Learn to fly the He-111 H-6

[@RealismFTW]

It amazes me how well done these are...The devs should pay you for this kinda thing.

[@RequiemsACTL]

Axel Norén Thanks Axel, they take a lot of time to get done, but the end result is worth it. I don't really care about getting paid for these (which is why you never see advertisements on this or my other channel). I do them to help the community out. The only thing I've asked for from the devs since EA started about a year ago is to reinstate the free camera back into BoS so I can keep making videos using the BoS engine, but it hasn't been activated yet. It is already in the game, but we don't have access to it in the EA version, and all it would take is changing a 0 value to 1 and it would be useable. I'm hoping it will be back in by release on Nov 7th, but if it's not then I'll use DCS world for the BFM and ACM tutorials. I'd prefer to use BoS of course for consistency, but it's up to the devs to enable free camera if they want me to keep promoting their product via these tutorials.

[@Shadowwalker1717]

@@RequiemsACTL Did they now activated it?

[@erickent3557]

Ah, oh, in the current version of IL-2, the plungers' animation, described as mixture controls in your video, are now(?) tied to the supercharger. Thank you for these wonderful tutorials! Now that we have control profiles, I'm re-aligning my inputs closer to the physical layout.

[@stang46l]

Thx I was confused about that part.

[@michaelmorgan9824]

Even after all these years it's still a great tutorial! thanks

[@RequiemsACTL]

Thanks Michael, I always try and do these "by the book" from their manuals and not what "works" in game at a given state, so all my videos should stand the test of time :-)

[@rrkk911]

Best tutorial for HE111 I've watched. Love it and thank you!

[@RequiemsACTL]

Thanks!

[@carlosteran8114]

Her again to memorized all so :Thanks a lot , very nice video..times and voice and showing elements: GREAT, Cheers. Now I know how to put in the Air my He 111H-6 torp on 1:48, 1942 PQ17 Convoy destroyer !!!!

[@s2korpionic]

1:00 "this guy has probably one of the worst view in the Heinkel..." X'D I need help

[@RequiemsACTL]

Kalsonic Glad you got the joke! The video goes for a long time so anything to help break up the monotony is worth it :-)

[@thomaszhang3101]

I don’t get it. Someone from 6 years ago please explain the joke?

[@mayiaskyouall]

@@thomaszhang3101 enter He-111, switch to that gunner position, look up, see crotch, comprehend.

[@glenndemoor3020]

A belated thank you for this video. I've been flying the He-111 on TAW for a while now, but never got around to conveying my thanks for all the wonderful information. Sure made starting out a lot easier. Even today I still find I'm trying to make the climbing pattern more efficient; I have no idea what my average is right now, but I'm fairly sure I'm not yet getting 270 m/min out of the lass (that would be 4.5 m/s, I think I'm closer to 3.5 or 4 m/s). Also, I still learn plenty of new things, one of them being that no matter how much I love the 2x 1000kg loadout due to the blast radius, any payload outside of the fuselage absolutely massacres the handling and climb rate. I'm more comfortable with just the internal payload these days. Still, the unparalleled view that the He-111 cockpit offers pays its dividends in navigation, and the view makes even just cruising at 5k a joy, especially with VR. Keep up the good work!

[@RequiemsACTL]

Thanks Glenn, the He-111 definitely has the best view for sure. Bear in mind that the climb efficiency is going to be determined by your takeoff weight, so at the heaviest loads you will need to reduce your fuel to compensate otherwise you will be overweight. I haven't done the calculations for the weights on the Heinkels in a while but I think with the H-16 you should take less than 60% fuel at the max bomb weight to stay below max takeoff weight. Probably a good video topic though.

[@glenndemoor3020]

@@RequiemsACTL That is a worthwhile reminder, thank you. While I have been consistently taking about 40% fuel with me, you are of course correct in mentioning that it will still add enough weight to influence the climb rate, especially when coupled with a payload. On the topic of the He-111, do you happen to know why the H-16 has the instruments in the bottom section of the cockpit, compared to the H-6 with the instrument panel above? I'm unable to find any information on that particular change.

[@RequiemsACTL]

This is complete conjecture on my part Glenn, but it's my best guess....Looking at what instruments have been brought together by creating that panel in the H-16 you can see that these are all related to instrument flight, known as a "blind flying panel" back then. More than likely there was feedback from the pilots telling the designers "hey, it would be nice if you organised our blind flying instruments in an easier place to see so we can fly by instruments." Additionally, moving all of the instruments away from the top of the cockpit as seen in the H-6 has an extra side effect of improving visibility in the top of the front windscreen when compared to the H-6.

[@coryeberwein3096]

Loved your videos for RoF, so I wasn't surprised that I liked these as well. Great work on them (well aware that I'm 2+ years late to the show)

[@RequiemsACTL]

Cheers Cory, always good to hear from someone who watched my original RoF videos!

