Only just recently got into the BOX series and I'm absolutely loving it. I've just started a career with the Ju52 and I've found all your guides to be perfect. Subscribed..cheers ACTL
Yes very true.....fun to cruise around. But the paratroopers......I don't know which key to hit to throw them out ;-) for that I need to look in the game key mapping.
No worries Ronnie! I have FS2020 myself but don't own the Ju52 in it. I have based this tutorial off RL information though so it should work if things are modeled well in FS2020
Paused Il2 to watch this. Got through the 5 minute automated start procedure to "Put Stab Trim to +2, then turn Flap Control to on and put Stab Grim back to zero, which will put flaps to 25 degrees" at which point I thought "Nope. This will have to be a long term project". Now I know why Eric Winkle Brown said starting this thing was like playing a Wurlitzer Organ.
Thank you for this! Great intro to the concepts needed to "fly" this plane! Makes me wonder the pilots destined to fly such a "bus"... commercial pilots brought into the Luftwaffe? Anyways, to gain competence in such an un-sexy aircraft suggests blue-collar satisfaction for work that others can't stomach :)
Such a Ju52 is regularly taking off, no 2km away from my house. Once, I saw 3 Ju52 in formation flight. And by the way - unfortunally no game can imitate the real vibration and vibes through the air, also the sound of those engine is really loud when startup.....
The autopilot function in Il-2 is a simplified one so it's not specific for the airplane in this case. Pretty much everything else is as expected though
Another excellent video that got me in the air finally. I have only one question tho, are mixtures set to normal after takeoff or are they always on rich. I didnt notice you change although it was a short flight.
Yeah staying in a pattern I wouldn't really bother with leaning it out. Maybe on climb out once getting above 5000 ft or something or once you start cruising.
This is awesome - thank you! Quick question: how do you activate the "flap control" that links flaps and elevator/stabilizer? I couldn't find a key binding. Flew and landed the think no problems on a supply mission without it, but would like to know. Cheers
You can't use the fire extinguishers yet Paul, so if you have a fire your best bet is to cut the fuel mixture and perform a high speed dive if you don't want to bail out. The fuel gauges are located on the engines.
Love your instructions! Helped a lot. Especially with the flaps and the brakes. I would like to know where I can find instructions on the fuel mixture of the junkers. does it even change the performance? (except fuel consumption)
I think it's similar to how the autopilot works in other German planes where you would input the heading/desired course you wanted to fly before turning the AP on. Happy to be proven wrong if I'm incorrect of course. This kind of feature is functional in IL-2 Cliffs of Dover as far as I know, but not in the other recent titles.
Hi - I recently downloaded the Tante Ju. When I look left I don’t see the fuel gauge, it’s out of view. I can see the oil dip stick but that’s it. Do you know why this is or is, I’ve tried angling my head view but it doesn’t seem to change the view. Thanks.
Yeah I'm not sure. If you have trackIR you should be able to lean to see things but without that you'll need to use the INS DEL keys and what not to shift your view
I’ve found out how to view the fuel gauge. To view the fuel gauge you need to use the snap view left. If you use the turn head left view it just looks left. For 2D flying I’ve found that setting move/position head left and right on the keyboard works better for managing the view of the cockpit. This is useful so you can get a good scan of the instruments including the compass which is tucked down to left.
Thanks for these tutorials mate - However, I am having some problems with these planes. The Fuel mixtures on the He111 no longer seem to work. I have just bought the Ju52 and it's Stabiliser trim does not seem to work, the Flaps only go full on/off and the indicator does not move either. Lastly, the elevator trim does not seem to work, neither the using the buttons that I use on all of the other planes (which do work on them), but they do nothing for the Ju52, nor does the elevator trim wheel turn. Have some of these things been disabled due to problems since your videos? What am I doing wrong?
Hey Mark, your best bet would be to reach out on the Il-2 forums I think as it's been a long time since I've flown the Ju 52. There are some Ju52 specialists who would definitely chime in over there I think. It seems like it may be a controller assignment or piloting assistance setting. Regarding the He-111 I believe they removed the manual mixture option.
