New to game. Need advice...

[Field-Ops]

Dont know if its been answered already but yes, the 109 F2 is where full automation was introduced (really it was the F1 but speaking in terms of the game). The E7 is actually fairly automated compared to the E3, where you had to manually change prop pitch. Automation of the prop pitch came with the E4, but automation of the radiators came with the F1. That automation followed the 109 into its production end. 

 

As for the pitch controls they are there for when you toggle manual pitch for planes that allow it. Prop pitch and RPM are linked together unless you turn it off. So far all planes in the game start with that automation enabled. To use those RPM increase and decrease controls you have to have your auto prop pitch toggle bound and switch it off. Then you can control the pitch manually. Then manipulating pitch becomes a new way to control your RPM. Some recommend to toggle auto pitch off and set it very coarse for taxiing, or to achieve a feathering effect when battle damaged for planes that don't have that feathering feature. And yes, some planes dont allow feathering of the props if it did not have this in real life, you just have to coarse your blades through manual prop pitch. 

 

Planes like the 109 E3 had throttle, prop pitch, and radiators to manually manipulate. In that plane the RPM control was really just the end result of how you set your throttle and prop pitch. So in a sense prop pitch and RPM are closely related even if they are not tied together through automation. And really the prop pitch is what dictates, at a given manifold pressure and airspeed, what your RPM will be. Having your RPM and pitch tied together allows you to tell the system "the is the RPM I want, now change prop pitch to always meet this number". 

Edited March 27, 2019 by Field-Ops

[56RAF_Roblex]

7 hours ago, Sublime said:

But Im trying to understand the difference between simple rpm control or prop pitch. Or are they the same? If so why the options for prop pitch otherwise?

 

Again this varies on different aircraft but for most of them there is a linkage that connects the prop pitch and rpm so when you tell it you want 2850rpm it adjusts the prop pitch to give you that rpm.  That is where my constant comparison with gears on a car engine starts to fall down ?   In an ideal world,  our car engine would like to run at a certain rpm for normal cruising (maybe 2000) to work efficiently and maybe a higher rpm (say 6000) when you want peak acceleration for a short time.  A car gearbox only allows us to select a gear ratio that  gives an approximation that works for the throttle setting and speed you have and obviously if your speed changes we may have to change gear again.  This is a gross simplification but imagine if instead of a gear lever your car had an RPM lever.  You set your rpm to 3000 and push your pedal 75% of the way to the floor and the car automatically adjusts the size of your gearing seamlessly so that for the chosen pedal position you will maintain exactly 3000rpm and if you press harder on the pedal it will seamlessly adjust to maintain that 3000rpm.   Now imagine that your engine will happily cruise at up to 4000rpm with your pedal depressed 75% all day. That is the equivalent of the 'Continuous' setting in the aircraft notes.  Imagine also that if you really want to race away from the lights your car will do best with 6000rpm and your foot to the floor but the engine will blow up if you keep it there for more than 5 seconds.  That is the equivalent of the 'Emergency' setting in the aircraft notes.   Similarly,  If you are using engine drag to slow down for the stop light ahead then leaving your car in 5th gear will not slow you down very well and having slowed down if the lights change to green then you will find it hard to speed up again in 5th gear, This the equivalent of my advice that using higher rpm/prop setting will give you better speed control while landing.

People who are experts in mechanical theory will be pulling their hair out about now but I am just trying to give you analogies that make sense of why we use certain settings.   If you think you are beginning to understand now then I will just leave you with the bombshell that your favourite P40 lacks most of the linkage that other aircraft have so you will see the rpm creeping away from where you set it as you change altitude and throttle settings and if you change them too fast then the rpm might surge up into forbidden territory and blow your engine instantly ?

[sniperton]

8 hours ago, Sublime said:

But Im trying to understand the difference between simple rpm control or prop pitch. Or are they the same?

