Real Il2 flies again
 

Originally posted at SimHQ, restored in Siberia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jphYnNJQAnw

Seems fitting since Il2 is 10 years old this year

New video:

In cockpit startup, taxi, and takeoff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVz-Y...ayer_embedded#!

More:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwUYV...eature=related

#3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2rrc...eature=related

That is so cool, and the cockpit in game looks almost identical comparing it to this. The control stick is very tall, I've seen that in some other russian planes too, better throw? I wonder what the lines on the windscreen glass where for?

I think the large ones are simply wires imbedded in the glass which makes it shatter resistant.

A longer stick would probably make a large and massive plane more easily controllable (think of it as a lever). However, part of the picture lies with the pulley system connected to the control surfaces.

As a side note, control columns in general have much better throw than what you experience by using a table-top joystick.

In order to "feel" what it's like to control a plane, extend the stick to two feet, place it on the floor, and set the game sensitivity to all 100s (You won't feel any resistance to your inputs however, unless you use some pretty massive springs).

Check out 3:50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6W9M...eature=related

Hmm that's interesting, I guess smaller cockpits would be at a disadvantage when it comes to maneuvering if your knees get in the way, Thinking of the 109 here which I have seen inside the cockpit. I noticed the Zero's stick is at around knee/hip level, but the Il-2's is around the chest level, must be heavier controls needing a bigger lever.

Excellent restoration! They went for maximum authenticity and it is extremely important in my view. Let's hope they maintain it like this.

THX for share!

Interesting videos. The 'dashboard' paneling looks a bit modern, heh. Somewhat connected, here's a youtube version of an old WWII training film for IL2 pilots, which I think dates from 1943:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

I downloaded the thing from aviapedia I think (music at the start and some other obviously extraneous things not part of the original incidentally) where I think I also found a scanned 1942 IL2 operator manual. Happy to upload either file if you can't find them elsewhere. Now, if only I understood Russian...

Very nice. What state was the original aircraft found in before restoration? Is the history of this particular aircraft known?