Author Topic: Mosquito Bomber (Read 914 times)

Kweassa · « **Reply #15 on:** March 23, 2005, 06:58:39 AM »

I just hope they'd make the current Mossie faster.

IIRC, some of the RAF fans came up with the claims that our current Mossie is modelled with the performance of a night-fighter version that had flame dampers installed, which took 15mph off from its speed.

It'd benefit a lot more with that extra 15mph.

Karnak · « **Reply #16 on:** March 23, 2005, 10:09:03 AM »

bozon,

That might be if it weren't perked. The Mosquito B.Mk XVI, the first designed cookie carrier, would have to be perked. It would only do about 320mph at sea level, but at 25,000ft it could do 416mph. That is almost uninterceptable.

My suggestion woulf be to add a Mosquito B.Mk IV are a free bomber and the Mosquito B.Mk XVI as a perk bomber.

Kweassa,

The problem is that there are no performance charts that were made of that configuration in working condition. There are lots of reports of it, but.....

Kegger26 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 23, 2005, 02:30:08 PM »

I have been flying the Mossy now almost a week..I fly the P51B so it is a big change for me. One thing I have found is that it is very unforgiving...I have never in my life stalled a plane that many times in one day. Dog fighting in it is wild...it is a big plane and it feels like a bomber, but it fighting like a prize fighter.
If the Mossy bomber is just as fun to fly as the mossy we currently have, I say bring it. The mossy has made AH fun for me again. It was getting stale there for awhile...

thrila · « **Reply #18 on:** March 23, 2005, 06:36:57 PM »

yay! a mossie convert:)

Kegger26 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 23, 2005, 07:18:45 PM »

I am not a mossy driver yet. I still love my pony and I will never give it up. But the mossy is one of the planes in AH I never learned to fly...so flying it has made AH fun again.

bozon · « **Reply #20 on:** March 24, 2005, 02:45:28 AM »

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One thing I have found is that it is very unforgiving...I have never in my life stalled a plane that many times in one day

I feels like the center-of-gravity is off.
At slow speeds the tail get really heavy. If stalled at this condition it may start falling belly forward, while the nose is pointed above the horizon which makes recovery extremely hard.

I belive this behaviour is typical when C.G. is too far back. The engines stick out way infront of the wings so if there are no bombs in the bay I don't think this should happen. But I have no way to verify this.

Bozon

Kegger26 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 24, 2005, 06:49:52 AM »

That seems to be pretty much the case. I have been flying it with a full gun load 100% fuel and the eight rockets. I know if I try to open the bomb bay with this set up it says there isnt one.
Most of my stalls happen when I am pulling out from an air to ground attack. There isnt much warning before it happens, it just happens. If feels like the tail rolls out from under you and you end up on your back trying to recover. Here is a great film of this kind of a stall happening.
The first few mins is just fluff, me rolling down the RW to re-arm, then the hunt for a panzer..then rusty comes screaming in, in a Dora. I am not 100% on my alt when I stalled, but I know I was close to the ground. She recovered pretty easy for me. But I have had some of those nasty stalls where it takes two or three thousand feet to recover.

http://s21.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0HPSMI6CRIA2M2489KN3R6KRC6

thrila · « **Reply #22 on:** March 24, 2005, 07:48:07 AM »

Oh they all say that to begin with kegger...

You don't need to take 100% fuel, 50% will last around 35 minutes.

Kegger if you need any help with the mossie let me know, i have lots of mossie films.

Kegger26 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 24, 2005, 08:43:15 AM »

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Originally posted by thrila
Oh they all say that to begin with kegger... You don't need to take 100% fuel, 50% will last around 35 minutes.

I am a fuel nut. Whenever I take less than 100% I always seem to run out, or I end up having to run though six sectors to get home/chase someone. So I always take 100%. I have learned to fly with a full airplane so I am use to it.

Karnak · « **Reply #24 on:** March 24, 2005, 11:38:47 AM »

You really don't need full fuel. The Mosquito is the only fighter in AH that will fly further than the P-51 on internal fuel.

25% for base defense, if you're nuts enough to use the Mossie for it.

50% for general use. If you are low on the retrun leg, throttle back a bit. The Mossie cruises fast.

75% for long trips or lots and lots of time on station.

100% or 100% + DTs if you want to be in the air for two hours.

THe Mosquito at 100% fuel is carrying 540 gallons, that is over 3,000lbs of fuel. The performance is markedly better if you take 50%.

As to the rockets, I'd only take those if you know you'll need them. The rocket rails slow you down by a noticable ammount. If you just need ordinance, but will be fighting too take the 500lbers as they leave your aircraft clean once they've been dropped. Also the two in the bomb bay are drag free.

Angus · « **Reply #25 on:** March 25, 2005, 07:10:59 AM »

Hey, Karnak, would you happen to have some information about Mossie's max speeds (and climbs) at altitude? Would love to graph it.
And boost settings?
THX in advance