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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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."...
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...