Author Topic: Plane speed comparison (Read 476 times)

Frost · « **on:** March 10, 2001, 11:35:00 PM »

Has anyone else seen this site?
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/8217/perf.html

It would be great if someone with way more knowledge than me could do something like this for all the AH planes.

juzz · « **Reply #1 on:** March 11, 2001, 04:17:00 AM »

The source code for the applet is at the bottom of the page, but unfortunately - 2 of the files are missing!

If you want I could do some more .gif's like this one(NB: Spit 14, F4U-4 and P-47M are "real" numbers, the rest are AH performance):
http://www.geocities.com/qwejibo2000/latespeed.gif
(edit - seems geocities doesn't allow remote viewing of images anymore...)

The applet would be infinitely more useful though, as you could compare planes much more easily than on a cluttered graph with 20+ lines on it(plus I'd run out of colours to use!).

[This message has been edited by juzz (edited 03-13-2001).]

Vermillion · « **Reply #2 on:** March 11, 2001, 08:16:00 AM »

Juzz, If thats the one I'm thinking of, I have the applet working on my old website and I have the code.

Its a matter of sitting down and "mapping" all the break points in each aircrafts performance curves.

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Frost · « **Reply #3 on:** March 13, 2001, 12:30:00 AM »

That would be great Verm. You da' man!

juzz · « **Reply #4 on:** March 13, 2001, 01:48:00 AM »

Vermillion; e-mail an example of the data file the applet uses and I'll input all the AH fighter speeds.

Vermillion · « **Reply #5 on:** March 13, 2001, 07:04:00 AM »

Will do... If you don't hear from me within a few days, send me an email reminding me. Its gonna be a busy week at work for me and I don't want to forget to do this.

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Karnak · « **Reply #6 on:** March 13, 2001, 09:59:00 AM »

Thats a nice site.

Thanks.

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Frost · « **Reply #7 on:** March 24, 2001, 03:43:00 PM »

I know I'm probably pushing my luck since someone else is doing the work, but... Any ETA on the finished product Juzz?

This would be a great utility. Maybe HTC will put it up on thier site as a link of the individual aircraft pages.

Sancho · « **Reply #8 on:** March 24, 2001, 03:52:00 PM »

Why does the P-47M speed scale linearly in direct proportion to altitude when none of the other planes do?

Vermillion · « **Reply #9 on:** March 24, 2001, 04:17:00 PM »

Frost, we're working on it. Right now Juzz has finished the data file, but I'm having a file format problem on the website end. And Ihaven't figured out what is going wrong, so as soon as I have it fixed, we will get it out to you.

Sancho, are you asking about the difference between the turbosupercharger on the M model versus superchargers on the other aircraft?

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Frost · « **Reply #10 on:** March 24, 2001, 04:36:00 PM »

Your a stud Verm. Many thanks to you and Juzz for all your work.

juzz · « **Reply #11 on:** March 24, 2001, 05:27:00 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Sancho:
Why does the P-47M speed scale linearly in direct proportion to altitude when none of the other planes do?

The P-47 is the only plane on the chart with a turbocharger -> constant power up to it's 30k critical altitude.

The other planes have superchargers -> varying power over altitude.

Sancho · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2001, 05:29:00 PM »

Ok thanks.

I need to do a little more reading on that turbosupercharger. Where's my P-47 pilots' manual...

[This message has been edited by Sancho (edited 03-24-2001).]