[@coryeberwein3096]

They were the only reason I ever got off the ground and was able to stay alive haha

[@jvs00051]

EXCELLENT flight captain. I wish there were more tutorial vids out there like this. The learning curve is always huge for me. For example your side note on the mixture controls. It would of take me hrs to figure out (if I was able to) why I couldn't get that feature to function. Thanks

[@RequiemsACTL]

No worries NorCal! I'm always working on some new videos as I know what the learning curve is like for these sims, so hopefully the future ones coming will help as well. Problems sometime occur when the devs change something critical after I make a video, but as you noted I can handle them with annotations at least. Cheers!

[@Spirtelol]

I thought the 111 had automatic mixture?

[@jgr6955]

Very useful video, thanks a lot.

[@TheSlugstoppa]

A really helpful demonstration. thanks for posting it.

[@RequiemsACTL]

TheSlugstoppa Thanks Slugstoppa, glad you enjoyed it. The He-111 is a great challenge to fly on supply missions if you come across them in multiplayer.

[@Libelnon]

Can someone please give me the engine pressure (throttle) and RPM settings optimal for climbing, combat and cruise for the He-111? I keep damaging the engines from maintaining my engine pressure too high.

[@BrilliantInsanity]

All these videos are great stuff Requiem. Keep up the good work.

[@RequiemsACTL]

BrilliantInsanity Thanks Insanity, I've been making some cosmetic changes to this channel lately, so hopefully you and others like it as well as the new videos I'm working on too. I've recently gotten started on the BFM and ACM videos, so I'm hoping to have the first 'proof of concept' of these next week for you guys to look at. Cheers!

[@BrilliantInsanity]

The Air Combat Tutorial Library Look forward to em.

[@carlosteran7771]

I"m getting into this: fly ; bit by bit... Myself as well into models 1:48: do 17Z and a Fw 190 a8( plus opctions, tamiya one..). I love painting pre studing , documenting, drawing..XVI century ships... Thanks , I did enjoy a lot and I think I did lear so much as well. Bye.

[@RequiemsACTL]

Thank you Carlos, do you have any pictures to share of your builds? I currently have a backlog of models to build...Bandai Star Wars series and some Battlestar Galactica.

[@pseipp]

really helping a lot

[@dasdugite1464]

These are excellent, thanks very much

[@BigBossLucas]

Amazingly well done, it would be nice for us "The Rookies" if you add (key strokes) as you manage the gauges (ie. When rising the landing gear a [Press G] on the screen will be very welcome), thanx!!!!

[@RequiemsACTL]

Thanks Emilio, that's a good idea. I'll try and keep it in mind when I do the Battle of Kuban familiarisations.

[@maxeisert7466]

Excellent video as always. I have however a question on supercharger. There seems to be 2 stages and it seems to be automatic although you can apparently override it manually. Nonetheless I have no clue when this supercharger is/should be engaged. I read somewhere to make sure not to overrev the engines and not to exceed 1.15 ATA for over 30 minutes once the second stage has been engaged. How do I know that a superchargers stage (first or second) has been engaged?

[@alpenjon]

Nice explanations and man that landing was smooth!

[@alexsp7086]

Brilliant video mate, you should do a tutorial for the sim developers to actually put in the main game :)

[@RequiemsACTL]

Cheers Alex Sp! I actually made an interactive video tutorial within Rise of Flight as a test mission but I thought the size was too large so I didn't really pursue it any further. I'm sure the developers would be more capable than me if they wanted to have something like that in the game

[@EinsteinEP]

Great stuff, Req! Really love this series!

[@RequiemsACTL]

EinsteinEP Thanks mate, I've picked up the DCS-F86 and have had a blast with it so far. With no free camera in BoS I'm re-acquainting myself with DCS for filming :)

[@carlosteran8114]

cheers mate..I got a 1:48 ICM he 11 H-6 to do!! ;)

[@RequiemsACTL]

Nice! That's going to be a great project. I've got a bunch of Star Wars models (plus some others) awaiting building. Just need the space to build them :-)

[@carlosteran8114]

Great video mate I tell you, I keep coming back to check some details at the time to fly...Good luck with those Models that are "waiting for ya"; I got the Vaderś Head from 1982, from the figures of Empire strikes back..to me the best of the tree classic, i don really like new ones...very sad about...bye now ;)

[@paulmurphy42]

I don't understand when it says at 4:37 "press E to start the engine" - what would the real Heinkel pilot have pressed?

[@welshpete12]

button that says , Anfang

[@sebastianbombasti7554]

Please help me: I was in the air high altitude and my engines lost power. It said "thrust is in climbing mode" and I know that this is only for short time before the enginges damage. So I reduced the thrust. I had to go down to 30% and this was so weak I had to crash land eventually. Was it the mixture or some RPM stuff? How to set the RPM, Mixture properly?

