Polikarpov U2 ❤️"Kukuruznik" Fan Club & Help

[Trooper117]

'Harmless'' ... you wouldn't be saying that if the bloody things were dropping bombs around your position all night

[Jason_Williams]

On 12/24/2018 at 4:18 PM, LuseKofte said:

 

Ok did not know about aa did not see in dark. Because in qmb aa shot me down attacking a train.. but Iwas close and low over the train.

I have to check that again, I might  have been wounded by own bomb

 

Been this way since ROF. Our night AA and searchlights are blind but not deaf and when they see weapons flashes etc. they home in working together.

 

Jason

[Lusekofte]

41 minutes ago, Jason_Williams said:

 

Been this way since ROF. Our night AA and searchlights are blind but not deaf and when they see weapons flashes etc. they home in working together.

 

Jason

Thanks I find that excellent. After this incident I find nightflying vert interesting and everytime I Get cocky AA get me. And that is how it should be. This plane is really a pleasure 

Edited December 28, 2018 by LuseKofte

[Juri_JS]

Hunting witches in my wip nightfighter campaign:

 

 

Far from easy when your stall speed is higher than the maximum speed of your target.

 

Edited January 1, 2019 by Juri_JS

[CIA_Yankee_]

5 hours ago, Trooper117 said:

'Harmless'' ... you wouldn't be saying that if the bloody things were dropping bombs around your position all night

 

Ssssh, don't tell them that! We're just tooling along, innocently sightseeing. Really, would a soldier fly around one of those things in WW2? Of course not! Just leave us alone!

[6FG_Big_Al]

Hi,
anybody got a hint about the bomb sight? Also from the rear shooter position it is relatively difficult for me to lean my TrackIR so far over to use the sight.

I have also tried to lean on the gun to lean out further. 

[Nil]

2 hours ago, [KGv53]Big_Al_the_Allo said:

Hi,
anybody got a hint about the bomb sight? Also from the rear shooter position it is relatively difficult for me to lean my TrackIR so far over to use the sight.

I have also tried to lean on the gun to lean out further. 

Here you go! https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/37804-polikarpov-u2-%E2%9D%A4%EF%B8%8Fkukuruznik-fan-club/?do=findComment&comment=712748

Tell us if it is helpful

[Juri_JS]

3 hours ago, [KGv53]Big_Al_the_Allo said:

Hi,
anybody got a hint about the bomb sight? Also from the rear shooter position it is relatively difficult for me to lean my TrackIR so far over to use the sight.

I have also tried to lean on the gun to lean out further. 

The bombsight doesn't work. In reality it was adjustable by using the lever and then aiming with the two pins.

[6FG_Big_Al]

First of all, thank you both. ?

 

3 hours ago, TG1_Nil said:

Here you go! https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/37804-polikarpov-u2-%E2%9D%A4%EF%B8%8Fkukuruznik-fan-club/?do=findComment&comment=712748

Tell us if it is helpful 

I've even seen the pictures before and tried to catch this view myself.
Unfortunately I was still not able to recreate it this way.  Maybe I'll have to work on my settings again.

 

1 hour ago, Juri_JS said:

The bombsight doesn't work. In reality it was adjustable by using the lever and then aiming with the two pins.

Okay, thanks. I didn't know that. Hopefully it will be added later, it would be a shame if not. 

[Feathered_IV]

On ‎12‎/‎29‎/‎2018 at 5:46 AM, Jason_Williams said:

 

Been this way since ROF. Our night AA and searchlights are blind but not deaf and when they see weapons flashes etc. they home in working together.

 

Jason

 

I've been meaning to ask, are the gunners in bombers effected by darkness or are they still as capable at night?

[Dutchvdm]

18 minutes ago, Feathered_IV said:

 

I've been meaning to ask, are the gunners in bombers effected by darkness or are they still as capable at night?

 

AFAIK the gunners behave just like the AA gunners. They fire as soon as an aircraft is visible because of gunfire or searchlights. 

 

Grt M 

[migmadmarine]

5 hours ago, I./ZG1_Dutchvdm said:

 

AFAIK the gunners behave just like the AA gunners. They fire as soon as an aircraft is visible because of gunfire or searchlights. 

 

Grt M 

I think he wants to know if their firing accuracy is reduced at night. (even if he doesn't I'm curious myself)

 

[Lusekofte]

Anyone flown in dark and rain? Drops falling from top wing and on goggles if you stretch outside windshield, very cool.  I find dark night to light in this game. I enjoy night flying in with choppers DCS. It is pitch dark I can use Night vision goggles when on campaign but I like the instrument flying. Following valleys only using instrument and navigation. Only really seeing something while flying over villages.  The U2 have really revitalized GB for me, but it should be darker

[Juri_JS]

2 hours ago, LuseKofte said:

I find dark night to light in this game.

Have you already changed the games gamma settings? While working on my night fighter campaign I noticed that this makes a huge difference during the night.

[Field-Ops]

Looks like the bombsight might come. Digging around on the ru forum I found this

On 12/27/2018 at 8:16 AM, IAmNotARobot said:

 

We will make a sight, in the future will appear.

 

[Elem]

And here's your chance to own one...

https://www.historicandclassicaircraftsales.com/polikarpov-po2

[Chief_Mouser]

50 minutes ago, Elem said:

And here's your chance to own one...

https://www.historicandclassicaircraftsales.com/polikarpov-po2

 

If it had been me that won on Euromillions this week...

Edited January 3, 2019 by 216th_Cat

[PatrickAWlson]

Were U2s limited to night operations only or did they ever fly during the day (seems suicidal, but asking anyway)?

