26.02.2010, 07:29
first off these records you see are going to be given in true air speed. what you are most likely seeing in IL2 (as seen on instruments) is indicated airspeed which is always going to be a lot lower than TAS at higher altitude. "barely staying in the air" at those altitudes is because your IAS is lower in the lower-density air, but don't worry, you are still cookin' along at a higher TAS. Also, if you have advanced engine management on, you might not be managing mixture or superchargers correctly for that altitude.
try the search...there have been a few threads on here discussing this.
point is...it's pretty accurate to real world data.
as for superchargers, if you have advanced engine management turned on, you can control the superchargers setting, but you must assign a key to do it. I think i have Shift+S for increasing the supercharger stage, and Ctrl-S to decrease, but you may put whatever you'd like.
try the search...there have been a few threads on here discussing this.
point is...it's pretty accurate to real world data.
as for superchargers, if you have advanced engine management turned on, you can control the superchargers setting, but you must assign a key to do it. I think i have Shift+S for increasing the supercharger stage, and Ctrl-S to decrease, but you may put whatever you'd like.