Also adding - the 1942 is a handful to fly, recommend anyone having difficulties to get Battle of Moscow and the 1941 version. There is a world of difference. Thanks again for the excellent tutorials.
Yup,your rise of flight videos are still what i use for mission designing! Glad to hear you will be continuing with BOS.Thanks for all the time youre putting into this,its very much appreciated!
Ahhh finally a real tutorial that teaches how to fly a plane for this game, I saw 5-6 videos claiming to teach you how to fly "But" not 1 bothered to put up what Keys to push cuz there are a lot just to be able to fly a plane. But Thanks to you Ur kind to put up keys on the screen now I can sit back relax drink my cup of jolt and Listen and watch this great video since I owned the game for a bit but for the intention to play only Tanks, but now want to fly, so I will save ur video tutorial in my List so I can watch again till getting the hang of it, and of course mention it to others who also want to learn if you don't mind?
Cheers Simon, yeah it is enjoyable to fly although the cockpit view is really constricted. I guess they only wanted the pilots thinking about what's in front of them and ignore stuff behind them :-)
Wow, Req, you're the first one I hear who pronounces Il-2 correctly :) That means something, for usually US-Americans have a lots of pronounciation difficulties when it comes to foreign languages, be it on YT or in official documentaries, especially in getting all these Russian military non-abbreviations right (almost always first syllables of engineer names and not abbreviations for anything). Only for the MiG they have got it and do not call her Em-Ai-Gee (yet). But for Ilyushin's plane it's admittedly hard to not want to call her Ai-El but 'Il' like in Ilyushin. I assume, you really do your homework to get everything right in your videos. Great job. As always.
Thanks Andy. I always try and have my "ducks in a row" so to speak when I make these, but it's very difficult to avoid some error or missed tidbit slipping through. Although I live in the US, maybe being Australian helps with the foreign language pronunciation thing. I do agree with you that trying to pronounce things in their correct context is important. I know I still occassionally say "Ai-EL 2" sometimes though! LOL
It was a joy to fly it last weekend. Maybe even too easy...I managed to lose most of my right wing and still made a survivable landing back at base! imgur.com/a/jQCsQ#12
Yikes. I think I saw a video on the forums showing that, pretty intense :-) During MP testing I had the same thing happen to me in a 109 and the flight became very asymmetric. It continually wanted to roll to one side, but a landing was possible.
Just keep that stick back, throttle up in bursts with rudder input if you need to do tight turns, and keep practicing! Remember that some airplanes have tailwheel locks and some don't, so the ones that can lock the tailwheel will need to have it unlocked when making turns while taxiing.
I need a tutorial on how to adjust the joystick controls and explanation of what they are and why i need to adjust them. Like various trim controls and which "axis" is which
Excellent! Noting there is a huge difference between the 1941 version (Battle of Moscow, no rear gunner) and the 1942 version (Battle of Stalingrad). I believe it to be accurate - they started using wood for the wings and part of the fuselage, making it appreciably heavier and more sluggish. The rear gunner field mod upset the balance. Net result - 1942 version is something of a dog. (I have switched to a Yak-1 for the Battle of Stalingrad campaign.) Here's the problem, and the developers could fix it. Default fuel (both campaigns) is 85%, minimum 80%. With bombs and/or rockets and a rear gunner she does not want to leave the ground. I have taken to dropping the flaps when the final 50 meters or so of runway come up and she balloons into the air nicely. No flaps, you will be in the rough before you get up. Also, the 1941 version can do limited defensive dog fighting - break up attacks, etc. Trying it in the 1942 version bought me a big hole in the ground. So you need the rear gunner or the Messers will get you. I hope in the future we will get a later version with the factory rear gunner and metal wings plus other improvements. Not there yet for the Battle of Kuban, I think. Love the plane - fighters not my strong suit and (having gotten into the history of the Battle of Stalingrad a bit) I am reluctant to fly the admittedly excellent German planes.