@@Canzandridas hey, thanks for your comment, I have had a look through the notes as you mentioned, they do seem helpful, however my problem is related to the fact that I cannot 'unstuck' the throttles from the break position of specifically 11%. It just doesn't go beyond that value when I use break keybind, kinda odd, anyways thanks for your reply
Thanks Joe :-) The flap extension/retraction and horizontal stabiliser are linked together on the same control if you want to extend flaps, so if you turn it on and move the horizontal stabiliser wheel the flaps will extend/retract at the same time as the stabiliser adjusts. The description of how that system works is 25 seconds into the video.
You can play around with an initial horizontal stab setting and see what you like, but in my landing example I use +2 as the initial setting with flaps at 0°. So after that point I don't worry so much about what the stabiliser setting is because I'm extending flaps for landing. Starting at +2, the stabiliser moves to about -1.6 with flaps at about 40° on final
i try to take off on latest mission, throttle decrease randomly and refuse to go full speed.i turn off every automatic assist thing in custom and throttle still decrease randomly.i can't go faster than 60 km/h. :(
Not sure..if you only have 1 throttle I'd make sure that you have all the engines selected by pressing 1 2 3. It sounds like one of your engines isn't being used.
It's essentially fixed to the nearest NDB I believe (if there are multiple on a map). In single player though there's only one and that would be at your home base.
so that compass gauge with 3 triangles at bottom is only homing to home base,not waypoints in singleplayer?(i mean i cant imagine working otherwise considering the technology)@@RequiemsACTL
It's cheaper buying it on the developers' site. I will however not show in your steam account but you will be able to fly the JU52 after starting the simulator in Steam. You also support the devs better when buying directly from the devs than buying it via Steam.
Even after watching this video, I still had problems flying this plane. My problem is figuring out the number of the engines. Which one is engine one, which one is engine two and three. That is what screwed me up on flying this.
thanks i can start my Ju52 in the garden now.
It's nice to see you still doing these tutorials; many thanks!
Cheers Nutcase :-)
I guess I am kind of randomly asking but do anyone know a good place to watch newly released tv shows online?
@Yahir Noah Flixportal xD
@James Allen Thanks, signed up and it seems like a nice service =) I appreciate it !!
@Yahir Noah you are welcome =)
Only just recently got into the BOX series and I'm absolutely loving it. I've just started a career with the Ju52 and I've found all your guides to be perfect. Subscribed..cheers ACTL
Great to hear it Adger, thanks for being a subscriber! :-)
Another nice one, thanks for ALL of them! Very well done, just bought the Ju-52 today and I love it!
Yeah it's a lovely plane to just toodle around in...and seeing the paratroopers jump out is badass! :-)
Yes very true.....fun to cruise around. But the paratroopers......I don't know which key to hit to throw them out ;-) for that I need to look in the game key mapping.
It's the drop bomb key, but you need to equip paratroopers in the hangar before you fly
Thank you for answering. I dropped them, looks really cool in the game!
I’m glad this plane exist there isn’t anything else quite like it out there to use in sims even better we have missions for it .
Extremely useful. Thank you!
Thx mate ! Helped me heaps with FS2020 :) Learning Junkers JU 52, released a couple of days ago.
No worries Ronnie! I have FS2020 myself but don't own the Ju52 in it. I have based this tutorial off RL information though so it should work if things are modeled well in FS2020
Can't wait for you to make a C-47A guide. Please keep up the great job!
I'm sure you'll like the C-47 guide too :-)
Thank you so much!!!
Paused Il2 to watch this. Got through the 5 minute automated start procedure to "Put Stab Trim to +2, then turn Flap Control to on and put Stab Grim back to zero, which will put flaps to 25 degrees" at which point I thought "Nope. This will have to be a long term project". Now I know why Eric Winkle Brown said starting this thing was like playing a Wurlitzer Organ.
Thank you for this! Great intro to the concepts needed to "fly" this plane! Makes me wonder the pilots destined to fly such a "bus"... commercial pilots brought into the Luftwaffe? Anyways, to gain competence in such an un-sexy aircraft suggests blue-collar satisfaction for work that others can't stomach :)
Nicely done, as usual.
Cheers mate :-)
Such a Ju52 is regularly taking off, no 2km away from my house. Once, I saw 3 Ju52 in formation flight.