In most planes you can't have direct control over the pitch setting. Instead, you control the pitch indirectly, through the RPM setting. The higher the RPM, the finer the pitch, and vice versa. Generally you have to watch two values: RPM and manifold pressure. In the Stuka for instance, you set the RPM first, so that it doesn't exceed 2200 revs for "continuous" operation. Pitch will be automatically governed to maintain that RPM. Now you can adjust the throttle to any value below 1.15 ATA. American planes are more complicated, there you have to adjust RPM and throttle simultaneously to have the desired RPM and manifold pressure.

 

As to prop feathering, only some twin-engine bombers have that mechanism. It's not available in the 109.

[Cpt_Cool]

A couple notes for the P-40

 

For mixture, It has an "Auto-rich" setting which is where you will want it the whole time. It should be around 66%, and you can confirm with the label next to the lever.

For the outlet cowl, you want it set to neutral, which I think is 15%. Also check the label on the flap lever (bottom right). This leaves the outlet parallel with flow and provides plenty of cooling.

For Prop Pitch, set it around 66% i think or 2600 rpm. When shit hits the fan, you can increase the rpm to 3000 for limited time. (although you can skip that step and get very similar effect with just the throttle).

 

Once you have the above set, it is actually pretty easy to manage the engine. All you need to pay attention to is the throttle, which effectively controls the Manifold Pressure. Keep it just under combat power for cruising, increase for combat. It is annoying that you constantly have to keep adjusting the throttle with vertical maneuvers, (increase throttle in climb, decrease throttle in dive). But you get the hang of it. Also, the engine really gives audio cues. (it roars like the MGM lion when you go into combat/emergency power). So after a while you don't need to be staring at the gauge all that much in a dogfight. If you are careful not to stay in emergency power long, you should have no trouble keeping the engine running.

 

Just mastering those basics will turn your career pilot into a P-40 ace no sweat. When that is all comfortable, you can pay more attention to increasing RPM to 3,000 and MP to the limits for limited time. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 27, 2019 by Cpt_Cool

[Sublime]

Capt cool. Fair nuff but the prop pitch seems automatic on the p40 what am indoing wrong?

Second what % is combat flaps?

On the Mig3 what are the most improtant keys to bind? Water and oil coolant? Anything else?

Also I need this info ASAP I have a problem with my Il2 BOS steam purchase. A family member I paid to use their CC cancelled on me.i offered to buybwith my card today and they told me no and i cudmt get the sale.

I CANT AFFORD IT FULL PRICE.  So does ANYONE PLEASE KNOW - HOW LONG WILL IL2 BOS BE ON SALE FOR 1C?

[PatrickAWlson]

Can't say when the next sale will be but they are pretty frequent.  Generally every couple of months.

[Cpt_Cool]

1 hour ago, Sublime said:

Capt cool. Fair nuff but the prop pitch seems automatic on the p40 what am indoing wrong?

Second what % is combat flaps?

On the Mig3 what are the most improtant keys to bind? Water and oil coolant? Anything else?

Also I need this info ASAP I have a problem with my Il2 BOS steam purchase. A family member I paid to use their CC cancelled on me.i offered to buybwith my card today and they told me no and i cudmt get the sale.

I CANT AFFORD IT FULL PRICE.  So does ANYONE PLEASE KNOW - HOW LONG WILL IL2 BOS BE ON SALE FOR 1C?

 

Yeah I misspoke. I think the key binds are for RPM. Once you set it, it keeps the RPM constant by automatically adjusting prop pitch (there is a delay with sudden changes in speed and throttle of course). I don't use flaps unless I'm landing. But I would guess anything more than 10-15% would start to burn too much energy. 

[CountZero]

1 hour ago, Sublime said:

Capt cool. Fair nuff but the prop pitch seems automatic on the p40 what am indoing wrong?

Second what % is combat flaps?

On the Mig3 what are the most improtant keys to bind? Water and oil coolant? Anything else?

Also I need this info ASAP I have a problem with my Il2 BOS steam purchase. A family member I paid to use their CC cancelled on me.i offered to buybwith my card today and they told me no and i cudmt get the sale.

