Landing/take off and ground behaviour
 

Hi guys, I know that most of you are busy kicking planes out of the sky at the moment, but I was wondering if anybody could spare a minute to give us more info on the behaviour of planes when near to or on the ground, since in the real world is a crucial part of the flying activity (and probably the most dangerous, other than being shot at that is..).

So my questions are:

1) what are the planes like on landing? Do you get ground effect? Are the CoG feeling better than normal? What's the suspensions/tires response on the landing gears (tailwheel included)?

2) regarding takeoff: do you get a lot of torque on the landing gears and on the rudder? Do the planes get affected by turbulence wakes?

3) when taxiing do the planes bounce about in a realistic way according to the difference surface?

I am finding landing and take-off much easier than in IL2 1946. CoD seems more forgiving i.e. less chance of a nasty wing drop on landing or a wicked bounce if you come in too hot. I don't think I have become a better pilot, so I guess the FM has changed.

On a plus side, the sounds you get from groundroll are totally new, fantastic, very realistic and really up the immersion factor.

PPanPan

1) no ground effect. no tire response. (just sound effects tell you, when touching down - you will not "feel" it) I have the feeling ground has no bumps and no friction.

2) No turbulence/torque etc. Just give full power and it takes off by itself :grin:

3) answer under 1): no different surfaces: seems to be kind of "icy"

PS: As the FM is good in the air, I guess they can add the ground, when more important issues are resolved, or it is done "on purpose" to keep landings managable for the casual gamer.

So, no groundlooping? In 1946* (and prior) on landing rollout one could just let the plane roll "feet off" and it would just go straight ahead (maybe a slight curve due to residual "torque") without the tailwheel locked. The plane SHOULD rollout like a shopping cart pushed backwards (again, with the tailwheel unlocked).



* the game, not the year ...

I get a contant taxiing sound effect while stood still with my engine off. Anyone else getting this?

yes. Sometimes the rolling sound keeps playing after I take off and retract gear

thanks for the answers guys, I'm a bit disappointed about this, but I suppose it's a bit early, let's wait for further patches and see what happens.