f6f tail break

[WWhiskey]

sure seems like the tail comes off easy when you land ! still testing tho

[Motherland]

sure seems like the tail comes off easy when you land ! still testing tho

I noticed this too... except I was taking off, noticed I didn't lock my tail wheel, pulled back on the stick and broke the tail off. I did it twice actually.

[SPIKER]

Yep, you can not use your breaks hard and let the tail drop or it will break off!

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Spiker

[Geophro]

Confirmed.  Tail bounce removes the tail.
Try 1 flew around some, came back for an intentionally hard landing.  I kept the tail after slamming into the ground, but it came off during braking.
Try 2 I choped the throttle and dropped the gear right after the gear retracted from auto takeoff and landed.  After braking, when the tail dropped it came off.
Try 3 I never left the runway, at 100 IAS I cut throttle and rode the brakes.  As soon as the tail dropped, it came off.

Edit:  Try 4 I used auto-takeoff until the tailwheel lifted, then chopped throttle and applied brakes.  I lost the tail.  Film sent to HT.

[uberslet]

while on subject of the F6F, the elvators seem to come off rather easy...never had it happen before to me, couple squaddies noticed it to.

[kvuo75]

Confirmed.  Tail bounce removes the tail.
Try 1 flew around some, came back for an intentionally hard landing.  I kept the tail after slamming into the ground, but it came off during braking.
Try 2 I choped the throttle and dropped the gear right after the gear retracted from auto takeoff and landed.  After braking, when the tail dropped it came off.
Try 3 I never left the runway, at 100 IAS I cut throttle and rode the brakes.  As soon as the tail dropped, it came off.

N1K has always done this welcome to the club!

F6F = N1K

the way to get around it is lay off the brakes. let the tail settle, THEN gently brake.

[Waffle]

found the issue on f6f and will be resolved on patch.

[WWhiskey]

found the issue on f6f and will be resolved on patch.

doesn't boher me too nuch but squadies will be happy   ty

[Geophro]

It is now better since the patch.
I can now only make the tail break off without lifting the main wheels off of the runway in 2 configurations:
  75% fuel clean
  100% fuel, 2 1K bombs and rockets.
In any other combination of fuel, ord and speed (short of taking off), I get no failures.
If you simply release the brakes for a split second and then reapply them, there are no problems in those 2 configurations.
Also, if you chop the throttle and jump on the brakes just as the tail lifts there are no problems.
If will only fail if you allow about 1 second of acceleration after the tailwheel lifts before standing on the brakes (in one of those 2 configurations.)
I consider it fixed.

The new views are also great!