Hi all,

I'm new here but I've been playing IL-2 for a few months now. I haven't dared to try online play yet, but me and my friends spent many a joyous hour bombing around in LAN coop missions. This brings me to a major problem: I know and appreciate the realism of this game. I spent 2 hours after Thanksgiving dinner with the sole aim of landing a Corsair on a carrier without external views. But the Norden bomb sight, and all bomb sights for that matter, give me endless trouble. But the trouble isn't the bomb sight itself - it's flying straight and level at constant speed, without lateral drift. It's a skill that seems to completely elude me. Are there any tips one can offer on learning how to get a bomber to actually fly itself long enough for me to properly miscalculate a bomb-drop?

Most of the level bombers have a level stabiliser that you can use to keep you straight and level. Then you can make small corrections to course and vertical change by using trim. However, on some of the planes the level stabiliser is not 100% perfect and still has a very small drop. If I recall correctly, the Norden bombsight is difficult because of the metric-imperial translation but I'm afraid I don't know the exact specifics of the problem.

Hey guys. Great guide! I have the original IL2, but haven't played in ages. I just ordered the 1946 version (still waiting for it to arrive via usps). The wait is killing me!

Thanks Shura. I had seen this level stabiliser mentioned, but it's one of those things that isn't often explained. And yes, the metric conversions make the Norden a bit of a problem, but once I figured out how to read the altimeter and the indicated airspeed it got easier. And I DID find a cheat of sorts for using it. Mostly it involves using the FMB to set your plane on a way point over the target at the appropriate altitude and speed, and then autopiloting, turning it off for 1 second at a time to adjust the sight, and then resuming right up to the point of turning on the sight. A little hack, as I haven't hit within 300 meters or so yet, but better. Which brings another question: Is there any way (I doubt it, but hey) to retain control of the bombsight whilst in autopilot?

Can we get this thread stickied again before it is lost?

yeah another bump.

some idiot has been goofing around with our forum again. chaninging stuff and un pining posts. nice job jerky.

Thank you for this, just got this sweet game

sticky required

It's sort of stickied here: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/23110283/m/9661073236

Some great information.I just received my Gold addition of pacific fighters. Outstanding graphics. I Have a Saitek X 52 and was able to Map some of the controls but not all. How do you get the throttle mapped? I fly in warbirds now and look forward to being able to fly online in PF. Thanks for any help and if any one has a profile for a X52 please let me know.
Again thanks.

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Originally posted by GIAP.Shura:
Can we get this thread stickied again before it is lost?

Yeah I can do that....

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Originally posted by Copperhead311th:
yeah another bump.
some idiot has been goofing around with our forum again. chaninging stuff and un pining posts. nice job jerky.

Uhhhhh that would be Ms. Kleaneasy ... I think she was cleaing up the board in the whole NPL thing there....

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Originally posted by DD_crash:
sticky required

By popular demand...

Jimbow to map your throttle just go into the controls menu and scroll down to the HOTAS section... Highlight throttle and then move the throttle slider.. the sim will take the adjustment.. If you find that the axis is reversed then just move your throttle to the opposite end that you had it at before and do the same thing again...

Thanks for this excellent guide, it has made it a lot easier!

RE game servers, HL came up blank on mine - are there any servers still out there?

Bearcat,
Back in the saddle after a long absences. Before my absence I was flyin the P40E out of the Big Island. I practiced, taxing, takeoffs and landings. I got into the aire three times and put three nice holes in the ground on my landings. Getting use to the effects of propeller torque took some getting use to. That was with an X52 controls and homemade rudder peddles, upgraded the peddles to CH Pro found a a flea market. Version of game I have is IL-2 1946 patched to 4.08m,still need to patch that beta.

By the way thanks for the guide I am going to use it as my flight school bible to get off the ground and land safely. You recommend La-5s, A6M2 or the Hurricaine MKII. If I was to choose USAF or USN/USMC aircraft, which would you recommend as the most forgiving? I wish someone would mod the Navy Sterman trainer, I think that it was called a Sterman?

I will keep ya posted on my progress. Ya might think of adding a Nuggate flight school section to this forum.

Now to finish patching and se my rigger. I also have my chute rigger on stand by to reload chutes.

Xaviercrush, make sure that you are patched up to version 4.08 and also that you are selecting the Forgotten Battles lobby, not IL-2 Sturmovik.

MudMarine, the SBD is very forgiving for (re)learning flight maneuvres.

Obviously not a dogfighter though. Don't tell CrashMoses I said that.

Has anybody heard about when the full version 409 is going to be out....409 beta is boring.

Bearcat99,
I thought I would let ya know whats up. First x52 and n52 speed pad all rigged. I down loaded Zues-cat's , " Straight From the Farm" missions. Twice I got off the ground in mission #1. In thepast I would be a fire ball on the runway. Haven rudder peddles makes all the differencein the world. I am using Oleg.ini control settings for now. Haven the proper controls makes all the difference in the world.

If ya here from Zues-Cat tell him thanks for the missions. They are a great help. I wish that there was others designed that way for different types of aircraft.

GIAP.Shura,
That SBD-3 is a forgiving bird.Have to have cocpit lights to read the instruments.

I plan on working a couple of hours a day on each mission for at least a week depending on my confidence level. I will start another thread called A Nugguts learns to fly.

MudMarine3,

I'm glad the missions are helping you. I included a lot of single takeoff anf landing missions for other aircraft, but they are all carrier missions.

If you need grass takeoff or landing missions for specific aircraft let me know and I can modify the missions in the campaign for you.

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Originally posted by Zeus-cat:
MudMarine3,

I'm glad the missions are helping you. I included a lot of single takeoff anf landing missions for other aircraft, but they are all carrier missions.

If you need grass takeoff or landing missions for specific aircraft let me know and I can modify the missions in the campaign for you.

Thanks again Zues-Cat. just ta let ya know, The first two take-0ffs in mission #1 went A Ok. I kept the A/C on the runway. After that a series of mishaps, over compinsating on the stick and rudder peddles. That takes practice.

As for other missions let me think on that.
With my comcast account I havea web page account never used. I was think of making it a
Nugguts Flight School page, dedicated to Nugguts learning to fly this simmulation with training missions fore each type of aircraft.

I have found that the cockpit arrangement guide to be very useful in learning the instruments.

I got ta ask Ya a Bomber or fighter jock, which do you prefer? I would guess bomber, by the missions you have created.

I prefer ground-pounding, but can hold my own in a fighter if I have to.

The aircraft for my campaigns were chosen specificaly because no one else was likely to make campaigns for them. Also, they are NOT fighters, which in my opinion gives the mission builder a lot more options.

I am currently working on a B-25 skip-bombing campaign and I have an He-111 torpedo campaign half finished too.

After beeing away from the sturmovik world for a few years, this thread was very helpful!!! Thank you!