B-29 spawns with flaps down.

[caldera]

What is the reasoning for this?  Seems like it takes off much easier without flaps.  Launched tonight with 10k ord and 1/2 load of fuel.  The plane never left the ground.  It would have hit trees off the end of the runway, had I not yanked the stick back in time.

[titanic3]

Our runway technically isn't long enough for the B-29. You either need a hill, or a clearing to lift with more than 25% fuel.

[Volron]

I generally up the 29 with 100% fuel, the 40 500lbers and the 2x ammo.  As soon as I spawn, I bring the flaps up then WEP down the runway until 2/3rds down before dropping 2 notches of flaps and pulling back gently.  Once I am no longer struggling to stay airborne, I level off and build up speed then auto climb to alt.  With my setup, of course, I must make sure I'm at a base with some alt and down hill towards my take off or I'm taking off over water.  Upping with 50% though, you shouldn't have anywhere near the trouble I do using the same method.  To play it safe though and make sure you are taking off over water or have some down hill for maneuvering room until you are sure you can do it at a base with flat land and trees.   Never take off going up even a slight hill to play it safe, unless you don't care about the perks (which most don't anyways ).

[EagleDNY]

I use the "Volron method" a lot myself - I pull the flaps up while accelerating and then deploy a couple of notches about 3/4 down the runway.  Seems to lift off fine then.  I also tend to level it off and let it build up some speed so I can get my flaps up before I go climbing out. 

[MK-84]

Our runway technically isn't long enough for the B-29. You either need a hill, or a clearing to lift with more than 25% fuel.

Have you actually flown one?  That completely untrue.

[Volron]

Have you actually flown one?  That completely untrue.

I'll let someone else do it...

[Babalonian]

First person to start at the default starting/spawning spot and lift a heavy one (100% fuel, 20k ord, 2x ammo) off a level runway with trees 100 meters or less from the end of the runway (level with the runway, and verticly clears them) gets a cookie.

[Volron]

First person to start at the default starting/spawning spot and lift a heavy one (100% fuel, 20k ord, 2x ammo) off a level runway with trees 100 meters or less from the end of the runway (level with the runway, and verticly clears them) gets a cookie.

[AWwrgwy]

First person to start at the default starting/spawning spot and lift a heavy one (100% fuel, 20k ord, 2x ammo) off a level runway with trees 100 meters or less from the end of the runway (level with the runway, and verticly clears them) gets a cookie.

Auto-takeoff on or off?
WEP on or off?

I like cookies.


wrongway

[titanic3]

Have you actually flown one?  That completely untrue.

Yes, I have. And taking off with 75% fuel and the 1000LBs, I could barely get it off the ground if it wasn't for a hill at the end of the runway.

[chaser]

Like it was said earlier in the thread. I've got the 40 500lbers and 100% fuel up but I dropped off of a hill and lost almost 1k of altitude. I don't fly them online though, my connection isn't good enough for a 2-3 hour flight.

[Babalonian]

Auto-takeoff on or off?
WEP on or off?

I like cookies.


wrongway

You can hire Chuck Yeager as your pilot, Chuck Norris as your co-pilot, and Steven Hawking to handle the mixture controls for all I care.  Good luck, you'll still need it.      

[titanic3]

Wouldn't Hawkins just add RATO units? 

Yeager would then punch Hawkins for stealing his idea.
Norris would then just rip both's hearts out and take-off like a bawssssss. 

[chipr]

Our runway technically isn't long enough for the B-29. You either need a hill, or a clearing to lift with more than 25% fuel.

not true. I can take off with 20k load out with 75% fuel and still avoid the trees. I wouldnt suggest taking off from a base where trees may come into play, I would suggest a noob, to the b-29, to  takeoff from a base located on the beach or shoreline where there is no trees to hit. The trick is to wep down the rw, then near the end, use 1 notch flap till u hit 500 ft, then flap up.

[SEseph]

I bring up all flaps, hit wep and keep the nose planted firmly until I am near the end of the runway. I pull back barely clearing the trees and on rare occasion I'll add flaps. Haven't lost one yet on take-off. This is with full ord load, 500's or 4000 depending on what I am doing and anywhere from 50-100% fuel. Same method.