Been doing quite a bit of research about the mossie Bozon.I have asked Dan/Corky to help me out. When I have finished I will release the appropriate findings.
I will elaborate on a few things now
1. It was not prone to catching fire actually it was a very durable airframe.It is modelled in this game as a roman candle which is incorrect.
2.The pilot was very well protected
3.Visually the flame dampeners are on the plane by this I mean they were either long extensions added to the exhaust ports or metal hoods covering the exhaust
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm.php?...=3205&pos=1 see image 11 first page
and also
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm.php?...=3204&pos=1 image 8 with exhaust dampeners.
What we have is a mosquito modelled with exhaust dampeners (visually) and this performance obstruction has been factored in.In short it is about 18 miles an hour slower than it should be at sea level.(exhaust dampeners removed)
Also the CoG spin(bug)
Most accounts from pilots and from the flight manual of the mosquito was it was very easy to recover from a spin.In AH it certainly is not.
I quote from the flight manual
"(ii) Warning of the approach of the stall is given by pronounced
buffeting of the control surfaces, the onset of
which can be felt some 10 knots before the stall itself. At
the stall the aircraft pitches, the A.S.I, fluctuates and the
nose drops gently. There is little tendency for the wing
to drop unless the control column is held back.
Recovery is easy and normal in all cases.
The biggest discrepency here in Ah is that the aircraft does not pitch nor does the nose drop gently, the wing drops drastically from under you and the tail pitches up inducing a flat spin.
More information to follow as I finalize my results
