Kukulo

Hey all! Tommorow, on 8. december at 21:00 CET will be server test under load. We will take of and fly to japs fleet and we will activate AAA. Will see what happened. If there will be time we may try something we call Megasplash! We will return to carriers and all will land on one carrier. I will land and taxi my plane to park near catapult. All other pilots will do same. It allways great fun if somebody will miss cables... 😁

Hey guys! Hope you will join as many pilots as possible 🙂 Trening server is up: OREL server IP: 185.91.116.113:21018 Pass: hakyhore Set in conf.ini: [NET] speed=25000

Peace pilots! Well it is a year from last mission we flew Dance over Port Moresby event. I tried made new event from Pacific, but real life stuff and other things stopped my work. After some another attempts I finally scored and choosed finished mission which we flew 7 ears ago. It was named Battle of Sibuyan Sea. Map author is my friend Saldy. I made some changes in modpack (Avenger gets some 3d cockpit update, external 3d update and some flight model work, Helldiver gets Hayrake from your last SEOW modpack, I added japanese haevy criuser and light cruiser, some new default skins. I found most of them on SAS and Free modding sites). So I renamed event and started invite friends to join. We are going to try sink one of the most iconic battleships in history. Virtually. There will be trening server open for all pilots. Only week left to mission. But it is enought for training. We need train TBF-1C avenger with Mk13Late torpedo and SB2C-3 Helldiver with 4x500lb boms or 1x1000lb bomb. Also we need train take of and landing on the deck. It is good understand Hayrake navigation. We will fly in groups so if somebody does not understand Hayrake he may allways ask friend for course. It is planned fly two waves. In firs wave if you choose Avenger you will be torpedo bomber. In second wave you will switch to Helldiver and you will divebomb. Or if you choose Helldiver for first mission, in second wave you will switch to Avenger. If you want fly only Avenger or only Helldiver let me know, I need note it to roster. There will be two Essex class carriers (Intrepid and Bunker Hill) for TBF and SB2C-3 planes and two light carriers (Cabot and Independence) for F6F-3 Hellcat with rockets. Their function is supresse AAA. But most pilots will fly Avenger/Helldiver combo because we will cooperate in attack. I will add Avenger to light carriers too to extend slots for pilots (if we will have too many pilots for Essex class. Who knows, hehe). 7 ears ago we flew third wave too. In this third wave we took Avengers only and finally sunk Musashi. So it is very recomended train both - Avenger torpedo attack and Helldiver dive attack - on trainings. Event date: 11.12.2021 Start: 20:30 CET OREL server IP: 185.91.116.113:21018 PASS: hakyhore TS Letka OREL 185.91.116.113:9987 TS pass : War_2013_22 Game version: HSFX 7.0.3 Difficulty: Full real, external views for taxi only Mission duration: cca 3hurs Set in conf.ini: [NET] speed=25000 MODPACK: download from link. Folder Battle of Leyte V2 goes to jsgmemods folder in the main game folder. https://drive.goo...sp=sharing JSGME activation: - HSFX history mod - Battle of Leyte V2 - Effects Low (voluntary) TACTICS: Primary target: Musashi battleship Seconddary target: every other ship 1. Take of and set course to Meeting point 2. Flights meets over Meeting point 3. Localisation of the target and coordinate attack 4. Disengage from combat and course to meeting point 5. Course to carrier (use Hayrake) and landing procedure First wave: Each group will have leader. There will be Intrepid leader and Bunker Hill leader. USS Intrepid CV11 will use for first wave TBF-1C Avenger. Avengers will load Torpedo and 100% fuel. On Leaders order first flight of 4 planes will spawn on the deck. After take of they will make one circle over fleet to form fligh and set course to meeting point in BM40 num.3 (north coast of the island there). When first flight is in air, than second flight of 4 planes will spawn on the Intrepids deck etc. In the same tine USS Bunker Hill CV-17 leader will order spawn first flight of 4 planes o deck. Bunker Hill will