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Does anyone have advice for me on bombing in IL-2 Sturmovik?”

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Does anyone have advice for me on bombing in IL-2 Sturmovik?”

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The Ju-87 in IL-2 is equipped with a simplified dive control system. As you near your victims, use the glass window between the rudder pedals to keep a bead on them. (This is an historically accurate feature that surprised me to see in the game, thinking it was too minute a detail to bother with. But with Maddox, I’ve learned to put that type of thinking aside.) When you are in the proper position for your dive bombing attack, an extension of the divebrakes engages a sort of dive autopilot similar to the auto-control on the actual Stuka. When the divebrakes extend, the aircraft is automatically re-trimmed to a nose-down attitude and it immediately begins to dive. Line up your targets using the gunsight—a good amount of “feel” helps too—and let loose your bomb load at 500 meters. At release, the autopilot re-trims the airplane back to its original cruise configuration, allowing you to leave your target a smoking wreck without much concern on your part. No doubt about it, dive bombing ta

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