Recent content by ChaseR83

Of course 8) First thing I did was turn off stalls and spins and complex engine management.... Making it a bit tougher than my old sims but not too tough.

I found the manual :) So now I am doing a bit better.... I've redone the hotkeys to group key systems together which has helped, and even go all the buttons on my aged Sidewider to work. I even shot done my first enemy planes... although normally I wouldn't tell eveybody I picked on Me...

I too just purchased IL2 1946 (its V4.08), but I downloaded it from IGN for the meager sum of $10. I'm amazed by the graphics and attention to detail... having never played any of the previous IL2 titles. However, I'm regretting not having some kind of instruction booklet... I read about...

The He 100V8 (the plane that set the record) was modified from normal He 100 specs. Its wings were clipped, if was fitted with a low-drag canopy, and the engine had been tuned for more power. It was however, only 6mph slower than the Me 209 with much less HP. The only reason I haven't mentioned...

Actually steam is what it kept, believe it or not.... Messerschmitt's design dumped the hot coolant overboard and pumped the steam into the wings where it condensed back into liquid which was pumped back into coolant system and mixed with coolant from the reserve tank. I assume this tank...

But... the P51 is not an Axis aircraft, I'll agree the P51 cooling system is the best all-round solution offering low drag with efficient cooling. But for a racer... evap cooling could be an option, its not getting shot at, and it doesn't have to work for very long... The Me 209's...

Some other designs you might consider, The Me 109Z with two 109 fuselages joined by a new center wing section... one prototype was built. The Me 309 was a very sleek looking aircraft, and at least one prototype was built and flown. If a paper project is allowed, check out the Henschel...

Bug_racer, The fuselage (or should I say hulk) of the Me 209 V1 is in a museum in Poland... the would likely be the best source of data for constructing a replica. I've been searching for any kind of info on the 209 with hopes of building an R/C model, but obviously what is "good...

And I do have several drawings of the DB 609 engine... its logical it was intended to go in something. However, it is equally logical that the design of the plane was not far along and was cancelled with the engine. Its a shame there doesn't seem to be any official drawings or photos of...

Ha ha thats funny... I guess I need to get this IL2 I keep hearing about.... apparently its packed with oddballs. So the DB Jager was at least a real paper pipe dream. I can just picture the engineers saying, "The Fat Man is coming... look busy" :lol:. The Germans really had a...

Lerche??? Do you mean the flying ducted fan? Its a real oddball as well. Back to the DB... if it does in fact have some connection to an actual project.... I'd be interested to see some original documents, the drawing I posted is obviously a later interpretation and not from an original...

Thank you Monkey, When you say complete fake.... do you mean totally made up recently by somebody passing it off as a real project... Or was it simply one of those fanciful late war projects that had no chance of being built in reality and was simply something to keep engineers...

Please forgive me if this is in the wrong place, Or if this plane is totally fake. I was trolling the Luft 46 site (as I am sure others have done) and I have always thought the DB Jager project looked neat. Well, neat until you need to bail out.... I've been searching for any real...

Anybody ever thought of basing a design off of the Vought XF5U? I've always wanted to know what Zimmerman's "Flying Pancakes" could really do, its a shame they were scrapped before even one test flight....

Awesome! Thank you guys. Although it is a bit difficult to tell at first glance, those photos seem to confirm the sweep on the outer panels only. I have read, but cannot confirm, that the uniform swept wings was a down and dirty way of correcting the center of gravity with the heavier...