Author Topic: Flat top scale (Read 275 times)

CavemanJ · « **on:** January 11, 2001, 02:09:00 PM »

An image I lifted from the F4U thread

I dinnae think we'd have any chance of lining our Hawgs and 'Cats up on the flat top like this, even if we could fold thier wings. Maybe the flattop scale is part of the problem people have in getting airborne?

And some planes seem to be on different scales too.

Staga · « **Reply #1 on:** January 11, 2001, 02:17:00 PM »

Remember when Cita dropped a bomb in a runway when ppl were waiting take-off call?
Was it something like 10-12 kill messages in text-buffer?
1000lb in that deck and you got about 30 kills

hblair · « **Reply #2 on:** January 11, 2001, 07:22:00 PM »

The TBM is a great looking plane, but seems waaay too big for the flattop we have, as far as scale goes...

Jimdandy · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2001, 08:30:00 PM »

You would want to be carful where you walked on that deck. In vision that scene on a Japanese carrier at the battle of Midway. You get there with your dive bomber and change the course of history.

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CavemanJ · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2001, 09:59:00 PM »

Staga, Jimdandy, OUTTA THE POOL!!!
yer grounded, 1 week, attempted thread hijacking

Aye Hb, I've wondered a few times if the deck was too small and that's why some folks have problems getting off the flat top. Another thread shows the F4U performance is a touch off, and Pryo posted he's getting into those again quick as he can. But the deck being a 1-200 feet short could be a problem.

Dinnae they used to line kites up on both sides, at the aft end, and launch'em criss-cross? #1 rolls, as he passes the island #2 (beside him) rolls, #3 rolls as #2 passes the island and #1 leaves the deck? Something like that anyway.

Citabria · « **Reply #5 on:** January 11, 2001, 10:21:00 PM »

cavemanj why do those f4u's have rocket racks on with no rockets?

btw if you didnt notice those planes are all about to launch on a mission.

I guess they just "forgot" to remove them

CavemanJ · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2001, 02:15:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Citabria:
cavemanj why do those f4u's have rocket racks on with no rockets?

btw if you didnt notice those planes are all about to launch on a mission.

I guess they just "forgot" to remove them

Aye, mayhap they did forget. But you forget, AH has perfect maintenence/ground crews. And the docs say the Mk 5-1 weren't on the kite unless they were carryin rockets.
Yer grounded fer a week for attempted thread hijacking

Now, back to the scale issue