Sorry it comes out harsh, but I can't count the number of times someone has 'come up' with the old shooting each other out of the sky concept. CP is right, you really need point of view AND you need to be able to look around at the same time. That technology is getting closer and closer every day but is still a chunk of money to put down for airplanes that can very well smash into each other loosing everything even when they're light like those in CP's description. The first time I heard of it was someone that had just run into the Koola Fran and Olie show where they shot a diamond smuggling trainer out of the sky with Dart shooting Spitfires. That was back in the day when if you DIDN'T get 6 radio hits a day it was a miracle (the KFand O show not when the idea was brought up here). There were those little electric systems with the sonic shooters on them about 5 years ago, those worked pretty good I heard for low powered, wide beam, more coincidence then intent play though I won't sell short others vastly better capabilities then mine. I have always rated my abilities as the average sport pilot with a bunch of practice and with a lot of combat experience it is just obvious how little feel for depth perception one has at any distance that the average combat range is.

So when you come into this thread "is combat dead" pimping your new "old" idea I reply with the same, less then hopeful response. Did you even do a search for this idea on this forum itself? If you did and your idea is something totally different and feasable unlike the others, why not start your own thread and explain how your system would be different? Instead, you direct us to a different link, using spaces to keep from making a link to another site from this site, a site that for all we know is just a bug vault waiting to load trojans onto our machines.

In short, your message was spam. You creatively laid a link in there and you are all too offended that we, or at least I, have seen this idea so many times that it's like listening to a 5 year old explain Santa's magical sleigh to me as if THAT was a real option as well.

You got a system that works, post a thread with a link and maybe even some demonstration photos/vids in it and if it's a better mousetrap, well then we'll all probably come. Try to slide it in on us and my 'You're about to be screwed' monitor goes off.

But yes, I was a little gruff with you on this idea for the above reasons. I'm also very brand sensitive in the SPAD forum when someone comes up, says SPADs suck I built one, yada yada and when you get right down to it somebody has gone out, picked up some coroplast, manipulated it so that it looked something like an airframe and then points the blame at everyone elses work when it's NOT a SPAD, NOT really and Airframe and the total NOOB doesn't even know the first thing about flying, lift vs weight, thrust vs drag, how to make a living because they're still living like they're 13 in their parents house even though the final age could vary well be in their 30's.

Gotta remind myself to be a kinder, gentler Clean.

So, if you are none of the above and I've totally misjudged you, you have my apologies. Elsewise, the egress is on your left through the souvenir shop. I hope you've enjoyed your time in Combatland. We hope all your future Combat missions end with acres of streamers around your wingtips. Good day.