use for first wave SB2C-3 Helldiver with 4x500lb bomb or 1x1000lb bomb and 100% fuel. Same istructions are for Helldiver pilots: after takeo of they will made one circle over fleet to form and than set course to Meeting point in BM40 num.3 When first flight is in air, than second flight of 4 planes will spawn on the Bunker Hills deck etc. Avengers will climb to 7000ft. Helldivers will climb to 17000ft. If someone will have some technical troubles, his flight will not wait for him. He will spawn as last pilot and will fly at his own. Good luck man! After meeting over Meeting point, formation will set course to supposed posiotion of the enemy fleet. Avengers and Helldivers need fly in visual contact of each group. Leaders will communicate about speed corrections. With enemy fleet in sight Musashi indentification is crucial step. Helldiver formation leader will choose best position to attack and his wigmans and other flights will follow him. Avengers will fly in safe distace and Avengers leader will choose best position to attack. Coordination with Helldivers is needed. Communication is important. Avengers may attack on relatively high speed with MK13Late torpedo. Good coordination may reduce flak on flights. Or maybe not. God knows what happened. After ordnance drop are pilots free use strafing AAA positions, on leaders order. But supposed flak is hard. After desingage from target 4 plane flight leaders will call surviving planes over meeting point to form. Not needed fly on group leaders orders. Than use Hayrake to get on carrier. If somebody will be shot down he will have two choices. First: he will get cigarette and drink rum and he will wait for his flight to land. Than he will respawn to next wave with his flight. Or he may choose back up airfield over island and join his flight or group and fly back to carrier. Second choise is for pilots whose like carrier operations and wants land on deck. Second wave: In second wave we will switch planes. This mean that When I flew first wave from Intrepid in Avevenger I will choose Helldiver from same carrier. Take of procedure is same like in first wave. Avengers will climb to 7000ft and Helldivers to 17000ft etc. Third wave: Mission is designed for two full waves. But if everything will goes well than third wave is possible. In mission we flew 7 years ago we flew third wave in Avengers and we finally sunk Musashi in this third wave. Some situation info: Carrier positions on missions start: The legend of Musashi discussion thread on czech/slovak forum: https://vwings.net/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=6335 Pilot roster: First Wave: USS Intrepid CV-11; Avenger (Torpedo ), 100% fuel ...(CO) ...(XO) 311_Vont 311_Mart LesniHU CSW_Rannisokol =VARP=Kroat =VARP=Hunter =VARP=WD =VARP=Dragunov USS Bunker Hill CV-17; Helldiver (4x 500lb nebo 1x 1000lb ), 100% fuel ...(CO) ...(XO) OREL_Erichos OREL_Franta Letka_13/Indy Letka_13/Algy Letka_13/Luky Letka_13/Colonel Letka_13/Kukulo Second wave: USS ntrepid CV-11; Helldiver (4x 500lb nebo 1x 1000lb ), 100% fuel ...(CO) ...(XO) 311_Vont 311_Mart LesniHU CSW_Rannisokol =VARP=Kroat =VARP=Hunter =VARP=WD =VARP=Dragunov USS Bunker Hill CV-17; Avenger (Torpedo ), 100% fuel ...(CO) ...(XO) OREL_Erichos OREL_Franta Letka_13/Indy Letka_13/Algy Letka_13/Luky Letka_13/Colonel Letka_13/Kukulo For Hellcat fans and as aditional slots for Avenger pilots is we will have too many pilots signed in (but I do not suppose too many pilots, hehe): USS Independence CVL-22; Hellcat F6F-3 (rockets, rockets+500lb bomb ), 100% fuel; TBF-1C Avenger 1xTorpedo, 100% fuel Magot USS Cabot CVL-28; Hellcat F6F-3 (rockets, rockets+500lb bomb ), 100% fuel; TBF-1C Avenger 1xTorpedo, 100% fuel

Hey guys! For most pilots it was very exciting adventure on Dance over Port Moresby event. Of course waiting on CAP or escorting over New Guinea it was not so exciting, but it was realistic in its duration. Maybe not all pilots was so happy, but we did what we can to make it good for all. We are starting work on another event. I will be in touch with you to inform about that mission. If everything goes well than we will stay in Pacific but few years later that Dance over Port Moresby.

