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[FlyinCoffin]

the topic is il2 great battles so I fly il2 great battles. right now kuban career. play mode is on hard. no g6 arriving at the front ; ( . Iam very bad as bomber I dont can detect any enemies on the ground(maybe a train) so how do you detect AAA?

[Patricks]

2 minutes ago, FlyinCoffin said:

the topic is il2 great battles so I fly il2 great battles. right now kuban career. play mode is on hard. no g6 arriving at the front ; ( . Iam very bad as bomber I dont can detect any enemies on the ground(maybe a train) so how do you detect AAA?

 

Follow all those yellow tracers to the ground where they originated.. thats the AA.

[BlitzPig_EL]

I've been hit by 88mm flak above 7000ft. Usually it causes leaks of fuel and/or coolant, and sometimes the pilot is wounded.  On rare occasion it's insta-death, with bits of my aircraft fluttering to the ground.

[[CPT]Crunch]

On 1/10/2022 at 8:08 AM, drogo-joystick said:

Hi, thanks for this help. I finally made the ‘leap’ from that other sim that shall remain nameless as Over Christmas break I got my head down and got to grips with the basics. I also bought all the dlc in the steam sale which was quite a good incentive to learn this sim properly. I love it. Brilliant in VR and sooooooooooo realistic!

 

ive got srs configured now and hope to get onto multiplayer after a bit more practice. Is there any guide on using the radio, talking to the airfield etc?

 

You can join their discord channel also, there's a couple of good channels out there for Il-2.

 

See the multiplayer section of the forum for links in their individual threads.

 

On 1/10/2022 at 8:08 AM, drogo-joystick said:

 

 

 

 

Edited January 14, 2022 by [CPT]Crunch

[Loucypher]

On 12/6/2021 at 8:25 AM, Schleppel said:

Hey guys I'm back after having a busy few months irl.

 

I tried to download the update and my client got stuck so I tried to reinstall the game. Now I did that and it got stuck and now I tried multiple things but my client gets stuck like this the whole time. It says its still downloading but it just doesn't do anything for hours. 

I tried it at various times of the day but every time around 11-12 GB it stops Tried to run as administrator, a new download thing and whatnot.

 

Anybody got a suggestion?

I didn't wanna bother 1C because I think you guys here are experienced enough to answer this noob question 

I had the same exact problem,  check your HD to see if it is full, that was my problem 

[FlyinCoffin]

What is "not enough injection pressure" in the bf109 g14? why is it always popping up in that plane?

Edited March 10, 2022 by FlyinCoffin

[cardboard_killer]

 

[FlyinCoffin]

he isnt saying anything about the problem

[JG4_Moltke1871]

1 hour ago, FlyinCoffin said:

What is "not enough injection pressure" in the bf109 g14? why is it always popping up in that plane?

It’s the MW 50 emergency engine power mode. Liquid is limited, also the altitude you can use.

From the User Manual :

 

 

 

“- The aircraft is equipped with MW-50 water-methanol mixture injection system that prevents the engine detonation in the emergency power mode. It engages automatically when the throttle is set to maximum, there is enough mixture for 25-30 minutes. However, the engine can work up to 10 minutes at this mode, wait for another 10 minutes at the combat mode before engaging the emergency mode again. Attention: running the engine at the emergency mode without the water-methanol mixture or at altitudes higher than 6 km is forbidden! A pilot can check the system using the injection pressure indicator on the left: its normal pressure is 0.6...0.7 atm, stop using it if the pressure is lower than 0.4 atm and switch the engine to combat mode.“

 

 

 

[Avetorro-VR]

1 hour ago, FlyinCoffin said:

What is "not enough injection pressure" in the bf109 g14? why is it always popping up in that plane?

It only works at 100% throttle

[cardboard_killer]

2 hours ago, FlyinCoffin said:

he isnt saying anything about the problem

 

Actually he is; it's about using full power to activate the MW-50 system, which he goes into in that segment of the video.

[FlyinCoffin]

so what happens at 95% throttle?

[easterling77]

1 minute ago, FlyinCoffin said:

so what happens at 95% throttle?

