will we still have tilting planes?

[David198502]

Originally Posted by Romanator21

Typically when making a forced landing, in a field pilots would not lower their landing gear, because it would make the plane flip over, trapping the pilot inside, or worse, killing them (canopies are not designed to hold the weight of a plane )

makes sense!!
but on really flat meadows or something similar it should be no problem to land with gear down.in example when your engine is damaged over a city and you find a park which is big enough to land you could try,taking the risk to flip but with the possibility to stop safely.
am i right that its impossible to land in current il2 anywhere except airfields and streets?

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by David198502

makes sense!!
but on really flat meadows or something similar it should be no problem to land with gear down.in example when your engine is damaged over a city and you find a park which is big enough to land you could try,taking the risk to flip but with the possibility to stop safely.
am i right that its impossible to land in current il2 anywhere except airfields and streets?

Not impossible just very difficult.

Do not touch the brakes, keep a smidgeon of throttle on for elevator authority if possible and pray

Take off is easier, just bounce into the air.

Remember that in real life the "bush planes" that successfully landed in those meadows were things like the Storch or the Westland Lysander NOT a bf109 G10 or P51D.

[David198502]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

Not impossible just very difficult.

Do not touch the brakes, keep a smidgeon of throttle on for elevator authority if possible and pray

Take off is easier, just bounce into the air.

Remember that in real life the "bush planes" that successfully landed in those meadows were things like the Storch or the Westland Lysander NOT a bf109 G10 or P51D.

ah ok good to know!i will try that!i always try to come to a stop without brakes when landing in a field, but i didnt use the throttle!!!yeah take offs from a field are easy, although you need luck as well.

[xnomad]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

Remember that in real life the "bush planes" that successfully landed in those meadows were things like the Storch or the Westland Lysander NOT a bf109 G10 or P51D.

Helmut Lipfert describes in his book how he got lost on the Eastern Front and had to land his bf109 G in a field to get directions from some peasants. He then took off again but forgot to put on his seat belt. He subsequently crashed into a building (I think he ran out of fuel) and what saved him was that he was not wearing a seatbelt as he was flung from the wreckage.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by xnomad

Helmut Lipfert describes in his book how he got lost on the Eastern Front and had to land his bf109 G in a field to get directions from some peasants. He then took off again but forgot to put on his seat belt. He subsequently crashed into a building (I think he ran out of fuel) and what saved him was that he was not wearing a seatbelt as he was flung from the wreckage.

Agreed, I've read several stories in Flight Journal Magazine that pilots landed in a field to get directions, or even pick up another down pilot and subsequently taking off without any major difficulty at all..

Obviously, the field would have to be pretty smooth and so forth, but my point is that landing in a field back in those days wasn't unheard of at all, compared to IL2 sturmovik which leads me to another question:


Some of the airfields back then were simply a large grass field with hangars spaced around it. Will we be able to conduct those large squadron take-off's that we've seen so many times on youtube? Or will they still take off like they do in IL2? (Something that's highly unrealistic imo)

[Coen020]

i've also succesfully landed in fields several times even when my engine was shot to hell, no fuel etc. so also without throttle. It's really not that difficult. Also i've often found it useful too land on the slope of a field (how do you say that in correct english).

And i believe there are different kinds of terrain ruggedness(weird english yet again) some terrains are more rough then others i believe. Lastly it also has to do with the aircrafts weight, i think. Having more weight means more stable on the ground.

Although the Storch, is off course an exception...