aerobatic maneuvers

[El Hadji]

Originally Posted by Ferigno

Can someone explain the stick and rudder motions used to perform a barrel roll?

I don't use any rudder at all when performning barrel rolls in IL-2. Make sure you fly straight and level with decent air speed. Roll either left or right by moving the stick accordingly and hold it that way. When the plane gets into upside down position: compensate altitude change by gently moving the stick forward (downward movement, but since your flying upside down it will be opposite).

Voilá, you should have performed a good barrel roll and see the Ace of Spades on screen.

The in-game Encyclopedia is actually a pretty good resource for the aerobatic stunts. You find it under Profile -> Encyclopedia -> Stunts. If you press and hold X button (on 360 - don't know how it works on PS3) you remove the on-screen text so that you can see the actual flight maneuvers from different angles.

[trk29]

You must have to be in realistic and do a flat spin also, because last night I tried more than 10 times and did immelman, roll, loop, and split s and still haven't gotten the trophy

[Ferigno]

Ha! Sure enough. I did the roll, compensated for altitude, and get the happy russian yelling and the spade card! Thanks.

Sure seems like a tight roll though. Is a pursuing enemy really going to blow by me if I start rolling like that and he doesn't?

Cool that the program recognized my maneuver though.

[Ferigno]

Just out of curiosity, is there any benefit to getting the card? Is there some sort of achievement, or unlock with them?

[trk29]

Originally Posted by Ferigno

Ha! Sure enough. I did the roll, compensated for altitude, and get the happy russian yelling and the spade card! Thanks.

Sure seems like a tight roll though. Is a pursuing enemy really going to blow by me if I start rolling like that and he doesn't?

Cool that the program recognized my maneuver though.

That is not a true barrel roll.

A true barrel roll has you pulling back on the stick and then performing a roll while still pulling back on the stick all the way through. This will shake their fire a little.

[Ferigno]

Originally Posted by trk29

That is not a true barrel roll.

A true barrel roll has you pulling back on the stick and then performing a roll while still pulling back on the stick all the way through. This will shake their fire a little.

That's my thought. It looked like an aileron roll to me too, but they gave me credit.

I can't seem to get the immelman or the split S credit though. Wonder what I'm doing wrong? For the split S, I flip over, and then pull er back until I've come around the bottom, yet I don't get the credit. There really can't be more to it than that.

[trk29]

Originally Posted by Ferigno

That's my thought. It looked like an aileron roll to me too, but they gave me credit.

I can't seem to get the immelman or the split S credit though. Wonder what I'm doing wrong? For the split S, I flip over, and then pull er back until I've come around the bottom, yet I don't get the credit. There really can't be more to it than that.

It has to be pretty precise to get the immelman and split S. Try not to use the rudder.

[Danny M NL]

Originally Posted by trk29

You must have to be in realistic and do a flat spin also, because last night I tried more than 10 times and did immelman, roll, loop, and split s and still haven't gotten the trophy

check the encyclopedia, all the moves needed are there located under stunts.
Maybe you also need to do the hide in the clouds thing?

I've got the trophy already btw...

did you do the flat spin correctly? normally the game tells you to steer along with the roll with ailerons and against the roll with rudder, but the encyclopedia tells you to leave the ailerons alone and solely use the rudder...

[trk29]

Originally Posted by Danny M NL

check the encyclopedia, all the moves needed are there located under stunts.
Maybe you also need to do the hide in the clouds thing?

I've got the trophy already btw...

did you do the flat spin correctly? normally the game tells you to steer along with the roll with ailerons and against the roll with rudder, but the encyclopedia tells you to leave the ailerons alone and solely use the rudder...

I will try again tonight. I heard you have to do them all in the same session. I will see if I can knock them all out in training.

[Danny M NL]

I did them all in one session anyway...