Patch 4.10 - Development Updates by Daidalos Team

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Originally Posted by ElAurens

I wish the E and M were as well done as the Hawk 81s are.

Also a P 40 N is desperately needed. It was the highest performing version, and the most produced, and was the mainstay of P40 strength in the Pacific and China.

I was a little confused about that too, why there is no p40n when it was the most produced of them all!

To make sure everyone knows -- I was talking about the p40e.

[Erkki]

Werent, of the Warhawks, the L and F the ones that saw most action?

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I see that in Tunisia F's and L's saw action, but from what I've been reading it seems the earliest versions were the most used (because they were the most available)

It really depends on which air force you are talking about.. Apparently, almost everybody had some version of a p40 in ww2.

Anyone notice the p40e m-105 field mod pulls so hard to the right that it is impossible to fight with? You can't _ever_ hit 30,000 rpms level, even in a dive it took awhile to get there. Take-off is also really scarey when it just shoots right -- like full rudder.

I thought it was the wind for a second, but i flipped direction and it still pulled hard right. I double-checked and triple-checked my rudder, dead-even.

I flew other p40s on the same map, different maps, then the modded on other maps, none of the other ones pulled so hard, yet the modded always pulled right.


EDIT: Found this: The P-40F/L was extensively used by U.S. fighter groups operating in the Mediterranian Theater.
Can anybody else confirm this?

(sorry for being off-topic)

[Erkki]

The field mod torques to the right because it has Klimov M105 engine, same with Jak-1 and early LaGGs.

I should have mentioned that with Warhawks I ment the P40E+.

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Originally Posted by Erkki

The field mod torques to the right because it has Klimov M105 engine, same with Jak-1 and early LaGGs.

Ahh yes, I understand torque here --- but the m105 is not more powerful than the allison, in-fact I believe it is slightly less powered by like 5 hp, or vice versa.

Besides, torque never pulls so hard the plane greatly loses performance! I'm talking so hard the little ball is all the way to the left the entire flight.

In the view objects section it explains the m105 was nearly identical to the replaced allison and was used not because of performance, but simply because of parts/maintanence.

[BadAim]

The field mod has a definite hard pull to the right on takeoff, but this is common to most of the Russian planes in the game, and it doesn't seem any worse, more or less than the other planes (the Russian ones). The pull to the right is definitely much stronger in the field mod than the left pull of the Allison, and while I suspect it's entirely because of the game engine, I would not be surprised in an airframe that was designed and "tuned" around a right turning engine, a left turning engine might cause some handling anomalies.

As for level flight, she does pull to the right a bit, but no more than any other single engine plane, and it's easily countered with some trim. I wonder if you don't have some controller trouble that's being exasperated by the M105's "backward" pull?

[JG52Karaya]

The answer to the P-40E field mod torque issue is that both aircraft have identical trim settings in their flight models. So although the field mod version has a right turning M-105 engine it is still trimmed for the left turning Allison.

Nuff said

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@ BadAim: I'm beleiving more than normal something is messed up, but I don't think it is my joystick, or it would affect other planes/games/sims as well.

It looks like I need a fresh install of il2. Easy enough.

Thanks for the feedback!

Anyway @ Karaya, yes yes, moving on..

[FrankB]

It's Thursday! ...and last week we saw no news...

What about small status update along the lines: "all features are implemented, we are now quality testing the whole thing and if nothing happens, we will release next week. Moving dogfight server was too buggy, so we will postpone it until 4.11"?

I will die from the uncertainty.

[robday]

Originally Posted by FrankB

It's Thursday! ...and last week we saw no news...

What about small status update along the lines: "all features are implemented, we are now quality testing the whole thing and if nothing happens, we will release next week. Moving dogfight server was too buggy, so we will postpone it until 4.11"?

I will die from the uncertainty.

We're all impatient for 4.10 to be released but TD are doing this all in their spare time and for no other reward than the satisfaction of our gratitude.
I'm certain it will be worth the wait