So, Hurricane?

[Devere]

Finally getting  back into gaming after a loooong absence, and I see a sale on. Anyway always had a soft spot for the hurricane, but I don't see it on the steam store. Is it not listed there?

 

Also is there much use for the cat in game? I'm interested mainly in SP. While I guess it could be useful in russia early on,especially against bombers or for ground attack,  is there much use for it after that? I would imagine by mid to end '43 it would be getting outclassed by pretty much everything...

 

Any way cheers in advance for any insights.

 

 

[Trooper117]

Steam... that's your answer... The Hurri is on sale in the main IL2 store though for $6.79... if your steam account is linked with the main site I think you can still buy it and use it on steam.

[Hotaru_Ito]

The Hurricane is one of my favorite Allied fighters in single-player (which is pretty much all I do). I've had some of my best Soviet careers in it, and PWCG allows you to fly it with the RAF on the Channel front as well. It's slow and poorly armed unless you have the quad Hispanos, but it's an excellent dogfighter, at least against the AI. I think it's the best fighter available to the Soviets in Moscow, and still respectable in Stalingrad.

[Calos_01]

And there is also really nice channel campaign for it, I can highly recommend.

 

War in the channel (Hurricane MKII)

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Posted March 31 (edited)

 

 

 

Timeframe: September 1941

Unit: No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron

Aircraft: Hurricane MKII

Duration: 11 Missions

Author: Sandmarken

 

This campagin follows No 615 Squadron as they moved from Scotland to Manston airfield in September of 1941. When here No 615 squadron did amongst others air defence missions, strikes against german targets in the channel and sweeps in France.   

Many of the missions are based the squadron logs from 615 and I have with a few expeptions tried to make the weather close to the historical weather repports from the the days portrayed. 

 

I have borrowed skins from Artspurg and -=Piciu=- so great thx to them! 

 

 

Some notes: There wil be hud messages so better keep that on. 

In 1941 Manston airfield did not have that big concrete runway. I did not learn the surface editor well enough to get rid of it outside my local game. Instead i made a cheap litle trick to get rid of it. 

The campaign was made and testede in vr, but shoud work fine outside as wel. 

 

Install: Put the Data folder in your main Il2 folder. 

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RoO9HEs5umHc8JInfBRDQ_uFFc-t0USg/view?usp=sharing zip file

 

10.4.2023: Updated version with some bugfixes. 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 12, 2023 by Calos_01

[nachinus]

There's also another hurri campaign in velikiye luki, which is a really nice map. 

[Bilbo_Baggins]

42 minutes ago, nachinus said:

There's also another hurri campaign in velikiye luki, which is a really nice map. 

 

Did Hurricanes historically fight there? 

[Sandmarken]

3 hours ago, Calos_01 said:

And there is also really nice channel campaign for it, I can highly recommend.

 

 

 

Thx for those kind words about my campaign ?

1 hour ago, Bilbo_Baggins said:

 

Did Hurricanes historically fight there? 

I dont think so, but the campaign is great anyway. And it woud be historical possible atleast. Think the first hurricanes appeard as far north as Murmansk ?

[nachinus]

5 hours ago, Bilbo_Baggins said:

 

Did Hurricanes historically fight there? 

Certainly not, the campaign is in July and apperntly the first hurris to arrive to the soviet Union weren't until  September. 

 

I enjoyed it nevertheless. I hadn't  ever played in that map before and it's quite beautiful. 

[PatrickAWlson]

PWCG allows you to fly the Hurricane in a faux 1941 BoB and then in the channel war until its retirement.  In Russia you can fly a Hurricane from 1941 until 1944.  So, yes, you can fly a Hurricane for a pretty long time.

[McDuff]

23 hours ago, nachinus said:

There's also another hurri campaign in velikiye luki, which is a really nice map. 

 

Have you a link to this please?

[J2_Trupobaw]

On 5/12/2023 at 12:51 PM, Calos_01 said:

And there is also really nice channel campaign for it, I can highly recommend.

 

War in the channel (Hurricane MKII)

---

 

 

Posted March 31 (edited)

 

 

 

Timeframe: September 1941

Unit: No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron

Aircraft: Hurricane MKII

Duration: 11 Missions

Author: Sandmarken

 

This campagin follows No 615 Squadron as they moved from Scotland to Manston airfield in September of 1941. When here No 615 squadron did amongst others air defence missions, strikes against german targets in the channel and sweeps in France.   

Many of the missions are based the squadron logs from 615 and I have with a few expeptions tried to make the weather close to the historical weather repports from the the days portrayed. 

 

I have borrowed skins from Artspurg and -=Piciu=- so great thx to them! 

 

 

Some notes: There wil be hud messages so better keep that on. 

In 1941 Manston airfield did not have that big concrete runway. I did not learn the surface editor well enough to get rid of it outside my local game. Instead i made a cheap litle trick to get rid of it. 

The campaign was made and testede in vr, but shoud work fine outside as wel. 

 

Install: Put the Data folder in your main Il2 folder. 

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RoO9HEs5umHc8JInfBRDQ_uFFc-t0USg/view?usp=sharing zip file

 

10.4.2023: Updated version with some bugfixes. 

 

 

 

 

Finally a WW2 campaign I feel like flying! It has been too long.

 

P.S. We need North Africa.

Edited May 13, 2023 by J2_Trupobaw

[Sandmarken]

5 minutes ago, J2_Trupobaw said:

Finally a WW2 campaign I feel like flying! It has been too long.

 

P.S. We need North Africa.

Hope you enjoy it! Check out the north africa mod in the mod section of the forum. Its pretty good ?

[nachinus]

1 hour ago, McDuff said:

 

Have you a link to this please?

 

There you go.

[McDuff]

Thank you...

[Devere]

Cheers all for the feedback, and detailed replies. Good to know the cat has some gainful employment awaiting.

 

 

[RossMarBow]

I only fly multiplayer but if its a top tier pick in multiplayer
Then it must be good for single player
Easy plane to fly well