Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Low Altitude Dogfights | IL-2 Great Battles | World War II

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  • Опубліковано 21 жов 2021
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  • @GrowlingSidewinder
    @GrowlingSidewinder  2 роки тому +34

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    Thanks for watching guys I hope everyone here is enjoying the World War II content, I'm having a great time with IL-2 so plenty more to come in the future. Thanks guys I'll see you in the next one, much love.

    • @saulekaravirs6585
      @saulekaravirs6585 2 роки тому +2

      I'm loving the IL-2 content recently. P-40 is an awesome plane.
      Have you thought about making a video on the LaGG-3? The LaGG-3 is underpowered and over weight like the P-40, limiting it's strengths and making it one of the lower performance aircraft. However the LaGG-3 has some very enjoyable handling characteristics. It's easy to handle in most situations, but it loosed energy quickly if you try to pull too hard too often, one it looses energy it is hard to regain it in combat. The climb rate is just below average. The LaGG-3's one big advantage against a 109 is the roll rate. the LaGG-3 has a good roll rate while the 109 has an abysmal roll rate. The 109 will out climb you and can generate energy much faster, hiding some pilot errors. You can't make energy mistakes in a LaGG-3 or you will be punished hard.
      For air to air, I suggest the 20mm canon, and for air to ground the 23mm or 37mm can be chosen. However, loading a 37mm full of HE and taking it against some He111s can be a lot of fun. bring some rockets too, just for good measure. (Winking Face Emoji)

    • @MrJohndoakes
      @MrJohndoakes 2 роки тому

      P-40 can do anything from 25,000 to 29,000 feet as the service ceiling depending on the subvariant. Only had a single supercharger. The Soviets loved them because the Germans flew low in the East.

    • @jr0815_aka_gulredrel
      @jr0815_aka_gulredrel 2 роки тому

      Do you also own the Me-262 and could tell us abouts it's implementation in IL-2?

    • @timtitus5002
      @timtitus5002 2 роки тому +1

      Famous last words without checking six. "I think we are ok" "I want this kill"

    • @steveshoemaker6347
      @steveshoemaker6347 2 роки тому +1

      ....On April 26, 1939, Curtiss was awarded a contract for 524 P-40s - once again, the largest order for fighter planes placed by the Army since 1918. The P-40 prototype was armed with one .50- and one .30-caliber machine gun - the standard USAAC fighter armament during the 1930s - but the production model was armed with two .50-caliber machine guns not 6 .50 caliber....Thanks👍

  • @floydnimrod1826
    @floydnimrod1826 2 роки тому +253

    That guys parachute popping out after he hits the ground is some looney toons shit.

    • @Ghoster311
      @Ghoster311 2 роки тому +22

      Acme Parachute Company

    • @ThePaulv12
      @ThePaulv12 2 роки тому +4

      @@Ghoster311 Acme Earthquake Pills - Caution! Not effective on Roadrunners.

    • @robgraham5697
      @robgraham5697 2 роки тому +1

      Except Daffy Duck, or who ever, gets up and walks away making accordion sounds.

    • @longshot7601
      @longshot7601 2 роки тому +4

      I was going to say that he did a Wile E. Coyote.

    • @eg395
      @eg395 2 роки тому +3

      One Nazi lawn dart.

  • @rippervtol9516
    @rippervtol9516 2 роки тому +170

    I remember an older engineer telling me that the P-40's wing is so overbuilt it's the only aircraft that NACA ever gave an unlimited lifespan in flight hours to its wing. This gives it its great dive performance, you just cant break the wings.

    • @Beykus_cz
      @Beykus_cz 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@its-butters58 😂😂😂 I have found you in comments section of this video by coincidence 😂

  • @halclay6179
    @halclay6179 2 роки тому +18

    "That dude owes me a beer" may be the MOST Canadian sentence I've heard.... EVER 😆

    • @RT42069
      @RT42069 Рік тому +2

      I owe ya a beer, eh?

