Daidalos Team's Room -QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS ONLY on IL2 Authorized Addons

[jamesdietz]

Forgive me if this has been asked & answered somewhere else...or just direct me there...I understand that the Fulmar & Swordfish will be included in this upcoming patch( along with other terrific new planes...) What I'd like to know is if there will be any improvements on these from the examples we have thanks to say HFSX 4.1? Does anyone know?
Thanks!

[AndyJWest]

As I understand it, the Fulmar & Swordfish will be AI only for now, though I think TD said that they hope to make all newly-added planes flyable when they can. So probably in a later patch.

[jamesdietz]

Wierd...Many of us have been flying both of these aircraft for sometime now..The Fulmar is pretty sweet & the Swordfish isn't bad,except for some minor glitches in interior/cockpit view...I wonder why the update won't be flyable...
Perhaps the exteriors will be first cleaned up & then work redone on interior?

[ElAurens]

Both of the mod versions have very substandard cockpits.

The Fulmar's is actually taken directly from an in game Hurricane.

Not up to TD's standards at all.

[jamesdietz]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Both of the mod versions have very substandard cockpits.

The Fulmar's is actually taken directly from an in game Hurricane.

Not up to TD's standards at all.

Well that means that there is quite a lot to look forward to...& that's a good thing.Maybe I'll put off a Swordfish Campaign or two!

[Tempest123]

Something I would like to see is a sprucing up of some of the older existing aircraft, specifically the Bf-109's (cockpit esp.), P-47 and mig-3. I would like to see the sliding window feature and cockpit lean-out feature (as found on the DXXI) on the 109's as I think it would help taxing very much. Cockpit lean out would also be great on the spitfire and several others but I realize the older cockpits may not support this feature.

[csThor]

109 cockpits didn't slide but swung off to the right. In fact they were so sensitive that even taxiing with them open was prohibited.

[Zorin]

Originally Posted by csThor

109 cockpits didn't slide but swung off to the right. In fact they were so sensitive that even taxiing with them open was prohibited.

He is talking about the sliding window panel to the left of the pilot, when the canopy itself is closed.

[Tempest123]

Yeah, I know the whole canopy hinges to the right, I meant the little window on some models that could be slid backwards for ventilation. I did not know that they didn't taxi with the canopy open, interesting, I do know that the canopy was very heavy and I wouldn't want to have it slam shut on my head while taxing.

[csThor]

Thx Zorin. I had forgotten about that. But remembering my one-time visit to a real 109 cockpit I don't think this sliding panel could be used for that - too little space in the cockpit and as a pilot you were strapped to the seat. I think this one was for ventilation purposes only.