I CANT AFFORD IT FULL PRICE.  So does ANYONE PLEASE KNOW - HOW LONG WILL IL2 BOS BE ON SALE FOR 1C?

 no need to panic, probably in month or two BoS will again be at 66% off, latest in june when steam is suposed to have summer sale, they usealy falow steam sales here on web also.

[Sublime]

Well I actually got this figured. Im just gonna reourchase Il2 BOS. The thinv is now Im jsut gonna buy premium.  Im 3 dollars short and Im sure I can dig that up and Ill get mt Fw190 a3 and La5! 

I got online last nite and grnd looped my mig 3 times n quit out of shame.  Im taking off reliably now.  However I know I need MP to really improve I want to be fairly competent in the Mig3, maybe P40, Yak, and 109.   Take off landing and combat.  I can do all 3 with the Mig (as of today) and 109 the last week. Ive got a ways to go. I figured out the prop issue. You set it off manual and just add pitch. If im notnusinf autopilot i set it max for combat and take off, lower to cruise and land...

The mig is forgiving.  If you could get the cannons for your 2 mgs its vetter but even 2 12.7s work eonders. The gondolas are cool but i need to stop relying on th3m so much same with 109

[Sublime]

Oh btw the P40 isnt "my favorite" it just was one I was very interested in out of my options.

My favorites would be IRL/Sim - 109F, La5/5FN, 109 F4, P38s, some other stuff. The P40 just intrigued me.  And I adore this girl youtuber Ive seen some clips of her making insanely good shots with the P40.

But since I played BoM I REALLY fell in love with the Mig3. I got a lot better with the Yak1 (not B) as well.

Thanks for the explanations it helps me understand a lot.  Now out of curiousity for prop pitch.  German prop pitch - the clock idea I understand.  Theres no analogue I can see in Allied planes.  Im assuming higher RPM = more like 'high noon' for the German RPM clock where lesser would be more like the 9 o clock?  What planes is the "high prop pitch" "low prop pitch" controls for?? I find no plane uses them; I have to manually adjust??

A huge thing thatd help all new players Ill start recommending to people is REBIND YOUR JOYSTICK FOR EACH DIFFERENT PLANE - UNLESS ITS 109 TO 109 OR FW.

Anyways Im pretty excited to get my hands on the A3 and La5 tomorrow.

Im still working on the P40 but Im absolutely terrible.. Even getting engine management fine I couldnt close in enough on a 109 to get hits.  2 AI wingmen got kills..  But me? Psh.  Hmmm.

Also what percentage down is combat flaps? Back in the old IL2 combat flaps were a setting. I dont see any setting here. This is so much more realistic anyways Il2 (old) was a joke compared to this.

And with the Mig3 the flaps still confuse me. So wait... I select flaps down for example, hit it until I get a % then I need to hit flaps down again for the the flap to extend to said position? Or are they just on extend/retract? It seems sometimes ill be messing with my mig3 flaps and it just extends or retracts. Other times Im giving it a %...  

Also someone - am I doing something very wrong with my Yak1 series 69 because I cant set manual RPM to set prop pitch??

[Herne]

On 3/27/2019 at 2:41 AM, Sublime said:

Also heres a stumbling point for me.

Prop pitch seems to be about rpm. Theres rpm increase and decrease controls though.  Why wouldnt I just use those like a Ju87?  Why would I instead use prop pitch high and low for example?

Etc. Bear with me I understand your explanation Im just trying to understand.. I get I want hirer rpms and throttle for combat and take offs and higher rpms and lower my throttle for say landing if I may need to 'bolter'.  But Im trying to understand the difference between simple rpm control or prop pitch. Or are they the same? If so why the options for prop pitch otherwise?

 

Finally Ive tried feathering my engine in 109s several times now when it finally crapped out after battle damage. Never works?  Or I dont get a text confirmation? It seems I just throttle it down and it stops windmilling unless I dive her?

 

The PE-2 35 needs you to adjust prop pitch before take off, or you will struggle to get off the ground. I think it does also have a constant speed propeller ? (where you set the RPM) but the auto pitch adjustment is slow to respond. At least that's how I understand it but I could be wrong

 

Also DerSheriff has some vids on his channel demonstrating how you can nurse a 109 with a damaged engine some impressive distances by manually controlling the prop pitch.

