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IAR 81c [Winter Camouflage ROAF WW2 Dive Bomber]

Thank you for buying the blueprint for the IAR 80M, this is a WW2 Aircraft that has 2 light autocannons and 2 machineguns and that can carry 2 rockets and 1 bomb / 3 bombs. It has a max speed of around 370kph and a very realistic fuselage and cockpit, and let's not forget the automated FPE, that is pretty rare on fighters, it's 1:1 and very detailed, and because I try to add something new with every vehicle I make, this time the cockpit is translated in both English and Romanian to keep it as realistic as possible. This is the first domestically produced aircraft in Romania and it's has the role of fighter - dive bomber.



-Max Speed:370kph
-Fuel:540l
-Range: 60-105km
-Realistic takeoff handling.
-Diving Hud
-Aiming Hud
-Special artificial horizon composed by roll tilt and vertical velocity like in reality
-FPE system
-3 hardpoints.

-2 7.92 Machineguns
-2 MG 151 Cannons
-3 Hardpoints:
-3 Bombs N/A on this version
- 2 Rockets | 1 Bomb



Takeoff
-Turn on Battery
-Flaps
-Lights
-Starter
-Throttle 0% for taxi 20% for takeoff
-Taxi lights if wanted
-Taxi and may need to hold key "A" to counter the realistic roll to the right and "S" to avoid breaking the propeller.

=After takeoff=
-Turn off flaps
-Turn on landing gear
-Throttle to at least 30%

Diving
-Turn on Sight
-Turn on Dive sight
-The moving line represents the bomb drop the closer it is to the middle the higher the % is to hit but don't worry from tests the line is pretty accurate even if it's not in the center of the circle.
-The rockets should be launched before / when the line intersects the main circle, from tests it depends on the angle of attack, + to be noted these attacks were made on 30% throttle and every time launching the rockets when the line reached the circle worked with around 80% accuracy.

Landing
-Turn off landing gears
-Turn on flaps
-Throttle 20%
-Camera Mode
-When over the runway turn off collective
-Throttle to 0%



Introduction
The IAR 80 was a Romanian World War II low-wing monoplane, all-metal monocoque fighter and ground-attack aircraft. When it first flew, in 1939, it was comparable to contemporary designs being deployed by the airforces of the most advanced military powers such as the Hawker Hurricane and Bf 109E. Production problems and lack of available armament delayed entry of the IAR 80 into service until 1941. It remained in frontline use until May 1945.

Operational History
When Operation Barbarossa started, the IAR 80 equipped Esc. 41, 59 and 60 of Grupul 8 Vânătoare (8th Hunter Group), part of the Grupul Aerian de Luptă (GAL), that were tasked to support the Romanian 3rd and 4th Armies deployed at the southern flank of the Eastern Front.

IAR 80, the main Second World War Romanian fighter
8th Group was the only unit assigned a pure fighter role, while 5th and 7th Groups, equipped with German aircraft (Heinkel He 112s and Messerschmitt Bf 109s) were employed primarily as fighter-bombers and bomber escorts.

On 22 June 1941, during the first day of the offensive, the IAR 80 patrols had their baptism of fire, achieving a single aerial victory (claimed by Sublocotenent aviator Ioan Mihăilescu of Esc 60 van, a future ace) during four separate air combats. However, at least four IARs force landed with battle damage, while another two suffered engine trouble.By the end of 1941, 20 IAR 80/81s had been lost in combat or accidents. During 1942 the Romanian aviation industry reached its highest output so that the Royal Romanian Air Force could be re-equipped as follows: Esc. 47, 48 and 52 (Grupul Vânătoare), Esc. 43, 44 and 50 (Grupul 3 Vânătoare) and Esc. 41, 42 and 60 (Grupul 8 Vânătoare) received the new IAR 80A. Esc. 53 also replaced its Hurricanes with the IAR 80A, while Grupul 6 Bopi re-equipped with the IAR 81.

In June 1942, the operational IAR fighter forces on the eastern front, combined into the Flotilla 2 Vânătoare consisted of Grupul 8 Vânătoare, commanded by Cdr. Lt Col E. Pîrvulescu, and included Escadrila 41, Escadrila 42 and Escadrila 60 with 12 IAR 80As each. During the Battle of Stalingrad, on 12 September, Grupul 8 Vânătoare IAR 80Bs (along with Grupul 7 Vânătoare's Bf 109s) claimed to have shot down seven Yaks but they lost two IARs. Grupul 8 moved at the end of September, to Karpovka, joining Grupul 7, equipped with Bf 109s. On 12 and 13 December, Grupul 6 used its IAR 81s to support the German counterattack by the Panzergruppe Hoth of the Heeresgruppe Don, from Kotelnikovo towards Stalingrad.

In the summer of 1943 the FARR's IAR-80s were transferred to Romania for air defense duties, where they were used in combat against the United States Air Force. USAAF attacks were directed at the oil refineries installation around Ploiești, in particular. On 1 August 1943 the IAR 80 faced the Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber for the first time. There were 178 B-24s from 9th USAAF, part of Operation Tidal Wave. The IAR 80Bs of Escadrila 61 and 62 of Grupul 6 Vânătoare, as well as IAR 80Cs from the newly formed Escadrila 45 of Grupul 4 Vânătoare, together with the Bf 109Gs from Esc. 53 and Bf 110s from the Romanian night fighter squadron, dived on the low-flying, four-engined bombers, belonging to five USAAF bomber groups (the 44th, 93rd, 98th, 376th and 389th). The Americans lost – in combat or on the way back – 51 bombers. Only 89 reached their bases, of which only 31 were serviceable for a mission the next day. The Romanian pilots claimed 25 certain and probable victories for just two losses, one IAR 80 B and one Bf 110C. According to Romanian statistics, IARs and Messerschmitts were confirmed as having shot down ten B-24s, with two probables.

Abandoned IAR-80 No. 411 being inspected by Russians
On 10 June 1944, IAR 80s took part in a major air battle when the USAAF attacked Ploiești with 38 P-38 Lightnings of the 82nd Fighter Group carrying one bomb each, escorted by 39 Lightnings of the 1st and 82 FGs. The IAR 81Cs from Grupul 6, as well as the German fighters from I./JG 53 and 2./JG 77, intercepted the large American formation. Romanian pilot Dan Vizanty, commander of Grupul 6, recalled later:

"Our Lightning attack came as a complete surprise to the Americans. Our attack was so quick that not one of the 100 (sic) American aircraft managed to fire a single shot at our aircraft parked on the ground. Everything happened between ground level and about 2,000 meters (6,600 feet), and was total confusion. I was excited and proud of my "mills", the IAR 80s, which, thanks to their extraordinary agility, remained victorious in the air. I saw their crazy dives, quick rolls, reverse turns and inverted flying, always with just brief burst of fire to save ammunition. It was an incredible sight, but also a drama for the Lightning pilots, who, at this low altitude, were inferior to the ever-present, nimble IAR 80s".

The USAAF lost 22 or 23 P-38s on that day. The Romanians claimed 24 victories, suffering three losses. The Americans claimed 11 victories.

-Modular Engine Microcontroller: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2416132817&searchtext=ze+modular+engine
-Diving hud: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2573154626

-In memory of B.M.

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