Pyro: Adjusted lift and drag attributes of the P-39 flaps

[Brooke]

Sounds good.

So is the change to be in the next patch?

[Krusty]

Sounds good.

So is the change to be in the next patch?

See here:
Patch news

[Brooke]

Thanks, Krusty.

[Widewing]

Well, I did a quick test of the P-39Q offline and found that Pyro's adjustments result in a vast improvement. Flap drag is now roughly the same as the P-40E, perhaps even a bit less.

A quick full flap turn radius test got me 466 feet vs 526 feet prior to the update. Another big improvement is in turn rate, which jumped from 17.2 dps to 18.2 dps. This puts in company with the La-5FN and 109G-2 in terms of radius, but inferior in turn rate.. That's significant in that in a prolonged circle fight, it will lose ground and equality after a few 360 turns.

Nonetheless, flaps use is at least now a real option.

Nice job Pyro, very much appreciated. 

My regards,

Widewing

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

Big time! 

[Pyro]

Widewing,

Thanks for the testing.  I really need to make a comprehensive revision through all the planes to flush out some inconsistencies.

[Yeager]

check the A-20 Pyro....the airplane behaves as if it has no weight. 

[Brooke]

check the A-20 Pyro....the airplane behaves as if it has no weight. 

That's not how it feels to me.

[Yeager]

just out of curiosity, Widewing......have you done any testing of the A20 with emphasis on its vertical performance and freakishly nimble controls?

Way too many times Ive  encountered these things at altitude and had to scrap for my virtual life.....I prefer to fight spitfires
 and FM2s over this thing.  It hangs on a prop like it was Ki43 VSTOL or something.  Maybe its just me but I have heard other well established
veteran players make similar comments.

[SgtPappy]

The A-20 is still modeled as it was in Aces High I, though right?

The only thing that changed for the A-20 in this game was the introduction of the new airflow code, so the plane still needs to be put back into AH2 standards.

I'm hoping the Corsair's flaps can be checked... I find it annoying to fly a plane if it happens to be turning incorrectly. Something like that needs to be fixed whether for the better or for the worse. I know there are tonnes of threads but I'd appreciate it being checked just to know for sure.