DD today?

[Enceladus828]

Next installment, IL-2 Battle of Finland.

 

First part of the map will be publicly available next year.

 

Hopefully the devs will make the planeset and give us some planes which can be used in the BoB and another Soviet bomber like the SB-2.

 

 

[Gambit21]

58 minutes ago, Enceladus said:

Next installment, IL-2 Battle of Finland.

 

First part of the map will be publicly available next year.

 

Hopefully the devs will make the planeset and give us some planes which can be used in the BoB and another Soviet bomber like the SB-2.

 

 

 

The Dev's will not be making plane sets for 3rd party maps FYI.

You'll have to use the planes available, maybe a collector's plane down the road and/or 3rd part aircraft - also down the road.

 

3rd party projects are great, and I'm glad that they opened the door to this as DCS did a long time ago. However the result of this will also be aircraft and maps that don't always match. You'll just have to take the good with the bad on that one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BlitzPig_EL]

A Finland map without the Brewster will be a total buzz kill.

[Lusekofte]

Good thing about this topic , is that no one cut in and say stay on topic

[Alexmarine]

26 minutes ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

A Finland map without the Brewster will be a total buzz kill.

Flying the Brewster over Finland ?

 

Flying the Brewster over Malaya ?

[Gambit21]

It would make a good collectors aircraft...also useful for the only WWII theater that will really make them any revenue at this point...PTO.

 

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

Manchuria..?

[LukeFF]

2 hours ago, Enceladus said:

another Soviet bomber like the SB-2.

 

There never was a bomber called the SB-2. ?

[FABR_Pollako]

4 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

There never was a bomber called the SB-2. ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otSdNoUIyVc

[LukeFF]

1 hour ago, JBK_Pollako said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otSdNoUIyVc

 

Yeah, so? They used the wrong term there as well. 

[Jaws2002]

10 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

Yeah, so? They used the wrong term there as well. 

If it's on youtube, it must be true, didn't you know. ?

 

For an earlier Russian bomber I'd love the DB-3F/ Il-4. It looks so right for a ww2 bomber and it did a heck of a lot of work.

 

 

 

[Gambit21]

 

 

No idea it was so close to the iL2 until just now.

The IL2 is still under-rated in this sim if you ask me.

[BlitzPig_Bill_Kelso]

A Finnish map and crap planes!  That would be a hard buy from me ?

Original IL2 flying around on that map in Brewster Buffaloe's, I-16's  and I-153! Raising the manual gear "G" "G" "G" ... Those were the days!

[ROCKET_KNUT]

On 4/24/2023 at 8:32 PM, JBK_Pollako said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otSdNoUIyVc

 

Claiming that there never was a bomber called the SB-2 is correct. Just as correct as claiming there never was an aircraft called "G-6Late".

The claim is (presumably) referring to the variants one finds in Wikipedia like "SB 2M-100" or "SB 2M-102". Here "M-100" and "M-102" stands for the engine variant.

 

One finds other designations too though. Like "SB-2" or "SB-2bis".

Sources used? Here you are: 

"Sowjetische Bombenflugzeuge", Wilfried Kopenhagen, Transpress, Berlin, 1989, page 128 ff;

"Das große Flugzeugtypenbuch", Wilfried Kopenhagen, Transpress, Berlin, 1987, page 447;

"Das große Flugzeugtypenbuch", Wilfried Kopenhagen, Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 2000, page 441;

"Tupolev SB in action", Hans-Heiri Stapfer, Squadron Signal, Carrollton, 2004, page 2 ff

 

To sum it up, the video maker knew, what he was referring to, You know, what you were referring to, I know, what you were referring to and probably a lot of other people know that too.

[LukeFF]

ROFL...

 

The term "G-6 Late" is used as a term of convenience, because obviously, no one knew in 1944 that what we now call the "G-6 Late" would be a late-production G-6. Similarly, you'll see in ground combat games various tanks referred to as early, mid, or late-production variants to clear up any confusion about what's being referred to. 

 

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for someone to show me an original Soviet source that refers to the Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik as the SB-2. ?

[JG4_Moltke1871]

Game update right now ? ?

[Wardog5711]

 

Here you go...
Update 5.102 -Go here for all the details

 

 

[Jaws2002]

6 minutes ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

Game update right now ? ?

Oh...The Siemens washing machine is out. yeeeeee

Edited April 25, 2023 by Jaws2002

[Wardog5711]

Yep. Been flying it for a bit, but couldn't talk about it. ?

[easterling77]

?

[LuftManu]

What a beauty!

[Jaws2002]

The little Siemens is a chubby little monster and has ammo for days.  ?

 

 

 

11 minutes ago, LuftManu said:

What a beauty!

 

 

 

OK, OK.

Jesus!!!

I just got the G6 A/S as well. ....Are you happy now?

 

 

 

[Jaws2002]

A nicely balanced Bf-109. Power and agility.

 

This is one amazing skin. Thank you very much whoever did this!!!!!?

 

 

 

[BlitzPig_EL]

The G6AS was the first 109 that I got really comfortable with in the old sim. Looking forward to trying it out tonight.

[1/JSpan_Wind75]

Hello everyone.

