Flaps wheel too slow? (video)

[VO101_Tom]

Originally Posted by TUCKIE_JG52

This remember me when, some time ago I was showing a Bf-109 from IL2 1946 to a veteran pilot that flew the Buchón (Spanish built 109's, based on G-6).

He told me that Il2 was unrealistic with flaps (too much quick to operate), so reported that he needed one minute to lower the flaps by actuating the wheel; it used to be slow, hard and sometimes slippy if some oil reached the wheel.

Flaps used to be lowered only prior to landing, in the tailwind leg, using all the entire leg.

Of course I speak about operations in Spain, those 109 and its pilots did not see more air to air combat that the one they trained between them and the one they recorded in the Battle of Britain movie...

I agree, we know some Hungarian WW2 veteran fighter pilots, and they said: the (il-2 game) cocpit nice, but the weapons weaker and the airplane much more agile, than was the kind in the reality.

I agree with the fact, that should be slower than in il-2, but on the video approximately 6 seconds the process (from take off), not 60. Its very big difference.

However, i using rarely the flaps in dogfight (il-2 of course ), i did not write this post because of this (Although the manual writes it: the fast flaps "may be real life saver" (p36) ). I think, more inportant, that the "Anthropomorphic Control" disable many other switch and levers too long time. It would be good if they would make changes in this. Or is needed one key, which breaks all processes, or let this be shorter (II./JG1_Krupinski have good idea, fast and slow flap control speed, and problem solved ).