[@prince-solomon]

very informative video! thanks a lot!!!

[@samuelkline4944]

Great Job, Mate!

[@RequiemsACTL]

Samuel Kline Cheers Samuel, glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@N8PlaysGames]

Great video Req

[@RequiemsACTL]

IIN8II Thanks N8! I might have to pick your brain someday about how to make a good channel trailer :P

[@N8PlaysGames]

IL-2 Tutorials by Requiem Absolutely!

[@RequiemsACTL]

IIN8II Cool stuff N8! I'll remind myself to send you a PM over at the BoS forum.

[@JagdNeun]

Thanks...Great job as usual.

[@proautoscan]

Nice video ! What i would like to see is a video in which you show how to climb this plane to, let us say , 3000 m and describe the climb and which is the smoothest procedure to do it. I find myself struggling a lot with this plane because of the view from inside , if i use external view i can manage it decently . Also, such a video will be useful in order to compare the time you took to achieved that with our time (the noobs :) )

[@RequiemsACTL]

When climbing, monitor your angle of attack and airspeed. Pay attention to the climb speed in particular, and at your power setting look at how the horizon is relative to the big piece of glass in front of you. That way if you build a mental picture of how the horizon looks when climbing, just get to that point and you'll be good!

[@proautoscan]

The Air Combat Tutorial Library thanks for advice , i ll try that . The problem i get with this plane is that in climbing it has this weird behavior like it's rolling over its right wing and i feel like i am always struggle to prevent that . Now i also saw that in some videos ( it gives me some comfort :) ) but , unfortunately , everyone that is making a video about a bombing is editing out the climb considering that it is boring and nobody wants to watch that, as a beginner i simply have no chance to see what is like to climb that thing up to 3000 m and draw some conclusions about the way i am doing it , if i am too slow or clumsy ( or maybe that is the normal way to climb this plane and i should not worry ) .

[@RequiemsACTL]

I'll do a quick video later to show a climb angle with a full load of bombs in the Heinkel so you can see how far to push it without stalling.

[@proautoscan]

The Air Combat Tutorial Library thanks, im sure many others will find such a video useful

[@WarlordFlanker]

How do you know when to adjust throttle vs RPM? Is it okay to leave the throttle wide open and just fly by managing RPMs?

[@RequiemsACTL]

Don't overthink it too much. If you're expecting combat you'll set the RPM to max then adjust throttle for power. Outside of that just respect the engine limitations for whatever other phase of flight in you're in

[@BCSchmerker]

+RequiemBoS *Daimler-Benz having installed fully-automatic fuel injection on the 605 in later '111's,* how would one control the boost ratios from the knobs abaft the throttle and governor levers?

[@GaryZinger]

Loved that video buddy ... good work, your very knowledgeable.. ~S~ _AH_Bear

[@tomcomber3723]

How are you controlling the mixture it's auto isn't it

[@RequiemsACTL]

The developers made a change after this video was made.

[@Marauder623]

I struggle with getting the speed in the Heinkel and the Ju87, I take off and then I end up a billion miles away from the rest of the formation.

[@acassiopeia6439]

I've managed to get my Heinkel airborne on my own, but I'm having real difficulty keeping it that way. I either damage the engines by keeping the throttles open too long, or I can't maintain speed and smash into the ground if I close them up. I'm clearly missing something, but I don't know what.

[@RequiemsACTL]

I had someone ask me this a long time back so I made a video showing the entire climb of the He-111 without blowing an engine. Just make sure you don't overdo the RPM or MP. There are little "technochat" tips that will let you know when you are at climb power, that can give you some insight into the limitations of the engine performance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIXGeYGfrph8erM

[@acassiopeia6439]

+The Air Combat Tutorial Library Thanks for replying! I'll check that out before I start my flights tomorrow. I just want to say I really appreciate resources like yours as I'm not quite ready to jump into multiplayer yet and start asking questions of other players.

[@Panzerlang]

Superb! :)

[@Condor1410]

what setup would you recomend to climb to cruising altitude?

[@RequiemsACTL]

Condor1410 Hi Condor, I did this basic video a little while back showing how to climb the He-111. It's not a big talking video, so just pay attention to the airspeed, VSI, and where the horizon is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIXGeYGfrph8erM

[@paulmurphy42]

In 1944 a Soviet pilot stole a He 111 from a prison camp where he was a prisoner. He'd never been inside a cockpit of one before, so how did he know what switches and levers to press and move? After all, he couldn't read german or understand any of the placards in the cockpit, so how on earth did he figure out the starting procedure in the five minutes or so before the guards realised the Heinkel was being stolen? In the tutorial above, the narrator seems to have completely missed out the part of the starting procedure where you actually have to start the engines, he merely says "press E to start the engine". How did Devyatayev figure it all out? Here's the link that gives you the story but not the answers en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Devyataev Can anyone help?

