IL-2 Cliffs of Dover Blitz || Hawker Hurricane || SCRAMBLE! 

1:12 - "ACHTUNG, FRITZ! You missed the shipping convoy! That green stuff below you is GRASS! You are NOT over water. Repleat, you are NOT over water."

Just to help with the immersion a tip in use of flaps, only partial are used in take off particularly on fields because they otherwise interfere too much with drag. Since most homegrown British warbirds like the Spit and Hurricane only have two position locking split flaps and don't have a partial setting they're only used during landing. And being an older man now a history lesson as is the privilege of the aged, most aircraft of the period have a ton of low speed lift without any flaps and they're really more an expression of the type of airfields being used than any absence of almost immediate lift once take off power is gradually applied. It is more about landing on a rough field, no matter how trim the lawn means you really don't want to be going too much faster than a peddling bicycle if you have any say in it, so flaps are really all about landing at the lowest speed you can. That said, German fighters aside which have their own design philosophies the bulk of fighters in 1940 both British and continental are really barely one step removed from biplanes and such a statement is never more true than with the Hurricane and its thick wing and fabric rear fuselage, Hawker originally called it the Fury Monoplane during its development phase and it basically is a Hawker Fury with the top wing removed and a Merlin shoved in. Part of the reason it was instrumental to the British defence, the Spitfire was an entirely new design requiring a newly skilled workforce where the Hurricane could be put immediately into mass production using the existing workforce and manufacturing facilities with very little modification. Now with something like the Bavarian fighters such as the Messerschmitt used a simple hand wheel linkage for the flaps and for a particularly rough field you could wind on just a little to shorten the take off run, or heavily overload the aircraft from a paved field which was not actually uncommon by experienced pilots during isolated field operations as the Luftwaffe often staged fighter units a mere dozen or so miles from potential enemy contact to increase the range of operations, they had their own light infantry service and everything set up for that so it was rather unique. It was not unheard of, during a hasty retreat for pilots to shove some ground crew members and equipment into the radio compartment of an Me109 and use it, grossly overloaded as a shuttle. Such a system even allowed the pilot to wind on a little flaps to increase turn rates as an ad hoc combat flaps setting although this would come down to hand strength versus wind resistance, however the combat record does show experienced pilots using them in this way. Conversely American fighters by the same period actually had a specific combat flaps setting, as well as take off and landing settings in steps with their electrical flaps. Focke Wulf also used electrical with multiple position stops. The British just had the two position locking hydraulic. What ever they were in, nobody would use landing flaps setting during take off, too much drag to accelerate effectively. Half the purpose of landing flaps is slowing the aircraft with drag so you can approach touch down with some throttle in case you need to apply emergency for go around without the time for an engine run up to it. In this period you cannot just shove an aircraft engine's throttle from idle to full emergency without expecting an immediate splutter and shut down, engines must be worked up between dramatic power changes and the aircraft trimmed or you get quickly reminded heavier than air objects don't naturally fly. I've got a story about that too, in the Pacific a Marines Wildcat bomber escort was returning from a successful mission at the cruise power setting, feeling safe when their bombers unexpectedly got bounced by Zeros that had followed them all the way from the target area to almost home and then attacked from on high. It's a heartbreaking account as the veteran retelling it mentioned that it took them a full minute to run up their engines from the economy cruise setting to combat power and all they could do was watch bomber after bomber get destroyed right in front of their eyes without a damn thing they could do about it unless they wanted to foul their engines and drop into the sea with them. One of the harsh mechanical realities of what is an early period of engineering development, I mean look at vintage cars from the same period and they're all sorts of ancient and remarkably complex trying to do what seems, today to be the simplest things.

