Originally Posted by predhead Looking through various aircraft ratings and seeing that perhaps the Ponnier's climb rate (according to the good work the unofficial stats committee does for the rest of us) is on the low side. Comparing rates of climb using the Wings of Linen site, and averaging when applicable if the is a variation of climb time. The numbers in parenthesis are the game climb rates): Nieuport N.11 - 3000 meters in 17.33 minutes - 568 feet per minute (4) Nieuport N.16 - 3000 meters in 10.17 ...
Early War planes this Saturday at The Hobby Shop in Miamisburg, Ohio (a suburb of Dayton). We will start at 10:30 and utilize a variety of the following planes: 1915: Morane-Saulnier N Fokker E.III 1916: As above plus: Nieuport 16 Nieuport 17 SPAD VII Halberstadt D.III Roland C.II Albatros D.II If we add Brits ...
I've been updating the aircraft list for the Wright Flight, just the core players, and thus far five of us have 300 Ares/Nexus aircraft and balloons. When pulling the information together, it is apparent that we have too many Olieslager Camels, can field a bombing wing of Capronis, and have more Fokker Dr.Is than were actually built during the war. Okay, I may be stretching the truth a ...
Oh Lord, do not let the better half see this post! Because of my renewed interest in Wings of Glory, I have been buying items that continues to stoke my interest. My recent purchases are either directly related to Wings of Glory/War, or World War I reference materials. Over the last couple of months I have purchased the following: Planes Airco DH.2 Aviatik D.I Breguet BR.14 B2 De Havilland D.H.4 Fokker Dr.I Fokker E.III ...
Our little band of gamers grows here on the Aerodrome. Four of us now grace the forum, and I hope to recruit a few more. Seems like a truly grand place with lots of helpful and friendly members. Besides myself, Smitch, Adler64, and The G Dog are onboard. We are all longtime miniatures gamers, with Adler64 and The G Dog getting me hooked years ago at college (Miami University) where they were doing a micro armor game. I had been a boardgamer for a number of years before that, an older cousin ...
Updated 08-16-2013 at 07:17 by predhead