[CIA_Yankee_]

I gotta saw, this whole "hard to shoot down because of low airspeed" thing is FAAAALSE :).

 

OK, in RL I imagine they might have been harder to spot (no way a sim can replicate the camouflage effect of ground clutter completely)... and RL Po-2s likely did not have to face pilots with the kind of combat experience the average sim pilot gets (who, of course, also aren't mortally afraid of ploughing into trees if they miss ).

 

It's a great ride though. I'm looking forward to being to fly a night campaign in career mode.

[ZachariasX]

5 hours ago, 216th_Cat said:

 

If it had been me that won on Euromillions this week...

The Douglas C-54 is only £60k.

[Dakpilot]

1 hour ago, ZachariasX said:

The Douglas C-54 is only £60k.

 

Sadly that one won't fly again unless you have really won the jackpot 'Euromillions' 

 

Cheers, Dakpilot 

[ZachariasX]

10 minutes ago, Dakpilot said:

Sadly that one won't fly again unless you have really won the jackpot 'Euromillions' 

 

Cheers, Dakpilot 

Yes, you definitely should bring a screwdriver. But I doubt that it is anything that could scare an owner of a British vintage car.

[Danziger]

12 hours ago, Field-Ops said:

Looks like the bombsight might come. Digging around on the ru forum I found this

 

I was under the impression that the U2 was released as an Xmas present for us even though it wasn't quite finished yet.

[ZachariasX]

22 minutes ago, Danziger said:

I was under the impression that the U2 was released as an Xmas present for us even though it wasn't quite finished yet.

You can still present it to yourself. It is one fun plane.

[Dakpilot]

11 hours ago, ZachariasX said:

Yes, you definitely should bring a screwdriver. But I doubt that it is anything that could scare an owner of a British vintage car.

 

I'm afraid that one (along with its sister which was cut up) is beyond economical repair for flight, even for a very keen eccentric multi millionaire.. Spars are rotted among many other issues. (I did a technical inspection on it about 9 years ago) 

Sadly when 'film companies" are involved with things they do not understand big maintenance problems can develop, it was not even washed after its Atlantic crossing and the salt allowed to react in every area where aluminium and steel met, and left to run rampant. 

Even for seriously rich enthusiast it's only "semi rare" status makes it (very) uneconomical to consider repair for flight.. There are simply too many better options available for restoration... It's fate was sealed by incompetence/laziness 12 years or so ago

 

(sorry for off topic, I have seen cases like this countless times and it depresses/angers me every time) 

 

Cheers, Dakpilot 

[Nil]

Flying instructor!

Edited January 5, 2019 by TG1_Nil

[Royal_Flight]

Got airborne in the U-2 for the first time yesterday, albeit briefly. 

The forward-firing machine gun is tricky to aim and I was nearly outrun by the train I was trying to bomb, but it’s such a fun flying experience.

The lack of wheel brakes nearly derailed my landing as well...

 

A well worthy addition, if the bombsight and a system for using the radio to spot for artillery is added then it’ll punch way above its weight, but as it is the U-2VS already adds depth to BoX and I’m glad to have it.

[-TBC-AeroAce]

Can anyone get up and actually climb with a full load out lol?

[Nil]

Flying instructor!

More info on topic I just discovered!

It is so nice to see how the U2 is used.

 

Edited January 5, 2019 by TG1_Nil

[Nil]

Learning to fly is very difficult and dangerous...?

@AeroAce: I can take off with full load and fuel. Takes a lot of runway though.

Edited January 7, 2019 by TG1_Nil

[lmp1986]

Hilarious ?

 

BTW, it never ceases to amaze me how detailed the damage modeling is in the RoF/BoX series...

[Nil]

The U2 is the first Liaison plane in this simulator.

They are unknown part of the war , but their daredevil pilot deserves so much to be known.

Stories from a liaison pilot plane in Italy https://books.google.fr/books?id=c3wYW8MzH-gC&lpg=PP1&hl=fr&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

http://www.lbirdthemovie.com/about.php

Edited February 17, 2019 by TG1_Nil

[Uufflakke]

On 1/6/2019 at 11:39 PM, TG1_Nil said:

Learning to fly is very difficult and dangerous...?

@AeroAce: I can take off with full load and fuel. Takes a lot of runway though.

 

You got inspired by The Flying Deuces?

 

 

[6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann]

 

[Diggun]

On 1/3/2019 at 6:58 PM, ZachariasX said:

scare an owner of a British vintage car. 

There's a guy on Instagram who's worth checking out- rats_the_pilot - he has two jobs; captaining a380's and flying experience flight for people in two seat spitfires. He breaks up the monotony between by displaying classic warbirds (mainly out of Duxford), fixing up and racing his classic Bentley (1920s?) and shooting his SMLE. Doesn't seem a bad life does it? His posts are always interesting and he has a great sense of humour. B*****d.

Edited February 17, 2019 by Diggun

[Nil]

Finally I ran out of fuel afters hours of flying. with U2

That is when I understood there is not much runway on this part of the map. 

 

 

Edited February 24, 2019 by TG1_Nil

[NETSCAPE]

Yes airfields tend to be near rail line for obvious reasons

[LukeFF]

The great thing I've found out about the U-2 is that I can plot a course to the target in career mode & put it on autopilot, and then I can go and feed my son his formula and not have missed anything by the time I've returned to my chair. My gracious, this thing is slow! ? But, it's so satisfying knocking out a couple of targets in the dark, all the while dodging flak and searchlights. Good times.

[Nil]

Indeed! Also try to shoot down the FC new toys! it is very fun!

 

 

[EAF19_Marsh]

It also makes a fun, stand-in 2-seater for the FC fighters.