Any tips on flying the Stuka?

[indiaciki]

I've seen requiem's and chuck's tutorials... read the Ju 87 B-2 manual (1940). It's just about flying and landing. I can't get a grip on her as much as I'd like (i know the motor is critical). Any Stuka pilots around for some advice, please?

[TG-55Panthercules]

Be sure to check out the "Abbreviated Pilot's Manual for Junkers Ju 87 D-3" that's linked to somewhere in these forums - after I got past the problems/quirks with the radiators and the broken tail wheel problem, I kept burning out my engine - even though I was trying to be careful with it I didn't know exactly what settings I was supposed to be using.  That manual clued me in about that and I've managed to fly several missions without blowing my engine (haven't successfully completed any due to various bugs, but that's a different story).

 

Just found that thread again with a quick search:

 

http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/9001-ju-87-d-3-abbrev-pilots-manual/?hl=%2Babbreviated

Edited November 2, 2014 by TG-55Panthercules

[indiaciki]

Thanks. Just downloaded it. She has a glass engine. I have to fly her with 60% throttle and RPM down by feel - it results in extremly underpowered settings which she was not. If I aplly flaps she noses up that even trimming down doesn't really help. I know she was a very good and loved aircraft, so it doesn't make sense.

Edited November 2, 2014 by indiaciki

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

1.3 ata, and 2400 on RPM, and she fly real nice for me. just when you load her up she's a pig.

[senseispcc]

Dont fly the Ju87 it is a obsolete aircraft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:lol:it is  joke fly any plane you want and enjoy it!

Edited November 2, 2014 by senseispcc

[avlSteve]

She's tough.  I got too close to a tree and knocked off half of a wing, still managed to fly it 80 km back to base.  Didn't bother to try to land since it would only stay airborne at above 350 kph, so I bailed.

 

Did I mention that it made it back to base with half a wing?  Half!

[1.JG77LuckySmile]

The JU87 is e very good plane. Its not so easy to fly this plane but if u know how to fly u can do a lot of things to win the most of the fights.

[1./JG42Nephris]

Dont forget to retract the gear.

[StG77_Kondor]

The main thing to keep in mind with the engine management - is to be very careful when going from low-mid throttle all the way up. The RPM will go WAY over the limit. And if you don't lower the prop pitch back down you will burn the engine in  just a few minutes.

 

Before take off, I'll lower the prop pitch to 90/95%, hold the brakes and slowly apply throttle. Release the brakes as soon as they start to give way, while still increasing the throttle, the plane should take off by itself, even with a full bomb loadout.

 

I also set the right rudder trim anywhere between 25-50% during climb and level flight. 

 

Before my dive I also set the propeller pitch to 0%. After releasing bomb and during the auto-pullout I increase throttle to ~90% and slowly increase prop pitch until I get to 2400/2500 RPM to climb as much as I can until I level out again. Then reduce RPM and ata to 'cruise' speeds.

 

The trick to this plane really is the CEM. You can fly it just fine with both water and oil radiators fully open. Even during climbing and with full loadout you only lose about ~5km/h by keeping them fully open vs half open. In a fighter that can make a difference, but in the stuka I usually keep all my radiators fully open unless in combat.

[J2_Trupobaw]

My rule of thumb to CEM is to keep the ATA and RPM gauges at 12:00 (hands pointing directly to top of clockface). Set throttle, reduce prop pitch to match RPM. It's sufficient for climbing, cruising and all situations except takeoff, escaping emergencies and maybe recovery from bad dives.

Interestingly, the same fast "12:00 ATA to be on safe side, 1:00 for combat, 2:00 for emergencies" rule works for Bf-109F and FW-190. I wonder if it's coincidence or German engineers setting instruments that way.

Of course, knowing exact ATA / RPM values is better, but this rule is easy to follow under pressure of combat.

Edited November 3, 2014 by Trupobaw