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Originally Posted by Flanker35M
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Graphics = nice. Effects = nice. AI = hmmm? And most striking..the damned flap thingy on the Sissyfire. 2-position flaps used in combat? Can we now in 2011 get rid of that? Flaps were for landing, had restricted speeds and moved not so fast. I hope the "flap fights" are part of past in IL-2:Cliffs. Otherwise nice video of what we will get soon.
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All aircraft of this era had flaps which were not useful in combat, they were too fragile. That includes the 109 even though its flaps could be deployed in increments, instead of being either up or down. The only aircraft which could deploy flap-type devices at higher speeds was the Stuka, and those were dive brakes.
In this particular video, you can see Luthier is jumping from one Spit to another, the one with the flaps deployed, he slows the Spit down and deploys the flaps as if for landing, the 109's are going much faster and overshooting. The historical flaps deployed till they were either up or down, you can see that is the case in the video, they did not stop halfway.
By the way, re. flap deployment speed, the 109 flaps were handcranked, and took 30 seconds from completely retracted to completely deployed.
By the way, the 109 continues to look quite plastic, not sure if this is a function of its weathering not being finished at this point in the Beta.
03-22-2011, 02:43 PM
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