[CountZero]

7 hours ago, Sublime said:

Oh btw the P40 isnt "my favorite" it just was one I was very interested in out of my options.

My favorites would be IRL/Sim - 109F, La5/5FN, 109 F4, P38s, some other stuff. The P40 just intrigued me.  And I adore this girl youtuber Ive seen some clips of her making insanely good shots with the P40.

But since I played BoM I REALLY fell in love with the Mig3. I got a lot better with the Yak1 (not B) as well.

Thanks for the explanations it helps me understand a lot.  Now out of curiousity for prop pitch.  German prop pitch - the clock idea I understand.  Theres no analogue I can see in Allied planes.  Im assuming higher RPM = more like 'high noon' for the German RPM clock where lesser would be more like the 9 o clock?  What planes is the "high prop pitch" "low prop pitch" controls for?? I find no plane uses them; I have to manually adjust??

A huge thing thatd help all new players Ill start recommending to people is REBIND YOUR JOYSTICK FOR EACH DIFFERENT PLANE - UNLESS ITS 109 TO 109 OR FW.

Anyways Im pretty excited to get my hands on the A3 and La5 tomorrow.

Im still working on the P40 but Im absolutely terrible.. Even getting engine management fine I couldnt close in enough on a 109 to get hits.  2 AI wingmen got kills..  But me? Psh.  Hmmm.

Also what percentage down is combat flaps? Back in the old IL2 combat flaps were a setting. I dont see any setting here. This is so much more realistic anyways Il2 (old) was a joke compared to this.

And with the Mig3 the flaps still confuse me. So wait... I select flaps down for example, hit it until I get a % then I need to hit flaps down again for the the flap to extend to said position? Or are they just on extend/retract? It seems sometimes ill be messing with my mig3 flaps and it just extends or retracts. Other times Im giving it a %...  

Also someone - am I doing something very wrong with my Yak1 series 69 because I cant set manual RPM to set prop pitch??

you can turn off auto prop pitch on 109s for example, and then you use that high prop pitch or low keys.You can then push 109G2 abow 7km to 3000rpm for 1-2min and its like you have emergancy power.

 

i dont see any need to have reband my keys for any airplane, i just have one key set for all airplanes in game and have no problems

 

p40 for rookie is worsp posible choice, stick to 109s for start as they are easyest for starters untill you get used to game then try vvs stuff and learn to manage engine

 

on every airplane its differant what is ment to be combat down position of flaps, you need to fuiger that for your self, i dont even care in df you just get them down as mutch as you need Buy BoBp D9 has pre set flaps positions, up take of and landing, so thats most similar to how flaps worked on most airlanes in il2 1946 with combat seting

 

on mig 3 by defolt if you press down flaps key they go down all the way, and up all the way, but wou can adjust to what limit, and this is adjusted by holding up or down keys, so if your flaps are up, and you wont to have them lovered only to 33%, you would then first have to hold up flaps key untill you see 33% in techchat and only then when you press down flaps they will go to 33%, and so on

 

your adjusting prop pitch with rpm on yaks, and its going down slow, so use rpm down up keys

 

 

just to check again as i got confused from your posts, you have BoS standard and you plan to get BoS Premium on same acount to get La5 and 190a3? i dont think that will work, or you have BoS standard and you just plan to get just la5 and 190a3 separate as collectors airplanes, that will work ok.

Edited March 28, 2019 by 77.CountZero

[Sublime]

Well I hope it works! i plan to biy standard based on 1cs advice. I bought Il2 BoS on Steam - and throufh an error a family member disputed the charge. They realized their error repayef me and asked me to rebuy on my 1C I dont see why that wouldnt work?  Im buying from a different site and a premium game version?

1c emailed me because I was concerned about my steam purchase and said I could buy BoS from their site. I dont know of they meant if BoS gets shut down but Im not trying to get premium planes for free - but I dont see why if I buy a premium 2nd version of Il2 BoS I shouldnt be eligible for said free La5 and Fw190A3.