“What shall I do with the officers?” “Give ‘em a bloody shovel!”

thank you for doing the hurricane as she's quite overshadowed by the spitfire when there was more hurricane's and more kills by hurricanes too :0) thanks taff chocks away and tally ho :0)

Great mission! The Hurri was a spectacular beast of WW2! With that huge wing, the stall speed must be about 70 knots..?? The cliffs of dover career, whether in a Spit or Hurri would be great! It was an epic period, and the Brits won the battle, so it makes for a great story. When you start from the radar, then ground observer reports, radio reports, plot rooms, to the assigned squadrons/vectors/targets, that would make the most sense, and makes for a great story. The Battle of Britain wasn't fought in a vacuum, so it's helpful to see how it all worked together.

NO Flap required for take on in the Hurricane, they are only there to slow it down on landing. I have been enjoying all you work, well done.

That was a lot of fun to watch, and the scenario captures the feel of the first phase of the Battle of Britain really well, when the Luftwaffe focused on rapid and repeated attacks on RAF airfields. I prefer a single series that follows one career. That way, it's a bit like having a protagonist for a story. :)

I always loved the Hawker Hurricane. Unsung hero of the Battle of Britain.

Nice to see CLOD getting some love! I'm just about to try the "On Ne Passe Pas" campaign for the 3rd time- I have yet to finish any of the missions in the campaign with a successful landing (of the plane).

That looks great Taff, it MUST be a series. Please!

Great video! Love the storytelling and contextualizing. Would love to see more episodes in the Battle of Britain campaign. Just can't get enough of that iconic battle.

Great to see you back in Blitz.

Anybody else find that cliffs of dover has somewhat better physics (shit falling off and tumbling down) and sounds than later IL2 games?

Appropriate for Battle of Britain Day coming up on September 15th

This is the first time i saw a video of yours, so i don't know if you do this on your other videos, but the narrative intro is a nice addition as it makes the whole thing much more immersive. Congratulations!

Hope those Jerries were given a warm British welcome 😉

Great to see you back in the Hurricane, Taff. The Hurricane was the real star of the Battle of Britain responsible for 60% of the total Luftwaffe losses in the battle. I would love to see you do a career in the Battle of Britain Hurricane.

Excellent video, Taff. Really captured the flavour of the sim, loved the narrative which really brought it alive. I’m now a Taff in Exile subscriber! 👍🏻 - Snapper

A Cliffs and Tobruk careers would be very nice.

Ah, the Hurricane, what a fantastic plane. Keep this one up if you can, even if it's part of a rotation.

That was excellent! The rotation of the 3 different careers is an brilliant idea, just nice to see you back in the air Taff 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Nice another il2 series!

The workhorse of the RAF, good to see her getting some publicity.

I'd like to suggest taking off then circling up to height then turning on course to the enemy. That way you arrive at the battle from above and can dive in a fast swooping attack at high speed instead of making a nice slow climbing target for the enemy as you fly up and engage.

Do whatever you damn well please Taff! I'm happy to watch anything you care to post. Pax dude.

I remember reading about Tangmere and Middle Wallop in Stephen Bungay's fine book, "The Most Dangerous Enemy". But curiously, Hurricane 111 Squadron was located at Debden, not Tangmere! Lol! By the way, if you find yourself in a turning fight with a Bf-109, you will be much quicker with a turning circle radius of just over 650 feet while that for the 109 is just over 850 feet. One thing I noticed with your fight with the Dornier 17s (which are very fast indeed). You like to get in close, right? So, set your convergence to no more than 200 meters. Judging from the tracers, your fire was not well concentrated. Now, you asked for comments whether you should stick with the Hurricane...my vote is yes, most definitely. The Hurri is iconic...a perfectly lovely old girl!

Amazing what the mod team have turned this game into

Nice to see people play the huri, she did the brunt of the work.

Wonderful video Taft. My personal thought on the 1 v 3 career series is for just 1 and have that one be the Cliff of Dover. Thanks again, and just what or where is it you're exiled from?

Some of these vids have an ad break in the middle: the Hun knows this and THAT'S when you're at your most vulnerable.

