Another B-29 Question....

[dirt911]

A more specific question would be, given the climb rate of a fully loaded B29, it was extremely shallow.  Slow to build up speed and took a very long time to start to climb at a decent rate.  We all know how many fields there are in the game where it's hard enough to get 25% lancs up without losing a drone or crashing into a hill.  We're gonna have to pick runways with clear ground out to 10 miles to get a decent ascent in one of those suckers and that's gonna rule out a ton of landlocked fields.

Or we could just turn and avoid the hills, get our bellybutton in gear and make it do what we want it to do.
Its alot like a 17.
Me and a friend were flying 17's the other day we came to a 30k hill at 25,549 feet, he said I wouldn't make it, I did he crashed. 

[Ten60]

B29 >> Initial Climb:  900 fpm @ 150 mph Indicated (@99,480 lbs).
B17 >> Initial Climb:  900 fpm @ 135 mph Indicated (@57,000 lbs).
Lancaster >> Initial Climb:  1000 fpm @ 145 mph Indicated (@52,000 lbs)

What I was trying to point out, is that the B29 had a VERY shallow initial ascent angle.  More shallow than either that B17 or the Lancaster.  With that comes more difficulty in taking off, and hence we will have to find the proper runway more often.  Turning a 100,000lb+ plane isn't going to be very 'easy' in a simulated environment and the loss of speed while turning is going to be almost twice (if not more) what the loss is in B17's.  B29's could go up to 135,000lbs, B1-G7's around 65,500lbs turning that thing isn't going to be even slightly close.  If you do try and turn in the climb you're going to lose your airspeed and tank it.

As others have pointed out, IF you were lucky to not lose an engine on ascent (most frequently to overheating) the plane grabbed well as it got higher and higher.  If you did lose one you literally couldn't continue to climb and ended up in the water.  This was a common and well documented issue with the B29's more so in their early day's.

[GreenEagle43]

Sounds like there gonna be easy to shoot down being big and heavy.lol just like the name of a P-47 jug. slow ,big,and heavy.easy to shoot...can you say that again.

[olds442]

was going to do that anyways, need to make room for my Short Stirling 

he111

[olds442]

Or we could just turn and avoid the hills, get our bellybutton in gear and make it do what we want it to do.
Its alot like a 17.
Me and a friend were flying 17's the other day we came to a 30k hill at 25,549 feet, he said I wouldn't make it, I did he crashed. 

i wounder who that was most not be me

[EDO43]

Sounds like there gonna be easy to shoot down being big and heavy.lol just like the name of a P-47 jug. slow ,big,and heavy.easy to shoot...can you say that again.

P-47 easy to shoot down?  You've not run into many of us who fly the "Jug" on a consistent basis.  The jug is not slow by any means. It is big and heavy, neither of which make it easy to shoot down and on the obverse, it gives me a helluva advantage when I'm sitting above your spitfire by 3-5K. 

[LLogann]

The B29 we are getting are going to have RATO.   

[fullmetalbullet]

i dont think they ever did use rato and even so that may not help at all.