I have my own personal way of handling this aircraft, but these pilots notes should get you safely in the air.
Messerschmitt 262 take-off, flight and landing procedures in IL2 1946.
Take-off.
Select the left hand engine and press the engine start key (I by default) and then set the throttle to 10%. Watch the left hand engine RPM indicator and as soon as the revs start to rise close the throttle from 10% to zero. When the RPM indicator settles just above the zero on the indicator then repeat the above to start the right hand engine.
When both engines have been started press the select the all engines key on the keyboard (User Defined).
During the starting procedure the nose of the aircraft may have shifted to point off centre of the runway,
if this is the case then apply the brakes and gently power up both engines and use the rudder to correct the alignment back to the centre of the runway.
Once the nose is pointing down the centre of the runway then reduce the power back to zero and release the brakes.
This procedure is vitally important-if the nose is not pointing down the centre of the runway then you will find when you apply power during take off you will rapidly slew across the runway and onto the grass (you will notice that this does happen on occasion with the AI aircraft with potentially disastrous results).
At this point the flaps can be set in the take off position and the elevator trim can be set to between two to four degrees positive.
When you are ready to begin take off, apply the brakes and keep them applied and begin to gently increase the power to both engines until the RPM indicators show 6,000 RPM,
during the run up to 6,000 RPM the nose of the aircraft may start to move off centre of the runway and this again must be corrected with the rudder.
As soon as the aircraft in front off you has began its take off run then release the brakes and gently increase power to 100% using the rudder to maintain alignment with the centre of the runway
(NOTE:- the rudder will not start to have any effect on alignment until the ground speed has increase to approximately 60kph).
When the ground speed reaches 160kph the nose of the aircraft will start to lift, at this point gently pull back on the stick to break free from the runway and as soon as possible apply the brakes and retract the undercarriage.
When an altitude of approximately 250 metres has been reached then retract the flaps and gently throttle back to just below 80% to return the engine temperature back to normal and begin your climb to combat altitude.
Combat
On entering the combat zone do not increase the throttle past 80% unless you find yourself in a totally defensive position.
This is important as when the throttle is pushed past 80% two big black engine exhaust trails will point you out to any enemy aircraft in the area,
it's better to stay high and at 80% throttle to make you a harder target to spot.
Once you have decided on you intended target then dive down to start a pursuit curve to bring yourself in the rear hemisphere of the target,
make one firing pass before using your superior speed to climb back to altitude and begin the procedure again.
Never reduce your speed to maintain a position on the tail of the target as you will loose your advantage of speed and become a sitting duck for any other enemy fighter.
Remember speed is height and height is speed!.
When used correctly the 262 is a devastating fighter which no enemy aircraft can match for speed and firepower.
Always try to maintain a smooth flight path with gently turns that will allow you to keep your speed up,
the tighter you turn in the 262 the more chance you will have of bleeding off your speed advantage and the strong possibility of blacking out (at which point you will be a dead duck not a sitting duck!)
Landing
Landing the 262 is possibly the hardest part of the flight and things can go wrong very quickly.
Allow yourself plenty of distance on your final approach and keep all your control inputs gentle.
The first thing to do is to reduce your speed to 500kph at which point you can start to deploy your flaps to the take off position.
When your speed reaches 350kph you can then lower the undercarriage and at 300kph you can lower the flaps fully.
Try to touch down with a speed of 200kph and as if you where landing with a tail wheel.
As your speed bleeds of after the main undercarriage has contacted the runway the nose wheel will drop and contact the runway,
at this point it is safe to start using the brakes to slow yourself down and the rudder to maintain alignment.
When you come to a standstill switch off both engines and pat yourself on the back.
It is highly important that while flying the 262 that all throttle inputs are done gently as the engines are very fragile and will easily catch fire through rough handling
(If you doubt this then during any phase of your flight try rapidly increasing and decreasing the power and watch the results!).
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