not the best WWI flight sim available today.

I have not really flown the Dr.I enough to comment on it, except to say that I regularly get my butt shot down when I try to take it on in a SPAD VII.

And as the proud owner of a 17" monitor, and a VooDoo2 3d Graphics accelerator, I can say that the graphics do kick ass!

VBR,

Al Lowe

I'm not a pilot either but there is a site with information from pilots of replica WWI aircraft.

The responsibile person, I'm sorry but I forgot his name, interviewed pilots from this year's Dayton Fly-In. There was a whole host of replica WWI a/c including a Dr1. The information was gathered with the intent of providing "real" aircraft flight characteristics to Dynamix and the Red Baron community.

Here's the site:

http://www.warlance.com/ww1flyin

v/r
Paul

I am also not a pilot (is there an echo on this forum?) but as near as I can tell you would be better off buying Red Baron 3D. Granted, I've had RBII since February and am still hooked, but RB3D is on my "must buy" list. I often fly the Dr.I against the Sopwith Tripe in Fly Now mode, and sometimes it's the other way around. Usually do better with the old Fokker. As for the flight model, MvR commented on the Dr.I, and according to him it "climbed like a monkey and maneuvered like the devil". 'Course, left turns could take a day and a half while a good right turn could let you do a 360 before you even realized you had pushed the control stick. Enough rambling though. If you want to get RBII you can always download the 3D patch or buy RB3D boxed and mail in for a rebate. It's basically a win-win situation.

-Eric