My questions for prop pitch - I do focus on one plane at a time. If I fly a 109 I rebind everything on my joy versus say a Mig3 or Yak. A Stuka would require th3 same.

I wiish they had drop downs like DCS. If you have a full HOTAS sure maybe you dont but it works for me.

Again though for the Mig and Yak I cant seem to get the planes to allow me to mess with their prop pitch. I right shift. + p and no joy.

I can fly the p40 but 1 kill thats it. I chased a 107 E7 fir about 15 minites in circles and coulndt close in enoufh to reliably kill him.

However I love the Yak and Mig3.  Both Ive gotten much better on. And MP worked great. Im gonna start diving into MP but Im still in love eith career mod though I know fighting the AI teaches badbhabits.  Still until at least stalingrad or moscow - Until I get better at navigation (and Its amazing how quickly Ive improved in a week) for Stalingrad, and master more than the 109b(hardlt mastered but i routinely can score kills take off land etc)

Same with Mig and Yak. But until take off landing anr combat are like too easy.. i want to be competent enough to not make q fool of myself. I know Ill gwt wrecked but as ling as I can get into thw fight Ill learn.

Thanks again for all the advice 

I have a logitech 3d extreme pro. No headset for mp. Yes I need one.  I suse mouse to zoom and look around. Throttle on joystick. Rudder on joystick.  I set my hat for mixture and radiator opening. My top left 2 buttons are open and close water cooler. (That hat sometimes I chanfe for cowling) right 2 top buttons are flaps.

Triggers all guns. 2nd trigger vmbombs or rockets (missile button in dcs) it has 8 buttons on the base. I fenerally assign 4 for trimming abd the bottom 2 for things i often hit or use but perhaps not ae much

[CountZero]

well if 1c say its ok then if it dosent work blame them ?

for me its still just strange that if you already have BoS standard, that you would be able to buy on top of that BoS premium and have it wrk on same acount.

Edited March 28, 2019 by 77.CountZero

[Sublime]

It actially worked! Its because my mom thought her security was compromised. She had no idea what steam was. She disputed it and when I told hsr it was me she apologized but itd been done.

Plus Id rather give 1c the money. So I bought the premium. It worked. I got the 2 new planes. im happy.  Now I wanna fly the Fw ecen thiugh Im more of a turn fightwe but the La5 is calling me. I dont have Kuban or bdenplatte so I cant gwt my La5 FN but the LA5 is still an awesome addition.

So guys tips on the La5? The FW ican handle.

Also mig3 and yak1 tips.  I havent even really attempted ground attack Im terrivle at it. And I like air to air.

Any tips for MUST BIND keys for the La5? Please remember I dont have a headset m, vr, track ir, or rudder pedals. My joysticj is pretty goodntho. Lgitech extreme 3d pro.  So Im assuming oil mixture, oil coolant people said leave open doesnt mess with drag. I heard the cowlinf cools ykur engines off but is a huge speed brake? What else should I know. Yes Ill watxh some vids on youtube.

I really hope 1c at least asks for vomunteers. Thats 1 thing DCS has gotten down perfect all serious flight sims should do. Flying sims with voiceover instructions and little highlights if the keys thwyre talking about for a second. 

 

[CountZero]

for la5 you have to map boost key (you can use it 5min), also for supercharger it says its good to switch to stage 2 abow  3.5km , but if you dont use boost you can be on sup 1 up to 5km and you get more speed out of it, and if you use boost then switch sup at 2km to stage 2 to be faster.

You can almost fly all time with closed outlet cowlings, you can have inlet 100% open and outlets 0% closed. it roles great but its bad at turn fight, basicly use it like you would 190. Mix is automatic on 100% so atleast you dont have to wory about that.

[Sublime]

Thanks! Interesting - Ive been using hers to turn fight but Im still on day with her. I also know Im getting away with nonsense on the AI I NEVER would with people.

