[HusarDerLuft]

Believe it or not, the 109 and most other german planes have an ILS, an instrument landing system installed. I was wondering if it actually works in game. To me the needles dont move much. Is it actually working?

Even the heinkel 162 jet, a plane meant to be flown by HJ boys with gliding experience has the system installed. not bad for 1940-45 technology



As for automatic fire extinguishers, - I dont know if they are modeled in game. A bunch of planes including the A6M5b Zero had automatic fire extinguishers in the main fuel tanks. I was wondering if they work in game as well.
(and apart from the TB-3,.. that old ugly soviet bomber from 1933... I really dont know any other plane that does have fire extinguishers.. much less AUTOMATIC ones..

cheers



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[Romanator]

According to Billfish, the guru on the Ki-61, there should be extinguishers in its fuel tanks. In the game it is located in the engine, which is incorrect.

The Avia biplane has automatic extinguishers. I don't know of any other aircraft that use auto-extinguishers.

I don't believe the Zero had any form of extinguisher, at least not the early models, but I could be totally wrong here.

I have not tried the ILS for any aircraft, but it apparently works for the He-111 ( green dot instrument )

[HusarDerLuft]

According to Billfish, the guru on the Ki-61, there should be extinguishers in its fuel tanks. In the game it is located in the engine, which is incorrect.

The Avia biplane has automatic extinguishers. I don't know of any other aircraft that use auto-extinguishers.

I don't believe the Zero had any form of extinguisher, at least not the early models, but I could be totally wrong here.

I have not tried the ILS for any aircraft, but it apparently works for the He-111 ( green dot instrument )

You are partially right.
The A6M5b and onwards had them installed in the main tanks. I read it in a pretty cool encycolpedia of planes I got.
This particular model was shot down in great numbers during the "Great Marianas turkey shoot" - perhaps you have heard of that event.
(though no fault of the aircraft.. it was mostly the inexperienced new pilots)

[ColaBen]

Hi'
Short version NO. :???:
Luftwaffe used the Lorenz Beam Approach.system.
ColaBen

[aviatorsneah]

i think the gauge you are referring to is an elevator/aileron (maybe rudder) trim indicator, not a CDI/GS for shooting an ILS.

edit: no you are right. It's the AFN 2 Radio Homing Device used for navigating to a runway. Wouldn't call it an ILS though, a lot more rudimentry in reality than that. I think I read on the UBI forums that it worked when the game was first released. But may work still on only the Bf110?

[HusarDerLuft]

Hi'
Short version NO. :???:
Luftwaffe used the Lorenz Beam Approach.system.
ColaBen

Is that what the Green Dot instrument inside the Heinkel 111 bomber is? Look at that cockpit....its on the top left corner.. a round thing with a green dot ... seems to be working. Im trying to figure out how to use that.


PS: in the Aircraft Guide PDF file inside your Il-2 folder,.. you'll see that they call it " Pilot's direction indicator"