IL-2 Flying Circus || Kaiserschlacht Campaign || Ep.1
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- We take off in the infamous Fokker Dr.1 Trieplane during the height of the German 1918 spring offensive. We will be flying the Kaiserschlacht mini campaign. A community made campaign by SYN_Vander and others. In this campaign you can fly as a Fokker Dr.1 or fly a Sopwith Camel in the RFC. Get the campaign here - forum.il2sturm...
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What is IL-2 Flying Circus?
From the team that brought you Rise of Flight: The First Great Air War comes a new, re-imagined Great War combat flight-simulator as part of the IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles series. Fly some of WWI’s greatest aircraft in thrilling air to air combat high above the trenches of No Man’s Land. In planes made largely of canvas and wood, dogfight to the death against cunning enemies and see if you have what it takes to become an ACE! Experience what is was like to be an early aviation pioneer and test the tactics and machines that would forever change warfare by bringing it to the skies for the first time. Discover the bravery and courage it took to do battle with no parachute and no radio to call for help! Are you the next Guynemer, Ball, Bishop or von Richtofen?
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Recovered Diary of German Mechanic Name: Unknown
I don't know who this man is but he sure showed those tommies today! He proved his skill today by downing 6 enemy aircraft on his transfer to lachelle. After his wingman confirmed the kill Baron Manfred Von Richthofen himself ordered me to give this pilots aircraft the name of "Witwenmacher". The Widowmaker. A fitting name to be sure. For now I'll have to find some fabrics to repair the bullet holes as soon as our supply trucks arrive.
My coolest name yet! Let's hope I can keep it haha
Wolfpack345 : What’s the German for ‘Smiley McSmileyface’?
Gefundenes Tagebuch eines deutschen Mechanikers. Name: Unbekannt
Ich habe keine Ahnung wer dieser Mann ist, aber er hat es den Tommies heute gezeigt! Er hat seine Fähigkeiten heute unter Beweis gestellt, indem er 6 feindliche Flugzeuge auf seinem Weg nach Lachelle abgeschossen hat. Nachdem sein Flügelmann die Abschüsse bestätigt hatte, gab mir Baron Manfred von Richthofen persönlich den Befehl, das Flugzeug dieses Piloten "Witwenmacher" zu taufen. Ein sicherlich passender Name. In der Zwischenzeit muss ich einige Stoffbahnen finden, um die Einschusslöcher zu reparieren, sobald die Versorgungsfahrzeuge ankommen.
@@MrNocturno2401 thanks for the translation! I need to keep up more with the channel!
@@zacharysiefer8272 My pleasure! You worded it so well and it fit so perfectly, I couldn't resist :P.
The DR.1 and the Camel both had similar flight characteristics in banking maneuvers. Banking right, the aircraft would nose down and banking left the aircraft would nose upward. As mentioned, this was due to the gyroscopic effects of the clockwise (as views from the pilots perspective) spinning engine.
That's the Ace-In-A-Day! Iron Cross, II. Class coming via mail.
Oh boy!
Actually the 6 air victory's should have been awarded the Eiserne Kreuz I Klasse......as the novice Pilot would have been awarded the Eiserne Kreuz ll Klasse for his first kill !
8:30 "Fliegerabwehrkanone" - shortened to "FLAK" literally translated to aviator defence gun/cannon
Thank you for that. As a long time war aviation follower, I don't know how I never noticed this. I just thought they needed a four letter word and all the others were taken. ;)
Flugzeug Abwehr Kanone, abbreviated as FlAK, they weren't "flyer" anti cannon, but aircraft anti cannon.
@@Oscuros To be fair, flyer (at least in German 'Flieger') could also refer to the plane.
All those kills in your first patrol, that's certainly something to write home about!
Definitely a better performance than I was expecting haha
Check out W. Voss's Dr1. He did paint a smiley face with mustach on his aircraft. Greatest pilot of WW1 in my option. Good vid! Good shooting!!
That is fantastic!
Such a shame that hardly anyone knows the name Werner Voss. I agree with Mr. Locksley 100%.
Voss, Udet, Guynemer, Coppens, olyslaegers, all Idols of me.
Went to the Grave of Voss and guynemer. Both fell in the 3rd battle of ieper. Or passchendaele.
We will Remember,...
@@beeldpuntXVI 👍 that's awesome!. Are you a pilot?
