8000m altitude limit?

[baronWastelan]

The game is titled "IL-2 Sturmovik" isn't it?

[Vengeanze]

Raaaid can tell u what's beyond 8kmts.

[Danelov]

In real world, Bf 109Es were spotted at 11000m, combats over Dover were reported with 8500-9000m. Recce Ju 86s still fly a lot more higher. Of course, a small wrong or violent maneuver at this altitude and the stall is assured.

[furbs]

I remember some development shots taken from MUCH higher than 8000m.

[Romanator21]

[ATAG_Doc]

How many folks in this community have experience flying the Emil during WWII? I read a handful of people throwing out the "in the real world" combo of words I am just curious what qualifies their words to be weighted more than say the devs.
Thanks for your time and we eagerly await your reply.

[von Pilsner]

Originally Posted by timej31

How many folks in this community have experience flying the Emil during WWII? I read a handful of people throwing out the "in the real world" combo of words I am just curious what qualifies their words to be weighted more than say the devs.
Thanks for your time and we eagerly await your reply.

Presumably because we usually see the 109 service ceiling described as (approx.) 36,000-39,000ft. in some reference materials so we hope to achieve that in-game.

[ParaB]

Originally Posted by timej31

How many folks in this community have experience flying the Emil during WWII? I read a handful of people throwing out the "in the real world" combo of words I am just curious what qualifies their words to be weighted more than say the devs.
Thanks for your time and we eagerly await your reply.

Basically any publication that's ever been written about the 109 mentions its service ceiling.

What we see in CoD is simply not correct.

[droz]

Originally Posted by Danelov

In real world, Bf 109Es were spotted at 11000m, combats over Dover were reported with 8500-9000m. Recce Ju 86s still fly a lot more higher. Of course, a small wrong or violent maneuver at this altitude and the stall is assured.

ummmm...sources. I find it hard to believe at all that spitfires and hurricanes would be that high, seeing as they were not supercharged that early in the war, and they still used carburetors in the engines and not fuel injected. Try getting any aircraft, old or new, that does not have a supercharger in it above 14,000 FEET and see what happens to it, in real life.

Most engagements I remember hearding about were between 8000 to 12000 FFET, not meters. Yes, the service cieling of the 109 is very high, but that's the max service cieling the 109 ever witnessed, not just necessarily the E (though it's service cieling was much higher than the spit and hurricane, iirc).

[JG53Frankyboy]

they WERE supercharged.
All combat planes in game have supercharged engines. This is not WWI .......

And sure, flightbehaviour such heights were different than in thicker air...you had to be gentle on the stick, otherwise you get very fast a stall, indicated airspeeds so up high were low, dangerous close to minimum manouver speeds