  • @donaldwrightson
    @donaldwrightson 2 роки тому +70

    My grandparents worked at the Curtiss plant during the war making those. They have always been one of my favorites!!!!

    • @555_Kochi_STi
      @555_Kochi_STi 2 роки тому +3

      Your grandparents made a hell of a plane.

    • @donaldwrightson
      @donaldwrightson 2 роки тому +7

      @@555_Kochi_STi Unfortunately,I didn't find out until after they both had passed!!! I was so upset! i would have loved to pick their brains about it!!!!

  • @grndiesel
    @grndiesel 2 роки тому +54

    It may be underpowered at higher altitude, but the P40 was surprisingly maneuverable. Jeff Ethell (RIP) admitted to accidentally banging his head of the side of the canopy when he was caught off guard by the snappy roll rate. He flew many warbirds and even a few late soviet era jets. Sadly, the P38 curse took him before his time.

  • @artyomgunard4491
    @artyomgunard4491 2 роки тому +43

    Parachute be like: Better late than never

  • @user-dn6zs6gh3f
    @user-dn6zs6gh3f 2 роки тому +85

    Your accuracy is in incredible! I love the third person replays of you laying those .50cals into the Germans like someone setting off fireworks on the 4th of July!
    Seeing you bomb some airfields or ports in a Stuka, Ju-88 or an HE-111 would be intense! Your flying ability shows that you can fly just about anything! Get your boy long shot multi crewing as your gunner!!! You two crack me up.

    • @diegoruiz7600
      @diegoruiz7600 2 роки тому +3

      Have you ever played this game or dcs in VR ? When deflection shooting like he is doing in this vid, the VR helps so much because of added depth perception, it's like night and day how much easier it is to aim when you have two little screens instead of one 2D one

  • @aaronbielish7087
    @aaronbielish7087 2 роки тому +102

    Is there a Fairey Swordfish option? I think that one was responsible for taking out the Bismarck’s rudder. That would be an interesting mission.Actually any torpedo bomber from WWII might be interesting

    • @UNSF
      @UNSF 2 роки тому +21

      There isn't. IL-2 aircrafts are mainly focused on Germans and Soviets, with a dozen iconic Allied aircraft DLCs serving as icing on the cake. They do want to release more Allied stuff and eventually a Pacific Theater, but things are moving at snail's pace.
      A Japanese B5N Kate or TBF would have been awesome. Torpedo bombers to me always feel like the most dangerous and shittiest job of all ww2 aviators.

    • @RegulationGamingHP
      @RegulationGamingHP 2 роки тому +18

      You'd have to play IL-2 1946, which is older but an excellent WWII encyclopedia regardless

    • @MiaMooreA
      @MiaMooreA 2 роки тому +4

      I agree the swordfish is the best plane ever made.

    • @James_T_Kirk_1701
      @James_T_Kirk_1701 2 роки тому +2

      @@UNSF TBD Devastator always seemed like a death sentence to me.

    • @-few-fernando11
      @-few-fernando11 2 роки тому +4

      @@UNSF Not exactly true... there are more east front planes, true, becasue there are 3 released "theaters", Stalingrad, Moscow, and Kuban. Against one released and one halfway done west theaters... Bondenplate and Normandy. But taking into acount that the il2 was a Soviet plane and that most of the development team are Russians, that seams quite ok.
      And they develop a map/theater and 10 planes in about 1.5 to 2 years, thats not "snail pace" to me, plus always upgrading and andding other stuff in between

  • @Hy93Ri0n
    @Hy93Ri0n 2 роки тому +46

    ah, my favorite warbird! awesome to see GS upload some gameplay of one of the most beautiful aircraft ever constructed.

    • @GrowlingSidewinder
      @GrowlingSidewinder  2 роки тому +20

      It IS a good looking aircraft that’s for sure

    • @Hy93Ri0n
      @Hy93Ri0n 2 роки тому +10

      @@GrowlingSidewinder and hey, you didn't get killed in this one! Outstanding work mate, and thanks for the info on the IL-2 sale.