The mixtures not automatic at all though? But yes keeping it on 100 is usually best it seems.  Yes the inside cowls and radiator I keep wide open.  The outer cowls only for emergency cool downs or as a ghetto speed brake which works well.  I realllly am loving the LA5.  Im really surprised - not that Im trying to learn one plane at a time ( I havent even gotten inside the pit of most the planes I own yet!) But by how much I adore the LA5 and Mig 3 (surprisingly for me more so!) To the point I did one flight with a 190 messing around and after ground looping 20 times once I took off and was satisfied I wasnt totally incompetent immediately went back to career mode for the LA5.

No seriously though, I feel once I really know one map pretty well and can fly at least 1 plane per side decently enough to take off and land and dogfight the AI without auto pilot then Ill venture online.  As it is Im fine but I cheat by using auto pilot between waypoints and the only way Im breaking that is by doing what I do now which is observing the whole fligbt and trying to memorize landmarks. If its near Stalingrad its easier its a lot tougher in the swamps east or west of Kalach..

Anyone else have good ideas? I thought about just following any AI plane which is all well and good but on autopilot I can look at landmarks and compare tonthe map - I wont probably have someone to follow around online hehe.

 

Oh and can anyone tell me.. With the 190 I understand you pull back hard to lock the wheel brake. I was really tired watxbing the youtube vid earlier.   Am I correct that you pull back a little to make it steerable hard to lock? Or....

(Yes I got the 190 off the ground once. By rights that plane shouldnt have taken off I was lucky LMAO as you can ses bt the question)

[Field-Ops]

Having max mixture is going to cause you to emit black smoke trails, easy to spot in multiplayer. Just FYI

[CountZero]

if your aim is to play in MP in this game then you should just start playing in mp, no sp time will prepare you for what you need for mp. Also you dont need to learn how to taxi or even properly land for MP ?

[blitze]

Trick with P40 chasing down 109's is to fly clean.  Pretty much the same as with La 5, Spit 5 (radiators instead of cowl flaps) and FW190.  Use your cowl flaps and peak combat power but keep your eye on the temp gauge.  Combat Flaps will also help if your opponent is pulling a tight circular turn. 

 

If they try slowing down, use it as an opportunity to cool down your engine, throw those cowl flaps open and reduce throttle, do a wide barrel role if you are coming up too fast on them and looking like you will over shoot - or yoyo high, flip and come back down behind your opponent.

 

Most of all have fun. ?

[Sublime]

Thank you.

Im well aware SP isnt going to prepare me against people for the actual combat part but I still refuse until I can reliably take off and land my LA5 and BF109 and fly missions. Im already there right now its just navigation.

Thats a really good tip about the high mixture those dirty smoke trails are always something Id look for playing Luftwaffe. So I should be constantly trying to lean it out unless Im in a dogfight then just crank it?

I know I dont NEED proper taxiimg etc on MP but after joining the other night and ground looping my Mig3 3 times in one take off run I realized a little more practice was in order.

Plus career mode is still fun to me its all still very new - you guys have to remember I never even played il2 GB games until a week ago.

Now someone PLEASE WTF is COMBAT FLAPS?! Is that just a term for like low 10 degree flaps or is it a P40 flap setting?  If so it hasnt popped for me when I used flaps like Il2 1946 or whatever in the day did.

Next question : if I got a Luftwaffe plane I can use their little clock device to tell me.  On Allied planes.. Like the La5 I set the prop pitch to 100 and leave it unless Im doing something like landing.

How do I tell on Allied planes whats good? Should I lower prop pitch amd just experiment by doing so while cruising and raise while dogfighting?

Yes I know about requiems and sheriffs videos. Thank god for those.  They and Chucks guide and another guide were life savers but theres still many little details that it'd help if someone explained the alternative is just hard experience.

Im interested in the P40 but Ill be honest I havent flown her since I saw how awesome the Mig3 is now, and then yesterday with access to the LA5 I havent even flown anythinf besides one quick semi disastrous take off run in a 190 A3.

O/T but I find it interesting how the Soviets seemed to consistently prefer less aramementnt than say the US and it worked.  Like 1 cannon and 1 12.7 on a Yak.  The cannon arguably is worth a couple .50 cals (Id rather a cannon) but still you see all these US planes with 6 .50s etc and then you see a 4 .50 Soviet field mod.