No i An not Just very intrestet in Both world wars. Specialisation aviation.
To save oil, they used caster oil in the Dr1 rotary engine so pilots got sprayed a face full of castor oil while in the air. So when they landed it, they parked it close to the latrines and ran for it..
Latrines are legitimate targets for air attack
@@jefferynelson Strategically vital!
Could be worse ... They could have been sprayed in the face in the latrines.
@@zackbenson7658 lmaoo
They didn't do it to save oil, all the early rotaries, even the French and British used castor oil for engine lubrication.
Yes! I love that you mentioned Hans Von Hammer "The Enemy Ace"!
There's a lesser known WWI sim called Wings Over Flander's Fields you should check out. It's a standalone total conversion mod for the old Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3. It's main draw is incredibly realistic historical campaigns (historically accurate weather, artillery activity, and air patrols) and some of the best AI I've seen in any combat flight sim.
Isn't that the one in which the enemy pilot screams in pain if you hit him?
I bought CFS3 way back and what a dismal failure, CFS2 was a great game with TONS of mods though, I used to have about 20 add-on terrains including geo-accurate Death Valley.. the AI was abysmal on CFS3 and the same terrible with WOFF - wingmen doing nothing , flying in wrong direction, etc... like most modern sims, nothing fun, just eye candy.
4:34
Plot twist: A hologram appears above your machine guns of a hooded figure
“Commander Wolfpack, the time has come...”
“Execute Order 66.”
“It will be done, my lord”
*throttles up and shoots down those two triplanes up ahead*
The fact the DR.1 turns better to the right is historically correct.
The DR.1 is famous because of the Red Baron but the truth is its not that great a fighter. It was difficult to fly (and would often kill novices), A poor turner especially to the left (a weakness quickly picked up by Allied pilots) and it was slow especially against the SPADs and Nieuports it faced. Which is why it didn't stay in service very long. Even the Red Baron didn't like or use the DR.1 all that much and championed the development of the D.VII as its repalcement.
There Germans called anti - aircraft guns "Flak" (Flugabwehrkanone).
The Dr1 could turn to the right on a dime. It could completely reverse it's direction of travel in the length of it's own fuselage .or about 18 feet.
Man and machine and nothing there in between
A flying circus and a man from Prussia
The sky and a plane, this man commands his domain
The western front and all the way to Russia
Death from above, you're under fire
Stained red as blood, he's roaming higher
Born a soldier from the horseback to the skies
That's where the legend will arise
And he's flying
Higher, the king of the sky
He's flying too fast and he's flying too high
Higher, an eye for an eye
The legend will never die!
))))))))
First to the scene, he is a lethal machine
It's bloody April and the tide is turning
Fire at will, it is the thrill of the kill
Four in a day shot down with engines burning
Embrace the fame, red squadron leader
Call out his name: "Rote Kampfflieger"
In the game to win, a gambler rolls the dice
Eighty allies paid the price
And he's flying
Higher, the king of the sky
He's flying too fast and he's flying too high
Higher, an eye for an eye
The legend will never die
Higher
Higher, the king of the sky
He's flying too fast, again, he's flying too high
He's flying higher, an eye for an eye
The legend will never die
Higher!
(I was gonna post the same thing. Decided to read the comments first. A person of culture, I see.)
Ah, the legendary F^%ker DR.1!
The Germans provided the colloquial name for "anti aircraft fire". 'Flak' comes from FLeugzeug Abwehr Kanonen.
Werner Voss was a ridiculously talented DR1 pilot......known to slip sideways to strafe........DR1's had no throttle.....cutting the magneto on and off was the only way to throttle..... amazing as these aircraft were the "F-16's" of their day :-)
That's one of the difficult things to get used to with 'accurate' WW1 era air combat. As fragile as the aircraft were, because their construction was mostly canvas stretched over a wooden frames, and your guns fired rifle-caliber ammo... unless you hit the engine, pilot or a control rod/cable, the rounds will pass straight through causing very little damage.
It's possible to empty your guns completely into an enemy plane and do nothing but inconvenience it.
i would love a console ww1 plane game... i remember wings on the pc in the 80`s....
The closest would probably _Birds of Prey_ and _Birds of Steel_ for XBOX360 / PS3 - That has a decent roster of early planes / missions
- There's Ziltch for this gen consoles though AFAIK (Although I do hear Ace Combat 7 is a heap of fun!)
