A strange bird indeed, but what did the pilots of the time think of the machine? Did they enjoy flying it or did they hate the bird? Where was the picture of the pretty lady in the cockpit? :) You definitely know how to handle this airplane. 👍
From what I've read, a lot of the crews were quite fond of their "Fee"s, certainly when they were used as night bombers where the risk of being intercepted were much lower. When the Fe2bs were directly replaced by Handley-Page O/400s as night bombers on some squadrons in 1917-18 (eg 100 squadron), the crews were not particularly enthusiastic about the change, even though on paper the Handley-Pages appear markedly superior in almost all regards (much bigger bombload, longer range, slightly higher speed, more defensive armament etc). The Fe2b veterans thought their old aircraft were more "nippy" (to quote one pilot) and could avoid searchlights more easily. Probably a case of the crews not wanting to give up on their familiar aircraft that they felt affection for and which had served them well up to that point.
Thank you for your detailed answer to Fe2bs. I wouldn't have thought that the crews back then enjoyed flying this aircraft so much. As a pilot I can put up with it, but as a gunner, standing and without a parachute, it's a horrible idea. Very brave men who did that.
@@kaleu57 I mean, it is one of the longest serving models in WW1, it flew in feburary of 1914.. but was throughly outclassed by 1916, 17 and still lingered on as night plane in 1918, only very few other models saw a similar through-the-full-war service.
I haven't played Sturmovik in several months,is FC3 fully out to play or are they still working on it? i might buy it,i love these Early birds, i do have 1 and 2
