If you haven't tried it, what makes you think it's been dumbed down? :confused:

I didn't notice it comming back to full power.. But I do like the cut out effects.. reminds me of my old F100 when it started to run out of gas ;)

This has been debated in this forum at length. As far as at what G does the cut begin at that is documented at 0.1G i.e a 0.9G reduction from 1G flight...i.e. getting close to 0G*. The RAE flew a bunch of instrumented aeroplanes to determine onset thresholds as part of a study aimed at curing the issue. Here is a page from the report. Its available in the UK National Archives as AVIA 13/234 :

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/7585/vegcutfile2.jpg
This complete document is with the Devs.

[*Edit replaced -1.0G with 0G]

Err not quite. G meters are accelerometers and in straight and level flight indicate 1G. As you start pushing they go towards 0G on the scale. Here is a G metre in a Yak 52 sitting on the ground i.e. at 1G.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1...teryak521g.jpg


0.1G would have the needle just above the 0 mark. Anything less than 1 is a negative acceleration.

My typo in previous post (since corrected) that means the G meter would be just above 0G reading 0.1G when the negative G cut starts.

The cutout was made old IL2-like in one of the first ever patches. I think we should have something inbetween retail cutout and what we have now. Currently it is too much like IL2 which just had a fake cutout sequence modelled.

While the retail cutout was a bit too sensitive (no inertia of the floater modelled obviously) it was basically the right approach I think.

In other words, the cut out is instantaneous once negative accelerations are experienced.

That is because ANY negative acceleration will cause an interruption in the fuel metering on a float carburetor.

Accelerometer in automobile might measure lateral accelerations which are null if you are driving straight ;)

not such thing in a plane

May be a slight mvmnt frwrd of the pilot head each time the fuel flow is cut when the speed is high (>200mph) ?

No it is under 1G acceleration just as you and I are sitting at our computers....

Otherwise we'd all float off the planet.

As long as it'a accurate then it's all good. I would say that PC Pilots have a harder time because we are unable to feel acceleration and g, and stick sensitivity is more sensitive (ie I would rather have a 2ft stick from the floor and not a desk stick)

Splutters occur often when I trim, I need to change my trim solution because in 1946 it was fine, in COD it appears to actually work lol.

I thought that Das Attorney made a silly post. Just because they made it more pronounced and perhaps easier to chase down by your 109 should they make the mistake of cutting their engine does not make it an improvement. What matters is that it is accuracy even if that is to your disadvantage. If your objective is to make IL2 as easy as possible for you so that you have fun by winning all of your fights then just play offline with invulnerability, unlimited ammo and unrealistic ammo set up.