14.05.2008, 07:28
In light of some of the excellent mods by Hun in the Sun for the Me-109 Gustavs, I was wondering if it were possible that a couple of these might see the light of day as new slots.
The G-4 is such a wonderful addition but then I don't want to sacrifice the G-2. I realise the only difference between them is cosmetic, for all intents and purposes. They only have radio equipment changes. But still, the antennas look a little different and it's a nice bit of pedantry.
The second is actually brought up on behalf of Kurfurst who I've spoken with about the 109 modelling. The later G-6 ought to have an improved FM due to the clearance for extended use of the 1.42 ata emergency setting (1550PS at 2km) which isn't reflected in il2. There is also the issue of documented tests with cowling bulges versus flat G-2 cowling, and the wide cowling which show very little variation in performance, only a very slight decrease in top speed from the G-2 for the G-6 (about 8km/h from memory) cut in half by the streamlined wide cowling. There's not much we can do about that, Oleg chose to give the G-6 something like a 20km/h penalty for the bulged cowling and turned it into a slug over the MG-131.
However power to weight for climbing etc. would at least be vastly improved by a more correct late G-6, its 75PS of extra power offsetting the weight of the MG-131 (which hardly affected performance IRL anyway according to historical references). Adolf Galland for example had a pair of MG-131 fitted to his F-4 with a custom bulged cowling, and lost only a few km/h from top speed and virtually nothing from other performance like time to altitude.
So I was hoping for a new G-4 slot, and a new G-6 late slot with a fresh FM for extended use of the 1.42 ata setting (essentially, G-2 performance I guess, but somehow reflected in the engine modelling for the pilot). Hell, call it a late43 G-5 and skin the cockpit different or something.
Just some future plane slot/mod ideas.
The G-4 is such a wonderful addition but then I don't want to sacrifice the G-2. I realise the only difference between them is cosmetic, for all intents and purposes. They only have radio equipment changes. But still, the antennas look a little different and it's a nice bit of pedantry.
The second is actually brought up on behalf of Kurfurst who I've spoken with about the 109 modelling. The later G-6 ought to have an improved FM due to the clearance for extended use of the 1.42 ata emergency setting (1550PS at 2km) which isn't reflected in il2. There is also the issue of documented tests with cowling bulges versus flat G-2 cowling, and the wide cowling which show very little variation in performance, only a very slight decrease in top speed from the G-2 for the G-6 (about 8km/h from memory) cut in half by the streamlined wide cowling. There's not much we can do about that, Oleg chose to give the G-6 something like a 20km/h penalty for the bulged cowling and turned it into a slug over the MG-131.
However power to weight for climbing etc. would at least be vastly improved by a more correct late G-6, its 75PS of extra power offsetting the weight of the MG-131 (which hardly affected performance IRL anyway according to historical references). Adolf Galland for example had a pair of MG-131 fitted to his F-4 with a custom bulged cowling, and lost only a few km/h from top speed and virtually nothing from other performance like time to altitude.
So I was hoping for a new G-4 slot, and a new G-6 late slot with a fresh FM for extended use of the 1.42 ata setting (essentially, G-2 performance I guess, but somehow reflected in the engine modelling for the pilot). Hell, call it a late43 G-5 and skin the cockpit different or something.
Just some future plane slot/mod ideas.