Yeah, there is updated P-39 cockpit by WxTech from SAS. And updated P-40E cockpit by dr.strangelove and greif11 from Free modding. P-40 uses new rounded canopy framing , new textures and uses two fuel gauges working (in original/hsfx game it uses only one gauge -- on the other hand in reality it uses three gauges 😁 and opening canopies for P-40 too. In P-40E is improved WxTechs gunsight added by dr.strangelove. P-40 update was created on my request for this event. A6Ms are updated in hsfx so they do not need update. Skins included in modpack. Historical of course. Here is shot of updated P-40E cockpit I fly on blue side today. I got sake from Japan. My friend was there as student. But there is wrote with korean tradition on sake bottle. Who knows... I cant put it into modpack for blue pilots so I need drain it by myself

Hey PILILI Yeah, it is too hurry and late invite pilots. I know that. I n our czech/slovak community there was a lack of interest. I tried ask other squads I met on virtual sky... DBS... VARP... Some pilots joined, but just few. I understand that you have no or little time to train. But in fact if you join reds or blues you will fly planes you flew grizzlion times before. My wife is pregnant so we need lil bit hurry until baby comes here (maybe days maybe weeks) with mission 🤓 I understand if it is too hurry on you. Very important for me is that there is still active online squad in old Il2 1946 where I can ask for pilots for future missions. If I will have time of course. I see that Taro posted modpack in his post, so no need send link via Personal message.

Hey guys, I am Kukulo. I am from Slovakia and I fly for Letka 13 virtual squadron (some of our members and their friends made official Slovakia add on to il2 1946 - Slovakia map, Avia B-534 ad many others things and some our pilots were founding members of Daidalos team years ago). Just to introduce me and my squad. As Taro wrote, Algy is taking part of upcoming mission as our forum admin and pilot. I am creator of this event based on Saburo Sakais book Winged Samurai! Event will have two phases. Simply because Betty bombers need some time to fly from Rabaul to New Guinea. We will use this time for some flying. Dangerous flying of course 😁 There will be attack mission by red side fighters in the first phase of event. Zero pilots will be scrambled when red pilots activate trigger - message when reds fly over trigger few minutes from Lae (Zero base) arfield. So I suppose there will be chaos and blue needs hurry get to air. It is ok, Sakai wrote in his book that there were only few minutes when Salamua radiostation radioded incoming raid. Than we will fight for life. After this initial phase surviving red pilots will fly back to Port Moresby and surviving blue pilots will land in Lae. If somebody is shot down in first phase, he will wait until other pilots land and will take of on leaders command to next phase - Dance over Port Moresby raid. Roles in second phase - Raid on Port Moresby - will be switched. Red pilots will wait on the ground for message trigger (trigger will inform reds that blues are over new Guinea). They will scramble on red side commander order. Reds have much more time to climb and make combat air patrol over Port Moresby than blues in previous mission. Blue pilots will take of from Lae airfield after first phase and they fly to meeting point with Betty bobmers. From meeting point they will escort bombers all they way over New Guinea. Meeting poit is cca 45 minutes from Lae airfield. So escort mission itself will be probably 2.5 - 3 hours long. We will fly almost exactly same time like real Tainan kokutai pilots. For red side it will be similar to real counterparts in Port Moresby in 1942. Modpack V3 - I sent link to Haukka. I have it on google drive, I do not want make it public on public forum. If there will be interested pilots, resend modpack to them Haukka please. Installation is very easy. Download modpack, and drop folder Lae_Port_Moresby_V3 to jsgmemods folder in your il2 main folder. In jsgme activate HSFX history mod than Lae_Port_Moresby_V3 and if you want Effects low. Please No other mods needs to be activated for event!!! I will be on TS from 19:00 CET to help pilots join. Maybe earlier if familly allows me 😄 . If it is possible let me know how many pilots will join and their nicks and side and plane which they will fly. If they do not speak english I need only one pilot to communicate with in english. You will have your own room on TS. For red side they are P-39D1 and P-40E available. For Blue there ae A6M2 mod. 21 and G4M Betty available. Attention!!! Blue bombers will fly cca 5-6 hours if they survive Port Moresby raid. Betty bombers need to be ready lets say 19:40 CET to get infromations from Betty leader. Best way is join to test server some time today to make test of connection and modpack function before event itself. There will be no time to fix troubles few mins before action.