Check out the Merch Store: growling-sidewinder.creator-spring.com/ American Murder Hornet Hoodie: growling-sidewinder.creator-spring.com/listing/american-murder-hornet-bluepri?product=227 I'm A Cat Person Hoodie: growling-sidewinder.creator-spring.com/listing/i-m-a-cat-person-f-14-tomcat?product=227 So as mentioned at the end of the video, This is technically not the channel map, I believe it was Kuban actually, but I just wanted to get a feel for the whole Battle Of Britain thing, and also as shown at the end of the video there is a channel map coming to IL-2 so maybe once that drops we can do some more BoB content there. Thanks for watching guys and much love.

@allengeary5595

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like you're having a lot of fun, How does someone get to join in?

@fourpony4566

2 жыл бұрын

You got a pretty nice rig but what VR headset are you using?

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent content. The game is fantastic as is the presentation. Your narration is why I keep returning. Thank You

@amirsafwan8491

2 жыл бұрын

Do you prefer cannons or a battery of machine guns like on the Hurricane?

@CaptainBiggles.

Жыл бұрын

Channel/Normandy map has now dropped

It’s a shame that Il-2 is unappreciated by so many in the DCS family. The airplane choices are so good.

@goddtzu4008

2 жыл бұрын

Well I always unappreciated Il-2 because for most time I thought this game is literally only about plane IL-2 💀

@joseywilds3133

2 жыл бұрын

I got il2 for 5$ I got the cliffs of Dover for 12$ on sale 😉

@Gunfreak19

2 жыл бұрын

I started with IL2, but after over 100 hours in DCS with warbirds, it felt really unimpressive to go back to IL2, so I stopped it, as of now IL2 is WW1 only for me.

@bringdownvevo

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly im trying to get into it but some in the community are ridiculously toxic

@badgermcbadger1968

2 жыл бұрын

@@goddtzu4008 same

I am actually lucky enough to know a Spitfire pilot who flew Spitfires from 1941 to the end of the war. He also flew the Hurricane, Blenheim and Defiant. He said he once flew a Spitfire through a double doored aircraft hangar! I said what did your CO say - he said he did it first! He also flew a Spitfire under the Forth bridge. He reckoned you wouldn't have been able to flew a Hurricane through a hangar as is got squirrely at very low level. He was shot down twice and has so many great tales. Still pretty sharp at 99 years old and an honour to chat to every time :)

@debbiestimac5175

2 жыл бұрын

Tell him we all said hi and good show Old Chap! Seriously we owe his generation our lives and our freedoms!

@BushidoDevilDog

2 жыл бұрын

You should try to get him on video telling his part of history while you and he still can...

@sugarnads

2 жыл бұрын

Regards to him.

@avipatable

2 жыл бұрын

@@debbiestimac5175 thank you I will :)

@avipatable

2 жыл бұрын

@@BushidoDevilDog I should have done on the first meeting really, we talked aeroplanes all evening!

Ah finally he takes to the skies in IL2, gotta love the damage model and physics of this flight sim great video as always

@Galm02

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, before he started uploading his recent ww1 games I was worried he would never touch il2 again 😭

@bubithebear3690

2 жыл бұрын

amiatt ne aggódj, van benne probléma bőven, mármint a DM-ben

@geoffers158

2 жыл бұрын

Aren't Warthunder and DCS flight models based on IL2?

I’m actually really loving how GS is trying out new things - new sims, planes etc. I’m actually really looking forward to all that - maybe the channel would get more diversified… Which I wouldn’t be opposed to at all ; ) Keep up the great work!

@markstott6689

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.

@debbiestimac5175

2 жыл бұрын

@@NatedoGP You should see him in a Hind or an Iroquois. Hilarity ensues and always excellent to watch.

When you saw one of your last buddies up there tumbling away after being shot down, I said to myself, "He needs to break off and head for those clouds to the west and back home, those 109s are all above him and can easily out climb that Hurricane... he's going to be brave instead, but will still end up dead." RIP Flight Leftenant Growling, The Few would have been proud to have known you, someone who goes once again into the breach, instead of running away to live another day.

@GrowlingSidewinder

2 жыл бұрын

You’re correct that absolutely was the correct call to make George.

