Flight Model

[54Ed]

Jekyll:

I tried it again, with rudder trim centered.  No difference, still veered off 45 degrees and hit a hangar.

Not sure what plane you and Daff are flying, but I strongly suspect you are using auto-takeoff and aren't aware of it.  Otherwise your corsair WILL veer off the runway.

[BBGunn]

I posted an excerpt from an F6F pilot manual under 'Flight Model?' at Aircraft and Vehicles section.  Check it out.  

[Voss]

When you turn auto trim off, you 'do' set trims for takeoff, right?  

Voss 13th T.A.S.

[54Ed]

Not in the demo, Voss.  The point of the posts above is to prove that torque is accurately modeled in AH ... NOT to demonstrate the correct method of takeoff.

[54Ed]

BBGunn, what is the URL for your post?

[Ripsnort]

 

Originally posted by Daff:

The Beagle Pup I fly need more rudder input on take-off than most of the AH planes..and that's a 150hp tricycle plane  

Daff

Ya, and probably a few tons less in weight.  Flying a beagle pup certainly makes no one an expert on WW2 A/C Flight models..Jeezz!

[Jimdandy]

HT is right. I've flown a lot of different flight sims dating back to Chuck Yeagers Test Flight on a Commador 64   All of them had very similar performance characteristics for the planes. The one major exception was the P47 on AW. For some reason every other flight sim had the P-47 a a very capable plane and AW made it a total pig. So just going on comparison I'd say they got it very close. Like many of you I've read a lot about these planes. I've know a few men that flew them, I've ridden in a B-17, and I've even flown a couple planes (2 and 4 passenger single engine). I don't have my pilots license. From what I can tell they got it very close.

[This message has been edited by Jimdandy (edited 01-02-2001).]