DEDICATED TO DAIDALOS TEAM, AND 1C COMPANY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSItvCvQQ2Y

NOTE: in this list missing ITALIAN HEAVY BOMBER PIAGGIO P 108.

The list is both interesting and funny.

The Avro Manchester is listed as a medium bomber (it was dimensionally identical to the Lancaster and employed in the strategic bomber role, as the Wellington and Whitley). The FW200 is listed as a strategic bomber (it was a reconnaissance and patrol bomber).

Many types were never used operationally (like the He100) or were used only as second line types (like the He51). The American list includes the YP59 (never operational) but lacks the P35 and P43 (briefly operational).

Twin-engined Whirlwind is correctly listed as “fighter”, but Me262 and Meteor are oddly in the “heavy fighters” list, which includes a pure bomber like the Breguet 693 (695 actually portrayed)... The American torpedo bombers list includes the SBC (second line only) and lacks the Devastator...

A Latecoere floatplane is included in the attack-light bomber list, while the Blenheim, Pe2 and Wellesley are listed as medium bombers, alongside the Albemarle glider tug.

The Focke Wulf FW58 trainer is listed as a transport, while the Norseman transport is listed as a reconnaissance type...:)
The Andrews sister are great, of course!

I don’t want to appear rude with Xilon, and apologize for any involuntary sarcasm. His list has surely a merit: it helps visualize easily the raw number of aircraft operated by the combatants in WWII. Now, there’s nothing wrong in asking for a Meteor, and even less if a member of Daidalos Team has his own favourite plane and makes it a flyable addition even if it’s a minor or irrelevant type. But when we talk of the whole Il2 as a WWII sim, we should consider the whole picture.

American bombers in the Pacific offer a classic example: two types were used operationally against Japan, the B29 and the B32, but 99,999% of sorties were flown by B29, the B32 contribution to war effort being absolutely irrelevant. Now, look at the list of planes presently available, both AI and flyable. I don’t have precise numbers (probably nobody can have them), but my feeling is that our available planes cover more than 70% of total combat missions flown, and most of the remaining were probably flown by British night bombers. So, if we look at the relevant combat planes only, the list of types needed is really short (in my opinion).
American types: B26 Marauder and SB2C Helldiver.
British types: Lancaster and Wellington, possibly Halifax.
German types: He177.

As you can see, all are bombers, and some big ones. It would be wise to ask for them in AI only version.

Just wondering in a future patch if it may be possible to tweak the take-off positions of the aircraft so that we could at-least have aircraft taking off in pairs side-by-side?

I managed to do this the other evening by setting up two aircraft on the runway in FMB. I was Aircraft position two. I then started the engine, pulled alongside the first aircraft and matched it as it took off. Was long winded, and sometimes it appeared as though the breaks were permanently on as I couldn't exceed 50 k/mh, but eventually I made a synchronised take-off with another aircraft.

Is there any possibility of this in IL2 so that two aircraft can be placed side-by-side so they take-off under manual or AI flight?

Cheers, MP

we all should use this topic for 4.10 related stuff again.

for "wishes" after 4.10 use this topic
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=8815

otherwise this 4.10 topic is fading away, actually it is almost already.

Boulton Paul Defiant was considered a fighter?

But of course!
The turret was meant as an offensive Weapon!!
Just fly along side by side with an enemy aircraft and blast away.

:confused:
It was a fighter. Used as day fighter before and during BoB, afterwards used as a night fighter and target tug.

With the multi throller/radiator/prop pitch the radiator would be another axis or it keep to key stroke?? the same goes for the mixture, i supposed that it would be keep as key stroke but maybe it goes to axis ten it would be a lot more axis than ever :D
Thanks
PD---> Sorry if this it's been asked before but the search don't find it and already are 88 pages...

Dear Santa... I mean, Daidalos Team... I just bought a brand new Saitek x65f. Double throttle... waiting for you.:-P