109 cant do XXXX anymore.

[335th_GRAthos]

Flew a Bf109 on the REPKA Server after a long time...

It appeared somewhat strange to me (compared to the Spitfire Ia I usualy fly), when the water cooler was damaged engine vibrations started.

Engine vibrations were shaking the plane so violently that I could no longer aim and shoot properly.

I do not recall having experience to such extend the same in the Spitfire.

Has anybody noticed similar behaviour between the two planes?

~S~

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by 335th_GRAthos

Flew a Bf109 on the REPKA Server after a long time...

It appeared somewhat strange to me (compared to the Spitfire Ia I usualy fly), when the water cooler was damaged engine vibrations started.

Engine vibrations were shaking the plane so violently that I could no longer aim and shoot properly.

I do not recall having experience to such extend the same in the Spitfire.

Has anybody noticed similar behaviour between the two planes?

~S~

You don't get vibrations from damaging the water cooler mate or at least I've never had it... youve obviously overcooked the engine which does cause vibrations just like in a Spit

[335th_GRAthos]

Thanks Ze-Jamz,

It was the first time after weeks flying a Bf109 so I probably you are right.

Maybe the Spitfire (I fly mostly the Ia) has the same kind of violent vibrations as well, I do not know, maybe I have not "cooked" a Spit engine until now, you can not do it by overheating the water system (probably it is a bug; I posted it).
The best case I had was "overcooking" a Spit engine by flying too long at max throttle, oil temp exceeded the limit and got a "grosvenor failure" message but even then there were no serious vibrations either...

Of course it can be due to my superior knowledge and flying skill supremacy when in a Spit or, the abesimal skills and native inferiority of the Bf109 noobs who are trying to cause damage to my superior machine that I never experienced the same kind of vibrations when flying Spitfires.... (just joking )

Anyway, I just mentioned it here, it was the first thing that I noticed taking a Bf109 (besides this horrible gunsight aiming disturbance).

~S~

PS. Thank God they fixed the propeller change speed, the Bf109 can do some serious B&Z now

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by 335th_GRAthos

Thanks Ze-Jamz,


PS. Thank God they fixed the propeller change speed, the Bf109 can do some serious B&Z now

Really ? When ?

[skouras]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

Really ? When ?

after beta

[335th_GRAthos]

With the beta patch, the prop changes much faster than before

[TomcatViP]

Great. I hve to see it by my self hoping that the beta will be released soon on steam. thx !

[Bpdslayer]

Just a week ago I started a thread to bitch about the 109;s XXXX performance. But yesterday online i suddenly became an ace in the plane. Able to out-turn spits and huri's in at least 8-10 sustained turn fights. Sometimes they stalled before me, and other time i inched my way towards their six. On average i was able to shoot an enemy plane down and land at least 2 thirds of the sorties. I dunno if it was just my luck that nite, but the 109 didnt seem such a bad plane in turn and burn dogfight. I even felt I had the advantage, cause as soon as i noticed someone on my six, i could easily disengage by shallow diving followed by a gradual climb away. Reallie had fun online, even though sounds was missing most of the time...

Oh does anyone know wat the 109's 20mm elektron ammo is? i loaded that into my cannons... seemed to work....

[ZaltysZ]

Originally Posted by 335th_GRAthos

Flew a Bf109 on the REPKA Server after a long time...

It appeared somewhat strange to me (compared to the Spitfire Ia I usualy fly), when the water cooler was damaged engine vibrations started.

Something else was damaged too. Sometimes you can get no damage message, but plane will feel damaged anyway. I think damage messages have threshold, which is not the same for effects like vibrations.