@debbiestimac5175

2 жыл бұрын

@@GrowlingSidewinder George? The only George I know of is that Japanese fighter from late in WWII. Is that a Canadian term for The Peanut Gallery? 😜

When the Hurri blew up, I may have an explanation. 30mm cannons weren't usually on German aircraft this early, definitely not 109s. I'm assuming a fuel tank explosion from a 20mm minenenschloss (mine shelll round

@diss2473

2 жыл бұрын

yes, somewhat recently they redid fuel tank explosions and now they are quite common. ammo explosions are also possible

@masafarmi7709

2 жыл бұрын

Bf 109 K ”Kurfürst” was the only model of 109s that was fitted with engine mounted 30mm mk108 cannon. All the BF109s in Battle of Britain campaign were E-models "Emil". E-models were armed with MG17 machineguns and MG-FF 20 mm cannons. So no 30mm cannons in Battle of Britain yet.

@thefightingswallow7613

2 жыл бұрын

@@masafarmi7709 My point exactly. Gunpods were possible in the G variant I believe but like you said, it was mostly Es and Fs in the BoB

@ky7299

2 жыл бұрын

There weren't any 190s in the battle of Britain either.

@michaeladner5485

2 жыл бұрын

Flak-hit. ...maybe ?

This old warbird content is so much more exciting than jets

@Edgins275

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the exact reason I purchased IL-2 over any DCS modules. WW2 dogfights in VR are just so much more satisfying.

@yarra01

2 жыл бұрын

@@Edgins275 Same. I was hooked on DCS, flying a computer for ages, learning all the procedures to fly an A10. Went back to have a look at IL2 (in VR), tried flying with a squad (Air Attack) in MP and had more fun in five minutes than I had in DCS for a year. There is no comparison. I only use DCS for helicopters now.

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Winston Churchill on the pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain.

You’re producing some great videos GS, many of them with some historical significance. The chaos of these fights really comes across and how you’re often shot down by someone you never saw or fought against.

Jeez, and to think RAF pilots were flying 4-5 sorties a day is just mind-blowing. Takes some level of stamina and endurance to pull that off.

@debbiestimac5175

2 жыл бұрын

Well these were very young men, 18-23 most of them. When you want stamina and endurance, those are the guys to look for! 😁

@hasnains561

2 жыл бұрын

@@-Zevin- Wow I never could have guessed that German and Russian pilots would fly for that long. But I completely agree, compared to modern fighters a Prop plane is much more hands on. Your also experiencing all those G's with the only protection being a fairly basic G suit. Its often forgotten how intense some campaigns were, especially those away from the wester theatre of war.

@hasnains561

2 жыл бұрын

@@debbiestimac5175 Yup there really wasn't anyone better for the job. Those guys could fly for a year with some adrenaline and a dream. Its some seriously impressive stuff and mind-blowing how intense some of these dogfights could get.

@EliteRock

2 жыл бұрын

Stamina, and quite a bit of benzedrine.

@CakePrincessCelestia

2 жыл бұрын

@@debbiestimac5175 Gonna be that guy: That's what she said...

Wow, the VR adds a completely new level to everything. From ducking down under the glass when being shot at to the panicked checking 6, everything just feels better.

IL2: Cliffs of Dover (The actual Battle of Britain sim) is very soon getting new cloud tech and VR. I hope you check it out again when it arrives.

@JayRacer

2 жыл бұрын

They’re updating VR again?

How natural and comfortable is to be able to look "anywhere" freely thanks to VR. Sad ending but amazing vid. Subscribed to see more VR content in the future, love it.

"Maybe they'll think I'm one of them." _Gets swarmed_

I've been watching the channel a year or so, mostly from ps4 so i don't think i have commented before, just love the channel i don't play DCS or IL 2 don't even own a computer, but man do i love the content!! Watching the videos makes my imagination fly thinking about fighter jets and aerial warfare. But this VR IL2 suff is getting intense 😲 this video was beyond amazing!!

Awesome video, as always. Really enjoying the WW2 content and the IL-2 gameplay. A patient of mine was 6-years-old during the Battle of Britain. She can still recall watching the Hurricanes and Spitfires duelling with the 109’s and 190’s in the skies above her hometown. Her mother had to rush her and her siblings inside to keep them from being killed by falling debris. I can only imagine what that must have been like. Watching the deadly ballet in a digital battlefield makes for a nice substitute.

loving the IL2 Great Battles content! imo DCS needs to move over and share the spotlight a bit with another amazing Flight Sim lol.

