[eliot]

I think modelling large aircraft tyres in IL-2 may be a problem.
The game engine does not model the compression of the tyre due to the aircraft weight.
So if you make the tyre the correct size it will sit too high, because the tyre does not compress.
So to have the plane at the right height you have to make the tyre smaller.

Is that a fact or just a guess? Im not being funny , if it is indeed as you say then I wont ask again.
This is one of the few planes that I wont furbish my airfields with cos it just looks stupid on the ground.