You run your engine in emergencypower without MW50 and your engine will blow in a few minutes and wont last the 10 min duration of an activated MW 50 system

[FlyinCoffin]

the engine never did explode. and I was often in 95% mode. Maybe Iam mistaking but I discovered that it works different. Or Iam just telling shit. I dont know.

 

But so you say:

 

Dont use 85-99% only use 100% or under 85%

and

 Attention: running the engine at the emergency mode without the water-methanol mixture or at altitudes higher than 6 km is forbidden!

Edited March 10, 2022 by FlyinCoffin

[easterling77]

yup it wont "explode" it will get damaged?

 

Im not an expert but yes - I would suggest you to use combatpower or emergencypower with activated MW 50

 

this is what your quote states with the restriction of not running the engine in emergency mode without MW 50.

 

In short terms the MW 50 (stands simplified for 50% Methanol and 50% Water) where the water is intendet to cool your engine while using the increased settings.

and above "6km" relates to the technical restrictions of the engine because its "Volldruckhöhe" the maximum height where the engine (the turbocharger) can supliy its maximum performance pressure.

So above the 6km the engine will no longer hold the pressure so you can't use the aditional pressure out of the MW 50

 

As I sad previously my knowlege is very limited and there are way more competend people in this forum who can correct me and give you more sufficient and propper advice

 

Edited March 10, 2022 by easterling77

[FlyinCoffin]

game always crashes after first start. (have to kill it with task manager) second start of the game via steam launches it succesfully. why

[FlyinCoffin]

is there a weather randomizer for quick battles? 

[JimTM]

2 hours ago, FlyinCoffin said:

is there a weather randomizer for quick battles? 

 

Not that I'm aware of, but have a look at this link which covers a way to create random mission parameters manually.

[JimTM]

4 hours ago, FlyinCoffin said:

is there a weather randomizer for quick battles? 

 

@FlyinCoffin, further to my post above, there is a "Random" setting for Wind Direction and Clouds Variant under the Quick Mission Weather and Time settings.

[FlyinCoffin]

going into a dive with the bf109 to drop a bomb as a Jabo(german for Jagdbomber) 

does it make sense to set the stabilizers to (-2 (0%))/(or a different setting?!) to catch the plane better from the dive and return to climb after the bomb was dropped?

 

 

[FlyinCoffin]

whats that golden plane doing there?

 

[easterling77]

anual ww2 end....in western world 8th of may (despite Pacific went on)

Edited May 8, 2022 by easterling77

[Customizer171]

I ask here since I think this is a newbie problem.

What is the best way to stop bouncing on landings?

I understand having correct speed and descent is important, but if I get one bounce, what actions should I take to not have several more bounces after the first one?

In some occations I feel like a bouncing ball ?, and some aircrafts are worse that others.

My best landings usually be when I do emergency landings with a dead engine!

Is it possible to see my descending angle? 

[J2_Bidu]

26 minutes ago, Customizer171 said:

Is it possible to see my descending angle? 

 

When you're descending with a constant attitude and speed, the things you see rising in front of you, you will not reach, things descending you'll overshoot. You should slowly adjust to find the nose high attitude that doesn't make you stall and puts the runway in the neutral area, not rising, not descending (visually). If you're clearly going to overshoot, go and do a circuit again, or sideslip early if it's still manageable and go back to finding the sweet nose up spot. Remember: nose down will make you fly LONGER, nose up the opposite (within reasonable limits). So if you're too close, nose up not down.

 

Once you're bouncing, worst thing is to make successive contrary movements to plane behavior to counter them.

Edited May 26, 2022 by J2_Bidu

[Thad]

21 minutes ago, Customizer171 said:

What is the best way to stop bouncing on landings?

 

Salutations,

 

Taking about landing procedures won't get it done.

 

Practice landings and then do some more practice landings. After that.... do some more practice landings with your chosen aircraft.

 

Oh, did I mention practice your landings? 

[Irishratticus72]

Picture your mechanic approaching your sleeping body, holding an 18 inch torque wrench. That'll straighten you out right quick. 

