Recent content by E Hood

Once again, my apologies. The download I attempted on Xmas did fail. At 98%(!), the download stopped and eventually timed out. I'm going to try one more link at mission4today, and possibly a link at another website. Meanwhile, if you know anyone who has the 4.09, 4.09 skins, and 4.10 patches on...

I'm sorry to bother you with this, but I'm not quite sure of what else to do. I'm trying to update my IL-2 from 4.08 to 4.10, and I'm having a problem with downloading the requisite 4.09 patch. I'm on a DSL; after waiting nearly six hours, the download now reads "10 min 40 seconds" left - and it...

The fuselage in this drawing does resemble that of the He 100, but the wings are those of the He 112 B, complete with bombs. All Mr. Clark had to work with were publicity photos and drawings, and the belief that the he 100 was an advanced subtype of the He 112. The internal structure is...

Odd. I did post a reply last night, but it seems to have vanished. Any road, many thanks for the advice. I have attempted to view some of the clips posted at this forum, but some of the later videos won't download completely. This is disappointing; I'm especially interested in the...

A couple of days ago I began to learn how to produce videos made from fraps extractions. I'm tempted to post a couple of wmv snippets on facebook, so that friends and family can see how I like to waste - er - utilize my limited free time. The number of fraps/Il-2 extracts on Youtube...

Thank you, krieghund, for the photos of the Ki-61 structures. The search for views of an "unskinned" Ki-61 engine cowl - which is to say, views of the completed structure only - continues, but one of your photos, the starboard side view, clearly shows not only one of the longitudinal beams...

I'm on XP; I've heard that Il-2 might not work on Vista or 7. I'll have to chack to see what type of graphix card is in this thing. I never use Il-2 with the computer online, or with any other programs running. That said, the defragmenter has actually tried to start in mid-mission a few times...

I ought to have mentioned that although I can handle take-offs and landings, I usually have the "Take-offs and Landings" function switched off. This is because for some reason, in spite of having 2 Gig of RAM and about 85% free space on my hard drive, the game tends to choke during take-offs...

I'd like to thank everyone for the advice I've received thusfar; I shall try to modify the settings. The Oscar is fun to fly, but it is surprisingly slow, almost as slow as the Gladiator, I-16, and Buffalo. The missions in question are both "scramble" missions, with enemy aircraft coming in from...

A few days ago I decided to try a career as a Japanese Army pilot. I remembered that in the previous, FB version of the game, the third mission of the first campaign (Singapore area) seemed impossible; there were two of us, early-model Oscars, versus 30-odd British aircraft, about 28 of which...

Forgive me, but I should have added that the MiG-1 and LaGG-3 were contemporaneous designs; neither was based on the He 100. (In addition to the timing, the He 100 was made almost entirely of aluminum, with a fabric-covered rudder; meanwhile, the MiG and the LaGG were each made almost entirely...

The structure of the Ki-61 was indeed based closely upon that of the He 100. In fact, I believe that the Ki-61 was an improved version of the more conventionally constructed Ki-60. The He 100, however, was considerably smaller than the Ki-61. and it reportedly handled very much like the Bf 109...

Actually, the He100 wouldn't be very difficult. I've just about completed a set of new and/or upgraded drawings, for a magazine article. If I ever manage to contact Oleg, I'd be tempted to send him accurate body plans.

That's the one, and many, many thanks! I don't quite understand Hello Kitty myself, but one of my daughters (an adult) is a collector, and I'd meant to pass along a URL.

Has someone out there posted or seen an IL-2 screenshot of a Go 229 in a "Hello Kitty" paint scheme? I saw this a couple of days ago, and now I can't find it. Please advise, and TIA, eh