Bf109 - WOW

[1./JG42Nephris]

Really love her. The 109 is just marvelous.

I was remembered to the tales of me granny, who always said "when I pushed the hammer, I had to take care,the tail didnt lift immediatly"

Never had that power modelled in any other sim.

[wastel]

109 is built nice, but for the , hopefully close future, i would like to have this added/implemented in the 109:

 

-manual Prop pitch -> needed for ground taxi and realistic takeoff/landing

-Manual water and oil cooler control ->see above

 

Wastel

 

PS: the 109 skins could be improved. Especially lots of small markings and texts are on low resolution.

[Zak]

Just a short note

Gents, the whole team would really appreciate it if you posted the rational part of your feedback to the Bug reports section - that's where the posts are taken into consideration by the QA guys

[Mogster]

I'm loving the little details like the "hi-tech" flap position indicator on the wing and the variable incidence tailplane position numbers in the little window next to the huge trim wheel

[Fragal]

Impressive!  How did you do that, and what was the result?

Messing around with the flares launched a couple into the instrument panel started a small engine fire which then grew into what i posted in the picture end result was a cooked pilot as you can't bail on the ground, plane eventually disappeared of it's own accord, i've yet to repeat this as only had five minutes to mess around last night but i shall be trying again tonight whilst in the air as it was quite impressive.

[1./JG42Nephris]

Just a short note

Gents, the whole team would really appreciate it if you posted the rational part of your feedback to the Bug reports section - that's where the posts are taken into consideration by the QA guys

 

Is the Early Access Forum meant as the only Bug tracking plattform or will you establish a true bug tracker also in the near future?

[Mogster]

I think he means the team would prefer it if we posted bugs/feedback in the pre access forum.

[Rama]

Is the Early Access Forum meant as the only Bug tracking plattform

So far it is, ant the only place were devs will look after bug reports.

[RedMelody]

On the ground as well as in the air, The BF109 feels so nice to handle...pure driving, i mean flying, pleasure.

[EAF_Paf]

Der Schneeleopard

[71st_AH_Hooves]

Der Schneeleopard

Thats a great shot, brand new screensaver!

[LSoW/1-FLiP-]

've made a short (albeit somewhat unspectacular) trailer-like video about this jewel - i hope u like it

 

 

[Jutkis]

Nice

[Fragal]

So after further experimentation with the flare gun - i broke it a bit more

 

 

[dkoor]

Now that I think of it, I've never been killed (read = self-owned) in this game.

Yet .

 

This above is the first time I actually see aircraft on fire in BoS.

[W1ndy]

Bah gimme the LaGG any day of the week

[HeavyCavalrySgt]

So after further experimentation with the flare gun - i broke it a bit more

 

 

That. Is. Awesome!

 

I created a leak of some sort (it was a greenish mist) but I haven't been able to set anything on fire yet.

 

I am curious if I can create problems for those cars wandering around the base.

[Fragal]

tried a couple of shots on a few static bits around the airfield and nadda also seems the 109 is the only thing affected tried the same thing in the lagg but nope - ai planes next :D

[-MG-Cacti4-6]

tried a couple of shots on a few static bits around the airfield and nadda also seems the 109 is the only thing affected tried the same thing in the lagg but nope - ai planes next :D

same. but on the plus side i do now have the various flare commands and the flare fired mapped to my TM warthog, will upload the new script once this session is complete

[Gort]

Ok historical wizards, why does the 109 have a clear panel on the port side of the lower windshield but not the starboard?

[Finkeren]

Ok historical wizards, why does the 109 have a clear panel on the port side of the lower windshield but not the starboard?

 

I think the blocked off right side panel is a relatively late addition to the F series only appearing on the F-4 (not sure pls correct me)

 

It's blocked to provide fitting for a flare port. It's the tube you can see protruding at an angle. You can even look out through it, if you adjust your head position. It's used to fire flares through while in flight without having to open the side panels of the canopy.

Edited November 27, 2013 by Finkeren

[Fifi]

So the 109 didn't have any vertical speed indicator gauge?

Kind of annoying for very low visi flights...

[DB605]

I think the blocked off right side panel is a relatively late addition to the F series only appearing on the F-4 (not sure pls correct me)

 

It's blocked to provide fitting for a flare port. It's the tube you can see protruding at an angle. You can even look out through it, if you adjust your head position. It's used to fire flares through while in flight without having to open the side panels of the canopy.

