Aircraft reference charts for IL-2?
 

Anybody knows where can i get reference charts for the aircraft in IL-2? They have checklists, speed references, takeoff/climb/cruise/descent/landing/combat power settings, operational warnings (I.E. don't use the WEP for more than 5 minutes or your engine will go kaput) and things like that...

Yup, i have that one. And HardBalls's Aircraft Viewer also. I'm lookins for something like this, but the IL-2 FB link doesn't work.
http://www.combatsimchecklist.net/index.htm

Help?:06:

Isn't there Aircraft guide that comes with 1946?

Yup, with cockpit layouts and other things. But only a handful of aircraft have notes with engine limitations and such.

I guess you just have to test it yourself then, I haven't had any problems yet without knowing exactly what the engine of each plane is capable of

For these you can usually use real world data, adjusted to fit your own experiences in IL2.

You'll just have to test this :) The IL2 overheat modelling is remarkably simple though: Once the engine temperature passes a certain limit an "OVERHEAT"-message appears. When that happens you have a certain time before the engine takes damage. This time is always the same regardless of speed, the amount of overheating, power setting, altitude etc. It only changes from one aircraft to another. Once this time has passed your engine is pretty much kaput :) There's a catch here: The timer resets if the "OVERHEAT"-message disappers even for a second. So if the overheat-time for your aircraft is exactly four minutes and the you succeed to make the overheat message disappear at 3:58, no problems. You can now overheat another four minutes before damage occurs, and can repeat this (make message disapper, overheat again) for as long as you like. :up:

There is no limit on the time you can use WEP for, other than MW50 and other
water/meth boosts run out after a while.

German MW50 systems must be turned on below 50% power or they will
damage the engine.

Wiki says that some american WEPs used water-injection or water-methanol systems, so the water tanks must go empty after some time...
I ran a P-38L at 100% power, 100% propeller for an unlimited time. But with a P-51D, after running at WEP, 100% propeller, the overheating message popped up and moved the power down to 100%. The overheating message didn't disappear and after a while the engine died.:hmmm:

I wouldnt advice to run the P51 with 100% pitch all the time. That's propably the reason your engine overheated and would've done so even without the WEP.

And that's exactly my reason. Why just THE P-51? Why not every plane?