Excellent article about a RL combat pilot who loves Il-2

[Count_Sessine]

A lot of good stuff in this interview. Written by Tim Stone on his new(ish) site Tallyhoo corner: https://tallyhocorner.com/2021/07/interview-james-fielding-part-i/

 

 

Edited July 3, 2021 by Count_Sessine

[oc2209]

Thanks for this link; interesting read. These were the excerpts I was most intrigued by (as it relates to Sturmovik; I'm not saying it's the only thing worth reading in the interview):

 

"THC: When you fly sims like DCS World and IL-2 do you always fly with the realism settings maxed-out?

James: I tend to fly a compromise – anything that affects the actual flying I have maxed out, so ‘full real’ flight model, including things like G effects, limited fuel etc, but I must confess that I often take unlimited ammo and tend to use any ‘simple avionics’ functions that exist, as well as simple engine management in IL-2. I fly the DCS F-15 in simple avionics mode for example, and use the single button press start functions on both DCS and IL-2. Clearly I’m able to fly an IL-2 warbird with complex engine management turned on, and often do when flying online in servers that only allow such, but for playing offline I tend to avoid it. Once upon a time I would probably have loved learning to manage a complex start procedure and avionics/radar/weapons package, but I suspect it would feel too much like work now! I’m already taking a bit of a busman’s holiday as it is, without wanting to take notes and draw diagrams just to learn how to successfully deploy weapons on a modern fighter! Its probably one of the reasons why I prefer flying in IL-2, pull the trigger and tracer appears!

 

THC: Of the current batch of flight sims, which ones do you find yourself turning to most often?

 

James: Definitely IL-2 Battle of Normandy, although DCS does get a spin occasionally. As an old Tie Interceptor pilot I’ve also just installed, but not played, Star Wars: Squadrons – does that count?! I feel like it’s time to restore peace and order to the galaxy again after a 25-year hiatus.

 

THC: Are there any upcoming sims or sim add-ons you’re particularly looking forward to?

James: The next iteration of IL-2, so that I can fly the Mosquito! I’d prefer them to fix the bloody awful radio chatter system first though – I don’t really care about having a working R/T menu, but the current AI chatter is almost unbearable. Talking of the Mossie, read “Terror in the Starboard Seat” by David McIntosh."

 

He also implied his flight students with a history of using combat flight sims are easier to teach than those who use non-combat sims; as the former flies more by 'feel', while the latter flies more by instruments (obsessively so, to the point of distraction).

[Feathered_IV]

“ I’d prefer them to fix the bloody awful radio chatter system first though – I don’t really care about having a working R/T menu, but the current AI chatter is almost unbearable. ”

quoted for truth

[Lusekofte]

He is pretty much in line with me on what I did. 

I fly DCS for choppers and GB for fight