[simpits-tech] IL2 Forgotten Battle

[Marvin Maxson]

I find the game quite enjoyable. I also have Operation Barbarossa and
Eastern Thunder along with the original IL-2. I still find them quite a
challenge. I also have CFS3 and it still runs like an old 8mm movie. I guess
its must be my PC. I was and still am disapointed in CFS3. I do like CFS2,
and all the addons.

The system I run Forgotten Battles is an off the shelf HP Pavilion with an
Intel Celeron 1.99GHz with 256MB RAM. the video is the onboard Intel
82845G/GL Graphics Controller. Not exactly a screaming machine, but it does
run all of them quite well even on line with a sleazy dial up connection

Max

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <snar5 at mags.net>
To: "Simulator Cockpit tech list" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 09:40
Subject: [simpits-tech] IL2 Forgotten Battle


> Hey everyone wanted to get opinions about IL2 forgotten
> battles a few guys here around the airport play this game
> all the time online together and tell me its much better
> than the MSCombat Sims anyone have any dealings with this
> sim. Hard to learn is it better? Do I need a screaming
> computer? Any ideas would be helpful before I spend the
> money on the game.
>
> Mark
> PS. After 4 month of training finally have my Instrument
> Rating!! Yee ha.
> Multi Engine next.. watch out!
>
>
> ----- Original Message Follows -----
> > On Tuesday 16 September 2003 09:21 am, you wrote:
> > > > Gene, you fly R/C? Ever flown a CG Tiger? I've got a
> > > > .40-size one, awesome flying plane. Not an extreme
> > > > aerobat like an Extra, but a very nice happy medium
> > > > between that and a trainer. Very smooth,
> > "go-where-you-point-it" plane, especially with a .46 in
> > it. >
> > > I haven't flown seriously for at least 8 years.  I've
> > > poked at it recently but nothing serious.  I got one of
> > > those EPP 1/2A foamies to play with and for whatever
> > reason it was impossible to fly.  Made nice crunching
> > > noises when I stuffed it into the garbage can though. :)
> >
> >     I'd like to try those EPP slope combat
> > planes......full contact air-to-air  combat sounds like
> > fun. :)
> >
> > > I put a Super Tigre .46 on a Durabat once.  The thing
> > > was a damn rocket. At full throttle and the dual rates
> > > off, it was _still_ a twitch in the air.
> >
> >     Whoa.......yes it seems like .46 engines are typically
> > of the high  performance variety. Mine's a Thunder Tiger,
> > has ball bearing mounted  crankshaft and the usual
> > assortment of other goodies. This plane actually  used to
> > have a .48 4-stroke......reasonably powerful, but quite
> > mellow to fly  compared to the 2-stroke. Sounded awesome
> > though, and was a wonderful match  for my Cub. Doesn't
> > want to run very well now though, too bad. I guess it's
> > something with the valves but I've never got around to
> > working on it. Not  that I'd know what to do anyway. :)
> >
> > >  My favorite plane was a Cox Cessna 172.  I pulled the
> > > landing gear off of it, gave it a better firewall and
> > > threw a Black Widow .049 with a tank extender on it.  It
> > > would snap roll so fast it looked like white blob.  A
> > snap roll from a high speed dive put an end to it.  The
> > > rubber bands let go right about the same time as the
> > > firewall tore off the front end.  It landed in three
> > different places.  Ahh, the good old days, eh? :) >
> > > g.
> >
> >     Hmmm I've pulled the landing gear off some models but
> > in my case it's  usually not intentional. :) Never lost
> > one from rubber band failure (is that  an official NTSB
> > term?) although once my instructor was doing some high
> > speed  dives with my trainer an actually lifted the wing
> > off the fuselage for a few  moments and the wing moved
> > back a bit. Also had the engine nearly fall off of  my
> > first trainer......always use nice stout metal throttle
> > control rods. :)
> >     My worst crash would probably be either my first
> > 4-channel trainer, which  went down inexplicably (might
> > have been bad aileron servo connection, it  entered a spin
> > but I still had throttle control........thought it might
> > be  radio trouble but I've never had trouble with the
> > radio since, could have  been interference I guess) or my
> > second 4-channel trainer that my dad drove  straight into
> > the ground. :O Really it was my fault, I let him get it
> > too low  and far away. Wrong response when the plane was
> > coming toward him, and when I  took over, instead of
> > rolling the plane so it ended up with the least pitch
> > attitude, I just pulled back. Oh, and this was with the
> > 46...at full  throttle. BOOM! Looked like someone set off
> > a bomb in a balsa forest. :) The  folks at Thunder Tiger
> > fixed the engine for free though, runs great. They  said
> > it was covered under warranty. Go figure!
> >
> >     -Matt Bailey
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