Thanks Aldo, a bit long at 9 minutes but it covers everything needed to fly it at least. The ground pounding stuff for the IL-2 is being done separately :-)
Greetings pilots, Nice instruction video.Maybe I overlooked it but I will ask anyway.What are optimal settings of Mikulin 38 engine for climbing,cruising and emergency? thanks
I have a manual on the IL-2 issued in 1942, and while it doesn't go into specific settings, it says the optimal climb speed is 250km/hr and cruising speed is 250-270 km/hr at a lower propeller pitch. It also mentions that propeller pitch should not be increased if the Manifold pressure is greater than 950mm Hg. I hope that helps. Of course if anyone knows for certain, feel free to let us know :-)
I keep getting the "engine overcooled" message on startup. I have set the throttle, rpm, radiators, and mixture as you said, but when I press 'E' it resets all of these settings and I get the 'overcooled'. It still persists even if I change the setting back to how they were before the 'E' key's startup process changes them. I decided to just proceed as normal with the taxi and takeoff, and the engine heated up as soon as I throttled up to takeoff. But won't heat up if i am stationary and at low throttle, no matter what I do. the map I'm using is stalingrad - winter.
Thanks James, yep I am going to do tutorials on rockets/bombing/strafing attacks using the IL-2 to demonstrate. I'm also doing one for dive bombing in the Stuka, but I need to find out if the devs will be implementing the contact altimeter, altitude horn, and auto-pullout system before I release one about the dive bombing technique. Simply because I'd like to avoid having to revisit it later if I can. I've had a lot of people tell me they bought Rise of Flight because they saw my tutorials on RUclips, so if these videos get popular they might help sell more Battle of Stalingrad copies too.
Anyone know what the dials above and below the flap and landing gear handles are for? Probably not something we need to worry about in the sim, but I'm just curious.
Hi again Kjetil, here is a thread which gets updated with various information you can print off. forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/5557-cem-reference-table-pdf/
Hi Valeri, I would say the easiest airplane to learn is probably a Yak1B for Allied fighters and the 109 G2 for German fighters. If you want to do ground attack then go with any Il-2 if you only want a single engine, but if you don't mind a twin engine then the Bf 110 G2 is nice.
I have a few questions concerning the IL-2 and managing the engine between boost- and continuous modes. I know Russian engines are rather sturdy, and I was wondering if it is considered safe to keep the IL-2 engine running on boost mode? Or should I kick RPM and/or MP down to stay in continuous mode when not in combat? In case it is indeed necessary to stay in continuous mode, I was wondering what the best method was of keeping it there. I find that if I just decrease MP I have to kick it back to about 60% at times. Whereas if I decrease both RPM and MP I can keep them at respectively 80% and 80-90%. Thanks for all the videos, they are making it hell of a lot easier!
That's a very good question. Right now I'm not sure about keeping the IL-2 in boost mode the entire time as at some point I'm sure the engine will give out. I would have to test it using time acceleration to see how long boost mode lasts. Personally, I stay in "continuous mode" when out of combat and not climbing, thereby saving the extra engine power (and fuel) for when I'm in combat. And as for the RPM vs MP settings I keep the RPM at maximum (in the russian planes) and manage engine power output using the throttle (MP).
Hey I just got this game and flied the IL2 and have a couple questions if thats alright? Firstly my FOV seems a lot more zoomed in than yours, is there a way to change it (couldnt see in options) or does it just look that way in the vid? Second is there a way to click the controls in the cockpit manually like DCS (atm mouse just looks around) or do i need to manually bind everything to keyboard? Also mid flight my engine just shut off and prop stopped and couldnt restart it. Any ideas what might have caused that? Cheers!
You use the control "Pilot Head Zoom" in the settings to adjust the FOV. You can't click the controls in Il-2 unfortunately. If your engine stops mid flight it either was damaged to running it in emergency or combat power for too long, it's taken damage from enemy fire, or you ran out of fuel.
@@RequiemsACTL Thanks, I think the engine damage was due to fying too long at max power (I had the engine tooltips off but recently turned them back on). Didn't realise before then that full throttle is emergency mode!
@@RequiemsACTL I only started my adventure with flight simulators. Would you be able to tell, which of IIWW simulators has - according to your opinion - most realistic physics, ballistics and plane behavior? If you were to choose among DCS, any IL-2 Sturmovik games and other, if there are any?
@@pawelsawicki1750 DCS if you want to feel like you're flying a WWII airplane. Il-2 if you want to feel like you're flying in WWII. They both do a good job of the feeling of flight but there are a couple of little things in DCS I prefer how they've done it such as graphical quality, braking authority, slightly stronger torque, and the clickable cockpits. In Il-2 the damage modeling, amount of content, and overall environment is better in my opinion so that's what I fly when I want to fly WWII MP because it's a complete package.
