Unperk the F4U-4

[danny76]

Don't believe I've ever lost a wing. Can you teach me?  

of course, from 10k dive on unsuspecting baddie, kick rudder about to try and slow down, then realise you have misjudged, as soon as you are into thicker air rorke the stick back and this activates the wing detachment feature for easy storage
I also want bigger elevators although I think more elevator authority may exacerbate first problem

[nrshida]

I'll have to try that. I'd never lost a wing on a Spitfire either though until Yarbles taught me how to do it 

With the Ki-84 I lose sets of control surfaces randomly at VnE, a feature which I've never understood, for which there is no historical merit and apparently unique to the Hayate. The reduction of control authority at speed is historically accurate however. Maybe we need to look at your stick settings Danny, also diving down isn't its forte, fly a bit lower and fight upwards 

Some of the best fights I've had in Aces High were against Fudmukkr's 4hog in the DA, me in a Ki-84 

P.S. Ink's no noob, I was only joking 

[danny76]

I'll have to try that. I'd never lost a wing on a Spitfire either though until Yarbles taught me how to do it 

With the Ki-84 I lose sets of control surfaces randomly at VnE, a feature which I've never understood, for which there is no historical merit and apparently unique to the Hayate. The reduction of control authority at speed is historically accurate however. Maybe we need to look at your stick settings Danny, also diving down isn't its forte, fly a bit lower and fight upwards 

Some of the best fights I've had in Aces High were against Fudmukkr's 4hog in the DA, me in a Ki-84 

P.S. Ink's no noob, I was only joking 

I don't reserve my inate ability to divest airyoplanes of bits. I am expecting an angry PM from the descendants of Sir Sidney Camm for my repeated and wanton removal of Hurricane wings

[Karnak]

for which there is no historical merit and apparently unique to the Hayate.

Nah, no unique, the Mosquito Mk VI also gleefully sheds control surfaces at about 480mph.  I have also not found a historical reason for it to do so.

[bozon]

Nah, no unique, the Mosquito Mk VI also gleefully sheds control surfaces at about 480mph.  I have also not found a historical reason for it to do so.

The worms freak out, dig themselves out of the wood and bail out, thus weakening the structure.

Even before loosing control surfaces, even a light G load will break the wing. A power-on split-S from typical level speeds can easily bring you into the creaking & cracking wood danger zone.

[fbEagle]

I was fighting in a furball, and our carrier planes were being owned by P51Ds, LAs, 109s, just give the carrier pilots an equalizer. I mean , to get BnZed as soon as you take off beacouse your f4u1a because it cant stay up with the p51ds is horrible. Just saying.

Drop flaps and turn with them. dont be afraid to fight them. Sucker em in and take em down

[Butcher]

I just flew the F4u-4 for first time in a very long time, feels great to hop in it again... thus being said I can see why its 25+ perks.... at 10k (While rooks were coming in at 15k) I managed to sucker down a few and furball with em, first being a 47M who didn't have enough E to boom and zoom, I caught him and shot him down..

Second plane a 51 decided 3 attempts to BnZ didn't work out so well, so he tried to turn fight and got shot down.

On my return trip home (fuel) I had a 109K chase after me, I was 6k above him so I simply looped over and got him in a flat turn, big no no on his part but he got shot down.

I simply out flew all 3 aircrafts with basic knowledge of how the plane flew, using my speed and flaps to win the fights, the 109K should of gave me the hardest trouble, but I got him in a spiral climb and with my advantage in alt I managed to make him stall.

[nrshida]

The worms freak out, dig themselves out of the wood and bail out, thus weakening the structure.

 

[tunnelrat]

Ink is a noob in the Hayate 

 

[tunnelrat]

What does the dash4 have on, at common AH altitudes, the 109K4 or the La7?  Ords?

[ink]

I'll have to try that. I'd never lost a wing on a Spitfire either though until Yarbles taught me how to do it 

With the Ki-84 I lose sets of control surfaces randomly at VnE, a feature which I've never understood, for which there is no historical merit and apparently unique to the Hayate. The reduction of control authority at speed is historically accurate however. Maybe we need to look at your stick settings Danny, also diving down isn't its forte, fly a bit lower and fight upwards 

Some of the best fights I've had in Aces High were against Fudmukkr's 4hog in the DA, me in a Ki-84 

P.S. Ink's no noob, I was only joking 

 

[Butcher]

What does the dash4 have on, at common AH altitudes, the 109K4 or the La7?  Ords?

Well if we look at the F4u-4, P51-D, 109K and La7:
At 5k:
F4u4, P51, La7 are about even in speed, 109k is a tab slower.
Between 5-15k the F4u Drops off and is actually slower then the rest
at 15-20k the F4u4 starts to shine pulling away from everything.

Speed with wep on: at 15k and above only the 109K is faster rest drop off.

Acceleration the F4u-4 is barely slower getting to 300mph then 109k and La7.
Climb Rate: up to 4k the La7 is better climber, other then that only the 109k is a threat which outclimbs everything else
Max Speed Low alt:
MIL power: F4u does 351, P51 355, 109k 339 and La7 359
WEP: 375, P51 365, 109k 368 and La7 381

Turn radius the F4u beats everything but an La7 in a flat turn, with flaps it can't be beat.

What every other plane has for a weakness, the F4u actually improves on.

[titanic3]

That giant metal sheet behind it (cough, super rudder) can make it do some insane moves. I don't fly the Corsairs a lot (never got used to the torque and I prefer big cannons), but when I flew the -1A, I would regularly drop out of the sky trying to pull a tailslide. With the -4, you have plenty of power and that almost never happens.

I still can't control the torque in all Corsairs (at very low speeds), they either snap stall or spin and I lose control pulling moves I do in a 109. Or just simply drop from the sky (exception being the -4).

[Plawranc]

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