Message text lepres wrote:
i think camel is really understimated in Blue Max... yes, it was a wild beast, not so easy for rookies pilots, but, if i'm not wrong, it score more victories than others english plane and was widely used.
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You sir are correct in that more "victories" have been attributed to the camel than any other aircraft type (1,294). Having a production run of nearly 5,500 aircraft helps!
Newer Blue Max charts (miniatures version of the game) and Canvas Eagles both have improved charts that make the camel more manueverable. They still list the camel with 4 tail. When putting on demo (miniatures)games, I add +1 tail box so the nieuports & camels so a novice is not downed by a single chit.
Other points to ponder:
* The most enemy aircraft destroyed by a single unit (of any nation) was No. 20 Squadron---Flying 2-seaters!
* Many Allied could claim a victory if they drove an enemy away with gunfire. Which lead to exaggerated claims. When the French & English squadrons were helping on the Italian front, they claimed more Austrian Aircraft were shot down than the Austro-Hungarians actually had during that period of time.
* More camel pilots died trying to fly the beast than were killed in combat. |
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