Even more surprising? They were right.  2 x 20mm for the LA5 sounds puny but it does the job plenty fine for me.  I just wish I had ammo counters.  I love how much faster the Soviet cannons seem to fire too.

 

[blitze]

Combat Flaps - setting your flaps down 10 to 20 % to aid in turning at lower speeds.  Can't do it in the Spit but the Mig, La5, 109 and FW190 you can.

 

Not something you keep on all the time in combat but just for those moments where you can benefit from pulling your nose tighter on the target for a shot.  How planes like the 109 with "stubby wings" could dance with the Spitfire, that and its leading edge slats which made it quite a potential low speed fighter.  The 109 many might bitch about but it did many things right and was a ground breaker in many other things (leading edge wing slats, injected engine, angled back pilots seat like the F16 allowing for higher G loadings on the body before blackout etc).  For its time it was a great short distance air superiority fighter and also goes to show the extent of Germany's initial plans aka WORLD DOMINATION waah haah haaaaa.

 

Ironically, I keep dailing back my fighter fuel loads to about the same as what the 109 carries when going on mission.  Rarely need the range of some of the 109's contemporaries from the USA and VVS so why penalise those planes with the extra weight.  Though, my P40 Moscow career is putting in the distances and the extra fuel helps especially when I get a -cough - little lost.?

[Sublime]

Yes the metric stuff is killing me and I try fiddling with my fuel load outs too.

Kuban is a ways away but can anyone tell me (no charts I just want feelinf etc)

Is the LA5 FN really just a much better engine or did they redesign the wing too?

Are Yak7s so much better that they make a Yak1B obsolete?

Is the radio homing on the LA5 or Yak now fixed - does it work? A tutorial that was old from Requiem said it didnt work

I appreciate you guys urging me to go online and Im gonnna be I really need more SP practice.  I know I may not need to do all this perfectly but I like not being tltally lost and I like to be abme to take off and land before messing with trying tk shoot down humans.. Because I know at first Ill be getting clobbered.

I really gotta study this prop pitch issue more.

Thanks again

Also someone else mentioned they dont have to rebind all the tjne. Is that because they have a HOTAS or does anyone have a really good way for a logitech extreme 3dpro where I can bind keys that will fly me most any fighter? I csn get awy with a yak /mig3/la5 same controls but i have to rebind totally for say luftwaffe

[56RAF_Roblex]

 

To the best of my knowledge,  the LA5FN did not have different wings but the engine is a lot better and also the rear view is vastly improved ie similar to the Yak-1bs rear view.

No the Yak-7b is not a lot better than the Yak-1b. They are 'similar'.  Don't be confused by the numbers (The Yak-3 came later and is much better than either).  The Yak-7 was a two seat trainer and they realised it was actually as good as the Yak-1 and some pilots said they preferred how it handled so they removed the rear seat and armed it.  Many people refuse to fly the Yak-7b because they have been told its performance is worse but actually it is only a couple of kph slower than the 1b which you would never notice.  It also climbs no more than 1-2 m/s slower which is again unnoticeable and its turn speed is pretty much identical except its best turn is at 310 kph instead of 270.   The main difference you will notice is that it does not have that perfect rear view that the 1b has but it actually still has a very good rear view due to the fact the canopy stretches further back (because it once had a rear seat).  It also has slightly more powerful guns and is a little more robust.   So the real choice comes down to "Do I want a perfect rear view or better guns' and my own opinion is that the extra firepower makes a bigger difference than you would expect and is worth losing the perfect canopy for.  I prefer the 7b; others might disagree and that is fair.

My last comment would be that I think you are worrying too much about prop pitch.  90% of people just work with "This setting X allows me to fly all day without my engine getting damaged and this setting Y gives me a little extra performance in a fight or a long climb as long as I remember to go back to setting X before it reaches its maximum recommended time'  so they just use those two settings.  

Edited March 30, 2019 by 56RAF_Roblex