I've seen worse.
I've seen worse.
Cant wait for the Great Battles Hurricane VR bliss 
I've flown with some of the ATG members in Cliffs of Dover back in the day...decent bunch. I was usually strapped into the back of an ME 110 as a gunner
Looks like one of my landings
To note, absolutely definitely make sure you have turned off the anthropomorphic or whatever the smeg it's called option in the controls if it even still exists, causes all sorts of issues with the game in my experience.
I almost did as bad a landing whilst I was setting up my Tobii eyetracker in freefly (BoS)...something shot at me for some unknown reason... so immediately a pucker factor of 9.5 set in and I just pancaked the thing on the wrong runway...nearly burnt the brakes out trying to stop
Last edited:
I love dive bombing, and I always install "The Siren of Terror" for maximum immersion, but the Stuka is such a pain in the behind to fly, if I miss the target on the first dive, it just takes so long to climb back into diving altitude... For the plane that is the very embodiment of dive bombing, some better climbing performance would have been fantastic.
Oooh, I think that is the proper way to initiate StuKa dive bombing.Here's that Stuka vid....after I made the first run I switched to autopilot and jumped in the rear turret...didn't realise the plane was going to make another run at the target. Seems the autopilot is smarter than I am
I must admit...it was a nice perspective seeing the second run from the turret, I'll have to do it more often I think . That other StuKa was getting a bit friendly though...I was almost ready to shoot the pilot as he got closer...
I meant your attack. The AI did normal dive attack.I must admit...it was a nice perspective seeing the second run from the turret, I'll have to do it more often I think . That other StuKa was getting a bit friendly though...I was almost ready to shoot the pilot as he got closer...
In case of the StuKa it should also get you on a direct path back to hpme plate without faffing around over target area too much.I prefer the inverted dive as well. Adds drama and looks cooler
Ahh, gotcha. I found it more natural to roll over and pull the nose up to the target than to just shove the nose down in a straight dive whilst fighting against the dive brakes, they always try to pull the nose up on the StuKa so by the time you're lined up on the target to release the bombs, it's always too late...It wasn't until I watched some old WW2 footage that I realised that was how real StuKa pilots actually did a bombing run...now I know why
Did it the same way until I read it in some manual. Before the age of YT I guess. It sounded impossible. Then I tried it out and it was so much better. The plane might have been designed that way. I think it even had auto recovery system for dive exit.Ahh, gotcha. I found it more natural to roll over and pull the nose up to the target than to just shove the nose down in a straight dive whilst fighting against the dive brakes, they always try to pull the nose up on the StuKa so by the time you're lined up on the target to release the bombs, it's always too late...It wasn't until I watched some old WW2 footage that I realised that was how real StuKa pilots actually did a bombing run...now I know why
True, and given that the Stuka is not exactly a fast aircraft, neither in a straight line and certainly not in climb rate, getting out of dodge fast is a big plus.
It climbed like a pig when I played Il2.
I'm still happily scuffing around in my Hurricane in Cliffs of Dover. My landings are more reliable now, although still a little bouncy. I do need to improve my VFR navigation - sometimes the 'GPS map' is the only thing that's saved me, with puzzlingly the compass seeming to be reading wrong - mind you it's badly placed for easy reading with my current EdTracker and OpenTrack setup.
At the moment my fun comes from trying to down German bombers - it seems the pesky AI gunners aren't too bad and it's a flipping nightmare once you get a hit on the front screen. I really need to brush up on my technique but it is most rewarding to see bits falling off the HE-111's as I nibble away at them, and quite amusing to get very belated kills reported as the cumulative damage finally puts them in the drink. One technique I find quite handy is to duck down, build up speed and come at them from underneath. They don't like it up 'em Captain Mainwaring!!
My AI wing mates can be a bit duff though, and only myself and my wing-man returned from the last sortie. Very poor show chaps!
Interestingly it seems that the developers haven't given up on Cliffs of Dover and there's a North Africa campaign DLC coming 'soon'. This surprised me as I'd assumed the game was a legacy product, priced as a 'gateway drug' for IL2's Great Battles. I'm happy to be wrong.
What with this and DCS, poor old ED hasn't been fired up in months, and isn't likely to be for a good while yet.
Chocks away!
At the moment my fun comes from trying to down German bombers - it seems the pesky AI gunners aren't too bad and it's a flipping nightmare once you get a hit on the front screen. I really need to brush up on my technique but it is most rewarding to see bits falling off the HE-111's as I nibble away at them, and quite amusing to get very belated kills reported as the cumulative damage finally puts them in the drink. One technique I find quite handy is to duck down, build up speed and come at them from underneath. They don't like it up 'em Captain Mainwaring!!
My AI wing mates can be a bit duff though, and only myself and my wing-man returned from the last sortie. Very poor show chaps!
Interestingly it seems that the developers haven't given up on Cliffs of Dover and there's a North Africa campaign DLC coming 'soon'. This surprised me as I'd assumed the game was a legacy product, priced as a 'gateway drug' for IL2's Great Battles. I'm happy to be wrong.
What with this and DCS, poor old ED hasn't been fired up in months, and isn't likely to be for a good while yet.
Chocks away!
That's certainly news about the north Africa campaign and an addition I'd certainly go for. Is it Team Fusion that's doing it or 777 in house?