Great Battles Aircraft Details App

[marcobona]

Hi guys,

 

here is a desktop app for you that I have developed to allow you to have all the useful information about your plane and those of your opponents at your fingertips. It contains nothing new, just a summary of everything that can be found in this forum. It includes all the aircraft present in Battle of Moscow, Stalingrad, Kuban, Bodenplatte and Normandy. Evaluate it and let me know if it has been useful to you in any way. If nothing else, it can be used to have a window open in the background to be able to do an ALT + TAB and minimize the simulator.

Thanks to everyone who worked to provide us with the data that I was able to use in this app (their names are mentioned within the program), and a special thanks @Roland_HUNter for his work, advice and support about IAS, Rate of Climb and Sustained Turn Rate values.

There are two versions of the app: the one with the old style Veteran Typewriter font and the classic one with the default font style, and for both of them there is an english and a spanish translation; about the spanish one I'd like to thanks a lot @LuftManu for his work and his precious support.

 

 

Remember, all IAS, Rate of Climb and Sustained Turn Rate values are achieved in these conditions:

 

IAS values

- Kuban autumn map with no wind, no clouds at 12.00 time.

- Best engine and best mods applied.

- Standard load for fighters, fighter bombers/attackers; no bombs load for bombers; no cargo for transports. 

 

Rate of Climb values

- Kuban autumn map with no wind, no clouds at 12.00 time.

- Best engine and best mods applied.

- Standard load for fighters, fighter bombers/attackers; standard bombs load for bombers; standard cargo for transports.

 

Sustained Turn Rate Values

- Kuban autumn map with no wind, no clouds at 12.00 time.

- Best engine and best mods applied.

- Standard load for fighters, fighter bombers/attackers; standard bombs load for bombers; standard cargo for transports.

 

 

 

OneDrive link for english version 22.41.37.67

Google Drive link for english version 22.41.37.67

OneDrive link for spanish version 22.41.37.67

Google Drive link for spanish version 22.41.37.67

 

 

Warning: Some antiviruses may detect the executable inside the file .rar as a Trojan virus. It's not like that. The program is safe and tested in a protected environment.

 

 

Spoiler

Main window App with values and comparisons in metric or imperial units

 

 

Scenario with all planes and Units in every phase

 

 

Detailed Cockpit views in zoomable & resizable window

 

 

Map of the Scenario in zoomable & resizable window with details of all airfields with aerial views

 

 

Ordnance loadout window with details of all bombs and rockets

 

 

Paint Schemes of every selected plane

 

 

Flyable planes Ranking for every Scenario

 

 

Pilot's Notes of every selected plane

             

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 10:46 AM by marcobona
new update

[Mungee]

Thanks for this!

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

Oh boy! I've been waiting for this a long time.... since IL2 1946 Compare and another I don't recall the name.

Are you open to suggestions???

For instance, it is just a silly thing but it helped a lot when I started ...

The seconds of firing time with every weapon. For example, the Bf109 E7 firing the cannons are VERY limited in ammo, seconds of firing time?

It helps a lot to control the happy trigger tendency

Edited March 25, 2022 by =gRiJ=Roman-

[marcobona]

New version. Added Scenario choice, to know what planes fly in every hystorical phase.

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

wow, I just tried it and it´s AWESOME!!!

I am speechless! 

Edited March 25, 2022 by =gRiJ=Roman-

[marcobona]

Thanks! I'll work on rate of fire soon!

[marcobona]

New version added. In this release:

- Added rate of fire in seconds to fixed armament
- Added in Scenario, for each historical phase, the airports and their coordinates on the map of each plane
- Bug fixes and various improvements 

[marcobona]

New version added. In this release:

- Added  Polikarpov U-2VS and Hawker Hurricane Mk.II planes in the Allies section
- Bug fixes and various improvements 

[WWDarkdiz]

This is pretty cool, saves me quite a bit of time pulling off specs of each plane after release.

Any chance of a resizeable window?  Currently, I use it on a 1360x768 monitor, and the bottom gets cut off.

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

On 4/3/2022 at 6:41 PM, marcobona said:

New version added. In this release:

- Added rate of fire in seconds to fixed armament
- Added in Scenario, for each historical phase, the airports and their coordinates on the map of each plane
- Bug fixes and various improvements 

 

Thanks a lot! I love it! 

[marcobona]

New version added. In this release:

- Added  Yakovlev Yak-1 ser.69 and Yakovlev Yak-1T ser.69 planes in the Allies section

-Now you can resize the main windows form
- Bug fixes and various improvements 

[zzzxxxxzzz]

Thanks

 

I suggest you use lighter shades of red and green to make it easier to read the values

 

It's great and if you could eventually add CLOD's planes (or make another version for it) that would be awesome.

[WWDarkdiz]

So far so good, really like the resize window capability.

Anxiously waiting on the Spit 14 and Typhoon

 

Also, on the main screen, "lenght" should be "length"

[marcobona]

6 hours ago, WWDarkdiz said:

Also, on the main screen, "lenght" should be "length"

 

?? Immediately corrected!!?

 

9 hours ago, zzzxxxxzzz said:

if you could eventually add CLOD's planes

 

Intriguing. In this case I would have to develop a dedicated version of the program. Maybe in the future!

 

6 hours ago, WWDarkdiz said:

Anxiously waiting on the Spit 14 and Typhoon

 

They will come when I add Battle of Normandy. I hope soon.

 

 

Thank you all for your suggestions

Edited April 7, 2022 by marcobona

[marcobona]

New version added. In this release:

- Bug fixes and small graphical improvements

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

Wow! This guy rocks!

[Avimimus]

On 4/3/2022 at 1:41 PM, marcobona said:

New version added. In this release:

- Added rate of fire in seconds to fixed armament
- Added in Scenario, for each historical phase, the airports and their coordinates on the map of each plane
- Bug fixes and various improvements 

 

Hello! Nice work.