 

Exactly.

So the 109 didn't have any vertical speed indicator gauge?

Kind of annoying for very low visi flights...

 

Do you mean variometer? It was fitted to G6 onwards iirc.

[Fifi]

Yes, variometer sorry...was searching the English word for it, but in fact it's the same in French 

So no variometer nor artificial horizon...fog and clouds flying was certainly not easy for them!

[Gort]

Thanks,,was wondering if the flare port was it, but it seemed that it had to be some arcane requirement to see something on the port side.

 

How often were flares used, and for what? Decoying Atolls?

Edited November 27, 2013 by Victory205

[Finkeren]

How often were flares used, and for what? Decoying Atolls?

I can't speak for the Luftwaffe, as I know nothing about German use of flares, but in general it would be used to signal ground forces and particularly the ground crew at your airfield in case of trouble (for instance if you had a fuel leak, it would be important to alert the ground crew before you landed without the message having to go through the control tower)

 

It was also used, at least in the RAF and USAAF to signal large formations of aircraft, without having to bother with everyone reporting in, that they received the message. On most of the big daylight raids by the 8th Air Force, the final order given at the rally point to proceed with the mission was in the form of a specific series of flares, not a radio command.

 

Then ofc it was used as an emergency means of communication between aircraft in the same flight, or, in the case of early war Soviet fighters, as the ONLY means of communication at distance.

Edited November 27, 2013 by Finkeren

[LukeFF]

To add to what Finkeren wrote, flares (typically a red one) would be fired off by returning American bomber crews to let the airfield know they had wounded personnel on board. That way, ambulances would be standing by and ready to offload the wounded more quickly.

[TheBlackPenguin]

Another reason flares were used is to avoid radio messages as they were monitored by both sides.

[Finkeren]

Another reason flares were used is to avoid radio messages as they were monitored by both sides.

 

That might well be the case, but it might come at the price of alerting otherwise unwary enemy planes and ground spotters to your presence.

[=38=Tatarenko]

RAF airbases used flares from the ground if someone was coming in and had forgotten to put the wheels down.

[Hadwell]

it's AMAZING!!! wish there was manual prop pitch thats all, other than that, its soooo fun!!!

 

http://youtu.be/z2jX8_ulh-Q

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

 Germans used flares. Just finished a book about a JG5 pilot who is one of the few that actually flew combat missions in a He162 and lived to tell about it. In one mission they had to fire flares to tell own fleet they were friendly but still got fired upon..

[6S.Manu]

S!

 

 Germans used flares. Just finished a book about a JG5 pilot who is one of the few that actually flew combat missions in a He162 and lived to tell about it. In one mission they had to fire flares to tell own fleet they were friendly but still got fired upon..

 

Title?

[Voidhunger]

Yes title please!

[71st_AH_Vertigo]

I think the blocked off right side panel is a relatively late addition to the F series only appearing on the F-4 (not sure pls correct me)

 

It's blocked to provide fitting for a flare port. It's the tube you can see protruding at an angle. You can even look out through it, if you adjust your head position. It's used to fire flares through while in flight without having to open the side panels of the canopy.

 

 

Flare port...!??!

 

LOL, I was trying to use it as a pilot's tube, no wonder it was a little too small...

 

 

V

[-MG-Cacti4-6]

Flare port...!??!

 

LOL, I was trying to use it as a pilot's tube, no wonder it was a little too small...

 

 

V

I lold

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

 The book is written by Wolfgang Wollenweber. Name is(original) Die Reichsadler - Dokumentation über die Einsätze mit der Messerschmitt 110 und der Heinkel 162. VERY interesting read!

[Volkoff]

Pls refer to such beautys always as "her", not "him" !!! Planes with such a beautiness deserves the female tag

This is an interesting point. I like to think of planes as female, too. My only reservation is that I was of the belief that it is conventional to assign Central and Axis planes a male gender. The Bf -109 is beautiful though and I always associate beauty with females, myself.  MJ

Edited November 28, 2013 by =69.GIAP=MIKHA

[Curmudgeon]

Yeah, I'm totally digging this plane. 

[No.42_Rooster]

Has anyone created an image of the BF109 cockpit with the controls and dials labelled?

Anyone?... Requiem?