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06-10-11, 01:33 PM | #46 |
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In Soviet Russia, aircraft trims you!
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06-10-11, 05:41 PM | #48 |
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So then I iuse trim to keep me from bouncing around like a cork in the atlanticf ocean during a hurricane when I want to hit something??
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06-10-11, 06:29 PM | #49 |
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One important question are u flying with a joystick like a Logitech, Saitek or Hotas! Keyboard & Mouse! I'm assuming u have a joystick because u can take off. I'm hard headed so the only adjusting I did was turn off the advanced engine management, which controls got to be set for each aircraft. And, I numbed down the yaw setting a little to the setting I posted. Everything else is flicked ON for REALISM! Also each aircraft has it's ASSETS and DEFECTS. You got to get FEELl of how much u can push your aircraft before going into a TAILSPIN. I hope I don't sound a like a "know it all".
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Besides you really don't have to do much engine management in the game anyway. Just switch to a higher blower stage when you get above 3.000m and set your prop pitch at 60% for cruise or 100% for take off/combat (switching the pitch isn't even mandatory in this game). German fighters will do everything automatically for you by BTW.
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06-11-11, 02:12 PM | #53 | |
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As I seem to recall, it's only got a trimmable elevator (and rudder? it's been a while so I don't remember for sure). But I haven't had much trouble flying it - it's a good plane with steady controls. |
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And now I have 2 questions, what should I know for dog fighting? also I am a low rank in my career, so I fly and cover my wingman, he doesn't follow me, so I need to know when we get into a fight (Say attaacking bombers) do I still need to follow him? Or should I break and attack wahtever I can? And I noticed there is a request homebase for assistance option, does it work? I've pushed it a few times before and nothing. Plus when Im attacking planes from advantage (Im assuming this means above and out of the blue before they know your there) where should I be aiming? Engine? or trying to hit the pilot? Or clip his wings off (i've done this before) Sorry for all the questions, Im just trying to learn this all aas fast as possible. |
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06-11-11, 04:08 PM | #55 | |
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In WWII fighters, altitude + speed meant you'd dictate how the battle wen't and you could lure the enemy to the point where you wanted him to be. Pretty much all fighters can do Boom n' Zoom, which is a maneuver where you attack the enemy from altitude advantage, make your pass, and then shoot up back to the skies, using the energy you gathered during the dive to get you back up for that altitude advantage. Sadly, IL2's AI can spot you at times, no matter what you do. As for aiming, aim for engines. From 6o'clock on bomber = wing engines, fighter = wait for it to bank/roll and pepper the front of fuselage for engine/pilot kill. And this is what I would do. |
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06-11-11, 04:49 PM | #56 |
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Actually if it's a Hurricane MKII it should have 12 MGs (IIRC). But the calibre is just .303 rifle ammo. That doesn't have much of a punch and will even bounce off armoured plane without doing any damage. There is a reason why the Brits shifted to cannons and heavy MGs later. Actually in real life a pilot would have been glad to down 2 enemy planes per mission. In fact they often didn't down anything at all throughout their entire career.
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Of course, the Luftwaffe should change their guidelines, lol
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06-12-11, 03:13 AM | #59 |
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So I just had a pretty neat moment while flying a mission, I was getting tired of getting no kills so on an intercept mission I broke from my wingman to dive in on a A6m below me flying level and smoking, hit him with a few then pulled down on the stick (to turn upside down and then roll to level out behind him) and started to red out, fearing hitting the ground I hit auto pilot letting that take me out of the dive (I have trouble pulling out of dives without my plane vilontley losing airspeed and spinning like a freaking top... I m not a good flyer and have no clue what this is so if someone could enlighten me go ahead) it managed too but then I noticed my engine cut out, so I switched of AP and had a frantic few seconds or so of trying to start the engine back up and I thought I was a goner for sure when I saw the prop start turning and kick back to life and saved myself about 100m or so from the ground Progressing life saving skills I'd say, I ended the mission with one kill (Took a bombers wing off completely and watched it spiral into the trees) and landed fine except for i skipped and then nosed right into the dirt
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Ok. here we go:
First off all, you don't have to stay with your flight leader. You might hear some angry (stupid) radio calls, but it doesn't have any consequences in the game, so feel free to engage the enemy. It seems your flying a Hurricane MK I. They don't like negative G-forces as their carburettor can't supply fuel to the engine that way (that was remedied in later versions, the Spitfire was suffering from the same problem as well btw). What you experience when you pull the stick too hard is called a stall which can subsequently lead to a spin. A stall means that your angle of attack is too great (the angle of attack is the angle in which your wing hits the surrounding air). If it becomes too great the airflow over the wing will rip off and the wing will stall and loose it's lift. If this happens only on one wing (which happens quite often in propeller driven aircraft) then one wing still produces lift while the other doesn't. That leads to the spin. You can recover from that by centring your stick and give full counter rudder. Once the aircraft responds again pull her out of the dive GENTLY.
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