Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 Tutorial Movie, by me

[MadBlaster]

I enjoyed your video. Your flying has improved a lot from 6 or so months

ago. You say you wanted feedback. For what it's worth, my zen tips:


*When you are climbing out to 1000m and notice you are

"a little slow". Instinct should be to push the nose

down slightly to get your speed up. Adjust elev trim

accordingly.


*When your cruising, mp is little too high. You should

be able to cruise at 1.2 ATA and 400 kph. You were

running 1.3 or so most of the time, which isn't so bad

with the rads open. But you should be able to run rads

closed and 1.2.


*When you are zoom climbing in your loop, you went to

fine pitch little too soon. Hear the rpms spike? That

was a speed penalty you did to yourself. Instead, go to

fine pitch based on your airspeed, not simply because

your are climbing. Use 250 kph as rough guide for

transition from fine to course and course to fine.


*The rads, get in the habit of opening and closing. In

general, open when your going slow, close when your

going fast. Where "slow" is speed less than 250 kph.


*When you climb out, it doesn't have to be at the ideal

climb rate all the time. In combat, it might not be

ideal either. Trade static climb out for zoom/step

climbing.


*Get in the habit of constantly working the throttle, pp, trim, rads,

AoA, all relative to your energy(airspeed/elevation). At any moment, there

is an ideal configuration that you are optimizing to for more speed,

acceleration...etc. It isn't just "set it and forget it".

[engadin]

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

I enjoyed your video. Your flying has improved a lot from 6 or so months

ago. You say you wanted feedback. For what it's worth, my zen tips:


*When .....

What a fine group of advices! They are very welcomed here as well. Thanks!.

Engadin.

[Freycinet]

Thanks for the tips MadBlaster! - They square very well with what I have heard from other Experten, especially that I should constantly adjust pitch (and other settings) to run at a smooth 2350 RPM.

The movie is a meant as an introduction for beginners. Seasoned flyers won't need to be told to open up the radiators before take-off - So, I just had to keep it a bit simple and easily understandable, with well-defined steps. It is basically for people to get interested in the magnificent simming experience of taking up a fighter in CoD with full CEM and get it down in one piece!

I know that max. continuous boost for the Daimler-Benz is 1.3 ATA, and unfortunately I was running a bit higher, at 1.35. Also, I realised during my flight that I was about to over-rev the engine in the beginning of the Immelmann. If you look carefully you will see that I stop decreasing the prop pitch when I realise that I am getting too high RPM.

An issue with these movies is that I do everything on the fly, with no editing of the movie afterwards. Pretty pre-historic! It means I can't really manipulate the controls while I am in outside view... I prefer to manipulate controls while in-cockpit, so the viewers can see what is going on.

I hope to become an Experte who will just constantly move the controls effortlessly in flight one day. That really is my goal. Too bad that real life doesn't give me enough time!