  • @oskar6661
    @oskar6661 2 роки тому +27

    My absolute favourite WW2 aircraft. Also, very sadly under-appreciated considering how well it did and how many we produced/used to keep enemies at bay until we could get into proper production of more modern aircraft. A true, genuine workhorse. Reliable, easy to fly, competent...just outclassed by the time of WW2 really.

    • @gotanon8958
      @gotanon8958 2 роки тому +1

      The Enemy it faced wished that were the case.

    • @lightning_38
      @lightning_38 Рік тому

      Same, I love this thing. Even with its downsides

    • @lucax2300
      @lucax2300 10 місяців тому +1

      The P-40 was pretty dominant among the Flying Tigers, though. Gunned down so many Japanese Army air units.

  • @longtimber
    @longtimber 2 роки тому +2

    "Bombers just do something for me"... I like big props and I don't know why, you other the pilots can't deny, when a bomber flies by with a bitty waste gun and a bomb door in your face you get...

  • @fazole
    @fazole 2 роки тому +7

    During 1943-44, the ANZACs were flying them in the Solomons and supported the US forces there in the attack on Bougainville. They had P-38 on top, Corsairs in the middle and P-40's down low from what I remember from the "Jolly Rogers" book.

  • @shadekerensky3691
    @shadekerensky3691 2 роки тому +1

    lmao When that guy's parachute opened after he hit the ground was some friggin Wily Coyote shit right there. XD

  • @tedarcher9120
    @tedarcher9120 2 роки тому +3

    P-40 is a stable gun platform, because it has 3! Longerones it each wing. Spitfires and 109 only have one. Which means that P-40 is heavy, but extremely sturdy

  • @Polskmofo
    @Polskmofo 2 роки тому +6

    Most aesthetically pleasing aircraft of the time period imo.

  • @Matterian
    @Matterian 2 роки тому +3

    The P-40 was my fav plane as a kid. I was all about the flying tigers. they wouldn't get into turn fights with the Zero's. They did boom and Zoom to tangle with the Zero's and the Betty's.Sweet sweet video GS!!!

  • @Bsquared1972
    @Bsquared1972 2 роки тому +7

    Love the P40, always been a fan of the "Flying Tigers" out of the 23rd Fighter Group. Great flying, great video!

    • @cccp319801spetsnaz
      @cccp319801spetsnaz Рік тому

      You should join our Facebook group where we share rare photos and more!

  • @clarkdewar7122
    @clarkdewar7122 2 роки тому +8

    Your commentary is very informative and love your dark humor...priceless.

  • @raylake6611
    @raylake6611 2 роки тому +9

    Absolutely love the P-40! Bought one immediately. I think it is probably one of the most beautiful aircraft designs in WWII. Would love to see them more often in the channel!

  • @BSWThunder6
    @BSWThunder6 2 роки тому +3

    Thumbs up on the RCAF markings!! I had no idea there were any "shark nose" RCAF P-40's. So cool!!

  • @mjhac2685
    @mjhac2685 2 роки тому +15

    I love the P40! I ended up getting Desert Wings this sale too mainly for that.

  • @DanielCPhillips
    @DanielCPhillips 2 роки тому +10

    GS, I notice after your WW1 flying, that you are starting to make sure you get very close before opening fire with machine guns playing WW2 battles. This works well - up until things like enemy wings, wheels, cockpit canopies and bailing out pilots start hitting your aircraft. Deflection shooting, if you are going to get that close, could be a life saver! With the P-40, the bloke who wrote the book on how to effectively use it was a chap called Claire Chennault, of American Volunteer Group / Flying Tigers fame. He taught his pilots to energy fight the Japanese in the P-40B, / Tomahawk IIIB, then later P-40E's, against much bigger opposing numbers, pretty effectively. Apparently the Shark mouth logo was copied by RAF Squadron 112, ( which was largely staffed by Polish, Canadian, Aussie and Kiwi pilots) from a Luftwaffe heavy fighter group flying Me-110's in Crete, Zerstörergeschwader 76. When the AVG saw a photo of an RAF 112 squadron Tomahawk aircraft in a newspaper, they adopted the design as well - and the rest is history! :-D

