Free-sliding IL-2 Canopy

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Hello/Privyet

 

I emailed a museum with a working/flying IL-2 some questions about the canopy, this is what I got back:

 

1.       Is the IL-2's canopy capable of locking open? I.e., if you wish to fly with the canopy open, will it lock in the rearward position, or will it slide forward in a dive?

Canopy locks open using the same mechanism (top center) as it does to lock it closed.  Yes, it can be locked in the rearward position.  Without freeing it (pilot manipulation the lock), it would stay locked back in a dive.

2. If the canopy has no locking mechanism to keep it open, and it slides forward (for example, in a dive), will it then lock in place on its own?

If it is not locked or comes unlocked and slides fwd then yes, with enough momentum/force it will self lock closed

3. If the canopy was closed and the aircraft was dead-stick in a dive, would a pilot be able to slide the canopy backward in order to bail out? (I understand the armored canopy is quite heavy).

Yes. No problem opening in flight and btw its not too heavy to slide either way, it works well

 

 

 

It was an IL2-M3, from 1943:

 

http://www.flyingheritage.com/Explore/The-Collection/Russia/Ilyushin-II-2M3-Shturmovik.aspx

 

 

 

Is the canopy on our IL-2 based on an earlier model?  Was the locking canopy a later advent?  Do we know when?

 

 

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It was an IL2-M3, from 1943:

 

http://www.flyingheritage.com/Explore/The-Collection/Russia/Ilyushin-II-2M3-Shturmovik.aspx

 

 

 

Is the canopy on our IL-2 based on an earlier model?  Was the locking canopy a later advent?  Do we know when?

 

They cannot use the excuse 'Only the 43 model had a locking canopy' because it is not on the in-game 43 model canopy either.

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They cannot use the excuse 'Only the 43 model had a locking canopy' because it is not on the in-game 43 model canopy either.

 

Agreed, sir!

 

I believe it's simply a game-play change, meant to make it harder for IL-2s to dogfight... and while I would love for it to stop sliding (period), I would honestly be happy to just be able to manually open it when nose down so I can bail out when I am missing a wing or control rods.

 

It's such trash to be an IL-2 pilot on servers that key all of their scoring and aircraft availability off of staying alive and then be locked in your cockpit in a plane that's already a huge target.

 

Here's to hoping they make a change!