[KevPBur]

@Customizer171 For the first few months I felt more like I was trying to land a 1970's spacehopper! I then realised it was all about the flare not the glide slope. I think the bouncing on the taildragger is actually the tail droping on landing and the plane taking off again rather then it bouncing on the suspension.

 

If you are descending at the right speed for the plane the angle is good enough. Aim for the very near end of the runway/field or even before it on a short landing. When a few meters off the ground flare, i.e. fly level and let the speed drop to the stall speed. The plane will naturally land itself. Of course what does a few meters off the ground look like. That is a little trial and error and that is where the practice @Thad mentions comes in.

 

p.s. I still bounce, especially on the snow covered winter fields of Moscow but it i'm much better now and the a.i. don't laugh at me so much in the mess in the evening ?

[Customizer171]

22 hours ago, J2_Bidu said:

 

When you're descending with a constant attitude and speed, the things you see rising in front of you, you will not reach, things descending you'll overshoot. You should slowly adjust to find the nose high attitude that doesn't make you stall and puts the runway in the neutral area, not rising, not descending (visually). If you're clearly going to overshoot, go and do a circuit again, or sideslip early if it's still manageable and go back to finding the sweet nose up spot. Remember: nose down will make you fly LONGER, nose up the opposite (within reasonable limits). So if you're too close, nose up not down.

 

Once you're bouncing, worst thing is to make successive contrary movements to plane behavior to counter them.

 

Thank you very much!

I have not thought of it in that way but it makes sense.

 

So when a bounce happens, I should move my controls as little as possible or is it something else that I should do to minimize the chance of having more bounces?

 

22 hours ago, Thad said:

 

Salutations,

 

Taking about landing procedures won't get it done.

 

Practice landings and then do some more practice landings. After that.... do some more practice landings with your chosen aircraft.

 

Oh, did I mention practice your landings? 

 

Practice is always good, but in this case I do not know what I am doing wrong.

Sometimes it feels like I am coming in really smooth and nice but to my surprise I still start to bounce!

I find the 109 to be very hard to land without a bounce.

 

 

21 hours ago, Irishratticus72 said:

Picture your mechanic approaching your sleeping body, holding an 18 inch torque wrench. That'll straighten you out right quick. 

 

I will give that a try ?

 

 

18 hours ago, KevPBur said:

@Customizer171 For the first few months I felt more like I was trying to land a 1970's spacehopper! I then realised it was all about the flare not the glide slope. I think the bouncing on the taildragger is actually the tail droping on landing and the plane taking off again rather then it bouncing on the suspension.

 

If you are descending at the right speed for the plane the angle is good enough. Aim for the very near end of the runway/field or even before it on a short landing. When a few meters off the ground flare, i.e. fly level and let the speed drop to the stall speed. The plane will naturally land itself. Of course what does a few meters off the ground look like. That is a little trial and error and that is where the practice @Thad mentions comes in.

 

p.s. I still bounce, especially on the snow covered winter fields of Moscow but it i'm much better now and the a.i. don't laugh at me so much in the mess in the evening ?

 

I think you are right, it´s the flare that I don´t get right. Everything looks good until the last moment before touch down.

Yes, the plane takes off again and it´s not only the suspension that bounces.

I will do more practice because it is not easy to estimate when being a few meters off the ground.

 

Thank you all for your advices!

Edited May 27, 2022 by Customizer171
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[J2_Bidu]

2 hours ago, Customizer171 said:

So when a bounce happens, I should move my controls as little as possible or is it something else that I should do to minimize the chance of having more bounces?

 

I try not to change the attitude much, but I will probably pull up very very slightly to reduce the energy. Too much and you may stall to abruptly.

[Customizer171]

2 hours ago, J2_Bidu said:

 

I try not to change the attitude much, but I will probably pull up very very slightly to reduce the energy. Too much and you may stall to abruptly.

 

Ok, thanks.

I have been practicing today and it is better now, but the 109 is still hard to land perfect.

The Hurricane is much easier!

