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Captain Sim He-111 Released

Well, I am not that impressed with this He 111 - although it is a wonderful airplane to have in the sim. However, for me the most anoying aspect is the left propeller turning in the wrong direction, although the blades are actually modeled correctly. CS sells it as an H-version (somtimes refering to it as an H-6 and sometimes as an H-16), but it actually is a P-version with DB601 engines (cowlings are differnt on the H-variant for the Jumo 211 engines). And the instrument panel is actually the one of a later CASA 2.111, instead of an He 111 which makes for quite poor visibility from the flight deck. And, hell, why can't sim developers of German aircraft never ask a native speaker to check the spelling on all of their stencils etc. before release??
But again, that's just me ...

Seawing
 
v1.1.0 Changelog

CHANGELOG:
- Various textures improved.
- Fixed battery draining after extended period of time.
- Fixed user-defined fuel/weight settings being ignored when loading into flight.
- Fixed aircraft having a tendency to flip over when braking. ( Thank gawd for that - most of my flights have ended up on my nose! )
- Fixed fuel flow to be more realistic.
- Fixed immersion menu antenna not deploying.
- Added COM1
- Updated Pilot camera position.
 
Has anyone found anything in the VC that indicates whether the tail wheel is locked ? I have it bound to a button on my X52 throttle, and I can hear a mechanical click in the VC, which seems to come from somewhere behind the pilot's head. However, I can't see a lever or any kind of indicator.
 
Wonderful. Huge fan of the He 111. But a question about the cockpit. I always thought that the pilot's control panel was situated up above eye level, as in the attached photo.
 

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Pips said:
Wonderful. Huge fan of the He 111. But a question about the cockpit. I always thought that the pilot's control panel was situated up above eye level, as in the attached photo.
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Yes, it is a bit odd. I have seen a photo of a He 111 in a museum somewhere that does have the panel where Captain Sim placed it, so I can only assume they took inspiration from that one. But you are right - it really should be across the cockpit roof. One advantage of the CS model panel is that it's incredibly easy to maintain airspeed and rate of descent during landing. You can look at the dials and almost keep the runway in view with peripheral vision. I never thought I would ever buy another CS aircraft, but this Heinkel is great fun.
 
The bubble-nosed He-111s' pilot seat should actually raise up into the opened overhead hatch so the pilot's head sticks out. That's the reason for the "overhead" instrument panel, and for the little flip-up panel at the front of the overhead hatch. It's for takeoff and landing in bad weather.

As has been mentioned elsewhere, the interior of this is of a Spanish CASA 2.111 with Merlin engines, not a later German He-111.
 
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