@damienfiche2592

2 жыл бұрын

👆

Love that you’re diversifying so much! You should do a small IL2 career

Great vid. From what I've read, the Hurricane was considered a superior gun platform to the Spit with its big straight wing and guns mounted in two blocks of four. It was maneuverable and quite robust. Bit of an underrated fighter.

DUDE!! You are KILLING it!! Some awesome action. I got a sense of doom and anxiety watching this video!!! 10/10 on the Matterian scale

I have only recently found you and I have been thinking about getting IL2 Sturmovik for a while but never pulled the trigger. I flew the old flight sims of the 90's as well as War Birds. Since finding you though, I have purchased IL2 and I couldn't be more impressed. I also downloaded DCS. So thanks to you for posting these videos and allowing me to see what I have been missing. Working on a set-up for my stick and throttle and soon will get the Oculus for the VR. I have learned a lot from watching your vids and I want to thank you so much for posting and sharing your insights.

When I was a kid my dentist had a burned face. He was one of the original ‘guinea pigs’, the first recipients of plastic facial surgery after being shot down in his Spitfire, BoB. Thank you Dr Hancock.

I bought and started playing IL2 because of one of your vids! Using a TM16000, and there is quite a learning curve with the jitter, and not going past your angle of attack when you are committed to an attack. It’s funny… you can be one of the best aces of the war, and yet bend your prop every landing. I like to think the ground crew tease my pilot constantly about it.

Among the aircrew who fought the Battle of Britain were about 600 or so pilots from Czechoslovakia, Poland, Canada, New Zealand, and other nations pilots. If Britain had fallen, Europe as a whole would have fallen. World history would be very different. I was in the RAF and I have spoken to men on both sides who fought this fight. They were almost all terrified during that kind of encounter. Your ground crew can't repair a plane that is in the sea, so when you have no wingman left and you are on your own against 3 or 4 it's time to get it back to base.

Nice to see an IL2 vid. It's crazy to think about what these guys went through. Cheers from Canada.

Agreed, IL-2 in VR is amazing. Valiant battle btw.

Fantastic stuff, GS. Please keep more of this WW2 content flowing.

I'm going to give this a try with VR. You sparked my interest sir. I've played IL-2 before with a few clanpeople. It's a steep learning curve but I love ww2 aircombat.

Haven't played IL2 since the original. NGL, the flight experience in this game (at least in VR) looks more visceral and "real" than DCS! Great vid!

Very nice video, great dog fighting and immersive experience. Probably the closest thing alongside historical footage and gun cams that can make us see and feel what happened in the skies of WW2. Small inaccuracy, the FW190 first combat appearance was in August 1941, so it would not have been participating in the BoB. Other than that, great video. Keep it up mate!

Nice one Mate! IL2 is really looking good. Thanks!

AWAYS the best notification of the day, the great GS, AWSOME BRO

Not long found your channel GS love the vids so subscribed Cheers.

IL-2 GB fires look so much better than DCS.

@Zues120

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is I cant get into it anymore. Cockpit interaction in DCS has just... Killed it for me. I loved il 1946 and pacific fighters, but just. I need that cockpit interaction lol

@Asgar1205

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zues120 tell me once you’re in the air how often do you click anything in the cockpit instead of pressing a button on your hotas?… uh huh, I thought so. Seriously, I have tons of DCS modules so don’t give me the BS abou „muh clickpits“ nobody cares in a dogfight in a warbird or even in modern Jets for that matter. radar, missiles; all that stuff is bound to hotas and you’ll use it in a fight cause it’s most effective

@Jacksonflax

2 жыл бұрын

​@@Asgar1205 I can literally name a list of easily 5-10 things in every single modern fighter in DCS that I have to click on in cockpit regularly during flight. Have you ever played it?

Love these videos. Thank you for the great work.

Man, when you got those 303's on target, they chewed. Nice flying, nice video.

This video give me more the kind of feeling that i seem to be in a WWII movie than your other vidieos,awsome and amazing!!!

Love The IL-2 content, the missions and the campaign it is a great approximation of WW2

Hey GS, keep up the good work! love what you do!

@GrowlingSidewinder

2 жыл бұрын

thank you Caleb I appreciate it man.

