Help with Il-2 1946

[TheGreatHonker]

Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

But now onto a question I have a joystick now, my controls mapped out, and the basic jist of things. Now what should I be focussing on? Combat Manuevers? Landing and Taking off? Attacking ? or other things.

When attacking bomber formations attack from above, dive down on them and use your momentum to climb back up above them.
Aim for the engines/wings to, like where the wing meets the fuselage. If an engine is on fire it's usually a garuantee that the plane is gonna go down.
And when approaching bombers head on try and fire into the cockpit. If you have limited ammo shooting into the cockpit and shooting out engines can make the difference between 2 or 5 kills.

The hardest part about attacking bombers for me is crashing into them.

Originally Posted by TheGreatHonker

When attacking bomber formations attack from above, dive down on them and use your momentum to climb back up above them.
Aim for the engines/wings to, like where the wing meets the fuselage. If an engine is on fire it's usually a garuantee that the plane is gonna go down.
And when approaching bombers head on try and fire into the cockpit. If you have limited ammo shooting into the cockpit and shooting out engines can make the difference between 2 or 5 kills.

The hardest part about attacking bombers for me is crashing into them.

Ill keep this in mind, any other tips guys???

[Schwieger]

That seems to only work against AI bombers. Human pilots tend to do a much better job of fending off fighters and getting high enough interception becomes a problem.

[Arclight]

A lot of bombers have blind-spots as well, directions that aren't covered, as well or at all, by gunners. Get into those gaps and you can afford to come in with less speed from any angle really.

I guess in cases where there's only the tailgunner bothering you, you could make your first pass at him. Without gunners they're just sit- flying ducks.

[Schwieger]

I refer mostly to American heavies. Gunners every which way. I've yet to find a blindspot... top covered by top gunner 3 and 9 o'clock by waists... You only get one pass at the front, and I rarely even get this pass

Originally Posted by Schwieger

I refer mostly to American heavies. Gunners every which way. I've yet to find a blindspot... top covered by top gunner 3 and 9 o'clock by waists... You only get one pass at the front, and I rarely even get this pass

But if you were to say, coordinate with another pilot on attacking from two angles from say the bottom then you'd make the gunner choose which would ultimately lead into a hit from someone wouldn't it?

[Schroeder]

That's how they did in in real life (or at least tried to...). Fly with a wingman. The gunner can only shoot at one of you. It's pretty difficult to coordinate that though because both fighters have to be in firing range at the same time and there are usually escorts around.