...I have a few questions...
I have a button set for "Toggle War Emergency Power". It works in all the 109 variants except the E-4/N, yet Chucks Guide says the E-4/N does have WEP. Am I doing something wrong?
On the Elevator Trim indicator, I see what looks like the words "Maddox Games". Is this historically accurate? Am I misreading it?
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That is indeed what it says, so no it won't be historically accurate! Think of it as an easter egg or copy protection for the aircraft model.
I watched a video I found on-line of someone adjusting the Flaps wheel and trim wheel in a real 109 (don't know what model). The metal casting looked a LOT different than the one modeled in-game. Is the one in-game just someone's quick attempt at simulating the wheel with no real historical info or picture to go on, or are there really different wheels depending on the model/manufacture date, etc.?
Production processes of equipment changed through the war on both sides. It's particularly apparent with some of the changes in the 109 cockpits. There are many reasons for this, but most of them are down to economy and ease of manufacture. Bear in mind that as the war progessed military hardware was becoming more mass-produced and resources were increasingly at a premium. This was especially true of Germany with the allied vice squeezing their supplies of oil and metal ores.
I'm planning to reproduce the throttle quadrant and oil radiator lever. I can read the pitch control which appears to be "Drehzahl", and underneath "grober" and "kleiner", but I can't read the little placard just behind the oil rad lever. Anyone know what this says? (By the way, whats with the weird shape of the letter "B"? Is this pronounced differently than a regular "B", or is this just how Germans write all B's)?
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As Oskar said. It's called an "eszett". In German it's frequently used in place of a double s in words, in this case "größer" instead of "grösser". I'm sure Karaya or one of our other German speakers can explain the grammatical reasoning for this!
On the lower left corner of the instrument panel is a selector switch and a red button. The switch appears to be labeled "Autholen", with positions "Aus" and "Betrieb". This control doesn't appear to do anything in-game. What is it for?
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I think it actually says "Aufholen", but I'm not sure what does.
At the lower right side of the control panel is a lever with a yellow knob. Is this the emergency hydraulic pump handle for the landing gear? Right under it is an indicator that is labelled "Aus" and "Ein". It never appears to change in-game... what is it for?
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Yes, that's the emergency pump handle for the landing gear. I suspect the indicator is for showing the state of retraction or extension of the landing gear.
Just above the water radiator crank handle is a toggle switch labelled "Ein" and "Aus". It does not appear to do anything in-game. Any idea what it is for?
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Another guess but possibly navigation lights.
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