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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Latest instalment in the acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik series from award-winning developer Maddox Games. |
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Prop pitch in combat?
Do you ever use the 109s variable pitch in combat since it takes so long to change? Or is it just left at the course setting for everything except takeoff and landing?
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you wont get the max out of the engine if the prop pitch isnt adjusted all the time.
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Whenever possible I adjust... I don´t always have the time, but if you can have a quick glimpse at it, try to adjust.
As the 109 is an energy fighter, you can easily overheat the engine in a dive. Decreasing the angle of the propeller will also give you more speed to climb away from a boom&zoom-attack. And one last tip: Try to fly by ear. If you can hear that you have way too much rpm, you don´t have to look at the rpm indicator. This needs training but is quite useful after a while...
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Yep. This is not an option, this is necessity.
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Sharpe watch AI fly an E3 and just observe the situation and the clock. I know they fly under different rules, but the pitch is used well by them.
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That all makes sense. What seems difficult is that it takes so long to change pitch compared to props with just two settings. Practice is obviously a must.
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Doesn't a 109E actually have the pitch control as switch on the throttle? It seems that lever on the dash depicted in CoD would be impossible to use while flying.
This is an interesting article here http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNe...tt-Bf-109.aspx |
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Assign these funcion IN two button in your (HOTAS) throttle or joystick, or at least in keyboard. Sokol1 Last edited by Sokol1; 02-01-2013 at 03:00 PM. |
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i dont think its too slow, e.i. its always possible to keep rpm low enough to not overheat even in dives, and basicaly its mainly a speed thing i guess, so when you keep turning sharp in some kind of turnfight so speed stays about same you can keep prop pitch setting and dont have to adjust much, as soon as speed changes adjust prop pitch, and as speed doesnt jump up or down prop pitch doesnt have to either, its all a constant flow, so its good you cant change it too quick. That would cause some kind of "overcorrection"...
Last edited by Widow17; 02-01-2013 at 03:21 PM. |
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