While transcribing the flight manual, I came across a surprising mistake in the Do-335 cockpit, and possibly the damage model:
As you can see the manual states landing flaps and gear should not be extended over 270 kph, and takeoff flaps over 340 kph;
In the cockpit of the IL2 Do-335 however, the placard on the instrument panel states landing flaps should not be extended over 340 kph, while landing gear and takeoff flaps can be extended under 340 kph.
I would assume the flight manual is correct in this(the numbers also make more sense this way), and yet photos of the original machine actually show the same mistake in the actual cockpit!
I can only assume, working under immense pressure lead to mistakes, and whoever made the placard in the first place, got the values mixed up.
In fact, photos of VG+PH before its restoration show that placard without any text at all, so do illustrations in the manual(though it does say speed limits are noted in the cockpit), suggesting the mistake came from a single prototype.
Despite this, I have seen replica instrument panels duplicating this text, mistakes and all, which isn't that surprising considering the very small amount of reference material available.
The question I have for Team Daidalos is actually about the damage model:
Knowing that the placard is incorrect, is the gear too strong?
I have been extending it at 340 kph until now, and it doesn't get damaged at that speed(The aircraft does shake like it's about to fall apart though).