I am downloading the updater.

What map will be the next to come out, one of the Pacific Front?

And there won't be a campaign for El Pacifico?

Thanks in advance to the entire development team!!

Wind or 1JSpan_Warrior

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsV-kjQP4Ys5lCkepxnODg/videos

https://1jspan-fliegers.blogspot.com/

[Gambit21]

4 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

The G6AS was the first 109 that I got really comfortable with in the old sim. Looking forward to trying it out tonight.

 

Do you remember "Pedro" and that horrible hot pink "Hello Kitty" Spitfire skin that he flew online with?

I still remember putting some 30mm up the rear of that thing with a G-6...going straight down. I hated that Spit.

 

 

[Jaws2002]

The G6/AS was my main ride in the original il-2, until the release of Forgotten Battles, then i switched to 190's.

Edited April 26, 2023 by Jaws2002

[FeuerFliegen]

13 hours ago, Jaws2002 said:

The little Siemens is a chubby little monster and has ammo for days.  ?

 

How much ammo?

[BlitzPig_EL]

It has the standard 500 rounds per gun.

[Jaws2002]

1 hour ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

It has the standard 500 rounds per gun.

Yes, but going to that from Nieuport 28 is something to celebrate.?

[danielprates]

"200-hp SH.IIIa rotary engine had a crankshaft that rotated opposite of the engine and the propeller ’s rotation in an attempt to reduce the torque"

 

I am trying to picture in my mind how such a thing works.

 

In rotary engines, the shaft is fixed to the airframe and the propeller is fixed to the engine. The latter pair rotate together.

 

For this other engine to work, I am guessing, there were two shafts. One is fixed to the airplane, the engine revolves around it. A second one is geared to the engine, to rotate on the counter direction of the block. Is that it?

[Jaws2002]

 

33 minutes ago, danielprates said:

"200-hp SH.IIIa rotary engine had a crankshaft that rotated opposite of the engine and the propeller ’s rotation in an attempt to reduce the torque"

 

I am trying to picture in my mind how such a thing works.

 

In rotary engines, the shaft is fixed to the airframe and the propeller is fixed to the engine. The latter pair rotate together.

 

For this other engine to work, I am guessing, there were two shafts. One is fixed to the airplane, the engine revolves around it. A second one is geared to the engine, to rotate on the counter direction of the block. Is that it?

 

 

Everything is in here:

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/44cpr848mh2w6fk/Therotaryaeroenginefrom1908to1918.pdf/file

 

Edited April 26, 2023 by Jaws2002

[danielprates]

4 hours ago, Jaws2002 said:

 

 

 

Everything is in here:

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/44cpr848mh2w6fk/Therotaryaeroenginefrom1908to1918.pdf/file

 

 

Oh look at that. Bevel gears. 

 

Thanks!

[ST_Catchov]

6 hours ago, Jaws2002 said:

 

 

 

Everything is in here:

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/44cpr848mh2w6fk/Therotaryaeroenginefrom1908to1918.pdf/file

 

 

How a rotary engine actually works let alone synchronizing/interrupter gear to allow bullets to fly harmlessly past a rapidly rotating prop at different rpm? ... and now this on top of that! 

 

A mind blower. Engineering at its best. I'll just pretend to understand it. 

[Trooper117]

I looked at the diagram... strangely enough a very strong wind blew across the top of my head!

[Wardog5711]

Quote

I looked at the diagram... strangely enough a very strong wind blew across the top of my head!

Was there a whistling sound like something passed by you really fast as well ?? 

I have that same experience when reading a lot of the software/program related posts. ?

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

14 hours ago, ST_Catchov said:

 

How a rotary engine actually works let alone synchronizing/interrupter gear to allow bullets to fly harmlessly past a rapidly rotating prop at different rpm? ... and now this on top of that! 

 

A mind blower. Engineering at its best. I'll just pretend to understand it. 

 

 

Listen to this, around 30 minutes into the recording 

 

https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-series-flying-historical-aircraft-by-andy-sephton/

Edited April 27, 2023 by 1PL-Husar-1Esk

[ST_Catchov]

Interesting stuff @1PL-Husar-1Esk. A shame there's no video recording.  Or is there?

 

However, the related audio "The Clayton Knight Interview" contains fascinating anecdotes. More my style.

[Jaws2002]

13 hours ago, ST_Catchov said:

Interesting stuff @1PL-Husar-1Esk. A shame there's no video recording.  Or is there?

 

However, the related audio "The Clayton Knight Interview" contains fascinating anecdotes. More my style.

Yep. very interesting audio. I found the part about the French having everything in reverse funny. There's some truth to that. 

 First versions of the IAR-80 came with inverted/French style throttle. You had to pull for max power and push to reduce throttle. Then a German instructor flew the plane and promptly crashed it on landing. All the following airframes had the throttle "reversed" the right way.

Edited April 28, 2023 by Jaws2002

[Alexmarine]

3 hours ago, Jaws2002 said:

. Then a German instructor flew the plane and promptly crashed it on landing.

Would say “skill issue” given that Italian fighters also had inverted throttle controls yet I don’t think the German ever bothered modifying the one they got in limited service