And by the way - unfortunally no game can imitate the real vibration and vibes through the air, also the sound of those engine is really loud when startup.....
Awesome! I'll bet that is a real sight to behold
Could it be that you live near Dübendorf?
Salutations,
Great tutorial videos. Thanks, I find them very helpful.
Thanks William, I appreciate it!
I thought a ghost were pushing the brake pedals in my plane but now i see why that happens. :| BTW, thanks for the great tutorial as always.
Yeah it's kind of a weird system to get used to
Thank you for all you Tutorials. How did you add your toe breaks to the throttle of the Ju-52?
The sim does it automatically. Just lower your throttle to min and the brakes will get engaged.
Please help, i play on keyboard and mouse. My ju 52 cant take off, engine power randomly up and down, max speed was ~60 km/h . What problem is?
How about Auto Pilot function in JU 52, a tutorial would be nice. There’s no documentation with FS2020, I have some German Operation Manuals.
The autopilot function in Il-2 is a simplified one so it's not specific for the airplane in this case. Pretty much everything else is as expected though
I can see the fuel gauge in the left nacelle, but I can’t see the one on the right.
Another excellent video that got me in the air finally. I have only one question tho, are mixtures set to normal after takeoff or are they always on rich. I didnt notice you change although it was a short flight.
Yeah staying in a pattern I wouldn't really bother with leaning it out. Maybe on climb out once getting above 5000 ft or something or once you start cruising.
This is awesome - thank you! Quick question: how do you activate the "flap control" that links flaps and elevator/stabilizer? I couldn't find a key binding. Flew and landed the think no problems on a supply mission without it, but would like to know. Cheers
youve probably found out by now but I found its just the normal flaps up/down key. Press 'down' once for on and 'up' once for off
@@Avetorro Thank you for following up - yes I think so!
Is there a way to use the fire extinguisher in the ju52? And where is the fuel gauge? Thanks for the answers.
You can't use the fire extinguishers yet Paul, so if you have a fire your best bet is to cut the fuel mixture and perform a high speed dive if you don't want to bail out. The fuel gauges are located on the engines.
@@RequiemsACTL thanks a lot for the quick and helpful answer!
Love your instructions! Helped a lot. Especially with the flaps and the brakes. I would like to know where I can find instructions on the fuel mixture of the junkers. does it even change the performance? (except fuel consumption)
Just increase or decrease the mixture as required to achieve maximum RPM when in straight and level flight. That will be optimal.
@@RequiemsACTL thank you! I will try and do that
Great video. I wonder how the course selector is used.
I think it's similar to how the autopilot works in other German planes where you would input the heading/desired course you wanted to fly before turning the AP on. Happy to be proven wrong if I'm incorrect of course.
This kind of feature is functional in IL-2 Cliffs of Dover as far as I know, but not in the other recent titles.
Hi - I recently downloaded the Tante Ju. When I look left I don’t see the fuel gauge, it’s out of view. I can see the oil dip stick but that’s it. Do you know why this is or is, I’ve tried angling my head view but it doesn’t seem to change the view. Thanks.
Yeah I'm not sure. If you have trackIR you should be able to lean to see things but without that you'll need to use the INS DEL keys and what not to shift your view
Thanks I’ll keep experimenting!
Really good tutorials, thanks 🙌👍
I’ve found out how to view the fuel gauge. To view the fuel gauge you need to use the snap view left. If you use the turn head left view it just looks left. For 2D flying I’ve found that setting move/position head left and right on the keyboard works better for managing the view of the cockpit. This is useful so you can get a good scan of the instruments including the compass which is tucked down to left.
How do i drop the cargo in the Junkers 52/3m g4e
N to open the door and B to drop troopers, just like dropping a bomb.
Thanks for these tutorials mate - However, I am having some problems with these planes. The Fuel mixtures on the He111 no longer seem to work. I have just bought the Ju52 and it's Stabiliser trim does not seem to work, the Flaps only go full on/off and the indicator does not move either. Lastly, the elevator trim does not seem to work, neither the using the buttons that I use on all of the other planes (which do work on them), but they do nothing for the Ju52, nor does the elevator trim wheel turn. Have some of these things been disabled due to problems since your videos? What am I doing wrong?