 

Would you like some help with the weapon systems?

 

- The rockets for the Fw-190-F8 are missing

 

- I think it would be good to have the 'explosive charge' listed for each of the bombs and rockets. For instance, the British GP bombs had less explosives than the MC bombs (or the American GP bombs).

 

- Similarly, the ratio of explosives in an RP-3 AP rocket, RP-3 HE/SAP, and RS-132 are dramatically different. Having the velocity of the rockets might also be useful.

 

- It might also be good to have a more detailed section (e.g. in the ordinance) for the different guns... including the bursting charge for an HE rounds and the energy in kJ for the AP rounds (as well as estimated penetration?)

 

Let me know if you'd be interested in information in any of these areas!

[flugkapitan]

Thank you for this!

 

Cheers,

Scott

[marcobona]

54 minutes ago, Avimimus said:

Let me know if you'd be interested in information in any of these areas!

Yes, I’m very interested! Any info, help or suggestion is appreciated!

It is my intention to enrich the armaments section as much as possible.

Edited April 8, 2022 by marcobona

[AEthelraedUnraed]

Awesome, thanks!

 

I have one suggestion, please make it possible to select the countries to compare. I'd like to be able to, for instance, see the difference between different versions of the Bf-109

[jollyjack]

Terriffic !

[marcobona]

3 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

I have one suggestion, please make it possible to select the countries to compare. I'd like to be able to, for instance, see the difference between different versions of the Bf-109

 

I'm sorry but this is not possible for me as I would have to redesign all the main window and the program structure. This app was conceived by me as a help before and during the flight to get an idea of what each pilot can expect in each mission. If I fly, for example, with a Bf-109 G6, I don't have to care what features a Bf-109 G4 or any other friendly aircraft has. I only have to worry about enemy planes and strategic targets.
Thanks anyway for your suggestion.

[AtomicP]

 

15 hours ago, marcobona said:

 

I'm sorry but this is not possible for me as I would have to redesign all the main window and the program structure. This app was conceived by me as a help before and during the flight to get an idea of what each pilot can expect in each mission. If I fly, for example, with a Bf-109 G6, I don't have to care what features a Bf-109 G4 or any other friendly aircraft has. I only have to worry about enemy planes and strategic targets.
Thanks anyway for your suggestion.

 

One way around this is to open two instances of the program and align them side by side. Not ideal in that there's no colour coding, but it works

 

[JG7_X-Man]

@marcobona Question - All the aircraft performance data was from the "in game" aircraft data correct and not from any external source - like Wikipedia, yes?

[Drum]

Nice program, thanks!

[marcobona]

6 hours ago, JG7_X-Man said:

All the aircraft performance data was from the "in game" aircraft data correct and not from any external source - like Wikipedia, yes?

 

Yes. Performance data are from SIm; while power plant, weights, lengths and ranges are from Internet database

[CountZero]

even in game data is not corect for some airplanes as when they change their FM they dont update specs for airplanes, exmp is recent 51 and 109 changes, im game say old data before fm changes.

[JG7_X-Man]

2 hours ago, marcobona said:

 

Yes. Performance data are from SIm; while power plant, weights, lengths and ranges are from Internet database

Awesome! Great add-on tool and thanks for sharing with the community.

[Youtch]

Fantastic program. Thanks.

 

I very much like the part with scenarios.

[marcobona]

New version added. In this release:

- Added in Scenario, for each airports the planes operating there.

- Added new planes: Bf-109 G-6 Late, Fw-190 A-6, P-47D-22, P-51B-5, Spitfire Mk.XIV and Typhoon Mk.Ib
- Bug fixes and various improvements 

[Youtch]

On this new version, Windows Defender is detecting a virus, and prevents to open the .rar, previous version was working fine.

[marcobona]

30 minutes ago, Youtch said:

On this new version, Windows Defender is detecting a virus, and prevents to open the .rar, previous version was working fine.

 

As I wrote in the main topic:

 

Warning: Some antiviruses may detect the executable inside the file .rar as a Trojan virus. It's not like that. The program is safe and tested in a protected environment.

[Youtch]

My computer will not let install it. It is installed as severe threat and neutralized automatically.

 

What did change so much between previous version and new version to the point of window defender no longer accepting it?

 

Adding more planes shall not cause change of behavior.

[marcobona]

1 hour ago, Youtch said:

My computer will not let install it. It is installed as severe threat and neutralized automatically.

 

What did change so much between previous version and new version to the point of window defender no longer accepting it?

 

Adding more planes shall not cause change of behavior.

 

 

Ok. I removed a link to an YouTube Channel (The Air Combat Tutorial Library), and now it works without problems.

 

Added also a more detailed infos for Axis and Allies Ordnance.

[Youtch]

Thanks, but it is still not working (at least for me), unable to download, failed download: message Virus detected

[flugkapitan]

Thank you very much for this update!

 

Regards,

Scott

[marcobona]

44 minutes ago, Youtch said:

Thanks, but it is still not working (at least for me), unable to download, failed download: message Virus detected

 

Disable your antivirus. Download and unrar the exe file and execute it.

[Youtch]

I think i would rather stick with the old version which was not flagged as virus.

[flugkapitan]

For goodness sake, the file does not contain a virus!

 

Windows Defender does not like the file either, but I just tell it to download anyway. When I run the executable to install it, once again Windows Defender say the file is unsafe, I click on install anyway, and all is fine.

 

Regards,

Scott

[marcobona]

10 hours ago, Youtch said:

I think i would rather stick with the old version which was not flagged as virus.

 

I submitted for malware analysis my file il2box.exe to Microsoft Security Intelligence portal. This is the result: