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Leading edge/bottom color was different between series/factories so it depends on W.nr of the plane. RLM 81 or 75 usually, possibly 66 sometimes. I will PM you couple of pages from Crandalls book.

Excellent work so far About leading edges, yes Doras have "straight" (usually seems to done by freehand so not that straight always) demarcation line between colors there, upper color being usually paint bit further down from middle of edge. In other words pretty much spot on in your screens. Do you have Crandalls or Japos books for source? Bare metal looks bit dull in shots, kinda like painted in grey, probably because of still being wip? keep up the good work!

Well i do appreciate your work, screens looks great. Really liking the colours and weathering already. Cockpit textures will be another very welcome facelift for sure.

Awesome, looking forward to these. The Dora really need lots of love, hopefully complete 3d model/sound remake from devs one day but new textures definitely makes waiting easier

Probably pretty theoretical stuff. I have read a -lot- of 109 pilots memoirs/accounts and i don't recall any of them complaining about lack of space in that regard, also it's pretty rare to find actual pilots to complain about control stiffnes too because it's something they get to used pretty fast and it was no such big deal after that.

Looking really good so far.

Oh you really think so? I definitely am. However it does not have much to do with poll result or G6 being needed to correct thing historically. Exactly

That's not what i'm saying, just can't see any reason why results would suddenly be that much different than before.

I can't see any reason why poll result would have changed much in two years? Anyhow, at least it shows there is lot of interest for G6, i guess from both sides.

Yes i would, and G6 is actually voted to most wanted ac to dcs ww2 i believe many other would too. Some people are just hopeless i guess.

Seriously, cut that cr*p with DCS vs Il2 players. Absolutely nothing to do with this topic. I for one have played DCS since early days and it's my "main sim", for that exact reason i wish at least somewhat historically correct planesets per map to it. Devs have already correct things for Focke-wulf by bringing A8 to game (and F8 is supposedly coming later), now if they would do same with 109 we could have acceptable base to '43-'44 planes for western front.

I think we all are aware what simulators there is in the market, genre is not that big. Yes Il2 does have it pros and cons and pretty good FM but it's way more general and not even close when it comes to fidelity per plane and systems modelling etc. Not to even mention graphics and sounds. Thats why i hope and wish that more WW2 planes and maps will come to DCS eventually.

Fairly similar - no. Or yes, in a way all 109's are fairly similar. Appropriate match for Spit IX - G6 is exactly that. Both IX and G6 were in service from 43 on (G6 later updated to G14). Whole reason i started this topic is to have at least somewhat historically correct planeset - now we have pretty good "main fighters" for mid '44 minus Bf 109 G6. Don't get me wrong, i would absolutely love to see F4 (or any other 109 model) too but then it would another mismatch to rest of the planes, F series were mainly active in 1941-42. I would definitely love to see earlier Mustangs too for example but in my opinion G6 would be first necessary step to fix planeset for incoming Normandy 2.0 map.

Exactly.

Guys, don't turn this thread to another wishlist . I know everyone have their favourite planes they want to game and i for one will buy all WW2 planes that will come, but G6 is essential especially now for accurate summer '44 scenarios. As it seems this is where we will stay for next few years.

I don't know if this is allowed, but please devs check how the grass is not always greener on other side of the fence: And i'm only comparing the colors here. Normandy 2.0 looks awesome already but color palette is too bright currently.

Preview shots and videos looks really good so far, and after "some" changes with airfields etc it will be one of the best maps so far for sure. However one thing still pokes my eye and makes scenery looks bit cartoonish, is the color of the trees. I know this topic is discussed many times already with other maps, and problem may not be the actual color of the trees but the lighting and shadows on them. But in the end they do look too bright to my eye, that is especially clear after flying fs2020 wich does have more natural looking color of the trees/woods in france.

One major difference not to forget was that G6 without MW had 30min climb & combat power limited to 1.3 ata (1310hp) while G10/K4 was able to use 1.45 (1430hp) for 30 mins. Also better aerodynamics/less draggy airframe and bit more weight probably helped with dive performance & acceleration with later models. But yes, in a nutshell: in 1944 G6 without MW was obsolete, G6/MW50 or G14 was best suited for low level combat, AS versions for high alt and G10/K4 between them.

I was not aware about halloween feature until after mission i checked other planes status by F2, it was pretty creepy to see my wingman laying dead in the cockpit of his burning fighter and hear those crawling sounds and creepy music...had a good laugh! But i understand some guys just want everything be always so serious and boring;)

I have to agree about impact feedback/explosion cloud, too weak currently. Also tracer smoke should be redone, looks very angular and dated.

Whatever it was, seems to be gone now. Tried 5 times in a row without a problem Thanks for looking.

DCS (or any other simulator) cannot really model allied massively superior numbers, or quality of pilots/planes, or even fuel shortage properly. These thing will probably never be like they were in real life. However it could accurately model correct maps and correct planesets for them. That's why 109 G6 is shortest way to make thigs as correct as possible for now...and hopefully late-war map "later". It's actually hard to believe there is no more ww2 maps available after all these years. Btw, most of the server i've flown, already limits MW50 use heavily.

Sure, 20mm were way more common anyway. Ideal would be like like it's done with P-47, two versions. Early with old canopy/ short tail and late with Erla canopy/tall tail/mw50. However If there would be only one version, i would prefer late as in multiplayer for example it could be set to operate without mw50 If necessary. And it would fit better to normandy '44 scene anyway.

Yes, we sure can but older i get, less i want to imagine things.

Yes, will be day one purchase for me too. Worthy adversary to K4 and D9 for sure, and good looking bird too. Fortunately we don't have to deal with it idiosyncrasies like heat and exhaust fumes in cockpit virtually Hopefully some day there will be late-war map too..