2.18 released!

[Ghosth]

WWI for AH is OUT! Go get it, have a blast!

WW1 air combat comes to Aces High with the introduction of four new WW1 planes and the WW1 Dogfight Arena(s). The new arena(s) is designed for pure unadulterated WW1 dogfighting with no strat or capture.

These new WW1 planes use fixed pitch propellers instead of the constant speed propellers found on all the other planes in Aces High. Because they can't adjust their pitch, the engine RPM will speed up and slow down according to your airspeed and throttle setting. This makes it very easy to overspeed your engine in a full power dive. You will know when you are overspeeding your engine because your tachometer will be in the red and your engine will begin to make a bad sound. Immediately reduce your throttle and/or airspeed to keep from blowing your engine. Alternatively, there is an option in your flight preferences for a WW1 Engine Governor. This will limit your engine to its nominal rating and prevent you from overspeeding it in most conditions. The advantage to not using the governor is that you can run your RPM higher than the governor giving you more power in high rpm situations. The governor is defaulted to on.

The Dr.I and the F.1 Camel both use rotary engines. The large spinning mass of these engines makes gyroscopic precession a large factor in how these planes fly. With the clockwise rotating engines of these planes, a pitch up movement will create a yaw to the right, a pitch down movement will create a yaw to the left, a yaw to the left will create a pitch down and a yaw to the right will create a pitch up. Throttle control for these planes will just cut out cylinders from the firing sequence so it will work in steps instead of giving you smooth control through the entire range.

Fields in the WW1 arena are heavily defended by AAA. It has a max range of 5000 feet and you want to be turning around as soon as it opens up on you. Don't even try to go into it.

Ditches score as kills for your opponent in the WW1 arena.

The most efficient gunnery tactic is to target the pilot. The bullets do penetrate so the cockpit shot will work from most angles as there is little on these planes to completely stop a bullet aside from the engine. A single head shot will end the fight, body shots will take 2 or more depending on how cleanly they've come through the airframe.

[Kansas2]

downloading it now. 8 min download 

[rkanjl]

Logged on the 332nd BBS quickly from work and saw Ghosths post that WW1 arenas are up!  Called the wife and told her I would be going downstairs to download and install it as soon as I get in the door, make something quick for dinner as I would be heading down right away to play.  Downloaded, installed, have time for one sortie before dinner!  Choose D VII, set views, start engine and fly out with the wind in my hair.  Get to the furball and start a slow dive to engage and BAM, I have collided.  Three hundred plus pilots in four arenas and who have I run into...Ghosth!  Nice running into you bro!   

[Ghosth]

There I was, flying along, minding my own business. Well, mostly as I was pumping bullets into a Dr1 as I dreamed of Snoopy shooting down the Red Baron. When all of a sudden this plane appears from nowhere on my right side, CRAAAACCCCCCCKKKKKKKK, thump, crash and I'm back in the tower. I'm about to shake my fist at him (Cursed evil red baron)
when I see it was none other than Rkanjl. LOL

I flew more hours in WWI yesterday than I have in all the other main arena's last year.

Yeah, I'm having a blast. RK, watch where your going! LOL

[Outlaw13]

WWI planes, enemy icon off  sounds like the next setup DD 

[daddog]

LOL
Was fun last night. About 8 of us on Ventrilo along with Drone. Good times!

[Flushed]

Ghosth ran into me this morning in arena 2. for some reason I was transferred back to the Bishop side when I logged on. I didn't realize it until I saw the message Ghosth has collided with you. Flew the German birds mostly after dinner. I had some good fights was picked some landed a few kills. I still tear the D VII up on landing and sometimes pull the left wheel off taking off. It is fun.

I think there was a problem with squads in the WW1 arenas and they reset it. So everyone is still not in the 332nd that daddog added last night.

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