Originally Posted by recoilfx (Post 312653)

Regrading 2:
It's probably that you stayed on the ground for too long before taking off. Remember, radiators don't really work when air isn't going through them.

So even though you had them open, there just wasn't enough time to cool the engine down when you finally took off.

Originally Posted by GF_Mastiff (Post 312749)

I got to say aside some very annoying bugs and issues I enjoyed some real good MP on Syndicates server. aside from the chasing ghost planes for 2 hours I gave up in there this morning what a shame would be a good MP server if it were not for the ghost planes.

But I will never give up!

Originally Posted by GF_Mastiff (Post 312749)

I got to say aside some very annoying bugs and issues I enjoyed some real good MP on Syndicates server. aside from the chasing ghost planes for 2 hours I gave up in there this morning what a shame would be a good MP server if it were not for the ghost planes.

But I will never give up!

Originally Posted by Lololopoulos (Post 312648)

2. Right after I took off in 109, the engine started shaking very badly, and 30 seconds later, a message "Governor Failure" appeared. I had both of my radiator open. What could be the cause?

Originally Posted by zipper (Post 312809)

I've seen this too. The question is, "what governor?". There isn't any prop governor yet ...

Originally Posted by recoilfx (Post 312653)

Regrading 2:
It's probably that you stayed on the ground for too long before taking off. Remember, radiators don't really work when air isn't going through them.

So even though you had them open, there just wasn't enough time to cool the engine down when you finally took off.

Originally Posted by Biggs [CV] (Post 312831)

I just downloaded today and flew a few missions. Everything ran pretty smooth. Only had a couple of stutters over London. Flew the Spit and Hurricane, so far I like the Hurricane better. So far so good, and it should only get better.

Originally Posted by Lololopoulos (Post 312844)

you're from Ohio? where in ohio do u live? i was surprised cus given the countable people in US who play this game i thought the chance of there being someone else from ohio is minimal. haha but i guess i'm wrong.

Originally Posted by Dutch_851 (Post 312914)

Isn't Ohio about the same size as GB? Or is it bigger?

Sorry, just checked, Ohio is about half the size of GB. Sorry.

Originally Posted by Dutch_851 (Post 312942)

1) Quite correct. If you're doing 30 mph on the flat in your car in 3rd gear, to maintain 30mph when you change to 4th gear, the revs have to go down. You don't go faster unless you apply more gas. In the game, if you're already at full throttle and you coarsen the pitch, the revs will go down, but you'll be overboosting the engine, which will cause damage. You have to throttle back first, then coarsen pitch. Keep it in fine pitch after take-off, but lower the nose to gain airspeed (after raising your gear), then reduce throttle and coarsen pitch a bit. When you coarsen the pitch, you'll see the boost go up. The relationship between pitch and boost is a bit of a juggling act, but you'll get the hang of it if you start from here I think.

Hope this helps! :)

Originally Posted by cheesehawk (Post 312987)

I think the hand pump is for priming the fuel injectors, the control is there, but no effect is modeled in game.

There's another lever under the landing gear switch, which is for emergency deployment of the gear. You don't have to do anything but pull it (or is it twist it? I've only used it a couple of times) and HOPEFULLY your gear will deploy. If it doesn't try slamming the plane around a bit, I've jarred it loose with some hard rolling.

Back to Lololu....

When you keep the same throttle, and coarsen the prop pitch (lowering from say 11:00 to 10:00) if you are in level flight and all else is equal, you will see your speed increase. If you change the pitch drastically, you'll need some time to see the results in straight and level flight. While it is accurate to think of the prop-pitch as gears in a car, think of the propeller's effect on air as a car driving on a sheet of ice. It takes time for whatever changes you want to go into effect if you aren't gentle enough.

Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy (Post 312990)

Engine start:
To set the magnetos manually is not necessary. They will be activated automaticly als soon you hit "I".

Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy (Post 312990)

Pitch:
You "simple" control your engine RPM with it at a given throttle setting.

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi (Post 313012)

Quite easily I found, during turning dogfights i just had a quick glance but during dives it is vastly important a few times now online i have had to run from an encounter after blowing the engine trying to boom and zoom :(

Originally Posted by Lololopoulos (Post 313016)

ok I understand why u would need to keep the revs at bay using prop pitch during a Sturzflug (as the official manual put it, lol), but as of now I really don't see how it can benefit level and turning flying, or even climbing. I've heard some more experience pilots say that if u can manage the prop pitch well, it's like being able to drive a manuel car, and in combat u can really gain an edge.
is that really true? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Lololopoulos (Post 312929)

2. What does the hand pump do?

Originally Posted by JG52Uther (Post 313052)

Well I know I have found myself very slow sometimes because I am nursing the engine too much, and keeping revs/ATA too low.
Its certainly not 'il2 point and go at 110%' anymore!

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi (Post 313070)

True it certainly isn't but after you get over the initial learning curve i find it to be quite similar.

A tip from a magazine on a 109 E flight.

To ensure you don't overdo the rpm on take off set the pitch to 11:30. I now fly like most of the time.

