The definitive guide to all methods of air combat simulation; a must-have for simmers and gamers of all abilities.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Hexcaliber
Format:Paperback
Hopeless, a book very definitely aimed at beginners and even then content light. The content that is present could have filled a book half the size, and only skims lightly over each topic. A large part of the book is given to descriptions of various missions flown in the past that offer absolutely no value in improving ones repertoire in modern flight sims. Overall, a lot of useless fluff with no real discussion or ideas for solving the problems presented by aerial combat in flight sims. Stay away, you can find more useful information free of charge in less than 10 minutes using any popular search engine.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Classic books has produced a superb and highly colorful book that on the cover, states it is for those who enjoy aerial simulations, but is really a great look at all of the classic maneuvers that have ever been produced in the annals of air warfare. As one might imagine, much of the emphasis is on WWII where the air battles were many and frequent. I seriously doubt if the world will ever see air combat on such a scale again. Of course, the beginnings in World War One as well as what has been learned in Korea and Vietnam are not left out, but face it, the basics of what are taught today, came from the two world wars.
The book not only includes air to air information, but also on how ground defenses operate, how bombers are able to fend off night fighters, how to perform a variety of ground attack missions, anti-ship operations, dive bombing, evading SAMs, and a plethora of other information pertinent to the air combat arena.
All of these various maneuvers are superbly illustrated in full color and include period photos of the men and aircraft involved in these ops. A treat at the end of the book is an interview with Eric Brown, who has flown more types of combat aircraft than probably anyone else. He shares his outlook and opinions of many famous aircraft types.
In all this is one of those 'Must Buy' books of the year for aviation enthusiasts and for simulator pilots of all ages. Most highly recommended.
The book not only includes air to air information, but also on how ground defenses operate, how bombers are able to fend off night fighters, how to perform a variety of ground attack missions, anti-ship operations, dive bombing, evading SAMs, and a plethora of other information pertinent to the air combat arena.
All of these various maneuvers are superbly illustrated in full color and include period photos of the men and aircraft involved in these ops. A treat at the end of the book is an interview with Eric Brown, who has flown more types of combat aircraft than probably anyone else. He shares his outlook and opinions of many famous aircraft types.
In all this is one of those 'Must Buy' books of the year for aviation enthusiasts and for simulator pilots of all ages. Most highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By R. Court
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This is a nice book, with nice illustrations.
However, someone managed to say that the roll and pitch axes both go through the wingtips. It's the pitch axis that does that, the roll axis goes through the centre line of the fuselage from the nose to the tail (approximately, it's probably somewhat harder to define than that in full theoretical rigour, but that's good enough for basic instruction which is where this book aims itself). This is a rather basic book, and that's a very basic mistake. It will hopefully be corrected in a later edition.
Note that this book is deliberately aimed at flight simulator pilots, not pilots of real aircraft. If you are a complete flight sim novice, this book can teach you a lot.
For those who are a bit more advanced, I would recommend this:
Fighter Combat: Tactics and Manoeuvring
It is much more hard core, it's not half so pretty, and the illustations are monochrome, but there is much more detail and theory.
However, someone managed to say that the roll and pitch axes both go through the wingtips. It's the pitch axis that does that, the roll axis goes through the centre line of the fuselage from the nose to the tail (approximately, it's probably somewhat harder to define than that in full theoretical rigour, but that's good enough for basic instruction which is where this book aims itself). This is a rather basic book, and that's a very basic mistake. It will hopefully be corrected in a later edition.
Note that this book is deliberately aimed at flight simulator pilots, not pilots of real aircraft. If you are a complete flight sim novice, this book can teach you a lot.
For those who are a bit more advanced, I would recommend this:
Fighter Combat: Tactics and Manoeuvring
It is much more hard core, it's not half so pretty, and the illustations are monochrome, but there is much more detail and theory.
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