experience so far......

[Biggs [CV]]

I just downloaded today and flew a few missions. Everything ran pretty smooth. Only had a couple of stutters over London. Flew the Spit and Hurricane, so far I like the Hurricane better. So far so good, and it should only get better.

[Lololopoulos]

Originally Posted by Biggs [CV]

I just downloaded today and flew a few missions. Everything ran pretty smooth. Only had a couple of stutters over London. Flew the Spit and Hurricane, so far I like the Hurricane better. So far so good, and it should only get better.

you're from Ohio? where in ohio do u live? i was surprised cus given the countable people in US who play this game i thought the chance of there being someone else from ohio is minimal. haha but i guess i'm wrong.

[Biggs [CV]]

Originally Posted by Lololopoulos

you're from Ohio? where in ohio do u live? i was surprised cus given the countable people in US who play this game i thought the chance of there being someone else from ohio is minimal. haha but i guess i'm wrong.

Small town called Wadsworth, about 15 minutes west of Akron. About 45 minutes South of Cleveland.

[Lololopoulos]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Isn't Ohio about the same size as GB? Or is it bigger?

Sorry, just checked, Ohio is about half the size of GB. Sorry.

LOL u just gave me an idea visually how small GB is. I didn't know that before.

[Lololopoulos]

hey guys, reporting back after couple of hours of flying. Tested out the limit of the engine etc.

Here r some more questions:
1. What does propeller pitch do? I know this is probably a dumb question for some of you. I was told that it is kinda like the gear in cars. But after experimenting with it today, at highest throttle setting, if I adjust the pitch setting in 109 counter-clockwise, the revs simply go down and the engine noise goes lower too. I didn't notice any change on the airspeed. Am I missing something here?

2. What does the hand pump do?

3. This is what I do to start the engine in 109. Is the following correct？
-Fuel cock on
-Magneto 1+2
-oil radiator and radiator full open
-throttle a little bit forward
-press "I" for ignition
Am I missing any step here?

4. In Hurricane, the fuel cock has 2 stages. What are they?

Thanks fellas!

Propellor pitch changes the pitch of the propellor blades. just like in a helicopter. more pitch = more push.

[Allons!]

Originally Posted by Lololopoulos

2. What does the hand pump do?

In th Bf109 and Ju87 the hand pump gives you some extra fuel injections to start the engine in colder conditions (minus degrees) like in the winter. At normal conditions it doesnt give you anything right now.

Best, Allons!

[Blackdog_kt]

What Dutch said, as for the start-up i don't think you're missing anything.

Finally, i think the hand-pump is for emergency extraction of the landing gear.


The gear lever has 3 positions on the 109: up, down and neutral. The correct way is to set it up or down and once it's done retracting/extending set it back to neutral again to stop the motor from running.


If you get damaged and your gear don't extend first of all you have to set the emergency extension switch to on, then set the gear switch so that it lowers them (either by mapping keys to them beforehand or clicking on them in the cockpit, they are the rotating handles on the lower right of the panel).

There's a pneumatic reservoir but it can be damaged (i just had that happen to me today after getting shot at) or not have enough pressure, so that's where the pump comes in.

Settle in a safe glide or fly the pattern around the airfield, pause your head tracker if you have one so your view doesn't jump all over the place, press F10 to enable the mouse cursor if it's not already enabled and click furiously on the pump until you see the green lights signifying the gear are down and locked in place

[Lololopoulos]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

1) Quite correct. If you're doing 30 mph on the flat in your car in 3rd gear, to maintain 30mph when you change to 4th gear, the revs have to go down. You don't go faster unless you apply more gas. In the game, if you're already at full throttle and you coarsen the pitch, the revs will go down, but you'll be overboosting the engine, which will cause damage. You have to throttle back first, then coarsen pitch. Keep it in fine pitch after take-off, but lower the nose to gain airspeed (after raising your gear), then reduce throttle and coarsen pitch a bit. When you coarsen the pitch, you'll see the boost go up. The relationship between pitch and boost is a bit of a juggling act, but you'll get the hang of it if you start from here I think.

Hope this helps!

Thanks buddy. I still don't get how propeller pitch can be any helpful. but i'll definitely look further into it.

[Lololopoulos]

To Blackdog,
wow I learned so much just by reading through this thread. For a few times today, I pressed the button for "toggle landing gear" and didn't look any further whether the green lights were on and came in for landing. And u know, i did a few gear up landing like that without knowing why my gears weren't lowered. I think the neutral position u mentioned is what I did. After taking off I pressed G, then before landing I pressed G again so the gear got into the neutral position. Oh well, i'm just glad it's not real ME 109 i'm flying in.

Meanwhile, expressing my astonish again at the level of detail worked into this game. Now i kinda get why it took them so long to develop it.

cheers!

lololopoulos~