@mr.cucumber825

2 жыл бұрын

Much love from me too!

Doesn't matter which sim, When GS finally goes down, he gets shot in the face!

Nice Vid Sidewinder! I'm liking these IL-2 vids you are putting up. Heres hoping for a P-47 and Spitfire showcase! My favorite two planes of WW2 and in this game.

Thank you, it's really good video!

Your simulations are outstanding and fascinating to watch.

Mann u r such a calm pilot and im learning a lot from ur vids.Had i done this video, more than 90 percent of it would have to be censored due to cursing.I curse whn shooting,when enemy gets lit up,when i get shot,when i look back,when I cruise basically everytime lol.Anyway keep up the good work man.Cheers

Looks fantastic. I enjoyed the video 😊

hey GS, really love your vids. Been a sub for about six months now and I have to say, you're a pretty good shot in comparison to a lot of other flying related youtubers. Any chance you can show a Battle of Britian sortie as an Allied pilot that you survive? Keep up the great content!

@GrowlingSidewinder

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve thank you man and yes I will do plenty of Battle of Britain stuff and I’ll do my best to survive

The Hawker Hurricane was the unsung hero of the BoB. 33 squadrons flew the Hurricane while there were fewer than 20 RAF squadrons flying the Spitfire.

I absolutely love IL-2 hope to see more of this content especially VR I wish I could do that

the smoke and fire effects are pretty awesome!

Hey sidewinder, I love you commentary. Good work.

Please keep the IL-2 videos coming. I love them!

I'm loving the World War 2 sims GS. Keep 'em coming dude.

Wow I felt that one GS. Nice work

That was INCREDIBLE combat! I cannot wait to get my PC and play!

Thanks for the flight sim info. I have to admit I’m an old dude who gave up the combat air sim stuff in the mid 90s. Partly due to limited sim selection and partly due to Army stuff. Well, here I am sufficiently F’d up from combat from 2001-2010 with nothing to do. This IL-2 sim looks fantastic and the VR sounds intriguing. The WWI flights are a huge bonus! Thanks for posting your set up info, I’m checking what I can afford and on it. Any advice? Thanks again.

the mix of content, pre & post jet engine aircraft, keeps me coming back!

I picked up IL-2 on sale a couple days ago and I'm loving it.

There should be NO Fw190s during the Battle of Britain. And as far as I know, you shouldn't be able to fly the Hurricane Mk2 during the Battle of Britain either. The MK 1 had 8 .303s and I don't think the MK 2 with the 12 .303s was used until North Africa which was right after the Battle of Britain.

@hybrid6692

2 жыл бұрын

That's right Spit and Hurri were Mk1s although Mk2 Spits arrived at the tale end of the battle , but only a few, i noticed the Stukas are a late model aswell , not Battle of Britain period , hadn't watched right through , hadn't seen the FWs and as you say definitely not in the battle , are there any Dornier 17s and ME110s in this issue ?

@fightersweep

2 жыл бұрын

I get the impression this is using existing aircraft from IL-2 as the Luftwaffe types are all carrying Eastern Front theatre markings. Probably also explains the use of late model Ju-87s. IL-2 Cliffs of Dover is the Battle of Britain game, but I've no idea if that supports VR. Correct on the Hurricane. The Mark IIA series 2 with 12 machine guns were first built in February 41.

@Jetdrag

2 жыл бұрын

@@fightersweep They are currently working on VR implementation with CloD and Tobruk, they have to rework some of the older cockpits into 3d models.

I love how the Hurricane and Spitfire went from having some of the weakest weapons in the .303, to one of the strongest in the Hispano 20mm

LOVE this game in VR. You truly forget for that split second your playing a game. I stalled my P51 the other day and damn near broke my hotas trying to recover. I died. lol

So good to watch. Thank you.

Wow, intense! Thanks GS

Love the replays!! Of you hitting the enemy!!

Hey growling, thanks for making a video on the hurricane, me being polish this means a lot for me as my country's pilots flew the hurricane and took out 40% of the entire Luftwaffe, the 303 squadron was the polish squadron.

Il2 stonks are growing, you love to see it Edit: also you should get involved with the community. Players are always setting up squad flyouts like bomber formations and whatnot in multi-player along with tanks and stuff

it’s always a joy watching!