  • @soysauceO3o
    @soysauceO3o 2 роки тому +7

    Built my own P-40 flying tiger model as my first kit, very good looking bird. Loving the IL-2 content!

    • @45CaliberCure
      @45CaliberCure 2 роки тому

      It was one of the first models for me, as well. Had a hell of a time getting the wings to stay together, though. Had no rubber bands or anything to hold them, so ended up manually doing so for a ridiculous amount of time. Beautiful model.

  • @jackbubblewater7490
    @jackbubblewater7490 2 роки тому +5

    Gs was definitely biting his lip when he was talking about shooting down bombers

  • @carlhokanson9160
    @carlhokanson9160 2 роки тому +3

    So many seem to think 50 cals were not too good Vs the 20mm cannons, you were shredding them easily, very nicely done! 50 cals were taking out ships and trains let alone airplanes.

    • @cdgncgn
      @cdgncgn 2 роки тому +2

      12,7 wasnt exactly light, planes - the bigger the plane, the less effect when hitting the plane in general when penetrating.

  • @bobr8766
    @bobr8766 2 роки тому +4

    ED, if you are watching, see how well you can see in IL-2…Now FIX the overheat problems with the P-51D, or LOSE more players. Kudos to GS, for promoting IL-2!

  • @Krupnski
    @Krupnski 2 роки тому +31

    Now try the P39, very good plane in IL2 that's underrated by a lot of players :)

    • @chanman819
      @chanman819 2 роки тому +11

      An aircraft underrated by English-speaking countries :D

    • @steveeslinger1299
      @steveeslinger1299 2 роки тому +3

      Here, here! I'd love to see a low- altitude tussle between a P-40 and P-39 with Longshot.

    • @steveeslinger1299
      @steveeslinger1299 2 роки тому +2

      @@-Zevin- Probably, but it would be fun to highlight how underrated the P-39 was while showcasing a head-to-head between the two early Army Air Corps. fighters.

    • @Taliyon
      @Taliyon 2 роки тому

      ​@@steveeslinger1299 THISSSSSSSS!

    • @gnak6525
      @gnak6525 2 роки тому +5

      Most 109 pilots don't know that if a P-39 at low or medium alt manages their energy it will out compete the 109... then they try diving to get away and don't realize... you're faster ;p

  • @CountArtha
    @CountArtha 2 роки тому +2

    The P-40's Allison engine wasn't supercharged, so yes. Very much a low-altitude fighter.

  • @Boslandschap1
    @Boslandschap1 2 роки тому +10

    Regarding the sale: if you want to support the developers, consider buying the game on their own website rather than Steam (Steam takes a comission).

  • @christopherdaub7451
    @christopherdaub7451 2 роки тому +1

    Those Hs-129s were taking a real beating but not surprising as they were ground-attack aircraft with a heavily armored cockpit. Really love this Il-2 content.

  • @JH-hh5jm
    @JH-hh5jm 2 роки тому +4

    The P-40 is my favorite WW2 plane ever, so much fun to fly in game and looks so menacing with the big intake. Nothing comes close for me. Love your channel and especially these videos of older aircraft, thanks for the content!

  • @James-bw4np
    @James-bw4np 2 роки тому +2

    Man the P40 is a favorite of mine! They were the Flying Tigers as well!

  • @bradcampbell7253
    @bradcampbell7253 2 роки тому +1

    Within it's envelope, boom and zoom works. And it is surprisingly agile, just no fast climb. And tough as nails.