Hey Mark, your best bet would be to reach out on the Il-2 forums I think as it's been a long time since I've flown the Ju 52. There are some Ju52 specialists who would definitely chime in over there I think. It seems like it may be a controller assignment or piloting assistance setting. Regarding the He-111 I believe they removed the manual mixture option.
@@RequiemsACTL Thanks man, at least I am reassured about the He111 as I thought I was going mad there for a moment. Cheers, I will post on the Forums.
anyone had the issue that throttles get stuck to 11%? it happens when i use right and left wheel breaks? any help appreciated, thanks
@@Canzandridas hey, thanks for your comment, I have had a look through the notes as you mentioned, they do seem helpful, however my problem is related to the fact that I cannot 'unstuck' the throttles from the break position of specifically 11%. It just doesn't go beyond that value when I use break keybind, kinda odd, anyways thanks for your reply
Great tutorial but please explain why h stab +2 then back to 0 would put flaps at 25°. How are flaps affected by the h stab?
Joe Schmuckatelli and how to put them at 40°? i would have to put hstab at -1 or something?
Thanks Joe :-)
The flap extension/retraction and horizontal stabiliser are linked together on the same control if you want to extend flaps, so if you turn it on and move the horizontal stabiliser wheel the flaps will extend/retract at the same time as the stabiliser adjusts. The description of how that system works is 25 seconds into the video.
You can play around with an initial horizontal stab setting and see what you like, but in my landing example I use +2 as the initial setting with flaps at 0°. So after that point I don't worry so much about what the stabiliser setting is because I'm extending flaps for landing. Starting at +2, the stabiliser moves to about -1.6 with flaps at about 40° on final
Have I got it right? You set Stabiliser to +2 then link the stabiliser & flaps and leave them linked for the whole circuit?
I think so it's been a while though. I would set the trim to +2 after unlinking then link them again when I want to use flaps.
i try to take off on latest mission, throttle decrease randomly and refuse to go full speed.i turn off every automatic assist thing in custom and throttle still decrease randomly.i can't go faster than 60 km/h. :(
Not sure..if you only have 1 throttle I'd make sure that you have all the engines selected by pressing 1 2 3. It sounds like one of your engines isn't being used.
Is course selector in Ju 52 fixed to "home landing field" or can it be used to manually set course progressing in mission?
It's essentially fixed to the nearest NDB I believe (if there are multiple on a map). In single player though there's only one and that would be at your home base.
@@RequiemsACTL This plane is so much fun to fly :)
so that compass gauge with 3 triangles at bottom is only homing to home base,not waypoints in singleplayer?(i mean i cant imagine working otherwise considering the technology)@@RequiemsACTL
@@JokeFranic correct
Wait so does this plane have any gunner positions?
It does have a gunner if you equip it, but I can't remember if you can actually take over that position and control the machine gun.
@@RequiemsACTL You can indeed and great fun it is too :)
Im not updated with IL2 BOM, is this a free or paid update?
You need to pay for the Ju-52 as a collector plane in order to fly it.
It's cheaper buying it on the developers' site. I will however not show in your steam account but you will be able to fly the JU52 after starting the simulator in Steam. You also support the devs better when buying directly from the devs than buying it via Steam.
I just bought this plane on sale for 6-7 bucks... definitely worth it!
They usually have a sale twice a year with 85% off.
is it possible to take control of the co-pilot?
No. I tried using control+C but nothing happened unless I had the turret and it would swap between the gunner and pilot.
odd, its going to be hard to keep an eye on that number 3 engine :\
Does this work with VR such as the Rist?
Yes it works with VR
Thanks for the response, when I get VR rup and running this will be my first game.
Even after watching this video, I still had problems flying this plane. My problem is figuring out the number of the engines. Which one is engine one, which one is engine two and three. That is what screwed me up on flying this.
Left-1 front-2 right-3
You can see at startup which engine is which... starts with 2 then 1 then 3.
You should have made video press A for autopilot and takeoff
That would have definitely been easier! Haha
So disappointing to wait for the whole startup on this cool plane then tailspinning on taxiway w/the unresponsive controls...
Uhh, Its ok. I was only going to play a game. Not fly one for real. 😥