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Originally Posted by MrBaato
I have an issue with the Fokker DXXI
I know its a draggy plane with its irretractable gear, but its exaggerated in Il2.
I have read about the Fokker being able to do 700 km/h in a dive, because its a sturdy plane, but in IL2 it faces so much drag that its impossible to fly over 600 km/h!
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpo...d21-fokker.htm
Furthermore, the ki27 flies alot faster than the DXXI in Il2, although
according to wikipedia the Ki27 its top speed is 444 km/h while the Fokker its top speed is 460 km/h
TD, could you pls fix the drag on the DXXI? and continue with the great work you do  |
Are we talking about the same simulator here? Please make sure that you don't mix TAS & IAS.
Le Fokker by Peter de Jong gives diving speed of 673km/h (TAS) for Dutch Fokker. I can reach this without any problems. Even faster is possible but then the engine will overrev and get damaged.
Lentäjän Näkökulma 2 by Jukka Raunio has about 6 pages of test pilots descriptions of Fokker behavior. It says that in 90 dec. dive, speed didn't increase over 480-485km/h (IAS no doubt). So what we have in game is faster than this, but the finnish test were done with ski plane so skis might slow down the plane more in dive.
Level speeds at sea level & hi-alt are pretty accurate in game too. We spent quite lot of time fine tuning them because fixed prop FMs are tricky to do.