Classic British Flight Sim

I like the way the cowling's shake during star up.

Chris Trott wrote:DogTail - Haven't tested it all, but your answer is yes on all counts. The AccuSim engine for the B-17 is a follow-on to that of the P-47, so it has all of the features present on the P-47 (where applicable) and then some.

Joe - I think it'll fly fine above the "lazy" altitudes that they typically fly today at. The pictures and reports I've read say that on a light load it easily achieves 20,000 feet and you do have to pay attention to the oxygen or your crew will let you know. Dunno if you black out yet, but on the P-47, if you don't turn on the oxygen, you'll pass out.

I've gotten it up to 30K. I often cruise at 25K or 26K....climb at 500-600 FPM which is quite
easy on the engines. Switch out the carb air filters above 8K and switch on oxygen somewhere
between 14K and 18K.

My usual loadout is 6000 lbs of bombs and around the same weight in fuel.

It's really a sweet bird to fly and once you master the use of the C-1 autopilot,
the cockpit load is no problem. I never utilize the "assign to co-pilot" feature.
After flying the B-377 for 350 - 400 hours the workload on the B-17G is
"light"

I'm currently working on a gauge to inflict damage to go along with my
FLAK effects addon that I put in the SOH library last week.

I intend to have random damage to various systems (engine problems,
oil and fuel leaks, cyclinder damage and more ) and airframe
components ( jammed flaps, flat tires, gear jammed halfway, etc )
when the B-17G is flown through the heavy flak sites I have positioned
in the scenery environment around several places in Germany.
Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Hamburg, Peenemunde, Berlin, Dresden
and others places like the Kiel Canal and the Sub pens on the Weser
north of Bremen. It WILL get exciting in those areas

Paul

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Made this in photoshop while learning CS4. Seemed appropriate.
Quite please with the blending of Pilot and B17.

DogTailRed2, your image isn't showing and causes a pop-up box requesting a log-in to some server or other.

I've edited your post to remove the link for now.