I am currently flying the "Biggin Hill Wing" Campaign ... and am often getting clobbered by the Germans (obviously a high number of "experten" I'm encountering) hehe!
What I am wanting to know however, is how does one get the Spitfire flaps into the "take-off" position?
I see that the AI Spits are able to do it - when I press my flaps button once, it goes from "raised" to "landing" ie no intermediate position (take-off).
I'm sure I've read somewhere that there is a "fix" for this - is there?
Thanks in anticipation.
you could try setting the flaps to the mouse wheel. That way you can get exact adjustments.
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spits had flaps either 'up' or 'down' but not inbetween, as far as i've know...
Annoying the annoying, so you don't have to.
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This is a gross in game error , most fighters of that period never used flaps for take off , unless they were carrying external loads or carrier born....
Yep, the Spit could only use landing or raised flaps no such thing as take off, for the AI however I think it is a matter of degrees that they put the flaps down and anyway they are AI and they can do anything lol. A way to bypass this on IL2 is to have something like a mousewheel set for the flaps or if your on an X-52 there is a slider which can be used as well...
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In the Spits for combat flaps, I extend flaps, count to 6 and retracted it otherwise, according to your speed, it will jam as you know. It works nicely. In take-offs I lock the tail wheel put the stick all foward, trottle to full and at 70/ 80km/h the tail lift and here we go!
Cheers,
A quick way to have precision control of your flaps is to go into your game controls, at the bottom of menus is your hottas set-up, you'll see a flaps there, if you have a slider or rotory wheel free just map it to flaps.
Hi'
Never mind what the AI Spit's do ! Generally Spits did not use flaps for take-off . When flying Spit's off carriers for Malta they used the trick of extending flap, then retracting them but placing 2 wood wedges as they came up, giving a 20 degree deflection !! After airborne jst extend and retract the flap to loose the wedges !!
Happy Landings
ColaBen
It is my understanding historically Spits didn't have take off or combat flaps- only full setting for landing. But I have a Saitek Throttle Quad and one slider is set to flaps. So for me it's all or nothing: I have variable flaps for all planes, or just use the stock button settings.
And so I have non-historical flaps on a Spit :wink:
Works for me 8)
The first Spitfires to be sent to Malta were a batch flown from HMS Eagle in
‘Operation Spotter’ on 7 th March 1942 when 16 aircraft flew off the carrier and
all landed safely at Malta.
To enable the aircraft to get into the air within 660 feet of Eagle's deck, the Spitfire needed take-off flaps. Unfortunately, the Spitfire only had one 90-degrees flap setting for landing. A simple solution was developed whereupon the flaps on ferried aircraft were locked half-way down by inserting wooden wedges between the flap and the wing. As each aircraft took into the air, the pilot had to lower the flaps fully, dropping the wedges to the sea, and then close the flaps again for there 650 mile one way trip to Malta.
Spits, like many other airplane of the time had up or landing setting.
therefore, if somebody uses variable flap on the spitfire by using the mouse roller or some other adjustment, does he changes the FM of his plane?
Thank you.
I will take-off with my flaps in the raised position - must be authentic!! Hehe!
