[agracier]

In a few planes I seem to remember having flown in cockpits that really shake and rattle and vibrate, probably much like I've read about from time to time. In any case it's a very nice touch and gives yet again a more realistic feeling to the game. I don't imagine that historically airplanes, especially biplanes and early monoplanes flew smooth and straight without vibrating all over the place.

So I was wondering if this is something that is cockpit specific for certain models or if perhaps there might be a general mod made that applies more or less to all cockpits in the game?

Shaking and rattling cockpits seem to be one of those little touches to the game that would go a long to adding an extra feel of realism that other flight sims lack ...

[Plumps]

I would say it depends on the weather!
I have flown some rather old glieders made of wood and fabric.
In calm weather they flew as calm as any modern glieder.
I would say the same applies to old engine powered aircraft.
I just need to think of one flight in a Tigermoth I had the honor of taking,
it was not at all shaky or rickety. Bad weather is another story, but I don

[mungee]

I think that's a brilliant idea.

For me sounds are almost as good as graphics when it comes to immersion.

Any comments from those out there that have actually flown in WWII aircraft? I recently flew in a Harvard and I'm afraid that I can't recall whether there were rattles etc - I suspect there were ... I just remember it being blood rowdy in the cockpit!

[agracier]

I've not had much experience in aircraft personally, and certainly never as pilot ....

I'm also thinking here for instance of war movies in which a plane goes into a steep dive and when trying to pull out of it, you see the pilot being shaken every this way and that as the aircraft groans and rattles and fights against the forces of gravity and who knows what else ... it may be hyperbole in the movies for all I know, but if it were possible to add some shaking and rattling when pulling out of dive, that too might give some extra 'oumphhh' to the game ...

If it is at all possible of course.

[pursuivant]

I'm also thinking here for instance of war movies in which a plane goes into a steep dive and when trying to pull out of it, you see the pilot being shaken every this way and that as the aircraft groans and rattles and fights against the forces of gravity and who knows what else ... it may be hyperbole in the movies for all I know, but if it were possible to add some shaking and rattling when pulling out of dive, that too might give some extra 'oumphhh' to the game ...

There are a few sound packs out there which add "creaks and squeaks" when the airplane is under heavy G-stress. Personally, I think that the minor noise of the plane vibrating or creaking would be canceled out by the roar of the engine. From what I've read, and veterans I've talked to, you couldn't hear much except the roar of the engine and the radio crackling in your headphones. Even the sound of distant guns on your own plane was muffled.

[Redwulf__32]

A few years ago, I had the pleasure of flying a Yak-52 from the rear cockpit. Nice, snappy plane BTW

When we started the engine, a 360 hp 9-cylinder radial turning a paddle bladed 2 blade prop, the whole plane shuddered so bad when idling that ... "now I see clearly, now everything is blurry, now I see clearly, now everthing is blurry again". Turns out that my eyeballs actually where shaking in their sockets hock: Took a bit of getting used to during line up.

[FA_Bong]

When I was a teenager I had the distinct privilege of getting a ride in a B-25 flown by Mr. Dave Allen whom my father was friends with, there was a lot of engine noise (I was quite deaf afterwards) I felt the vibration for a couple days after in fact. I can't recall shaking and rattling because of the overall noise and vibration which was directly corresponding to the engine rpm's.
I would say rattling and extra heavy vibration would be felt if an aircraft were damaged like gaping holes, torn up control surfaces and the like.