LLTM impressions

A small hello direct from the LLTM in Ahaus.

In a few minutes the event will be officially opened and then the competitions are on.

I'll try to post some pictures throughout the weekend.

(if I can find the time between running the compo and trying out Black Shark :D )

Joe mate I envy you. Let me know when you upload more pictures to LLTM website. S!

LLTM impressions

Still no reports from LLTM? :noexpression:

Who will be first? :) (2nd, 3rd,...)

Today HPO paid us a visit, and he brought his Flanker stick with him.

When he showed it to Jim, he took it outside to take some pictures of it.

"SMILE :D"

Here's a picture of all V-pilots taking part in this year's LLTM:

Click the picture for a large version.

Thanks for the photos, it looks like fun!

Still no reports from LLTM? :noexpression:

Who will be first? :) (2nd, 3rd,...)

Shock of what they saw haven't wore off yet.... :)

Observation from today, around noon:

Hangar filled with pits and computers, well organized as last years (!), 2 stations introducing DCS:BS as promised.

I noticed, that there were not that much spectators around, maybe due to the poor weather outside.

Took her up for a spin and managd to get her back on the ground in one piece. Great and smooth graphics. Looks quite amazing actually.

I wish i was there...

Take lots of photos guys....

LOTS!

Ain't looking a beautiful organization? I wish I could be there.

P.S. Jim Mack's pictures so nice! :D

I`ll post my impressions (text, vid and pictures) later today. Stay tuned.:)

I had a great time with (in alphabetical order) Groove, Jim and Urze and of curse:D playing BS beta!:joystick:

I suppose Urze brought his cyclic modded x52.

Now it gets me thinking, how can we control helicopters with plain HOTAS like in my case Cougar?!

I was there on friday for approx. half an hour. I would've spent more time but life got in the way...

I sat at the controls for about 5 minutes so I couldn't give you an honest review of the game. I was impressed by the UI. Mission planner looked really nice and clean. As a Flanker (1.0) fanatic I always liked the minimalist windows interface but I guess that doesn't fly anymore in this day and age. Loading a simple mission didn't seem to take up a lot of time which was a pleasant surprise. I'd expect that to be improved upon in the final product as there's still a lot of debugging code. I played on Jim's laptop (easy settings). Don't remember the specs but lets be honest... you want to play this simulation on a well-spec'd desktop. It seemed to run fairly smooth but with a lot of "stuff" going on it did choke a few times. Graphics are awesome. Saw soldiers running in the field and it looked very convincing. Jim made a comment about them not being as good as the ArmA soldiers but he was really nitpicking here. This isn't a first person shooter, is it? There were some issues with TrackIR so I actually did very little flying. I briefly hovered and cleared a treeline only to find myself crashing on the other side... Excellent! I would've loved to have a go on Urze's machine but he was busy patching and trying to get things working again. By the time he got the Ka50 on the runway and ready for takeoff it was time for me to RTB. Sorry there's not a whole lot more I can tell you. I didn't even scratch the surface but I liked what I saw. Heck, I would've paid to fool around with the beta. Jim, thanks for letting me catch a glimpse of things to come... I was impressed.

Flanker stick on a Cougar stick base?!! Best Cougar mod ever!

Joe, can U hook me up with the HPO, I'd like to arrange some serial production!

Still no pictures, videos and screenies from the LLTM? :cry:

Here's the large group foto of all 2008 LLTM participants:

http://www.lowlandtigermeet.com/2007/images/stories/nieuws/lltm2008_groupphoto2.jpg

I beg your patience since some might still be travelling, most won't have their hardware set up at home yet, and we all had 3 or 4 days with awfully little sleep. But huge loads of fun instead!

Footage and stories will start to flow within the next days, I'm sure!

Back home again, after a terrific meet.

I'll post some more pics tomorrow, after I've had a shower and a good night's sleep :)

@ Vekkinho:

You might want to check our DFDT Cockpit Project topic in the Tech discussion, HPO regularly visits and posts there, maybe you can send him a PM.

Thanks Joe, redirecting...

Ok, my impressions from the event:

I arrived Ahaus on saturday morning. The hall was full of PC systems and home build cockpits.

The first ones from DCS team were Jim and his wife. A little bit later followed by Groove and Urze.

After welcome each other I could do what I was come for. Groove recommended to start BS with immortality on. It was a great experience. The FM feels extremely right. (I have only experience as a glider pilot in RL) I had no doubt about because the SU25 in FC thought. For me it is what I was looking for and I`m very happy. From this aspect alone every flight will be different. Groove told me that a German helicopter pilot from the Bundeswehr tried BS on friday.

Unfortunately I didn`t tried the reactions from the KA-50 internal systems with making mistakes while start up nor in flight.

Groove showed me the DM. You can see that in the video. This is just a picture from the end of this KA-50:

The triggers you can set in the ME can play sound files for example. This adds a lot of immersion in a mission. You can easily imagine what great, dynamic missions will be possible with that.

Jim at his laptop:

A great attraction was the monitor setup from Urze in combination with the xfighterseat.

This is a little vid I made with a photo camera. It shows the damage model, rotor hub detail, some in flight scenes. (The resolution is only 320x240. Sorry for that guys. Thank you for not hating me. Maybe another one have better recordings...)

http://rapidshare.com/files/105679190/LLTM08_Impressions_from_DCS_KA-50.wmv.html

It`s now also available on YouTube:

At the end of the my day at the LLTM08 Urze was asking me from where I come from. I told him that I came from Ratekau which is 400 km away from Ahaus. He was so impressed that I coming from so far away for playing BS that he gave me a cap and a shirt with the Flying Legends logo from Jim`s crate. I`m very proud of these 2 gifts Jim!

Thank you guys for this great saturday.:pilotfly:

Something I forgot to mention:

- you can walk around if you don`t die after ejecting

- you can save a track AFTER flying, like in IL2 series

*Merged with Chit-Chat thread.

My LLTM08 vid is also now available on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25EmKhcuCHU

My LLTM08 vid is also now available on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25EmKhcuCHU

Haha, the first section is priceless! They must have been laughing at you :P

Thanks for the vid!

It looks like very advance beta-testing is being done on such events :D

Thanks for videos - bring them more please.

more, MORE, MOOOOORE!!! :D