SeaW0lf's Cockpit View

June 11, 2020

Hello folks, I created this section to share some of the recordings that I made after these years of Flying Circus. These are raw footage, without any external view or music, just my view from the cockpit. I find it more appealing. I’m trying to post the fights in chronological order from the oldest, in January 2020, to the newest, in late March (roughly a three months span), so that you guys can see how we adapted to the physiology changes, which I learned to like it, having fewer blackouts as the weeks went on. There will be about twenty videos.

Below I have some disclaimers.

1) All aircraft livery is part of Flying Circus's standard skins. There are no personal skins, so the videos in general will feature anonymous players that were on the server Flying Circus Flugpark (I asked permission from most of them). I did it so to preserve their identity and privacy. But feel free to introduce yourself if you want. I selected the best recordings and dogfights and it was an honor. You have my salute for that.

2) I never recorded my dogfights to study opponents or myself. I think the recording spree started with the invisible plane’s bug in 2019.

3) I’m a diehard lone wolf, so I never used any kind of comms nor did I fly in a squadron. After I became known by the moniker SeaW0lf in Rise of Flight and DCS, I only flew under this banner and I never used any ghost / anonymous profiles. I state my fuel / ammo load at the videos’ description.

4) I installed Rise of Flight in 2010 and flew in multiplayer for the first time in 2013, when I got TrackIR. I was never a good shot and I have pot pedals, so forgive me for that part. My full specs are in my signature. Before that I played in single player the Red Baron series, AoTP and Europe series and MCFS 3.

5) These videos are just my experience. It doesn't mean that I'm doing the right or wrong thing, just what has worked for me these past few years, especially flying the Sopwith Camel with 70, 90, 100 liters of fuel. Near perfect performances are also rare, and the one who makes the least mistakes wins. Overall, I had fun.

An interesting note, and quite surprising, is that recently I discovered that my grand-uncle was part of the first observer class of the Brazilian air force flying as a Breguet 14A2 observer in 1921, a detachment that he came to command and which also operated the Spad VII. During World War II, he commanded a couple Air Zones respectively in Brazil, which then patrolled the South Atlantic with, among other planes, the PBY Catalina, a plane that he was very familiar with. He retired already as an Air Marshal. I don't remember meeting him as a child, although I must have, since he was my grandfather older brother. I never would have guessed!

I hope you guys enjoy these fights as much as I did. I just ask to keep the discussion positive and be cordial, as these are scenes that involve real players and we need to respect the effort that we all have made over the years both in victory and defeat. As a side note, I always had a special place in my heart for these planes and the pilots who flew them, so keep it up guys!

Salute everyone, it was fun!
SeaW0lf.

IL-2 Sturmovik - Flying Circus - Hair Raising Dogfight Over The Somme.