Oleg's Russian Interview Translated

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by vanderstok

Nice article. I find this quote interesting:

"All the (veteran) pilots do agree on one other thing, that a table-mounted joystick feels very different from a floor-mounted control stick."

That's exactly why I started building a simpit. I don't really want to build a huge cockpit in my room, but it was the only way to implement a proper floor-mounted stick.

And this:
"The same will be the case with BoB. We won’t balance anything to keep the sides equal online. Anyway, it’s not the plane, it’s the pilot. You win by working together in a group, using superior tactics, and knowing your plane’s capabilities."

Very well said!

Don' know how you can stand all the remarks people make. I put my JS, Pedals, Throttle, Headset and tracker in the cabinet when I'm not using them.

It is common practice for my wife to show friends around the house, and my office is not off-limits in her little escapades.

My wife chortles 'giggles noisily" when she trys to explain to other persons of her ilk (non-simmers)that I fly the computer with that stuff. You'd be surprised at the response of people. They do strange things like...roll their eyes, turn-a-way shaking their head. They also make that noise where they press their tongue on the back of their upper front teeth and suck their tongue and make a little tsk tsk sound.

Just put my stuff (the good stuff) in a cabinet, until I'm ready to do some damage to my little neighbors (the AI or online enemy).

Oleg is on target. This IL2 raised my awareness for the first time about the Soviet airwar. Americans have been in information blackout on Russia and still are for the most part. I have bought up every Russian air war book I found for these past years.

Hope everyone has a great day. It was excellent getting a good update from Oleg... Ahhhh! nowfor another cup o' coffee.

[Abbeville-Boy]

great! thanks! all very good to hear

[vanderstok]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

Don' know how you can stand all the remarks people make. I put my JS, Pedals, Throttle, Headset and tracker in the cabinet when I'm not using them.

It is common practice for my wife to show friends around the house, and my office is not off-limits in her little escapades.

My wife chortles 'giggles noisily" when she trys to explain to other persons of her ilk (non-simmers)that I fly the computer with that stuff. You'd be surprised at the response of people. They do strange things like...roll their eyes, turn-a-way shaking their head. They also make that noise where they press their tongue on the back of their upper front teeth and suck their tongue and make a little tsk tsk sound...

LOL! I have to admit that is the reason why I made it compact and modular, so I can take it apart very quickly without any tools. However, I have it set up on the second floor and we don't get many visitors there

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by vanderstok

LOL! I have to admit that is the reason why I made it compact and modular, so I can take it apart very quickly without any tools. However, I have it set up on the second floor and we don't get many visitors there

A picture would be nice =) - Still planning my own pit, but I do play other games as well, which would make a removable pit quite useful.

@ nearmiss:

I'm glad my wife, my family and my friends are pretty interested in my hobby, though they don't share the patience to dig into this genre.

[Kahuna]

[QUOTE=nearmiss;
Oleg is on target. This IL2 raised my awareness for the first time about the Soviet airwar. Americans have been in information blackout on Russia and still are for the most part. I have bought up every Russian air war book I found for these past years.[/QUOTE]


Great Update--Looking forward to the real deal, Thank you.


I loved to build model planes as a kid. One of the models I really liked was the shark mouthed P-39. The Monogram model kit offered 2 ways to build the the P39 --the Russain version complete with decals (plus kill stars) and a US version. There was even a brief description of how the Russains used the P39.

That was my introduction to the air war on the Eastern Front as a kid in the 1960's.

I agree with the "awareness" comment but there has never been an information "blackout". The information has always been there but the Eastern Front was not pushed into the limelight. I remember mostly the Lend Lease program being taught in school to help England and Russia in the war effort. I think most countries naturally concentrate on that part of history which affected them the most.

While most americans were probably not as familiar with the Eastern Front as they should of been it was probably the same for russains not being as familiar with a high altitude daylight strategic bombing campaign with 1000 bomber raids & high altitude fighter escorts on the Western Front

The Western Front was a long range, high altitude, high speed aerial engagement. The Eastern Front was low to medium altitudes at mostly shorter ranges & moderate speeds. Both required different types of aircraft to fullfill mission parameters. There is also the "way" western aircraft were flown as both Brits & US aircraft were flown heavily overboosted utilizing 150grade aviation fuel resulting in these aircraft exceeding their factory specs in everday operations by 15-20%.

So in my humble opinon I think it would be safe to say that all sides learned interesting historical facts thru IL2 about Russain, German, Italian, British, Japanese, & American aircraft. Also WWII history from all sides.


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