What is in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside force Sounds good? Well think again and then moan, because before you go nuts in said Pe-8 thinking that you'll be the ruler of both sky, land and sea, we're going to take a look at the math. A Swordfish torpedo bomber? Those can sink battleships if you have enough of them, but how about something bigger, like a TB-3? 3000 kilograms of explosives in four 1000kg bombs would sink pretty much anything short of a battleship, wouldn't they? How about a Pe-8 with a FAB-5000, that's more than 4000 kilograms of refined awesomeness.
Although only a few aircraft designs were capable of taking off from and landing on a carrier in WWII, almost every plane in IL-2 can land on and takeoff on a carrier, which means that carrier borne aircraft can carry much heavier payloads in IL-2 than they could in reality. In IL-2 1946, several carriers from the US Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy and the Royal navy are included.
IL 2 STURMOVIK 1946 HOTAS SETUP PC
Sound model related to modern PC flight simulators is as good as the loudspeaker set the home user has at one's disposal.
Control devices such as flight sticks, yokes, rudder pedals and HOTAS sets are available in retail and, in some instances, represent exact copies of corresponding devices in certain aircraft, which didn't discourage some home users from building their own control devices. Graphical display on a single monitor paired with a head tracking system represents a good solution, while a virtual- reality headset such as the Occulus Rift eliminates the need for what little imagination the usage of a head tracking system with a monitor imposes upon the user. PC flight simulators come equipped with 3D cockpit models with which the user can interact via the mouse, known as the clickable cockpits, which eliminate the need for building a physical cockpit model such as the one shown on figure 3 from the standpoint of acquainting oneself with the cockpit of the aircraft or with the functioning and usage of cockpit instruments and relevant systems, which are also modeled.
With regard to flight modelling, PC flight simulators which will be mentioned on this website are characterized by advanced flight models, which provide for precise modelling of the behaviour of the simulated aircraft in flight, covering sustained performance as well as stability and control. The motion platform is the work of Thanos Contogianis for whom, apparently, this represents more than a hobby. Components which are the most difficult to produce for the home user, the motion platform and the cockpit model, are shown on figures 2 and 3. Somewhat surprising answer, if what individual users were able to build along with what's available in stores and what PC flight simulators provide is taken into account, would be: not much.
An average aviation and PC flightsim enthusiast may ask oneself what is it that the simulators described above have that PC flight simulators can't offer.