Originally posted by Sundowner
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hitech
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No GUNERZER it is not true. 2 Questions are being mixed with 1 answere.
On the auto retract flaps question, it seems to me that everone who wants to get rid of auto retract flaps wan'ts flaps at faster speeds. If we were to get rid of the auto retract flaps the only difference would be ,instead of retracting the flap it would be damaged and unsible at the same speed they auto retract now.
The other questions is on a specific planes flap speed, they are set on a per plane basis with the data we have availble.
HiTech
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That does not make it correct, nor does that make it the right thing to do. Flaps are supposed to be PILOT CONTROLLED. When flying a plane that has a specific advantage due to the proper operation of a specific component, the pilot should retain full control of that component. I like Dale, I respect Dale, and I appreciate what he's done. However, in this case he is just plain wrong. I know real pilots who flew the plane in combat, and I know how the flaps should work, and why they should work that way. It is very simple, the P-38 should not have autoretract flaps, because the real plane did not.
I'd like to see the modeling of each plane as close to 100% fidelity to the real plane as possible. The more closely it follows the real plane the better. Autoretract is something that belongs in the "easy" or "beginner" mode. If the pilot had control of the function, I want control of it. If the plane exhibited mach tuck at a certain speed and you had to know how to fly it out of mach tuck, that's what I want. I don't fly AH because it is the "easy mode", I fly it because I want the maximum simulation fidelity. I don't want the computer doing it for me. I'd much rather risk wrecking my flaps and maintain control than have them autoretract and cause me to lose control. I can survive wrecked flaps a lot easier than I can stalling and spinning in front of an enemy plane.
The "easy mode" doesn't belong here, this ain't "playstation", "x box", or "atari". This is Aces High, a combat flight simulation.
