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After mastering the rather tricky handling of this WWII aircraft (having to continually adjust its propeller pitch to stop the engine over-revving and possibly seizing), I decided to try out its 'automated bombing system'.
When one activates the IAR 81's 'automated bombing system', the aircraft's flaps automatically extend fully (to act as a type of 'dive-brake') and then automatically retract as one pulls out of the dive.
When diving, the increasing speed of the aircraft increases the propeller's rotation which, in turn, increases the aircraft's RPM's - if exceeding 2 300 RPM it can cause damage to the engine, so one needs to reduce the propeller pitch during the dive - a bit off-putting!
In this video, I do some damage to a Soviet train but fail to hit the real target - its locomotive.
PS Romania was an ally of Nazi Germany for most of WWII and participated in Germany's attack on Stalingrad (late-1942, early-1943) - in fact, this video was produced using the Stalingrad map - flying out of the German air base at Kalach, west of the city of Stalingrad.