[@le_combattant2458]

As french, I can't make the difference between the throttle and the RPM. RPM means Rotation per minutes, but throttle...I can't see.

[@RequiemsACTL]

The throttle on German airplanes is measured in atmospheres (ata)

[@LuftWakkaWakka]

This is Donanton from Luft Wakka Wakka First of all, great videos. Secondly, I've got a question about taking off in the he-111 h6 in IL-2 BOS. I typically fly the throttle % as per the "instructor" in the game. I honestly cannot keep the he111 (or the stuka) airborne with normal "continuous" power settings. Does one need to use flaps and everything you mention to keep the he111 airborne? If it sounds like I'm coming from flying 109's and 190's that is correct. Is the he111 a plane that I have to be much more involved in flying or am I missing something? Thanks and great videos!

[@RequiemsACTL]

Hi Donanton, All airplanes have an airspeed which gives them the best rate of climb so this is an airspeed you should aim to be at. You will know if you are there because your vertical speed indicator will be at a sustained maximum for the duration of your climb. If you try and climb at airspeeds other than this your climb performance will suffer. You may also be overloading the maximum takeoff weight for the airplane if you have 100% fuel with the largest modified bombload possible so that will make your performance even worse. Someone else also had a problem taking off the He-111 and asked me to make a video showing it which I did. Pay attention to the airspeed, manifold pressure, and RPM setting in the video. Try that and see how you go. Note that in this video my He-111 is at full fuel and full standard bombload. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIXGeYGfrph8erM

[@LuftWakkaWakka]

Yes, I will admit that I have mostly tried this with full fuel load and 2x1000kg bombs. Bad Idea I know. I'll try it with the standard load. I'll make some notes and let you know. Thanks

[@ethanos1604]

And bombing?

[@RequiemsACTL]

I haven't covered level bombing in the He-111, only the Pe-2. The principle is the same though.

[@traptrap2632]

Hopefully someone can help me on this but whenever I fly this plane my engines overheat i have the mixture and water thing on full but I still over heat, when I lower my throttle I start to descend. Can anyone help? (new at the game)

[@traptrap2632]

is my load to big maybe?

[@RequiemsACTL]

Try reducing your fuel load to 50% That will be plenty for you to take.

[@traptrap2632]

Okay, thanks!

[@lilbil101st]

this is all nice but i still cant seem to fly to the ao without my engines stopping or not gaining speed.... i can take off and land but not fly it to bomb. goes for all your videos... and yes i have the right amount of fuel... make sure the rpm is right. mixture right oil and water right... even thou all thats right i can only fly for 5-10 mins before the engines stop..... send help

[@RequiemsACTL]

ThatSumBooty if you can only fly for 5-10 mins there is something you're not doing correctly. Even at climb power you should be able to climb for at least 30 mins. Double check what your MP and RPM should be for continuous power in the specifications page. Also dont climb at too slow an airspeed as that's going to affect airflow for cooling. If that doesn't help make a video or send me a track via personal message on the il2 forums and I'll figure out what is wrong

[@stix_0910]

I was having similar issue , my problem was rpm setting was too high (and engine over revs) , max rpm stetting i could use just after to takeoff was about 80% of max, play with rpm and ata so you don't destroy engine. ie need to alter just after takoff. so look at specs for engine rpm and ata (manifold pressure) it will tell you length of time you can run at what setting.

[@akm6156]

In the Il-2 Cliffs of Dover the plane is much nicer and more interesting.

[@mishalagovsky7837]

They need to make it so that the electrical system can be turned on separately from the engines

[@mishalagovsky7837]

Or the electrical system could always be on. It seems like you just press E and it does everything

[@mishalagovsky7837]

Miahil Kalashnikov Actually, after watching, at least the startup animations are good

[@s2korpionic]

Same, I wished the startup and shut down procedures of these aircrafts were a bit more complex.

[@RequiemsACTL]

Kalsonic Yeah it would be nice as I enjoy that sort of stuff such as what we get in the DCS modules. The devs don't see it this way though. They see the full startup sequence as an obstacle to newer pilots getting into the game. I don't have a problem with not including them as long as it brings more people to the genre.

[@mishalagovsky7837]

IL-2 Tutorials by Requiem Right, and like I said, the animations and sounds are good enough. Good thing its not instant

[@177GearBreak]

Thx for the vid, i burned these engines prbly a 1000 times

[@RequiemsACTL]

Yeah a lot of people do especially on the climbout, so just be careful with your total weight as well when considering the bomb load you're taking as you may need to reduce the fuel you take.

[@MrFang333333]

That nose gunner is always lying down on the job.