@@zetetick395 ace combat 7 seems fun but rediculously unrealistic
@@AmokCanuck Aye, it's sure no sim, but it's still fun!
Thank you so much for another exciting campaign. I can never get enough watching you fly. Your narration and the instant replays make everything easy to follow.
Keep your head down and your six clear. We will watcg your career with great interest.
I am glad it is easy to follow. I do try to focus on the viewing experience as much as I can. Thanks palpitate!
@Wolfpack345, thanks for starting this series, I am very much looking forward to the story of your career as well as your flying its missions in Flying Circus! Good luck in your deployment.
Also, no worries if you're as terrible at flying the Dr. 1 as you suggest. If that really is the case, al the sooner the occasion to try your luck in a Camel on the Entente side :) However, your first mission suggests you may not necessarily be that terrible!
It was all a lucky break haha. I am worried about flying the camel thought. I have a feeling that is going to be disastrous haha.
@@Wolfpack345 If it is any relief: I have the same with the Dr1 and the Camel. These are not my words, but they nonetheless sound very relatable to me about the Camel: "Deadly in the right hands (and wrong hands), it can turn a good pilot into an ace (and a bad pilot into a corpse)".
Love the cinematic shots!
Thanks man! I am glad you like them
Good stuff! Really enjoyed the action. With this vid, you might have just tipped the scales for me (us) also buying Flying Circus for IL-2 . My grown sons and I have alrdy been loving IL-2 Great Battles and all the WWII DLC for it we have alrdy bought. We are fans of WWI aerial combat as well.
Overall I do recommend FC.it is a bit bare in terms of Single player content but now we have this campaign as well as PWCG. The multiplayer events are a lot of fun as well.
You are correct in your observations! The rotary engines allowed both the Dr.1 and the Camel to turn much better.
I also think the campaign is great and I hope that Jason Vander can persuade Vander to do some more missions and release it as an official (free) campaign :)
Much better in only one direction though, slower when turning against the engine’s torque.
I think they will probably include it. It is a really good Campaign!
Brings back memories of Knights of the Sky. Have 2 IL-2 games Original and Forgotten Battles but have never heard of this. You just gained a sub
Thank you!!
Just got the game, and was surprised how much of a beating those plane can take.
How is the AI? Are they competent? In Rise of Flight their awful, that game is unplayable in career mode.
They are not awful. They still have issues but it is actively being worked on. The past 4 months of patches have had AI improvements.
Jaggeschwade in da keisaschlagd.... I love your German pronunciation 😂
Good show! And it's true that the rotary engine will affect your turning in the DR1. The design of a rotary engine results in the crankcase itself being what spins around a fixed crankshaft instead of what is considered normal nowadays with a rotating crankshaft and a fixed crankcase. All that spinning mass causes extreme amounts of torque and can actually flip your aircraft if not handled properly. Balance is key in right turns so dont bank into it too hard on landing and let the engine rotation help you bank the aircraft. If you bank like you normally would you're gonna wind up landing on your head and that is not advised as the human spinal cord cant support that kind of load.
Yeah it really can be a pain to land. Thankfully I have not flipped and crushed my spine just yet! Time will tell I'm sure.
That thing you were saying with the right vs left hand turns is correct. Reason being it's torque just like on any inline or radial, but it's the entire engine spinning and creating momentum. It's essentially just torque with extra weight and force.
The DR-1 has really high lift and because of the torque of the radial engine to the right, so a right turn is best. Heavy firepower and great turning radius makes this aircraft a lot of fun. This game is the carry on to Rise of Flight. Both ROF and Flying Circus is made by the same folks. Remember lead your target and just because they are trailing black smoke does not mean they are shot down make sure of your kills.
Excellent first outing in the Dr.1! Thanks for doing these FC campaign vids, I'm always hungry for WWI aviation action. If you haven't already, you (and all interested) could learn a lot about the Dr.1 by watching Chill31000 videos starring his beautiful DR.1 replica (almost qualifies as a reproduction) with Le Rhone 9J rotary engine (Germans copied it to create the Dr.1's engine, the Oberursel Ur.II), and by reading the thread he started on the IL2 Sturmovik forum entitled "Fokker Dr.I Discussion". He says that, unlike the RoF Dr.1, the FC Dr.1 handles like a real one in most respects. Watching Chill's videos is a delight. He is clearly a highly skilled and experienced pilot, and he shows you stuff that you have probably never seen before in videos of WWI aircraft. I can't believe his vids have so few likes; they are amazing.
