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Hi everyone. I just started work on a 3D version of canvas eagles. It isn't meant to replace this site, just to allow for solitaire play, and multiplayer real...
boltimus7
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May 28, 2009
8:44 pm
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Hello all, I am starting my collection of early war aircraft so we can run some more zeppelin scenarios where the zeppelin has a fighting chance. I just bought...
neilhdoghouse
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Jun 1, 2009
3:08 am
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Hello all, The Canvas Eagles campaign is in full swing at our club (Nunawading Wargames Association) in Melbourne. Last Friday we had our first bombing...
neilhdoghouse
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Jun 10, 2009
3:24 am
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Hi, I'm new in this group. I'm looking for WWI air combat rules for 1/144 or 1/285-300 airplanes and decided to try Blue Max/Canvas Eagles. Question is: what...
vasiliy63
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Jun 26, 2009
12:53 am
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Vasiliy, My group uses 2" hexes for out 1/144th scale battles. Works fine for us. As for rules Canvas Eagles is the best out there for simplicity and flavor ...
Victor Cina
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Jun 26, 2009
12:58 am
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Thanks, Victor What type of stand do you use (antena, rod)? Did you try Stringbags rules from A & A Game Engineering? I'm living in Bay Area near San...
vasiliy63
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Jun 26, 2009
1:23 am
735
Vasily, The Canvas Eagles rules are very easy to use. We have kids as young as 8 playing with ease. Some of our best gamers actually. Cant help with the hex as...
Morgen Gregory
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Jun 26, 2009
1:36 am
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Vasiliy, All of the bases are from Litko and are rods. We use dice on the bases for altitude. I have not tried Stringbags, but I do own the rules and have...
Victor Cina
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Jun 26, 2009
2:39 am
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HI mate Welcome aboard, I use both scales, for 1/144 I use wings of war planes as well as Skytrex and Reviresco but mount all planes on spare pegs from the...
myron shipp
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Jun 26, 2009
9:37 am
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Hi Vasily, I hope things are good! Blue Max / Canvas Eagles is probably the best balance of accuracy and simplicity that I am aware of. That being said there...
andrekruppa
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Jun 26, 2009
1:13 pm
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Any further developmenmts on getting a UFAG sheet? We've also been using the Rumpler sheet, but it would be nice to have an "official" one. I've tried to dig...
Roy Merritt
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Jun 29, 2009
9:14 pm
740
Hi Vasiliy, For 1/144th scale aircraft, we use the 4" based hex models of our Dogfight 3-D Flight Stands ©, at our club, since they provide a decent level of...
Rob
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Jun 30, 2009
5:21 am
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Hi Victor, What exactly type of Litko's stand do you use? I did not find 2'' stand here: http://www.litkoaero.com/page/LAI/CTGY/AFS Or you make rods by...
vasiliy63
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Jul 6, 2009
10:30 pm
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Vasiliy, All of the bases I use are custom cut to 2". If you need those you have to email them directly. I use the 2" and 4" rods for my games. The Rods are...
Victor Cina
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Jul 6, 2009
10:43 pm
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Has anyone put together a Cyberboard or Vassal module for Canvas Eagles? There's a Vassal mod for Blue Max but I don't think that includes the older aircraft....
Jon Fellows
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Jul 6, 2009
11:28 pm
744
Sorry to bother You but I serched on the group answers and I found nothing... Can someone explain me, maybe with some examples, how the gliding procedure...
sbaracleto
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Jul 6, 2009
11:28 pm
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Hi, my name is Alberto and I'm from Italy. Can someone explain me how "glide" works? I'm having some problems understanding this part: "If manouver 2 or 8 is...
sbaracleto
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Jul 6, 2009
11:29 pm
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Hi Alberto, For me, it means, if we use manuver 2&8 we put the nose down a little, so the plane only gain the distance a little and sacrifice the altitude, and...
Wahyu Nugraha
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Jul 7, 2009
7:35 am
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Thanks for help, Victor! How you fix model on the rod? Where you bought mat with 2" hexes? Vasiliy...
vasiliy63
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Jul 7, 2009
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748
And why you need 2 sizes for rods if you use dice to show height?...
vasiliy63
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Jul 7, 2009
5:38 pm
749
Vasiliy, I use a rare earth magnet glued to the plane. On the rod, there is a metal washer that I glued there that sits on top of the peg topper piece from ...
Victor Cina
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Jul 7, 2009
7:30 pm
750
HI Gliding is for when you have no engine and so cant use power for flight hence you lose speed each turn and cannot do sharp turns, the more gentle you glide...
myron shipp
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Jul 11, 2009
7:06 am
751
there is a site called youplay.it an Italian site in English and Italian that has a mmo version of Blue Max, its free and I love it I have played hundreds of...
myron shipp
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Jul 11, 2009
7:21 am
752
Howdy, Just want to confirm a rules question that came up when I tried to do a climbing immelmann with an Albatros D.III. - To do a climbing immelmann you must...
Roy Merritt
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Jul 12, 2009
12:14 am
753
... Thanks Agung for Your fast answer. Now, with your explanation, I understood the "gliding" rules. Thanks again ^_^ Alberto...
sbaracleto
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Jul 12, 2009
5:42 am
754
... Thanks for Your clarification. Another question arose: - My plane is at level 6, without fuel, so I have to glide. I choose maneuver 2. I perform it but I...
sbaracleto
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Jul 12, 2009
5:43 am
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I play on the youplay.it site as well (jonfel14). But of course that doesn't have the older aircraft, recon/bomber aircraft (except the Bristol and...
Jonathan Fellows
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Jul 12, 2009
5:43 am
756
Thanks, Victor Where I can get this "rare eart magnet"? Vasiliy...
vasiliy63
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Jul 28, 2009
6:16 pm
757
You can find some here: http://www.kjmagnetics.com/ Victor ... -- "In un mondo di ciechi un orbo 'e re." "In a world of blind people, a one-eyed man is king."...
Victor Cina
vjcina1
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Jul 28, 2009
6:24 pm
758
Thanks Voctor, Sorry for bothering you again, but what actually magnet type do you use? Is it possible to fasten a magnet on the rod? Or an aircraft models...
vasiliy63
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Jul 28, 2009
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