which Corsair?

[Schatzi]

In addition to what has already been said about landing the beast (F4U).

To avoid the sling to the right, I add a touch of left rudder on approach (not too much or youll sling to the left). Then, as I stall/flare her on the runway I ease off the rudder slowly, raise a notch or two of flaps and pull back on stick to lock the tailwheel. I usually wait a little bit untill I start applying wheelbrakes, since that tends to fishtail me at times.

[CpMorgan]

Ongruth,

You might want to check us out. We fly the F4U-1A almost exclusively, as also the rest of the Corsairs. We're presently recruiting. Here's the thread---->

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=197195

[nickf620]

ok bro i have the same problem with the corsairs as far as landing

ive gotten 2 different opinions from trainers and they told me to use differential brakes so when you land hold the left brake down and tap the right brake

if you start to veer to the right let off the right brake and hold the left brake in completely

and batfink i meant no disrespect with that comment it was just a joke

[TequilaChaser]

Originally posted by nickf620
ok bro i have the same problem with the corsairs as far as landing

ive gotten 2 different opinions from trainers and they told me to use differential brakes so when you land hold the left brake down and tap the right brake

if you start to veer to the right let off the right brake and hold the left brake in completely

my bad, alternate/differential braking  is exactly what I meant verses locking the tail wheel....I however never lock either one down completely. I alternate tapping the left and right quickly. As I am taxiing on down the runway I will be less frequent with the taps when slowly rolling........ locking either brake down will open up the possibility of whipping you around and even breaking off a wingtip....

thanks nick for waking up my sleeping brain this morning, lol.....  ~S~

and F4U series  from favorite to less favorite for me are:
F4U-1
F4U-4
F4U-1c
F4U-1D
F4U-1A  ( hate the way the fuel load is set up,  I think it should be set the same as the F4U-1 model )

[nickf620]

maybe i was wrong maybe the trainers told me to alternatively tap the brakes

cause it looked wrong to me when i typed it and that makes alot more sense

when in doubt trust the trainers ongurth listen to tc

btw i never noticed this till recently probably cause i only up corsairs when i am doing carrier ops and with the hook and all it is kinda hard to veer off in a direction

[B@tfinkV]

i took no offence nick, and my answer was intended in a 'matter of fact' fashion. i meant no offence either.

[Ongurth]

thanks a ton guys.  I shall definitely had over to the training area and practice my landings with this new information, before I get back into combat. I think your advice has pointed out a major flaw in my landings. I think I'm coming in wayyyyyyyyyy too fast, and then applying FAR to much brake in a desperate attempt to stop before the end of the run way.  Time to be more gentle with the airplane, lol.

Thanks a ton, guys.

::Salute::

[nickf620]

here is a trick to slow down before a landing it is called a slip

for example go full rudder right while simultaneously going full aileron to the left

or flip it full rudder left while simultaneously going full aileron to the right

it is a good idea to do one direction for about 1 second then reverse cause if you dont you will do a barrel roll right into the ground


batfink

[Virage]

Originally posted by B@tfinkV
flaps?

Thank you B@tfinkV for playing along.  I think advice in using the F4u's would have to include them somewhere.

[nickf620]

dont forget if you want to slow down you can pop your gear out cause it stays there even at somewhere around 300mph right?

[Ongurth]

nick, that I did learn fast. the F4U's gear can withstand a much higher speed then that of say, a mustang. I popped gear at 300 with the mustang and wound up having to work on my gearless landing techniques, lol.

[nickf620]

yah that is one of the high points of hogs

when you want them to slow down you have numerous effective options

[humble]

unless your going to rearm:). I tend to fly the hog low and around contested turf. Simply became a habit to belly em all in to minimize vulching. However as mentioned no real issues if you manage your speed....slow over the threshold and then just let it land itself with steady gentle back pressure on stick as you flare. You can also STOL the hog (inbound)....full flaps and on stall edge you can literally run her in like a pitching wedge:D .....one bounce and stop:aok ...you just need to get stalled over the threshold high enough up and drop her on the runway...

[B@tfinkV]

NO WAY! never land wheels up unless you have to!

you want to learn complete control of your aircraft in the slowest and lowest of dogfights and furballs then you better first make sure you can glide in to a three pointer at a hair above stall speed and hold your nose right as you touch down!


yikes humble you been flying for so long you know you can land perfectly, ur just bein lazy and cheating, cos you know you can stall your hog out at 30mph and shoot a spit at the same time and then glide home to land a perfect 3 pointer with ease.....or not it may seem..!


 if on the other hand you are relatively new player and cant land properly then you really should not be copping out with wheels up landing unless youre being vulched, stop teaching these bad habits i say!!

[Deth7]

Manually center the rudder before you land and it won't loop, and pull back on the stick as well once you're slow enough.