The Goat's Simulation Flight School

[PedroTheGoat]

Originally Posted by Wissam24

Is there a reason why the I-16's prop dies if you have the audacity to so much as move the plane

Many of the earlier planes in the war used caurberators. When these planes are in a negative G environment then they would lose all fuel pressure. (I think)

So anytime you dive your engine may stall.

[fuzzychickens]

Originally Posted by PedroTheGoat

Many of the earlier planes in the war used caurberators. When these planes are in a negative G environment then they would lose all fuel pressure. (I think)

So anytime you dive your engine may stall.

Which also means if you happen to find yourself slow with an I-16 on your arse, do a hard bunt, then roll over and do a half loop in the other direction.

I-16 player will HAVE to roll first and do a loop. You make things very difficult for I-16 pilot and will buy you some time to build speed and get separation.

If this were a Microsoft combat sim, none of these finer details would have made it in, and most of the flight models would be BS. IL2 series only has a few questionable flight models - so I'm happy a developer is so dedicated to historical accuracy and detail.

Seems like most everything about the pc flight models is left intact on consoles - minus the weird adjustments for control surface sensitivity.

[edal86]

Originally Posted by PedroTheGoat

Many of the earlier planes in the war used caurberators. When these planes are in a negative G environment then they would lose all fuel pressure. (I think)

So anytime you dive your engine may stall.

interesting, that gets rid of that doubt thanks very much.

By the way, you know much about these planes, is there a book you can recommend me to get more familiar with ww2 planes? I have one already but it has mainly superficial information about ww1 & ww2 aircraft and pretty pictures lol. thanks in advance.

[PedroTheGoat]

Originally Posted by edal86

interesting, that gets rid of that doubt thanks very much.

By the way, you know much about these planes, is there a book you can recommend me to get more familiar with ww2 planes? I have one already but it has mainly superficial information about ww1 & ww2 aircraft and pretty pictures lol. thanks in advance.

I, actually, am not the one you want to ask about true WWII aviation. Nearly all the knowledge I have has been picked up from these forums. I have always been an aviation fan, but my knowledge is truly not that deep.

Ask guys like Soviet Ace and others for some good reading. LA Smack is also one to ask, he's a personal friend of mine and knows TONS about good WWII aviation reading. This Goat... Not so much.