  • @welltell.
    @welltell. 2 роки тому +2

    Tim "Growling Sidewinder" Hortons today became the first Canadian war pilot to shoot down 5 enemy airplanes making him a certified ACE. To celebrate every one in the mess hall will get extra Canadian Maple Syrup with their pancakes at breakfast.

  • @kallaji7383
    @kallaji7383 2 роки тому +3

    These WW2 dogfights are VERY MUCH up close and personal. Almost a man-to-man argument being settled over the canopy with 50 Cal.

  • @777Pantheraleo
    @777Pantheraleo 2 роки тому +1

    I actually flew in a P-40 among other warbirds pretty fun aircraft.

  • @spigot993
    @spigot993 2 роки тому +1

    Do love the Warhawk, A2A did a great model of one.
    For a long time, there was one on Google maps out in the desert, which had been landed almost intact, an engineer made a forced landing and was too far out in the cuds to make it back, it was found much much later with the controls still configured for landing.

  • @numbersletters3886
    @numbersletters3886 2 роки тому +1

    P-40, a classic WWII Warbird. Beautiful plane!

  • @superhans85
    @superhans85 9 місяців тому +1

    Would love to see more of these with the P-40

  • @Cryshalo
    @Cryshalo 2 роки тому

    Man, GS out there wrecking pixel-homes all across Germany. Lotta silk switching from parachute to funeral shroud.

  • @kavehradmand1786
    @kavehradmand1786 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for all your videos
    In this episode when you killed the second enemy I liked the way you pulled up from smoke and avoided hitting him from behind 👍

  • @kentwilliams4152
    @kentwilliams4152 2 роки тому +1

    The convergence of the wing guns really comes into play at close range in a negative way. If one’s airplane’s wings are not exactly aligned with the bandit’s wings there will be a lot of misses. That’s the beauty of cowl mounted MG’s or Cannons. 😉

  • @That_Freedom_Guy
    @That_Freedom_Guy 2 роки тому +1

    You are a specialist in midair disassembly! Lol.

  • @craigwycinsky3889
    @craigwycinsky3889 5 місяців тому

    Nice GS, that was the first wheel landing I have seen you do. Well done.

  • @TheBigCracker
    @TheBigCracker 2 роки тому +2

    I’m honestly surprised more people haven’t heard of IL-2. IL-2 has been around significantly longer than DCS.

    • @S1lverspike
      @S1lverspike 2 роки тому

      Yeah same I went from il2 to dcs

    • @LongTran-em6hc
      @LongTran-em6hc 2 роки тому

      Flanker 1.0 was out before IL-2 in 2001

  • @Cuccos19
    @Cuccos19 2 роки тому +4

    2nd favorite after the P-38 (yeah, totally different birds, I know). No other aircraft looks soo great with sharkmouth!

  • @kenhelmers2603
    @kenhelmers2603 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks GS! Could you do a little on the history, intended purpose/design for these WWII aircraft? You do that so well when you do :)

  • @chriszack4777
    @chriszack4777 2 роки тому +1

    GS, I always look forward to your videos, thanks for making them. I know tutorials are not your thing, but please consider making some dogfighting tutorials. You have a lot of experience to pass on now and I think that the type of tutorials you would probably make would be easy to follow. I love to fly the warbirds, but I always feel like I'm about to fall out of the sky as soon as I start maneuvering LOL.

  • @elmonte5lim
    @elmonte5lim 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for the heads-up, man.
    Bargains to be had, it seems.

  • @barbarossa1234
    @barbarossa1234 Рік тому +1

    What an iconic warbird.

  • @lonniebailey4989
    @lonniebailey4989 2 роки тому +2

    If you can, I would love to see you sortie out in the P-40 and intercept Japanese bombers and their escorts in the Pacific. I know the Warhawk saw extensive use in the Pacific, especially by The Flying Tigers.

  • @robs8817
    @robs8817 2 роки тому +1

    1941 movie, John Belushi..."Let me hear your guns!"