You are absolutely correct about the left and right thing since the ruary engine only spends one way that makes the way of the rotary engine spins easier for you to turn that way but if you turn the opposite way you will pitch up and turns will be a lot harder
Really enjoyed this, looking forward to more episode’s keep up the good work thanks
Thank you!
It must have been fun to fly these planes back in the day. You're pretty much dogfighting in an ultralight
I think you need to lead the target a bit more get better hits into the engine and pilot saves alot of ammo
I'm not sure the game models the DrI well enough?? I've watched them fly, they can turn Almost in place, Almost stationary in the sky and they have INSANE climbing abilities due to the 3 wings
Slow in level flight
slow in dives (or you'll tear it apart)
but fast in the climb....THAT'S their big escape strength
If I remember correctly, it will want to nose up/ climb in a left turn and go nose down in a right(wait....reverse that ?)
This was a really interesting watch!
Thank you!
I remember Enemy Ace! In particular one where he has a little dog named Schatzi - sad ending. And there was his French arch enemy The Hangman, who somehow managed to become an ace while flying with a hood over his head.
Yeah the one with the dog was a very sad ending. Overall they are very fun and well written comics. I really enjoyed them.
@@Wolfpack345 How about "G8 and His Battle Aces"? I used to fly as "G8" on the Red Baron 3D servers when I'd had to much to drink to sully the name of JG1 with poor flying and saying stupid stuff. And please, ROF and FC flyers, save that G8 alias for me, I might need it again some day. Until you see me on the active rolls of JG1 again, anyone who says they're me is pulling your leg. I do well enough making a fool of myself without some imposter's help. 😁
Those colour of them marking's are that of Jasta 10 of JG 1 Richthofen's flying circus...the Staffelkaptian was once ObLt Werner Voss.
Kinda sad to see the old RoF AI is still present. I don't think camels should try to outturn Dreideckers and especially not by flying in circles.
They have been working on the Ai alot the past few months. It is steadily getting better.
3:00 rotary engine... the cylinder rotates unlike a WW2 radial
So there's a massive mass acting like a flywheel, turns to the right on Brit plans was instant... Turns to the left took minutes...& had to be odd number of cylinders...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_engine
Howdy Wolf, is this possible with Flying Circus Volume 1, or do I need to purchase 2 in order to play the campaign?
Flying Circus volume 1 comes with 2 scripted campaigns both of which are the ones I did on the channel. The career mode is being added. There is no content for FC vol. 2 as it is just available for pre orders and we will get planes as they are completed.
@@Wolfpack345 Cheers Wolf! I think I still may wait for a discount, but Flying Circus 1 is going into the old purchase cart.
Seems a bit too close to Rise of Flight, that game they spent all their time on eye candy and produced a dull game with an impossible damage model, complete drudgery and it's not accurate when you're talking a machine gun vs plywood under tons of stress next to plenty of running gas and oil.
VERY NICE!!! Will be moving on Feb. 7, and do not yet know what my internet hook-up will be. Whatever, will be watching all of your good videos, I hope.
Hope you have a smooth move!
So much fun to watch the biplanes and triplanes in air combat. I took a ride in a biplane at Old Rhinebeck field in N.Y. a few years ago and it was everything I imagined it to be.good video!
There is something about ww1 aviation that is absolutely facilitating to me.
The Americans never did throw their full resources into WWI. They were really only there in force from September, 1918 on.
Dang it..Am I the only one who gets slightly triggered when people say airplane? I instantly translate in my thoughts to AIRCRAFT, while looking for someone to yell at lol.
You should keep your mixtutre in Dr.1 at about 85% at takeoff and lower it as you climb.
Thanks for the tip.
Hey Wolfpack . In you opinion is IL2 better than rise of flight. Keep up your awesome work.
(ShShShSh....don't tell anyone but Sopwith Camels have no coolant to leak)
The DR1 imfamous? Why? Unlike WW2, I cant see a lot of great moral issues at stake.
I genuinely thought this was a history channel-type video. Had to idea that this was a gameplay vid.
