I there a guide over the different airplanes in the Great Battles series?

[Tansu]

Hi,

 

I there a guide over the different airplanes in the Great Battles series? I could of course google the planes but I am looking for a more easy access and adopted to the game guide.

 

Thx!

[dburne]

6 minutes ago, Tansu said:

Hi,

 

I there a guide over the different airplanes in the Great Battles series? I could of course google the planes but I am looking for a more easy access and adopted to the game guide.

 

Thx!

 

More like technical details have you had a look through this? I will usually download as PDF for the plane I am working on learning.

 

 

Edited September 21, 2020 by dburne

[Avimimus]

I was thinking of writing up an introductory guide - very short - but enough to orient someone who hasn't spent years reading the history. It wouldn't compete with the existing detailed manuals people have produced.

[THERION]

3 hours ago, Tansu said:

Hi,

 

I there a guide over the different airplanes in the Great Battles series? I could of course google the planes but I am looking for a more easy access and adopted to the game guide.

 

Thx!

 

Hi and welcome

 

maybe you want try these school missions done by @Utopioneer - although not all planes are available yet (bombers), but it's a start for sure:

 

 

 

These missions are very well done, and even for experienced virtual pilots it's fun to fly and learn some new aspects.

 

Cheers

[JimTM]

See the resources under Aircraft Guides in the IL-2 Sturmovik Resources post.

[Tansu]

On 9/21/2020 at 2:53 PM, dburne said:

 

More like technical details have you had a look through this? I will usually download as PDF for the plane I am working on learning.

 

 

 

Thanks! I was accuallty looking for more of an overview like "the Tempest MK has advantage over the Spitfire due to...". But I will def start to dig into this! 

21 hours ago, THERION said:

 

Hi and welcome

 

maybe you want try these school missions done by @Utopioneer - although not all planes are available yet (bombers), but it's a start for sure:

 

 

 

These missions are very well done, and even for experienced virtual pilots it's fun to fly and learn some new aspects.

 

Cheers

 

This is great! Sorry for a noob question, but do I just download this and manualy put it into the game folder in steam? 

22 hours ago, Avimimus said:

I was thinking of writing up an introductory guide - very short - but enough to orient someone who hasn't spent years reading the history. It wouldn't compete with the existing detailed manuals people have produced.

 

It would definately make my pilot life easier:) 

[Utopioneer]

5 minutes ago, Tansu said:

This is great! Sorry for a noob question, but do I just download this and manualy put it into the game folder in steam? 

That's essentially all you have to do. To install, unzip the folder into the data\Campaigns folder of your IL-2 installation. If you want to play individual missions instead of a linked campaign, you can unzip into data\Missions

[TAIPAN_]

On 9/22/2020 at 11:41 PM, Tansu said:

 

Thanks! I was accuallty looking for more of an overview like "the Tempest MK has advantage over the Spitfire due to...". But I will def start to dig into this! 

 

 

I'm writing something similar to that, it was for documenting my own learning but as it's developing it looks like it will be useful to share once it's finished.

 

It will have the airplane operating instructions but also some comments/comparisons if there are similar planes. Eg the Pe-2 states the difference between the 3 models.

 

Here's an example of the Pe-2 section I'm almost finished 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z0ll9m7no0qoz9r/Operating Handbook extract - Pe-2.pdf?dl=0

 

I've done most of the British and Russian planes but still need armament and weapon usage for some. USA and German are just getting started. It's a slow process but probably be finished by Christmas.

 

Edited September 26, 2020 by Dan_Taipan