Weeellll....feel free to land at 1600km/hr but I can't guarantee you will stay in one piece :) When I make a typo like that it's frustrating as I try my best to get things right lol Thanks for subscribing Rosso!
Everything I do is on expert settings. If you follow the correct approach speed you will be fine. Usually people come in too fast and bounce, so the airplane isn't ready to land
I do have a problem with speeding prior landing, that's true. Also I didn't have proper joystick - I was trying to fly on Thrustmaster HOTAS X, got it very cheap some time ago, with throttle. Today, after leafing through forums, I bought 16000. If I've only known 50 hrs earlier, what difference decent controller make... Finally can land some bullets in ground targets and land my IL-2 1941 almost every time, I try :)
@@pawelsawicki1750 The only rule I apply with trim when flying is "Trim to relieve control pressure" Don't get fixated on how much you think you do or don't need. Just trim for whatever it takes.
Also adding - the 1942 is a handful to fly, recommend anyone having difficulties to get Battle of Moscow and the 1941 version. There is a world of difference. Thanks again for the excellent tutorials.
Yup,your rise of flight videos are still what i use for mission designing! Glad to hear you will be continuing with BOS.Thanks for all the time youre putting into this,its very much appreciated!
Ahhh finally a real tutorial that teaches how to fly a plane for this game, I saw 5-6 videos claiming to teach you how to fly "But" not 1 bothered to put up what Keys to push cuz there are a lot just to be able to fly a plane. But Thanks to you Ur kind to put up keys on the screen now I can sit back relax drink my cup of jolt and Listen and watch this great video since I owned the game for a bit but for the intention to play only Tanks, but now want to fly, so I will save ur video tutorial in my List so I can watch again till getting the hang of it, and of course mention it to others who also want to learn if you don't mind?
Not a problem, enjoy!
Good stuff man; just what I needed. Thanks for all the work you've put into this and the other vids. :-)
Another great video. The IL-2 is really nice to fly.
Cheers Simon, yeah it is enjoyable to fly although the cockpit view is really constricted. I guess they only wanted the pilots thinking about what's in front of them and ignore stuff behind them :-)
Wow, Req, you're the first one I hear who pronounces Il-2 correctly :) That means something, for usually US-Americans have a lots of pronounciation difficulties when it comes to foreign languages, be it on YT or in official documentaries, especially in getting all these Russian military non-abbreviations right (almost always first syllables of engineer names and not abbreviations for anything). Only for the MiG they have got it and do not call her Em-Ai-Gee (yet). But for Ilyushin's plane it's admittedly hard to not want to call her Ai-El but 'Il' like in Ilyushin. I assume, you really do your homework to get everything right in your videos. Great job. As always.
Thanks Andy. I always try and have my "ducks in a row" so to speak when I make these, but it's very difficult to avoid some error or missed tidbit slipping through. Although I live in the US, maybe being Australian helps with the foreign language pronunciation thing. I do agree with you that trying to pronounce things in their correct context is important. I know I still occassionally say "Ai-EL 2" sometimes though! LOL
I'm looking forward to your explanation of the Stuka's somewhat confusing flap controls. Thanks for another solid tutorial video!
No worries :-) I'll be finishing my work on the Stuka familiarisation this weekend, and it's very docile to fly, so it should be ready by Sunday.
It was a joy to fly it last weekend. Maybe even too easy...I managed to lose most of my right wing and still made a survivable landing back at base!
imgur.com/a/jQCsQ#12
Yikes. I think I saw a video on the forums showing that, pretty intense :-) During MP testing I had the same thing happen to me in a 109 and the flight became very asymmetric. It continually wanted to roll to one side, but a landing was possible.
Fantastic tutorial !!!
Really helpful, really struggling with Turns on Taxi and crashing into things. But I'll figure it out!
Just keep that stick back, throttle up in bursts with rudder input if you need to do tight turns, and keep practicing! Remember that some airplanes have tailwheel locks and some don't, so the ones that can lock the tailwheel will need to have it unlocked when making turns while taxiing.
Thanks! You help me a lot!