I set the throttle to 90% and now my I use the pitch to keep the rpm around the red arrow... My problem only comes when I spot an aircraft below me and dive its very hard to keep an eye on the pitch enemy and rpm and I normally end up either losing sight of the contact, ignoring my wildly high rpm until I start to shake to bits or forget to stop turning the pitch down which end up in losing all energy as you start your climb back up. All of three of these mistakes usually end in a disaster, but i am getting better and I see this as a huge increase in gameplay over 1946 as its much harder to boom and zoom now :)

Originally Posted by Tiger27 (Post 313086)

I switched from a throttle lever to one of my hat switches to control the 109 pp that way I can have it the right way (Spits and Hurris are still mapped to my throttle) and it stops on release, I just try and match the rpm, reducing pp to keep the rpm's out of the red, I found before I was using the hat switch I would set it for dive and then forget to centre it I would pull out in full course, totally screwed for the climb out, but when you get it right it works well.

Originally Posted by Lololopoulos (Post 312648)

Hello all,
As a U.S. customer who just got the game 2 days ago, i‘m happy to report so far I'm enjoying the game!!:):):):)
I have been a Il-2 fan for quite some time since my middle school in 2004, but I have mostly been a casual player, for example I flew offline most of the time and never used CEM in the old IL-2. I can't believe how fast time has gone by because I still remember taking off for the first time in Bf-109F, and i nosed in and crashed on the run way a couple of times before finally made it off. The feeling was soooo rewarding and the realism really astonished me back then.

Yesterday i made a quick intercept mission in Full Mission Builder, just to test somethings like CEM and see how the new game is different from the old one. That astonishing feeling really came back!! It took me some time to get my G940 set up. I messed around with CEM quite a bit, clicked around in the cockpit. I honestly have to admit it is a lot of fun, and graphics look a loooot nicer than the original Il-2. Before I got the game I thought the terrain would be really annoying but it turned out when I'm actually in the cockpit flying, my attention wouldn't be so much on the terrain (the greenness) than on my dashboard and enemy planes. Really the CEM would give you a full plate!!

Now I have few questions I encountered while playing yesterday.
1. How do I adjust the gunsight range based on my convergence 250? On spitfire there is only "increase" and "decrease" gunsight range, but how do i tell how far it is set to? Some general comments on how to use the gunsight are also welcome! as i never got in deep and messed around with gunsight and convergence in the old Il-2 series.


For what its worth we did some tests and a 200yd convergence needs 350yd gunsight setting. We think its pro-rata for anything else, e.g. convergence x 1.75

If you open an info window (Alt+RightClick) you can get secondary controls up and the gunsight range changes, Compass Ring and Gyro Compass changes will show up in that. You might want to set the font large as its stuck on Blue and can be hard to read at normal size.

2. Right after I took off in 109, the engine started shaking very badly, and 30 seconds later, a message "Governor Failure" appeared. I had both of my radiator open. What could be the cause?

See other posts ref overheating and rpm

3. I noticed that in 109 you can't adjust the pitch? I press increase and decrease pitch but the nob always comes back to its original position?

Its spring loaded, hold it until required pitch is obtained

4. Is there anyway to change the location of the texts? as of now all 3 of the messages are overlapping each other on the top left of the screen.

Yes, see this:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...4&postcount=55

5. What's the difference between oil radiator and radiator?

Oil is for oil, radiator is for coolant (probably posted already)

6. What is a healthy temperature for oil and water?

109 Climb figures in manual:
Oil temperature: 30 to 75 C, up to 95 in short bursts.
Water temperature: 80 C, up to 105 in short bursts.

7. What's a good way of taking screenshots without all the texts and engine setting?

hmmm not sure. Turn them off somehow

That is all for now. Gtg take a final exam :)

Good luck
Hope you guys r enjoying the game as well!
As well as can be expected just now

Thanks in advance!

Originally Posted by cheesehawk (Post 313245)

Krupi,

If you're flying at 11:30 prop pitch most of the time, you're not utilizing even 1/2 of the power of the 109s engine, like you're driving a car using only first and second gear.

Use more control, let your prop pitch slowly work its way down to 9:30-9:45, keeping it in the powerband, and you'll see a lot more speed. Plus, its way easier to keep the engine under control in dives, if you start at the low end of the powerband instead of the high end. Get the revs back up when climbing.

I find I do most of my dogfighting at around 10:15, and slowly works its way up as I lose energy and need more and more bite from the engine. When you're still dogfighting and your PP is already at 12:00, you know you've done it wrong and you're running out of time.

Originally Posted by Dutch_851 (Post 313288)

Well a prop is an airfoil....

Originally Posted by cheesehawk (Post 313245)

Krupi,

If you're flying at 11:30 prop pitch most of the time, you're not utilizing even 1/2 of the power of the 109s engine, like you're driving a car using only first and second gear.

Use more control, let your prop pitch slowly work its way down to 9:30-9:45, keeping it in the powerband, and you'll see a lot more speed. Plus, its way easier to keep the engine under control in dives, if you start at the low end of the powerband instead of the high end. Get the revs back up when climbing.

I find I do most of my dogfighting at around 10:15, and slowly works its way up as I lose energy and need more and more bite from the engine. When you're still dogfighting and your PP is already at 12:00, you know you've done it wrong and you're running out of time.

Originally Posted by Dutch_851 (Post 313305)

Huh? No comprende!