I have flown the Ju 88 for a while and turned into a German now I am looking to fly the new Wellington and dont have a good feel for it , miles per hour, setting up the compass ,cockpit layout, oh gad very different to me . here is a simplified run thru of what I am trying so far
I know there will be different methods for different folks but here is what I am doing Let me know of better suggestions thanks . I set my throttle to 5% start up ,get both engines going wait till it warms up to maybe 27 Deg put props to 100% add full throttle and wait a bit for more warming . as I wait I set compass lines parallel to the north line and set DG to match any offset
I add flaps Its hard to tell how much I am putting on then a little elevator trim to nose up, a lot of that really . then I roll slowly to take off i slowly and gently rotate up much less than the 88 I think . now I am flying but I am pretty slow maybe 110 MPH i set props to maybe 65 % throttle is not full maybe 70-80 % but i collect myself make sure flaps are up& gear , set up bombs and look at my heading but I feel like I am not getting much out of the plane if I set up my course and mode 22 auto pilot I can get maybe 150 mph or 160 . I throttle up to 100% set my props around 60 % close rads a bit and I am ok but I think a little slow . I have not done any changes to the mixture and I trim it out to a flat running state . My navigation is weak because its not as user friendly to me as the blue aircraft . question wise I dont seem to be able to go to side gunner stations just front or rear , I am having questions about the bomb sight also I set my number of bombs to drop but i guess there is no equivalent to the bomb spacing on the blues just pick a total number and spacing is fixed ? . the bombs are bigger I think but not so many maybe a dozen not sure . with the lofte I look in and see a sight picture here I dont know yet , do I have to turn it on ? I am using all the Lofte key bindings so maybe something is not laid out yet . I will probably need to jump into a bomber position on a red plane to try more things. i open that little dimmer control and see a clear mirror but no reticle or anything like that . I have not tried a high altitude run yet stll learning to fly the plane better maybe it turns on after stabilizing like the lofte . I understand the concepts of the sight but not familiar with the nuts and bolts of it very well , Has anyone tried it at altitude yet how are you doing ships ?? skip bombing or some altitude bombing I am skip bombing with the 88 but casualties are high on well armed ships . well If you have any thoughts on this discussion fire away . I have not even tried torpedo's yet you would think they would be great for ships but reading about Midway that may not be the case dive bombing prevailed there . so how are the rest of you bombers doing in the wellington?
TGIF
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