Happy to help Cassiano :-)
I need a tutorial on how to adjust the joystick controls and explanation of what they are and why i need to adjust them. Like various trim controls and which "axis" is which
Excellent! Noting there is a huge difference between the 1941 version (Battle of Moscow, no rear gunner) and the 1942 version (Battle of Stalingrad). I believe it to be accurate - they started using wood for the wings and part of the fuselage, making it appreciably heavier and more sluggish. The rear gunner field mod upset the balance. Net result - 1942 version is something of a dog. (I have switched to a Yak-1 for the Battle of Stalingrad campaign.)
Here's the problem, and the developers could fix it. Default fuel (both campaigns) is 85%, minimum 80%. With bombs and/or rockets and a rear gunner she does not want to leave the ground. I have taken to dropping the flaps when the final 50 meters or so of runway come up and she balloons into the air nicely. No flaps, you will be in the rough before you get up.
Also, the 1941 version can do limited defensive dog fighting - break up attacks, etc. Trying it in the 1942 version bought me a big hole in the ground. So you need the rear gunner or the Messers will get you.
I hope in the future we will get a later version with the factory rear gunner and metal wings plus other improvements. Not there yet for the Battle of Kuban, I think. Love the plane - fighters not my strong suit and (having gotten into the history of the Battle of Stalingrad a bit) I am reluctant to fly the admittedly excellent German planes.
really helping a lot
Nicely done Requiem...once again !
Thanks Aldo, a bit long at 9 minutes but it covers everything needed to fly it at least. The ground pounding stuff for the IL-2 is being done separately :-)
Greetings pilots,
Nice instruction video.Maybe I overlooked it but I will ask anyway.What are optimal settings of Mikulin 38 engine for climbing,cruising and emergency?
thanks
I have a manual on the IL-2 issued in 1942, and while it doesn't go into specific settings, it says the optimal climb speed is 250km/hr and cruising speed is 250-270 km/hr at a lower propeller pitch.
It also mentions that propeller pitch should not be increased if the Manifold pressure is greater than 950mm Hg. I hope that helps. Of course if anyone knows for certain, feel free to let us know :-)
What is the optimal cruise setting for the IL-2 ?
I keep getting the "engine overcooled" message on startup. I have set the throttle, rpm, radiators, and mixture as you said, but when I press 'E' it resets all of these settings and I get the 'overcooled'. It still persists even if I change the setting back to how they were before the 'E' key's startup process changes them. I decided to just proceed as normal with the taxi and takeoff, and the engine heated up as soon as I throttled up to takeoff. But won't heat up if i am stationary and at low throttle, no matter what I do. the map I'm using is stalingrad - winter.
Very imformative as ever.I do hope youll do tutorials on rocket attacks and bombing! You're selling this game with your tutorials!
Thanks James, yep I am going to do tutorials on rockets/bombing/strafing attacks using the IL-2 to demonstrate. I'm also doing one for dive bombing in the Stuka, but I need to find out if the devs will be implementing the contact altimeter, altitude horn, and auto-pullout system before I release one about the dive bombing technique. Simply because I'd like to avoid having to revisit it later if I can.
I've had a lot of people tell me they bought Rise of Flight because they saw my tutorials on RUclips, so if these videos get popular they might help sell more Battle of Stalingrad copies too.
Great vids, keep it up! I should be using these during my flight training lol
Thanks Sebastion, just remember that this online stuff never replaces the real thing :-P
Thank you
You're welcome!
Anyone know what the dials above and below the flap and landing gear handles are for? Probably not something we need to worry about in the sim, but I'm just curious.
I believe those are pressure valves regulating the air pressure for the brakes and landing gear system.
Thanks. Can I request the checklist u have in videos on a PDF or just a JPG or something i can print?
Hi again Kjetil, here is a thread which gets updated with various information you can print off.
forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/5557-cem-reference-table-pdf/
IL-2 Tutorials by Requiem Thanks. appreciate it :)
Hi, thanks for videos, what is the easiest airplane to learn to fly in this game? or couple?
Hi Valeri, I would say the easiest airplane to learn is probably a Yak1B for Allied fighters and the 109 G2 for German fighters. If you want to do ground attack then go with any Il-2 if you only want a single engine, but if you don't mind a twin engine then the Bf 110 G2 is nice.