Love this game, do Desert Wings too

I love this series, dunno how many times ive watched it :( :)

oooh. I love this time period! :D I might have to buy the game.

Don't use flap to take off in a Hurri!

Nice. I was surprised you didn't get nailed by your own flak. Love CoD vids. Thanks.

Jolly good show! This video is perfect for showing how much fun this simulation is, And I hope to link it in some Blogs I visit to drum up interest. Not bad for a game that is quite a few years old now, but constantly updated And improved but Team Fusion. One note to tell viewers, You need to know how to fly a plane! (And this sim is a great teacher.) I have flown the above mission (#1 of about 12 in the campaign for solo flyers) Many times, but if you really want to test your mettle, come on over to the multiplayer side And join TWC ( or ATAG) and fly with (and against) people from all over world! We use discord to talk to each other in real time ( not the enemy, of course.) And develop great friendships, comraderie, and learn a lot about flying, techniques, and how to's.

I don't think the Hurricane needs flaps on takeoff, but you did well for a young pilot.

Really enjoyed your first sortie with the hurricane.

I lived close to Northolt airfield during the war. 303 squadron polish pilots. We owe them and all our fighting men.

Definitely a few pilot snipes. That's one upshot of AP.

Just one career at time please Taff. I think rotating careers would spoil the continuity. The hurricane series would be good but if you want to do something else that's fine with me. Always a pleasure to watch your content.

nice , my grandfather flew these in ww2 from here

Glad to see this Battle of Britain, hope to see more

I think the second Dornier you were shooting at was actually the the same aircraft you were shooting at earlier, it was empty but had kept flying.

Amazing experience to be in the Hurricane’s cockpit and getting a feel for being in the right place at the right time.Felt a bit exposed being out of formation and maybe a bit more of the incendiary de Wilde ammo would have helped.Great effort scoring a kill on your first enemy engagement with the Dorniers and Junkers.The 109’s will up the tempo next time so be careful!

have been waiting for you to do a Hurri career mode!! noice 1 m8 keep it going

While managing 3 careers at a time may sound interesting, i believe it would be needlessly stressful to manage with your storytelling style of gameplay, as well as partially split your audience as to which series they are most interested in and which ones they dont mind missing. I personally would prefer to watch one series on a consistent day. As to what you fly or which game/sim it is, i leave that in your hands.

Very enjoyable, good to see some BoB! Re which career, or whether to rotate - I'd prefer you see what feels good for you. If you're enjoying, we're enjoying.

Love the Hurri!

Nice little video, been watching alot of your content. Just a few titbits. 1) For 1940 the ammo was ball bearings, which changed latter 1943. 2) Your Flying too slow on finals. 3) Flaps were not used when on finals, just in case of the flaps failed on one side or one side was hit when in combat. (if this was the case the aircraft would roll) Not being negative, just some pointers. Keep it up, look forward to more content. Yours Charlie Simpson.

Really enjoyed this video. Look forward to any of the suggestions you asked about in the video. Please keep this one in the rotation if that is what is decided.

I’am surprised that one bomber didn’t go down it took a direct from the flak in the belly it even bounced up from the hit

Look forward to this new career. I would love to see a BoB career, perhaps as a notional follow (if still alive) to the Desert Airforce.

Nice 1 Taff 👍

Good video 👍 What computer specs do you have as you seem to run the game really well?

Hey Taff I would love to see a desert campaign! The med/North African campaign is one my favourite campaigns of the Second World War 👍🏼

Another brilliant display of airman ship. I love watching all your gameplay videos. When youtube announces that you've released another one it's a real treat. By any chance are you as excited about microprose releasing a brand new B-17 the mighty eighth game as I am.

07:45 Four guys all set for a six year vacation at the resort at Bowmanville, Ontario.

