A20 Tie Fighter Mystery

[Karnak]

I do recall an account of an RAF pilot having delivered a Spitfire Mk VIII to a USAAF unit just receiving them being asked what its flight limitations were and replying that it was a fighter, it had no flight limitations.

Now, in practice we know a Spitfire cannot be flown inverted for more than a few seconds or the engine will be oil starved.

[Ack-Ack]

An A-20G pilot verbally told me that rolling upside down was forbidden.

I'll have to see if I can find my digital copy of the A-20G flight manual but in the manual it is quite clear about the restrictions on using aerobatics in the A-20G, almost similar to the restrictions on the A-26.

ack-ack

[lyric1]

I'll have to see if I can find my digital copy of the A-20G flight manual but in the manual it is quite clear about the restrictions on using aerobatics in the A-20G, almost similar to the restrictions on the A-26.

ack-ack

Someone has not been reading the entire thread.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,335874.165.html

[RTHolmes]

so at 19,750lb you can pull to blackout in AH and you are still flying by the book, like RL WWII Havocs. sorted

[kvuo75]

barrel roll is a 1g maneuver done correctly, why wouldnt it be able to do it?

[Karnak]

barrel roll is a 1g maneuver done correctly, why wouldnt it be able to do it?

A barrel roll is not the only way to roll upside down.

I would guess he was speaking of the more basic, simple roll.

[icepac]

I'm totally cool with the A20 handling a 1g or zero g barrel roll.

It's the high positive and negative G stuff that is ridiculous.

[RTHolmes]

you mean like the 6G turns which the manual says are ok?

[Widewing]

you mean like the 6G turns which the manual says are ok?

Remember, the rated g is always conservative... Typically, aircraft are rated 20% greater below ultimate failure loading. In game, the wings usually fail at 6g when loaded with any ordnance.

[titanic3]

It's almost impossible to break the wings in AH if you have some sort of hearing ability. If you hear the metal stress, stop pulling on the stick. Rarely, in situations like diving at 500mph and you try to pull up with 100% force on the stick, then yea, there's going to be 1 second of the metal stress then poof. But that's easily avoidable as well. The first and only time I ever ripped my wings off was in a Spit 14 diving at around 450mph. Pulled on the stick, not even halfway and I hear "creeeeaaaak" for half a second and then weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[icepac]

you mean like the 6G turns which the manual says are ok?

How many negative G is the airplane rated?

[RTHolmes]

no idea, but I'd guess more than the pilot is rated for

[Widewing]

It's almost impossible to break the wings in AH if you have some sort of hearing ability. If you hear the metal stress, stop pulling on the stick. Rarely, in situations like diving at 500mph and you try to pull up with 100% force on the stick, then yea, there's going to be 1 second of the metal stress then poof. But that's easily avoidable as well. The first and only time I ever ripped my wings off was in a Spit 14 diving at around 450mph. Pulled on the stick, not even halfway and I hear "creeeeaaaak" for half a second and then weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

There is a strange behavior in the game that will snap the wings on planes if one pulls a sudden high g loading. Literally, the wings snap within a split second. In the real world, this is very unlikely as the stress equation includes duration of loading. In short, you have to have both time and amplitude. The AH system seems based solely on the amplitude alone.

[icepac]

no idea, but I'd guess more than the pilot is rated for

If it's not rated for inverted flight, I doubt it can handle much negative G.

[Widewing]

If it's not rated for inverted flight, I doubt it can handle much negative G.

Without an engine oil system engineered for inverted flight, inverted flight will be forbidden. No WWII U.S. fighters were not authorized for prolonged inverted flight. Oil starvation would result.

I believe the A-20 was rated at 3g negative.