Daidalos Team's Room -QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS ONLY on IL2 Authorized Addons

[Eldur]

Originally Posted by JapanCat

Several Japanese airplanes have a defect.
Is there a correction plan ?

Oh yes, A6M roll rate... top speed compared to Wildcat... missing gun in the A6M5b... probably more

Originally Posted by FC99

In my game I-16Type5 have max. climb rate of 16,5 m/s. IIRC JtD tested it at UBI with similar results, now I'm really curious to know how you made your test.

FC

I just tried this and flying at sea level with 30% I could hold some 140-150km/h. Gave full throttle, kept the cooling shutters closed and the climb rate gauge rocketed up to somewhat above 20m/s while I tried to keep 150km/h. I could also achieve it with ~200km/h.

PS: Why do you model extra Ski versions? Wouldn't it be easier to handle it like other planes that come with Skis on winter maps already (BI-1 and some others)? Or is there a difference in FM? Haven't had the time to test this yet.

Originally Posted by Flyby

Can you model the F8F Bearcat? Just asking. Here's a nice write-up about flying it:
http://www.airbum.com/pireps/PirepBearcat.2.html
I'm asking because there of the "1946 scenario" planes that are already included, and maybe someone might think this one is worthy.

I like the idea of improving the 1946 part as much as improving any other historical part, but I think they should still concentrate on fixing things, adding loadouts and such, then adding some historical stuff and last add some new 1946s.

And the Bearcat is not alone... other Pacific '46 planes would be the F7F Tigercat, F4U-4 and F2G Corsairs, P-80A, Nakajima J9Y Kikka, Mitsubishi Ki-83, Kyūshū J7W1 Shinden, Mitsubishi A7M Reppū and probably others. Not to mention British planes and other US Planes that could have seen service in a longer war. But basically, for many of them the lack of sufficient information makes it hard to model them properly, especially Japanese cockpits...

Originally Posted by Red Dragon-DK

Sorry have been away a few days. No dont belive its unrealistic. I think the pilot was able to do some ajust themself, not putting the flaps all down or up. Looking at old movie the are down, but not in landingpossions. So I belive the settings are all correct. You are just not able to do it, if you dont have the right controls. Buy them and you are allright.

I remember I've read that in case of Seafires they used to lower the flaps, then some ground crew held wooden chocks in the flap slots, followed by the pilot raising the flaps again. The chocks then held them at a "take off" position. All they had to do after takeoff was lower them to get rid of the chocks and raise them completely.

In flight you could still lower them and raise again after some seconds which is already possible in Il-2 series. I also use short flap lowering on these planes. But don't do it for too long.

The program logic would be similar to the SM.79 propeller pitch modeling for the axis, so it's rather easy to implement. Early 109s should have such a propeller setting, too. The Auto Pitch wasn't in the 109s even in the E-4, but I think it has been in the later E models out of factory and many E-4s had it fitted later. Could need some references here.