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[Friedrich-Wilhelm]

Hi Spuntikshock,

I very much appreciate your efforts in regard to the Ju-88G-6 and especially your openness in letting the rest of us follow the progress of your work. Thus, please do not view this post as unsubstantiated criticism, but more as a curiosity question. It seems to me that currently, the Ju-88 models in Il-2 have rather reduced visibility to the rear. The pilot's view over-the-shoulder is blocked by something brown (the backrest of the pilot's seat?) and by those drawn train-compartment-like curtains. However, when looking at photographs and other images of Ju-88 cockpits/canopies, I am under the impression that the pilot should have much more visibility towards the rear. Is this impression wrong? If not, would it be possible to change the visibility in the cockpit?
Pardon my ignorance, as I ask this without having any practical understanding of the amount of work needed for such a change. So, if this is not feasible, please disregard. 

Thanks,

FW

[sputnikshock]

@Kopfdorfer: Like this?



@Red13: Thanks for you're research!

@Friedrich-Wilhelm: It's the pilot seat. On the positive side, fives you good protection. Tip: 6DoF forward when looking back or quickly cycle to rear gunner pit.

[CWMV]

My compliments Sputnikshock. Very rarely do you see a mod this open to the consumer, yet move so quickly.
Well done all!

[LuseKofte]

When I got my rig back, I shall fly... good work

[sputnikshock]

This concludes the 3d work for version 1.3 I think.
Now all that is missing is classfile work for those who experienced problems with loadouts/weapons and gear trouble (Ju 88 C-6 conflicts).

The funny thing is, that while there were numerous requests for 3d improvements on the external model, noone noticed that the radio compass was off by 90deg, the beacon needle pointing 180° to the wrong direction, and nightlighting on the turnbank indicators such that the yaw balls were invisible in dark nights.  Which leaves me wondeirng, do you guys actually fly this bird at night or are you just staring at it? 

[OberstDanjeje]

I want it, superb

[Lanius]

Thanks for such a well researched and constructed aircraft. 

Just wondered, really just out of curiosity , the radio antenna mast on top of the cockpit.... On the G models was it actually where you've got it ??? As said, its really just by way of my own lack of knowledge about 88 nightfighters.

Keep up the brill work ! And yes, I do fly your kite around during the day, cos she's so pretty :-)  Thanks !!

[sputnikshock]

On the G models, it was actually nowhere near I got it!
It was non-existant. Will kick it out and adjust wire antenna.

[slipper]

Love the Morgenstern radar mate, great work again. Its getting hard to keep up with you, your work rate can only be admired  .

regards

a very gratefull and happy 

slipper

[Friedrich-Wilhelm]

Edited by Adim Team !

The funny thing is, that while there were numerous requests for 3d improvements on the external model, noone noticed that the radio compass was off by 90deg, the beacon needle pointing 180° to the wrong direction, and nightlighting on the turnbank indicators such that the yaw balls were invisible in dark nights.  Which leaves me wondeirng, do you guys actually fly this bird at night or are you just staring at it? 

Hi Sputnik,

I did notice the misalignment of the radio compass and the beacon needle. But because I had never used them in Ju-88 before, flying mostly FW-190s and Bf-110s, I put that down to my ignorance in regard to their proper use and thought that I need to read the 4.10 manual on radio navigation for the Ju-88 once more. 

Cheers, and thanks for all your hard work on this plane!

FW

[sputnikshock]

Mast removed, wire antenna adjusted.

[sputnikshock]

Moved this to the end of the thread.

Development update

Vertical stabilizer geometry correction
After rechecking with 3-view plans, I realised that indeed its shape was a bit off. Leading edge lower corner needed to come forward, overall height needed to be reduced a little bit, and trailing edge of the rudder needed to move further back. Status: Done.
Thanks to leperemagloire for pointing me to this problem

Engine flame and exhaust
Hooks moved to the rear end of the the flamekillers. Status: Done
Thanks to OberstDanjeje for solving this.

Weapons classfiles
Will be made independent from base install and provided with the d/l. Probably in deactivated state, to be enabled by users experiencing loadout errors. Status: Planned

Base class
Aircraft will be made idependent from existing stock Ju 88 parent class, in order to avoid potential conflicts with C-6 pack installs. This will be optional. Status: Planned

Radar aerial
Optional Morgenstern antenna (uncovered). Status: Done

LOD
Thanks to Birdman's efforts, the LODs have been fixed for this plane. Status: Done

Engines
Ventral casings removed to correctly represent Jumo 213's. Status: Done
Revised intakes. Status: Done

Sound
MW50 'blip' sound. Status: Postponed to v2.0

Cockpit
Nightlighting fixes for turnbank indicators. Status: Done.
Compass correction. Status: Done.
Fuel/Oil pressure gauge night lighting. Status: Done.
Gunsight misalignment. Status: Done.

Antenna
Mast removal and wire fix. Status: Done.

This is a live dev update/status report/to do list. It is for me to keep track of things, but I'll let you peep through the keyhole. There are a lot of mods with a lot of secrecy around them - for good reasons - however I will try something new here and adopt an open information policy. If this leads to
people becoming pushy, or demanding - in the sense that some posters act as if they had a right to require changes to a mod, as has happened many times with other mods - I will take this off and drop the veil of secrecy. Hope you understand.
Nevertheless I have good faith in the followers of this thread and I believe this can proceed to the benefit of everyone involved.