  • @frozetti434
    @frozetti434 2 роки тому +1

    I love the P-40, flies so very well.

  • @danielmeador1991
    @danielmeador1991 4 місяці тому +1

    More P40 videos please that was amazing

  • @jasonvega9942
    @jasonvega9942 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the heads up on the sale

  • @starlingphoenix9683
    @starlingphoenix9683 2 роки тому

    Great stuff, thank you!

  • @leighjones5551
    @leighjones5551 2 роки тому

    Enjoying the Il2 stuff which i play . I have watch loads of you jet combat . But you have easily transferred to the prop game and like it well done

  • @MGB-learning
    @MGB-learning 2 роки тому +1

    Outstanding Video and presentation.

  • @EnterpriseXI
    @EnterpriseXI 2 роки тому +1

    The sad thing is pilots bailing out too late I'm sure happens quite frequently in WW2 and in other wars. There was an episode in dogfights where a P-51 pilot witnesses a BF 109 pilot bailing out way too low to the ground and sees the German pilot bouncing on the ground it. haunted him forever. Aerial combat is some dangerous shit

  • @luciusvorenus9445
    @luciusvorenus9445 2 роки тому

    Very cool. Nice to see the P-40 fighting.

  • @user-fw2dd2cy3c
    @user-fw2dd2cy3c 2 роки тому

    Love the P-40. Super enjoyable video.

  • @XJapa1n09
    @XJapa1n09 2 роки тому +2

    I swear, if you weren’t the best youtuber I know I would say you’d be a fantastic color commentator for just about anything! Great video as always!

  • @waveman2952
    @waveman2952 2 роки тому +1

    P40 was equal to the P51 below 15000 feet in a dogfight but was a better boom and zoom fighter! Beautiful plane and thanks for that video!

  • @doge8430
    @doge8430 2 роки тому

    Love the videos!! Keep it up! Have you ever played il-2 before you started making the vids?

  • @dlr1668
    @dlr1668 2 роки тому

    Excellent video. Loving the WW1 and WWW2 videos

  • @danield.7359
    @danield.7359 2 роки тому

    pure ASMR. I love these vids.

  • @seancummings7788
    @seancummings7788 2 роки тому +1

    GS I really hope you get some folks to get into IL2 BOx. It's truly a great sim. As much as I love DCS it has a ways to go for WWII content. Yes this sim is a bit less when it comes to the switcholgy but it has strengths where it needs it. Highly recommend this sim and yes with the Sale going on it's can be had for a great price.

  • @johnprice2606
    @johnprice2606 2 роки тому

    Really enjoying these WWII videos

  • @borismaccarthy7131
    @borismaccarthy7131 2 роки тому

    Nice video. I really enjoy them. And even more so when you are using my favourite aircraft.

  • @meichled
    @meichled 2 роки тому

    love the Il-2 work

  • @tarfu2105
    @tarfu2105 2 роки тому +2

    This il2 content is 10/10

  • @barrylucas8679
    @barrylucas8679 2 роки тому

    I think during WW2 it was called "bailing out"....love the channel....long before most of your viewers were born I checked out my first library book. It was called WARHAWK PATROL...a fun little story about a pilot and his P40 he named The Tomboy. 40 years later I found a copy of the book on ebay...good times

  • @cshan2313
    @cshan2313 2 роки тому

    Ive been thinking of getting it, and now sale is here!

  • @Tamburello_1994
    @Tamburello_1994 2 роки тому +1

    Can't wait for Normandy to pop.

  • @charles_wipman
    @charles_wipman 2 роки тому

    Looks great; i know the P-40s from their service in the Pacific mainly.

