New Mossie: Hover mode enabled, wtf?

[bravoa8]

Triple post!

I did that too while ago.

[mechanic]

I had to go to work 25 minutes before the patch was released....

I'll be doing tests when I get home.

ouch bad timing so close! it will be worth the wait though when you get back home.  It certainly feels more responsive at slower speeds than it was. I don't seem to have much of a yaw rudder problem on either the old or new mossie, even with flaps out she stays quite smooth. It seems like the engine and aerodynamic makes quite a differnce in attacking fast moving targets that usualy would not be caught. She seems to be a little more sluggish to bring the nose down in stall speed vertical turns but also more stable. Doesn't seem as likey to backflip tail over nose as easily as the old one. Of course the paintjob and 3D model too, it's very good.

[Karnak]

My 8800GT died 13 days ago and I still don't have a replacement, so I will have to turn the eye candy down to get acceptable framerates on the old 7800GT I am using until the replacement arrives.

Should still get to see the model, just no shadows and the like.

EDIT:

I made a backup of AH v2.18.8 before coming to work though.  I will be composing a detailed comparison between the old and new Mossies some time in the next couple of days.

I get off in one minute, then a 15 minute drive home...

[mechanic]

happy days

i'll be in the TA if you want to put some holes in me

[Scherf]

I can't hold her steady in a sustained turn, though that may have something to do with my stick settings.


I still suck real bad.


 

[mechanic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AmxEFOkyQo



quick video putting her through her paces in stability and stall control.

I like!

[Krusty]

No WAY the old moss could pull some of those moves. And the off-the-runway nose hang??? HOLY COW!

That can't be right!

[Karnak]

That can't be right!

Old Mossie could do that too.  Any fighter in AH can do that.  He kept it low until it was over 200mph before pulling into a climb.  Old Mossie might have killed you in the stall though.

EDIT:

Just tested it in the old Mossie and did the same maneuver, but peaked at a lower altitude and the stall killed me.

[mechanic]

Krusty, the old mossie had almost the same power to 'hover' but it was alot more likely to flip out in pure vertical stall turns as Karnak said. Another notable moment was the second inverted half roll to emergency snaproll recovery, just after the touch-n-go-U-turn landing thing. That was very close to an auger, the older mossie might not have caught it so smoothly. Tail control authority at slow speeds seems to have been improved. I am no expert on how this all relates to a real life mossie though.