Patch 4.10 - Development Updates by Daidalos Team

[ElAurens]

The guided bombs dropping from the B-29 raise as many questions as they answer...

[Ian Boys]

Amazing work TD! I can see why it is taking so long - there is so much new stuff here and the new nav aids alone are such a huge step!

Have you heard of the "Schwan" floating radio beacon the Germans developed? It could be laid in a line across large areas of water by pathfinders to allow following bombers to navigate exactly to the target. It was to have been used in a Mistel attack on Scapa Flow for example. But after the Tirpitz was sunk our big ships went east to fight the Japanese so it never happened.

Anyway, the beacons etc are so welcome. Thanks a lot and keep going

[stugumby]

I gathered the following from those pics
1. a parachute droppable torpedo, possibly circling/homing from a A-20G
2. underwing werfer rockets jettisonable for the bf-110 and bf-109 series
3. guided bombs dropped from b-29
4. cockpit of some type of la-7 / la-9 judging from the nose air scoop
5. very handy map with waypoints and distances in degrees and km
6. nite cockpit shot of some type of nav aid in use
7. some type of superimposed reticle on a i-153 telescope
8. damage model improvements for the wooden propellor and the under cabin escape hatch on a ju-88 torp plane

i stand impressed and awaiting the new patch quite eagerly, im itching to build a hs-129 campaign.
Does anyone know if the rear of the ju-88 rudder has been tweaked to remove the interior view??

[Viikate]

Originally Posted by stugumby

1. a parachute droppable torpedo, possibly circling/homing from a A-20G
2. underwing werfer rockets jettisonable for the bf-110 and bf-109 series
3. guided bombs dropped from b-29
4. cockpit of some type of la-7 / la-9 judging from the nose air scoop
5. very handy map with waypoints and distances in degrees and km
6. nite cockpit shot of some type of nav aid in use
7. some type of superimposed reticle on a i-153 telescope
8. damage model improvements for the wooden propellor and the under cabin escape hatch on a ju-88 torp plane

1. Yes it's Russian circling torp. Similar like the FFF/LT350 already shown in the video.
2. Correct. Mesh is new because the old one was way too small. Thanks to Zorin for pointing this out.
3. Yes. Razon.
4. Old La-5 pit but showing that RDF instruments (РПК-2 or РПК-10) are removed when the new navigation option is enabled. Most of the early Russian fighters didn't have needed equipment/antennas installed.
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4485/076rp.jpg
5. Yes and distances are available as nautical miles for players that have set imperial units in speedbar.
6. It's B-25 pit. Only flyable in game which as more advanced ILS instrument. It's showing the glide path. Pilot with good instrument flying skills can land it in total darkness without any runway lights.
7. Bad screenshot actually Just a small fix so that the reticle doesn't overlap the ironsight bead.
8. Nothing new about the prop damages. Two pics was just to show that crew ejects from bottom hatch when plane is in air, but for obvious reason they need to eject the top blister after belly landing.

So nobody can guess what the two Hs-129 shots mean?

[Zorin]

Hs-129 got a rear view mirror.

As for the Bf-110, will there be a GM-1 system option available?

[stugumby]

hmm, mirror but both shots show muzzle flashes, maybe no more blinding yellow light in the cabin while firing?? and the paint scheme looks different as well.

[Avimimus]

Yes, it looks like the muzzle flashes are suppressed enough that they aren't substantially larger at night.

The G.50 is a bit of a mystery for me. I'd always wanted one with bomb racks, but the change seems to be possibly some tweaks to the model and a mysterious modification of the gunsight...?

[Viikate]

Originally Posted by Zorin

As for the Bf-110, will there be a GM-1 system option available?

Not planned yet. It would be possible to add as a loadout but it would need few extra tricks. This was R2 right? I'm not sure if this would be worth the effort. It seem that LW pilots were not too happy with this rüstsatz because it removed the rear gunner and shifted CoG too much rearwards. So I'm guessing that it wasn't used much. Or do you have other info?

[felix_the_fat]

Dear Viikate and the TD team:
fantastic stuff! you guys are the greatest - as is your detailed knowledge of all & sundry concerning WW2 aircraft.
yours, Felix

[Ian Boys]

Originally Posted by Viikate

4. Old La-5 pit but showing that RDF instruments (РПК-2 or РПК-10) are removed when the new navigation option is enabled. Most of the early Russian fighters didn't have needed equipment/antennas installed.
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4485/076rp.jpg

I would be careful about complete removal. I think some planes per regiment would have them. The Russian regiments had people with titles like Regimental Navigation Officer and I cannot be sure but I would think a few planes would have them fitted and others would follow them.

Can't they be a loadout option please?

Some planes definitely had them - the Pe-2 springs to mind. The IL-10 should also have them fitted.