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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #24 on: January 30, 2010, 05:25:58 AM »

I have to say I'm impressed by the work put in. At times it's very covincing, but a few points? (I'm nitpicking of course, but it's meant in a positive way)

1 - Aircraft only shake in turbulence or due to the proximity of explosions. In the video, the bombers are flying too high to experience the sort of heavier turbluence depicted (there's no evidence of anything but fine weather) and I don't remember seeing flak.

2 - The actors move in an unnatural fashion sometimes. I'm thinking of where the B17 nose gunner looks around from the waist, when usually head movements are sufficient (and some shoulder movement too if the man is looking over his shoulder). Also the actor in the burning messerschmitt looks curiously unfazed by the heat and flames.

3 - The scene where the messerschmitt pilot bails out looks very odd, he leaps from the cockpit almost like a spring pushed him out. Many pilots of the era turned their aeroplane over to fall out. If a pilot clambers out, he will fall behind the wing (and risk a clout from the tailplane - it did happen). If the fighter is descending rapidly then a more gentle exit from the aeroplane is called for because at first the pilot is falliing at the same speed and the drag of his clothing won't immediately change his downward pace.

Hope that stuff helps. Can't wait to see what you do next :)
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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #25 on: January 30, 2010, 11:07:21 AM »

Caldrail

Thanks for the good feedback and valid comments from your side, much appreciated.  ;)

Regarding the bailout;  Knocke was using a most unusual procedure resulting in a very quick exit on that day: he kicked the stick forward, creating a "negative G" and thus ejecting the unstrapped pilot from the cockpit immediately. So it will look something like a spring pushing the pilot out, I suppose.

With the aircraft turbulence I was trying to imitate the same conditions as in the 1980's movie "Memphis Belle" but I think maybe a bit overdone. :-[

Here my latest development in filming technique; combining real aircraft images with IL2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MhMU66YX4A
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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #26 on: January 31, 2010, 10:01:10 AM »

Excellent stuff, Tinus - mooi, man!!  ;) :D
And congratulations on your 2 Golden Oleg awards!!!  ;D
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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #27 on: February 01, 2010, 01:23:39 AM »

Thanks Eugene and Gerax :)
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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #28 on: February 20, 2010, 07:20:33 PM »

Nice i like them planes they are looking nite fantastic moviemaking 10 ocsar from me the thee of them  ;)
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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #29 on: April 11, 2010, 12:16:01 PM »

realy impressive

great work  8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #30 on: June 17, 2010, 02:24:44 AM »

Not bad! A very nice vid! ;) ;) ;)
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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #31 on: July 12, 2010, 01:37:51 PM »

Read the book, saw the movie - THANKS!
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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #32 on: August 31, 2010, 12:28:13 PM »

~S~

Ausgezeichnet! lol
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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #33 on: September 11, 2010, 07:35:05 PM »

Great work!! Great book either!

Thanks for sharing, specially the historical notes.

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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #34 on: October 07, 2010, 09:42:01 PM »

that was awesome, though Aces High could have helped you out on those cockpit angle shots, other than that i'd pay to watch the whole story on DVD. on the historical notes i saw a pic of a B-17 without the cockpit flying, my heart sank for some reason, do you have the picture still?
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Re: Heinz Knoke : "I Flew for the Führer"
« Reply #35 on: October 12, 2010, 05:10:54 AM »

that was awesome, though Aces High could have helped you out on those cockpit angle shots, other than that i'd pay to watch the whole story on DVD. on the historical notes i saw a pic of a B-17 without the cockpit flying, my heart sank for some reason, do you have the picture still?

Thanks Rad Pig: here is the relevant picture, it looks a bit doctored to me  :)

I think it must have been a bad feeling for the remaining crew when they discovered their AC is flying without a cockpit :(

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