RydnDirty Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Thought some of you would like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sRoer4gMVc 3
Monostripezebra Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) It´s gonna be an interesting plane to fly with such limitations.. "never try a power on stall" "If you find yourself in a spin at 5000ft or less, the only thing to do is.. jump. (..) remember you sit well forward of the engines that means before you jump, you have to feather both props" "stay away from steep banks" "Banked turns over 75° give you loads in the wings she never was designed to take" "this ship was never designed to withstand pullouts from deep dives" some color footage: Edited January 1, 2017 by Monostripezebra
Lusekofte Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Yes unlike most people here they had to play with the toys given to them. It was my second favourite in IL 2 1946. Very well modelled . And I looking forward to fly it in this game
Monostripezebra Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Sounds like my kind of aircraft considering I can't maneuver to save my virtual life, so ideally I need something where I shouldn't even try. They had the reputation of beeing quite nimble, but in the horizontal plane and without excessive bank. It´s a very high performance plane for it´s time, and that high speed, range and payload came at a price. But it also had a reputation for beeing able to take a fair bit of punishment and not stop flying. Still, with 190 in the air, you better have some escorts...
ShamrockOneFive Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 They had the reputation of beeing quite nimble, but in the horizontal plane and without excessive bank. It´s a very high performance plane for it´s time, and that high speed, range and payload came at a price. But it also had a reputation for beeing able to take a fair bit of punishment and not stop flying. Still, with 190 in the air, you better have some escorts... I'm also curious to see how our A-20B fares... the A-20C added extra armor if I remember right. The structure should be similarly strong but extra armor does tend to make things like the pilots and fuel tanks less vulnerable.
=WH=PangolinWranglin Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) I'm also curious to see how our A-20B fares... the A-20C added extra armor if I remember right. I thought Han said we were getting the G... I'll go look for that and edit if I find it. Edit: Found it! 4 guns - it's A-20G, not B. Edited January 1, 2017 by =DF=spaceman1999
6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 I thought Han said we were getting the G... I'll go look for that and edit if I find it. Edit: Found it! A-20B https://il2sturmovik.com/about/
Haza Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 I thought Han said we were getting the G... I'll go look for that and edit if I find it. Edit: Found it! I think somebody asked about guns in the nose. Hans answer to this question was as you had above. However now you know the question his answer might explain the confusion.
ShamrockOneFive Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) I thought Han said we were getting the G... I'll go look for that and edit if I find it. Edit: Found it! Though Han's answer was a bit odd out of context... someone was asking about the solid nosed 6 gun G version and that is not what we're getting. It's definitely an A-20B: https://il2sturmovik.com/about/ Also about the armor... it was from Wikipedia: A-20B The A-20B received the first really large order from the Army Air Corps: 999 aircraft. These resembled the DB-7A rather than the DB-7B, with light armor and stepped rather than slanted glazing in their noses. In practice, 665 of these were exported to the Soviet Union, so only about one third of them served with the USAAF. The A-20B makes the most sense... this is the common type in VVS service for 1943 over Kuban. I have to say that I'm pretty excited. Of all of the light bomber types in IL-2 1946, I flew the A-20C and G the most. Mostly the A-20G because of the forward firepower but I flew the A-20C a fair bit as well. It was perhaps a little overdone in IL-2 1946 but its speed and reasonable defensive firepower made it quite the attacker. If you could get into position, you can usually blow past the defending fighters unless they have really good positioning. Just agile enough to evade some of the attacks as well. You really poured on the coals and made it through the defenses, delivered the bombs (sometimes at treetop height) and got the heck out of there. Edited January 1, 2017 by ShamrockOneFive
Lusekofte Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 I do not mind a G but B suit me fine , I like level bombing
Gambit21 Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 Sounds like my kind of aircraft considering I can't maneuver to save my virtual life, so ideally I need something where I shouldn't even try. The Russians did barrel rolls in them all the time.
Gambit21 Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) The Russians considered the "over-powered" whatever that means in the context of combat. In any case they had power to spare and were quite maneuverable for a twin engined bomber. Edited July 31, 2017 by Gambit21
FuriousMeow Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 eager to read the norden user manual... Doubtful it will be modeled. These will be VVS A20Bs, the Norden was not exported.
1CGS LukeFF Posted July 31, 2017 1CGS Posted July 31, 2017 Doubtful it will be modeled. These will be VVS A20Bs, the Norden was not exported. Yep, it will probably be a Sperry bombsight.
IRRE_Golgoth21 Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 Is the Sperry, an automatic one ? As the German was. Unable to find any information about that feature.
1CGS LukeFF Posted July 31, 2017 1CGS Posted July 31, 2017 Is the Sperry, an automatic one ? As the German was. Unable to find any information about that feature. Yes, it was automatic. There are some good videos about the Sperry S-1 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CRlsF1U5vUw 1
Lusekofte Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 was not the Bostons equipped with Norden sight? I never really thought about this,I just assumed they where
216th_Lucas_From_Hell Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 The Norden was considered secret by the USAAF, and they had a general policy of not sending some advanced equipment to the Soviet Union to prevent its capture by Germany, I think The first Nordens to reach the Soviet Union arrived in 1945 with the newest batch of B-25s. An anecdote goes that before that the US Navy delivered some Catalinas with radars, unaware of the USAAF's guidelines. Would any of the initiated be able to tell us if the Sperry is comparable in accuracy and operation?
[CPT]Pike*HarryM Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 Looks fairly sophisticated to me, http://www.glennsmuseum.com/bombsights/sperry_s1.html
Pharoah Posted August 2, 2017 Posted August 2, 2017 The is the one bird I'm waiting for eagerly. Shame we're not getting the G version but they flew the B during that timeline so I'll fly the B as well. Looks like they can carry 1800kg (4000lbs) or bombs...not bad. 8 x 500lbs is pretty good (or some variation thereof).
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