  • @deathratt8372
    @deathratt8372 2 роки тому

    love it soundtrack from 1942 havnt heard it in years

  • @frankbizzoco1954
    @frankbizzoco1954 2 роки тому +5

    As soon as you started to stream Il-2, I put it in my Steam wishlist, and boom, a sale. So far I picked up Stalingrad, and coincidently the P-40. Im looking to pick up Boutenplatte, and Flying circus because your WWI videos looked like so much fun. I'm curious what is the idea of the ironsights in the P-40? Is it as cut and dry as its just a backup to the reflective glass? Also I find it much easier to waste 109s in IL-2 than in DCS. In DCS, they're bullet sponges lol. Another great video.

    • @GrowlingSidewinder
      @GrowlingSidewinder  2 роки тому +3

      hey frank awesome to hear you're getting into IL2 you've picked up some great stuff so far, as for the sights I think you're right, I believe it to be backup sight.

    • @pittsters2a718
      @pittsters2a718 2 роки тому +2

      I've got Bodenplatte and i would personally recommend getting it, the planes are a ton of fun and the maps look good as well.

    • @frankbizzoco1954
      @frankbizzoco1954 2 роки тому +1

      @@pittsters2a718 it reminds me of Janes WW2 fighters from what I saw. That game was near and dear to my heart as a kid. Tons of fun. I would be counting down the minutes at school so I can go home to play it lol.

    • @GrowlingSidewinder
      @GrowlingSidewinder  2 роки тому +2

      @@frankbizzoco1954 yup I had that also, loved that one, if I remember correctly there was a mode on there where you could fight wave after wave right ? good times in that game.

  • @reapertalon
    @reapertalon 2 роки тому

    10:25 ''Boomps-a-daisy!"

  • @leatherneckprepper4477
    @leatherneckprepper4477 2 роки тому

    I truly enjoy watching the pilots bail out at the last moment and then they shoot don’t open so they go kersplat on the ground.

  • @Terminus316
    @Terminus316 2 роки тому +2

    F’s in the chat for that 109 pilot that became a pancake lol

  • @thompiraux
    @thompiraux 2 роки тому +1

    I just bought the game with every planes and saved 259€ in regard of the full price!!! I was hoping for an opportunity like this for a long time!!

  • @wanhapatu
    @wanhapatu 2 роки тому

    These videos really make me want to try out a VR set!

  • @debbiestimac5175
    @debbiestimac5175 2 роки тому +5

    Watching your rudder inputs on the rollout after landing, is your sensitivity set very high or something? You also mentioned over rudder'ing while doing those yo-yo's when the 109 reversed his turns. Might be simply a setting to adjust on your hardware/seating position. Great stuff though, your gunnery is getting better every mission!

    • @GrowlingSidewinder
      @GrowlingSidewinder  2 роки тому +6

      That’s very possible something I will need to look into

    • @debbiestimac5175
      @debbiestimac5175 2 роки тому +1

      @@GrowlingSidewinder Glad to help, thanks for the reply! 😎

  • @tmseh
    @tmseh 2 роки тому

    My name is Wild Bill Kelso. Turn this tub around, you're taking me to Tokyo!
    6 .50 calibers of *FREEDOM!*

  • @sigmasmegma8514
    @sigmasmegma8514 2 роки тому

    The replay music reminds me of Wolfenstein enemy territory... Took me a while to remember 🤣

  • @brandonstrife9738
    @brandonstrife9738 2 роки тому

    The p 40 did have a intermediate altitude model the f-10 it had a merlin in it. Of course this is still prior to the merlin getting a 2 stage super charger.

  • @yan_4523
    @yan_4523 2 роки тому

    Yessss one of my favorites warbirds

  • @petersaunders6515
    @petersaunders6515 2 роки тому

    What are your graphics settings?? I always have issues with haze or foggy textures. I turn off the haze and fug settings for WX but still get fuzzy graphics. I have my graphics settings set to Ultra

  • @josiahjones5293
    @josiahjones5293 2 роки тому

    I'm addicted to these as if they were real fights

  • @SLO4SpeedBump
    @SLO4SpeedBump 7 місяців тому +1

    Good shot

  • @TwistedSheriff
    @TwistedSheriff 2 роки тому +1

    I do still wonder what a P-40 with a Marlin-Rolls would be capable of. Always been a fan of the heavy old girl, something ruggedly elegant about her design.