Like the idea of three careers, maybe fighter, bomber and ground attack

Nice work, scratching up one kill and one damaged and you even managed not to overrev the engine changing prop pitch/speed and throw a rod this time unlike a previous first flight of yours in Cliffs of Dover ha ha! Honestly I'd focus on Cliffs of Dover initially then you can look at maybe flying the Martlet in Desert wings Tobruk or something. It'd be great if you could fly something interesting like a turret fighter in Cliffs of Dover but I'm not sure if it has any.

2 thoughts. 1. Do what makes you happy, we come here to watch what happens. 2. Dual defensive career as in either day/night fighter or spit and hurri etc OR Offensive as in fighter sweeps (rhubarb) and bomber. just a thought, cheers.

Nice this looks like a promising series. Keep it up

Can't wait for this sim to get VR support.

Glad to see another new career. Are there any Pacific Theatre scenarios you’ve considered?

By all means, continue this one, thanks! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Run as many careers as you like.

Thanks for the Hurrie! Do all Three please!!!!

I like it. Good vid as well as comintary.

I would prefer one Series at a time. That looks like it suits you more😊👍🏻

Nice vid, dunno if it's me but the damage model seems to be more intricate in great battles.

you should really make this a series like how you had the old il2 battle of britian some years back

Blimey, I've had 3 or 4 flights and not even got a bullet to hit. What vr are you using? It looks great.

as the British would say, Hawker Hurracunn

Three careers will be great !

"Cabbage crates over the briny?"

Doing 3 careers at once would be interesting. I liked the story at the end of this one.

Please do continue. 👍

I love the Hurry. The Spitfire is beautiful. But the Hurricane was more available due to the patriotic foresight of Hawker Aviation.

Wow!! That was FUN!!!

how did they go from scratchy cockpit glass of 1946 to no cockpit glass in CoD baffles me...

I know it wasn't the done thing by our side at least but can you shoot the parachuting crew ? . Just want to know out of curiosity of coarse

I couldn't catch the bombers even at full throttle. What are you doing? Do you reduce the amount of fuel and ammunition, hide the radiator during an attack, get rid of the parachute to reduce the overall weight?

great stuff a tiny hint remember ta leave ya flaps up for ya takeoff will help ya get there quicker have to get this one myself, nice work olbean bloody marverlous lol best wishes from downunder n ex pom too

flaps for take off ? 1st vic didnt have them down . or is it me ?

rotate the careers please. Really enjoying all your content Taff.

seems to me, always fly till you die when you live longer you know your'e improving

Hi guys! Does cliffs of dover work well on rtx 3050? Or would rtx 4050 be needed for good graphics??

I think you ought to do one career at a time, but you could do the three as like a progression of the character's story. Starting in the Battle of Britain on Hurricanes and moving forward to others as he's sent there by the CO's. Hurricanes in BoB, Blenheim after he's transfered to Bomber Command following the end of BoB then he gets transferred to North Africa later in the war. Just a thought for your series, your choice at the end of the day.

I great watch

Great videos, but now I see why .303s were so useless against any aircraft: more than 80% that had been fired just missed any target... 😅

I hope the captured bomber crews have a really good excuse for those craters!

I'm fine with 3 careers, that way you could even play as a fighter, ground attacker and a medium / heavy bomber at the same time.

I think that the Do215 that you attacked, and the crew evacuated, kept flying, and then you shot it down towards the end. Notice they didn't fire at you, and it looked empty to me.

Wow they bailed fast

Is it on VR now? I think it was planned, right?

I will watch anything with Hurricanes in it but have you thought about returning to the Sea Dragons campaign?

Three careers would be interesting as long as it wouldnt over bear you loving the vid

Now, if someone could take the graphics and cockpit functionality of CLOD:Blitz and add the strategy game, radio chatter and squadron battle size from BOB2: WOV, then there would be the best Battle of Britain game in existence.

By all means, continue this series.

IL-2 still looks 15 years old...

why do you play clod at this moment? where is BOS?