Just saying that the second plane your shot down I want to say it was the second plane it caught on fire the one that was that you accidentally said Subwith dolphin
I’m sure the flying circus was named that because of the bright colors but it’s a community made so not a big deal
Graphics : * explode phone *
PC : haha noob u cant explode me cuz i have Graphics card
I just played this mission and the AI seems to next to clueless
These games seem to always forget that the pilot should die if you shoot a ton of bullets at the tail, eventually one is going to hit the guy in the back.
7:30 That poor pilot, he might have been able to crash-land his aircraft but the sent him into a death spiral.
yess you are right, the full engine spins clockwise, wich makes it harder to turn left
You're FINE at these aircraft!! Maybe even Great!
What controls are you using for this? Just keyboard and mouse?
Haha! Great video! I’m very tempted to get it but it’s rather expensive at the moment.
It's good to see you back in the sky, congratulations on the kill count, nice flying wolfpack.
Thanks man! It is very good to be back over the western front!
Grats. Ace, hope the rest goes well for you
Thanks! Here is hoping.
A bit more relaxed than supersonic DCS fare.
How about more Flying Circus. II is out you know.
i know you are also Taff in Exile but i cant proove it.
what kind of sensitivity setting you use i struggle with aiming
What aircraft are you good at it il2 Flying Circus
For you that was a pretty smooth landing! xD Good first flight I gotta say, but I always though the Flying Circus was called that because they had rather colourful aircraft?
Yeah some of the Jastas have much more colorful paint schemes.
@@Wolfpack345 Yeah, that was Richthoffen's bunch in Jasta 2
nothing beats the flight of the valkyries :)
Hey what setup do you use at that time ? Greetings!
Very nice flight Wolfpack, is it possible to share what type of rudder and joystick you are using? Also are you using default curves or did you make a new one for yourself?
I never heard of this game. I have to try it. Thanks!
Of course! Happy Flying.
A rotary engine is a wankle. Is that what you meant? I think you meant radial engine. Completely different thing. Also, all propeller aircraft have what’s called P effect. It is more pronounced with tractor aircraft as opposed to pusher aircraft. The P effect is what naturally causes the plane to want to turn opposite of the propeller’s rotation and resist turning in the same direction of rotation.
The Fokker Dr.1 had a rotary engine. Not a radial.
can u send me the file of your controls? pls?
german ace werner voss had a face painted on his dr1
Anti Aircraft is called Flugabwehr in German. FLAK is the Flugabwehr Kanone (AA gun).
Flak is the abbreviation for the German word for anti aircraft guns. It stands for Flugabwehrkanone.
Great vid! Are these newer IL-2 add ons for WWI era planes the best when it comes to WWI era simulations? Especially interested in campaign mode.
Was I the only one pushing my feet as though I was using my rudders when he was firing? LOL!! Excellent video.
Really wish they would make a more warthunder type option of flying for us that suck at it. Really want to play these sims.
Yes the Dr-1 Turns better to the right due to the engine torque use altitude to bounce enemy aircraft shoot it down then turn away to the right and get back to altitude and dive on the new target. In dog fighting use your advantages that the DR-1 gives you. like fast climb rate and turning.
Copy that. Thanks for the tips.
I'm addicted to this game especially WW1. Can't get enough in VR. :)
So..umm..this is not the BAT Mod ?
Wait, it was the americans that won WW1 too?
This games amazing. I’m going to look into what machine I need to buy . So I can play it.
THE original flying circus had each aircraft painted in its own colour scheme.
Still good even after two yrs.
Hello. One more 'McDonalds' moment, love this type of gaming. Ref:-Smilie faces on the DR1, im sure ive seen somewhere that they actually painted them with faces.
Remember you don't have parachutes, because it will demoralize you lol.
As the Germans I actually get one! Unfortunately for the British they do not for that reason.
I always fall sleep watching your videos. So relaxing. Please never change
Isn’t this just rise of flight
Truly elated to see another ww1 career!
Me too. I love these crates.
Im surprised that Bristol's bombs weren't punctured
That was a mean buzz on that camel 12:18 no way he was still alive let alone flying
Don't let greed consume you like it did Evan Ross!! Nice Video and it's nice to see you in some classic birds again
So where do I download it?
just picked up this game and dlc for $40 im hype to try it in vr
I do not have vr but I heard it is awesome in FC.