[Cpt-in2tech]

So myself and about 3-6 members on my discord just picked IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad up during the Summer Sale, great prices btw, even if it is an older version. A lot of learning to do for me in just getting the basics down, like now rolling off the runway when trying to take off. I am adjusting my Joystick and HOTAS as I learn more and more. I have the Thrustmaster 16000M HOTAS set, no pedals, just joystick and HOTAS. It's extremely sensitive so far but I am getting better with making adjustments. The sim is new to most all of us, I think a few members already had it before. As one of them suggested it to all of us during the Steam and Website Summer Sale.

 

If anyone with experience would like to come and help us out on my Discord which is celebrating it's 5 year anniversary this month, please do. It's mainly general flight simulation but we also fly DCS World at times, having an event Saturday, and now IL-2 has been added to the mix. I hope I am allowed to post this here?

 

Flight Sim Break

https://discord.gg/ymTTZZK

 

Most of us are newbies so please be gentle while we learn  Have a nice day! Hope you expand the knowledge about IL-2!

[J2_Bidu]

13 minutes ago, Cpt-Obvious said:

So myself and about 3-6 members on my discord just picked IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad up during the Summer Sale, great prices btw, even if it is an older version.

 

Another good thing about this game is that you always have the latest version

 

You may not have all planes, but you have the latest version of whatever you own.

 

And WELCOME! Hope you decide to try the WW1 Flying Circus plane set and map.

[Cpt-in2tech]

6 hours ago, J2_Bidu said:

 

Another good thing about this game is that you always have the latest version

 

You may not have all planes, but you have the latest version of whatever you own.

 

And WELCOME! Hope you decide to try the WW1 Flying Circus plane set and map.

 

Meaning it updates automatically when there is a new update? Speaking of, when I downloaded mine from purchase here it was a 328 GB download where as the members on my discord that bought the Steam version said it was 60 GB. Does the one here download everything and just waiting for you to purchase more and get the license to activate it? Curious as to why the file size difference?

[Art-J]

Something wonky must've happened during your installation process - the game size should be about 60 GB no matter if bought here or on Steam. The rest of your post is correct. The game size is the same for everyone and independent of extensions purchased by individual - some planes and maps are just locked and some unlocked.

 

And yes, if there's an update released, and you launch the game through il2_launcher app (which you by default do), it will auto-update the game first and let you play it afterwards.

Edited July 8, 2022 by Art-J

[cardboard_killer]

5 hours ago, Cpt-Obvious said:

Does the one here download everything and just waiting for you to purchase more and get the license to activate it?

 

Yes, but I thought the same was true with the Steam version, so I don't know why there's a difference in download size.

[Cpt-in2tech]

I have no clue, but that is the size, 328 GB, that the IL-2 client showed when downloading it?

[cloudflyer777]

Why are there so many servers but empty players? Just a noob thought.. and what happens to a server in a half lighted numbers and not available to play like the virtual Finnish server? Can anyone answer.

[Patricks]

Attendance changes greatly with times\days, but many do not draw anyone. Do you have the maps necessary to fly on Finnish (Moscow I believe)? Mods allowed (on your end)?

Edited July 20, 2022 by Patricks

[FlyinCoffin]

how to activate the extra boost in the fw190 a8. which sets ata 1,58 to ata 1,65? 

[RNAS10_Oliver]

4 hours ago, cloudflyer777 said:

Why are there so many servers but empty players? Just a noob thought.. and what happens to a server in a half lighted numbers and not available to play like the virtual Finnish server? Can anyone answer.

 

4 hours ago, Patricks said:

Attendance changes greatly with times\days, but many do not draw anyone. Do you have the maps necessary to fly on Finnish (Moscow I believe)? Mods allowed (on your end)?

 

Should not be the map theory. Whether you own a map or not is only restricts what you can play on SP. In MP you can use maps that you do not own. I do not have Moscow or Stalingrad for example but have played on Finish Virtual Pilots missions using those maps for example.

 

Cannot say that I've even seen servers greyed out like that before either though.

Edited July 20, 2022 by RNAS10_Oliver