From my experience in Il2 CloD, there is a setup for convergence point and as well how you mixing bullets AP, explosive and incendiary. Basically in Spit and Hurricane, you got ammo for 11 seconds of continuous fire. That's why you want to shoot the enemy directly on conversion point, out of it efficiency is practically reduced by 50% if you are good to be accurate with guns from only one wing. I don't know how this is in Great Battles but in CloD you can set up your convergence, better pilots put it on long-distance but beginners set it closer but have to sneak much closer than. Also, the right wingspan setup is crucial as well that is why you have to memorize the wingspan for your opponent's plane and change it during flight depend on the target. This will increase your efficiency significantly in Spit or Hurrican.

@currololo

Жыл бұрын

You can also set up your convergence in Great Battles.

Beautiful detail

thanks GS that was a very intense video simulating BoB in1940 using IL2 rather than Blitz

Love this episode GS!

Wow. That stuka kill. Absolutely peppered. So many hits

That was one of the most intense videos I've seen on your channel GS, really loved it. Thank you!

Figures, I get decent at IL-2 when you don't play it for months and when I'm too busy to play you drop dope content and I can't go play much if at all.

Your'e learning deflection shooting :) I've been watching the channel for a while now thinking "is this a good enough sim to get into or just another arcade game"... I hope to see you in game soon ps that kill at 2:15 was epic

I'm amazed at the graphics here. And in VR??? Holy cow. I'd NEVER get any work done!

Wow that was a quick 14 minutes. I enjoyed the video.

This is Gold... Please stay gold.

Absolutely love the VR vids!

Nice action!.... Watched it, then watched it again with Sly Fox, "Let's go all the way", playing in the background from a different tab (your sound muted), and it fit pretty well...

Truly amazing

All your videos are great but really enjoying these WWII ones.

@GrowlingSidewinder

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you John, more WW2 to come brother.

I wasn't playing for a while, you made me play again

Great to see another warbirds battle. I really like the Hurricane, very stable.

Fun video again. VR just adds so much to flight simming, I simply can't imagine going back to pancake gaming...

"I think I'm good" famous last words....besides your "is that a missile?"

I just got this and some of the dlc...i can't wait to get it all setup

Hey mate! Now, if isn't too much harder than a normal Track IR video to produce, I'd personally LOVE to see most videos hereafter in VR. I just feel like you fight SO much better in VR.

Great video! Thanks. BTW- 109's didn't have hub 30MMs in the BoB. And 190's weren't introduced until a year after the BoB.

Man this sim is GORGEOUS too!!!

So chaotic that it just made it looked like a ton of mosquitos having dogfight.

GS tries IL2, how cool are you getting bro ? Very Cool !!! Awesome

Oh, great, the Ba'le of Bri'ain :) 13:32 There should be one coming with Flying Circus eventually as well for WWI stuff since Rise of Flight has it. The "Harry Kane" cockpit really is extremely cramped, I guess even more so than the 109s. Really something you'll just experience in VR. The only thing I hate about Il-2 in VR is the fact that the collimated reticle in any aircraft is practically invisible. They really need to change that somehow by giving an option so you don't have to sit in the exact sweet spot to be able to see it just barely. I can see them soooo much easier in the few DCS WWII modules we have, it's genuinely a night and day difference!

Intense is an understatement... damn. And you take your eyes off for like a millisecond. Gone!

An IL2 campaign would be fun to watch.

The VR videos are way better than the conventional videos. Love the WW1 VR videos best.

Thanks for the Il-2 fix Growler, gonna need another hit soon though... 😎

I am having so much fun in this sim!!! DCS is great but the fun factor is completely different.

04:34 That’s exactly why I told my wife I would give her a baby if she let me build a $4,000 rig this year. I have been playing DCS since I bought a Cyborg Stick and Flaming Cliffs 2 in 2009 after I joined an F-16 Unit. Never beat a campaign. Started playing in VR in late 2019 and I beat the Georgian/Bear Trap F-15 Campaign almost immediately. It’s just a whole different level of immersion.

@CakePrincessCelestia

2 жыл бұрын

4000 bucks for a rig, not much left for other components, let alone a good headset if you have to spend 3k on a GPU alone :D

I still remember, after several years, I played Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, in the Pacific Theater. I was lining up on this one Zero, just managed to fire a puff at it and killed it! only time i was able to do that. I was expecting to engage it for longer!