    • @timesthree5757
      @timesthree5757 2 роки тому +1

      The issue wasn't the engine the issue was the forced induction. Those same engines were on the p38 and they worked fine.

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS 2 роки тому

      F and L models were powered with Merlins.

    • @TwistedSheriff
      @TwistedSheriff 2 роки тому

      Interesting, was always under the impression the Allison was just underpowered for the airframe and was curious if the design, if properly powered, would be any good when compared to late war designs

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS 2 роки тому

      @@TwistedSheriff P-38's used the same series engine. But with the superchargers in the booms for high altitude performance.

    • @Jyrgenstrator
      @Jyrgenstrator Рік тому

      @@WALTERBROADDUS You might mean turbochargers? It had turbos on top of superchargers..

  • @KingLeek86
    @KingLeek86 2 роки тому

    FINALLY! Someone fucking makes the P-40 Warhawk!

  • @gvii
    @gvii 2 роки тому

    The Hs-129 is basically a flying tank, kinda like the IL-2. The whole nose is an armored box(Most of the canopy as well.), has air cooled radial engines. It can soak up a lot of damage. On the other hand, it was pretty underpowered and extremely cramped for the pilot. So cramped that several gauges and the gunsight are outside the cockpit, and what gauges are in the cockpit are so low down that they were difficult to see without scrunching down. But it's a neat aircraft that's a lot of fun to fly and ground pound with. Especially since it could carry some seriously nasty firepower.

    • @cdgncgn
      @cdgncgn 2 роки тому

      what did they put on later ? PaK40 in it or was it the panther gun with 6 rounds or so ?

  • @metalmad89
    @metalmad89 2 роки тому +1

    Next video - GS and LS multicrew in a B25 Mitchell

  • @Power5
    @Power5 2 роки тому +2

    Damnit ED, give us a damn P-40 already. How can you not have one of the most prolific planes in WW2 in the game? This plane fought for so many countries and in EVERY theatre of the war. Not having it is like not even having WW2 planes in a WW2 game. And give us a square wing 109 as well. P-40 is definitely a low level plane. Only has the single stage SC.

    • @Tamburello_1994
      @Tamburello_1994 2 роки тому

      I'd like my long promised F4U Corsair FIRST.

    • @Power5
      @Power5 2 роки тому

      I think P-40 was promised first. That developer then just walked away.

    • @Tamburello_1994
      @Tamburello_1994 2 роки тому +1

      @@Power5 I can fly a Warhawk here.
      I'm dying to fly a Bent Wing MF'er.
      SOONEST.

    • @Power5
      @Power5 2 роки тому

      Is there no f4U in il2 anymore? I remember the original that had war thunder numbers of flyable planes.

    • @Tamburello_1994
      @Tamburello_1994 2 роки тому +1

      @@Power5 Perhaps an older addition but I'm talking the Great Battles series which plays out over Europe.
      I couldn't go back to "1946" after DCS and IL-2 GB's ( I also own Tank Crew as well as all the modules except Flying Circus)

  • @ozarkhunter8018
    @ozarkhunter8018 2 роки тому

    Could you please put a link to your graphics settings, and oculus tray tool settings if you use it? I use the RiftS as well, and have a horrible time seeing anything in IL-2. Thank you and nice flying!

  • @GregoryShtevensh
    @GregoryShtevensh 2 роки тому

    The best Ace of the War for Australia was in a KittyHawk P40! I wish I could have flown them!!

  • @williammacgregor7542
    @williammacgregor7542 2 роки тому

    He had a Polish parachute, they open on impact.

  • @anasazkoul4899
    @anasazkoul4899 2 роки тому

    Rough day at the office?! more like last day at the office lol