I have a few questions concerning the IL-2 and managing the engine between boost- and continuous modes. I know Russian engines are rather sturdy, and I was wondering if it is considered safe to keep the IL-2 engine running on boost mode? Or should I kick RPM and/or MP down to stay in continuous mode when not in combat?
In case it is indeed necessary to stay in continuous mode, I was wondering what the best method was of keeping it there. I find that if I just decrease MP I have to kick it back to about 60% at times. Whereas if I decrease both RPM and MP I can keep them at respectively 80% and 80-90%.
Thanks for all the videos, they are making it hell of a lot easier!
That's a very good question. Right now I'm not sure about keeping the IL-2 in boost mode the entire time as at some point I'm sure the engine will give out. I would have to test it using time acceleration to see how long boost mode lasts.
Personally, I stay in "continuous mode" when out of combat and not climbing, thereby saving the extra engine power (and fuel) for when I'm in combat. And as for the RPM vs MP settings I keep the RPM at maximum (in the russian planes) and manage engine power output using the throttle (MP).
could you please explain, which rpm settings to use with the il2? thank you.
Basically 2050RPM is good 99% of the time.
@@RequiemsACTL How do you read that on the tachometer? This style gauge makes no sense to me
@@TheWhoamaters Read it like a clock. Small hand is thousands of RPM, big hand is hundreds
Where is the fuel gauge in the cockpit?
Hey I just got this game and flied the IL2 and have a couple questions if thats alright? Firstly my FOV seems a lot more zoomed in than yours, is there a way to change it (couldnt see in options) or does it just look that way in the vid? Second is there a way to click the controls in the cockpit manually like DCS (atm mouse just looks around) or do i need to manually bind everything to keyboard? Also mid flight my engine just shut off and prop stopped and couldnt restart it. Any ideas what might have caused that? Cheers!
You use the control "Pilot Head Zoom" in the settings to adjust the FOV. You can't click the controls in Il-2 unfortunately. If your engine stops mid flight it either was damaged to running it in emergency or combat power for too long, it's taken damage from enemy fire, or you ran out of fuel.
@@RequiemsACTL Thanks, I think the engine damage was due to fying too long at max power (I had the engine tooltips off but recently turned them back on). Didn't realise before then that full throttle is emergency mode!
Question: why does vertical speed indicator not work? Is it due to the earlier version of the game?
Correct. In the real early version where I made these some of the instruments weren't implemented
@@RequiemsACTL I only started my adventure with flight simulators. Would you be able to tell, which of IIWW simulators has - according to your opinion - most realistic physics, ballistics and plane behavior? If you were to choose among DCS, any IL-2 Sturmovik games and other, if there are any?
@@pawelsawicki1750 DCS if you want to feel like you're flying a WWII airplane. Il-2 if you want to feel like you're flying in WWII. They both do a good job of the feeling of flight but there are a couple of little things in DCS I prefer how they've done it such as graphical quality, braking authority, slightly stronger torque, and the clickable cockpits. In Il-2 the damage modeling, amount of content, and overall environment is better in my opinion so that's what I fly when I want to fly WWII MP because it's a complete package.
How you pushing the controls in cockpit?
All done by assigning the controls to my joystick and throttle. You can't click that stuff like you can in DCS.
150-1600 km/h to land... Well, a bit too fast i guess :D Good content btw, subscribed.
Weeellll....feel free to land at 1600km/hr but I can't guarantee you will stay in one piece :) When I make a typo like that it's frustrating as I try my best to get things right lol Thanks for subscribing Rosso!
The instruments does not reflect on your real position. Why is that?
is your landing perfomed on expert settings??? I just cant do it
Everything I do is on expert settings. If you follow the correct approach speed you will be fine. Usually people come in too fast and bounce, so the airplane isn't ready to land
I do have a problem with speeding prior landing, that's true. Also I didn't have proper joystick - I was trying to fly on Thrustmaster HOTAS X, got it very cheap some time ago, with throttle. Today, after leafing through forums, I bought 16000. If I've only known 50 hrs earlier, what difference decent controller make... Finally can land some bullets in ground targets and land my IL-2 1941 almost every time, I try :)
@@RequiemsACTL Also - do you trim a plane prior landing in any specific way?
@@pawelsawicki1750 The only rule I apply with trim when flying is "Trim to relieve control pressure" Don't get fixated on how much you think you do or don't need. Just trim for whatever it takes.