Update 5.202 has been published

[LukeFF]

Release notes can be found here: https://il2sturmovik.com/news/840/update-5202-spitfire-mkixc-all-bon-owners-iar-8081/

[parkerc341]

cool  

[the_emperor]

Nice. ?

especially the P40&47 treatment. 

[nachinus]

This is a good one all right.

[BMA_FlyingShark]

Great work again.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[sevenless]

Yes!

 

 

[sevenless]

Nice!

[Raptorattacker]

It's a douzie folks!!

[BlitzPig_EL]

Can't wait to try the P40, P47 and FW190 changes.   Thanks!!!

[MAJ_stug41]

Very cool, always glad to see improvements, and the long awaited IAR!

Edited February 20, 2024 by MAJ_stug41

[JG4_Deciman]

great news...

 

Waiting for the download and installation to have completed...

 

Deci

 

 

[=621=Samikatz]

Nice big update! Really excited to try the new P-47 flight model. Good job, devs

[IRRE_Belmont]

You guys really don't like the P47 do you ?

I's even worse now ?EDIT : I was very wrong about this, flies way faster, more stable on dive.

Edited February 20, 2024 by IRRE_Belmont

[Roland_HUNter]

P-40 will be a monster :')
580 km/h on the deck for 5 min, and with 56 inch, the plane can turn around in 17 sec. Oh boi :')

[ilmavoimat]

What?? No beer barrels for the Spit???

[blockheadgreen_]

An early Spitfire IX with the cannon fairings modelled correctly. For the first time in a sim, or any game for that matter, since Pacific Fighters. I'm not even joking lol.

 

Fantastic stuff! Lovely to have the second IAR too :).

[easterling77]

showing Love to the P40, P47 and the FW190?

 

Thank you very much for all the other improvements to the game and the careere mode.

Edited February 20, 2024 by easterling77

[VA_Doc]

@LukeFF so in relation to the P47 changes...

Can you explain what kind of effect this will have on the P47's overall performance?

Also, can you discuss whether or not more changes are potentially coming or is this it?

[DarkWolf29]

Nice, they fixed that issue with the P-47D-22's spinner hub turning white when it's running. Been waiting for that one for awhile.

 

The IXc is nice too, I always preferred the look of the standard chord rudder on a IX.

DW

[354thFG_Leifr]

6 minutes ago, DarkWolf29 said:

Nice, they fixed that issue with the P-47D-22's spinner hub turning white when it's running. Been waiting for that one for awhile.

 

Gawd, thank the Lord! It's about time. ?

[Hanu]

7 minutes ago, DarkWolf29 said:

I always preferred the look of the standard chord rudder on a IX.

 

IXc is the best-looking Spitfire there is.

[LukeFF]

14 minutes ago, VA_Doc said:

@LukeFF so in relation to the P47 changes...

Can you explain what kind of effect this will have on the P47's overall performance?

Also, can you discuss whether or not more changes are potentially coming or is this it?

 

I'm not an aviation engineer so I don't want to misinterpret what was changed, so I'll leave this to @Gavrick to explain. ?

 

Other planes are in "the list" for improvements, but it comes down (like anything) to the time the engineering team has to make them.

[354thFG_Drewm3i-VR]

Nice update. Very excited to try out the P-40!

[CUJO_1970]

OMG they did work on FW190, was not expecting that- I gotta go check that out, great news.

Edited February 20, 2024 by CUJO_1970

[LuftManu]

Thanks team!

The P-47 is a real beast now! Don't use maximum deflection of the stick! it's not needed! Need to get used to it!

Also, watch out with the fuel amount, with 100% it is a heavy Jug after all!

With the new energy retention and lift, you can enjoy high speed - high Gs performance ?

[YoYo]

Thx for the update!

Just now, LuftManu said:

Thanks team!

The P-47 is a real beast now! Don't use maximum deflection of the stick! it's not needed! Need to get used to it!

Also, watch out with the fuel amount, with 100% it is a heavy Jug after all!

With the new energy retention and lift, you can enjoy high speed - high Gs performance ?

 

Nice!

[chris455]

 I'm sure I'm overlooking something but-

I assumed (there's that word!) that we would get the IAR-80 as an AI whether we purchased it as a flyable or not.........................

Maybe in a future update?

[Jaws2002]

Awesome update! IAR-80C, IARR-81C, FW-190 Roll rate fix, P-47 energy retention fix and a new Spiffy.

 Sounds like a lot of work and a very welcome update.

Hope I have time to try it over the weekend.

Thank you.

Edited February 20, 2024 by Jaws2002

[Roland_HUNter]

Why it's not mentioned the Spit IXc and IXe has better climb rate now?
With 150 oct it WAS.
26,3 m/s at SL
25 m/s at 3.000
17.8 m/s at 6.000

Now:
27,7 m/s at SL

26 m/s at 3.000

20,6 m/s at 6.000

[Sandmarken]

The P47 might be bettre but the AI is still not very good with it. I tried 4 Ace p47s vs 4 veteran fw190A6 at 8000m. All p47s shot down and no 190s. Same outcome 3 times. Makes it kind of hard if you want to something SP fighterbased with the p47.?

The P40 is pretty wild now, thx!  ?

Edited February 20, 2024 by Sandmarken

[Enceladus828]

A bug I’ve noticed is that for the IAR 80 when you turn the Bomb drop control on the flaps extend fully.

 

NVM, it's a feature of the IAR for the flaps to extend as an airbrake for dive bombing.

Edited February 20, 2024 by Enceladus828
No bug

[Hanu]

For easy assignment of HOTAS toggle switches, several cyclic commands are duplicated as separate on/off commands: bomb fuses, bomb bay doors, air brakes, Ju 87 siren, engine superchargers, canopy open/close, all propeller feathering, specific engine propeller feathering, tail wheel lock, and parking brakes;

 

This is great stuff and, even better if Il-2 would support more buttons per device!

[NO.20_Krispy_Duck]

Glad to see the P-47 and P-40 got some revisions.

[Sandmarken]

4 minutes ago, Enceladus828 said:

A bug I’ve noticed is that for the IAR 80 when you turn the Bomb drop control on the flaps extend fully.

Dont think its a bug its a feature. ??

[=SqSq=Civilprotection]

3 minutes ago, Enceladus828 said:

A bug I’ve noticed is that for the IAR 80 when you turn the Bomb drop control on the flaps extend fully.

I don't think that's a bug. If I remember correctly, the flaps on the IAR double as airbrakes for divebombing.

[Enceladus828]

1 minute ago, Sandmarken said:

Dont think its a bug its a feature. ??

I was doing low level bombing of ground targets and there it was the case that I needed as much speed as possible to get away from the AA guns after I dropped my bomb.

[EAF19_Marsh]

So the 190 now has its proper roll rate? Am traveling (coincidentally about to cross the Rhine) hence no chance to check.

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

Accelerated stall is overdone in P47 i think.

[Sandmarken]

4 minutes ago, Enceladus828 said:

I was doing low level bombing of ground targets and there it was the case that I needed as much speed as possible to get away from the AA guns after I dropped my bomb.

I think this was the IARs solution for airbrakes. Why it was made that way i have no idea ?

Edited February 20, 2024 by Sandmarken

[EAF19_Marsh]

Slight OT, but on that note does the A6 not have a manual cowl flap option? I might be missing something, but my assignment does not seem to work.