Diving a P-38

[bj229r]

The + - REALLY isnt pitch control, merely rpm control--the pitch seems to change automatically, which voids the rpm adjustment, if slowin down is what ya wanna do. Pitch control would be DANG useful to slow plane fer landin (Ill have ya know ive landed at least 3 times this camp) as well as divin

[BigCrate]

Hmmmm we do have pitch control or we don't have pitch control. Well fellas which one is it??? I don't think think we do because when I look thru the keyboard button command paper. It lists no such thing. (or at least that i know of will look again)
Ok my RPM gauge is for what?? Speed of the prop or speed of the engine???
I think the prop pitch is auto controlled. And I WOULD like to see all auto controls (well most auto controls) I don't want the flaps to auto retract and I want to have control on the pitch of my props. I think HTC should give the pilot as much of a load as possible. It makes the game more real. Hheehhheh would be nice to have switch from auto lean mixture to a auto rich setting.
I know its game play stuff but we pilots are not dumb after a couple of engines blowing up from not switching mixture setting we would figure out how to and when to switch the setting .
So what yall think about having as much control over the plane your flying as possible??

Cw
=Twin Engined Devils=

[Starbird]

RPM indirectly controls prop pitch in variable pitch props.

You can't set a given pitch, but the pitch changes when you reduce rpms (the pitch will get coarser).

I'm not sure if ww2 fighters had prop reverse, or prop beta controls. I've never seen them mentioned, only in turboprops.

[HoHun]

Hi Starbird,

>RPM indirectly controls prop pitch in variable pitch props.

>You can't set a given pitch, but the pitch changes when you reduce rpms (the pitch will get coarser).

In a WW2 context, I've often seen "constant speed" propeller mentioned in contrast to "variable pitch" propellers. The constant speed propeller actually was the same as a variable pitch propeller except that it automatically adjusted the pitch to keep (pretty obvious :-) the speed constant.

Actually, in many German aircraft the pilot could select both "variable pitch" and "constant speed" operation modes. In the "variable pitch" mode, he could directly select the propeller pitch which was displayed to him by an indicator that looked exactly like a small clock. Accordingly, fixed pitched settings were referred to with time designations, for example "11:45" for take-off pitch.

>I'm not sure if ww2 fighters had prop reverse, or prop beta controls. I've never seen them mentioned, only in turboprops.

I've to admit that I don't know the term "beta controls", but propeller reversal was pretty rare in WW2 fighters. Messerschmitt had developed a reversible propeller, and in experimental it was found to shorten the landing run of the Me 109 to 100 - 120 m. The Dornier Do 335 also was fitted with a reversible propeller for the same purpose.

(I think the Me 109 was one of the few single-engined fighters to feature a fully feathering propeller, by the way.)

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

[Dead Man Flying]

Originally posted by BigCrate
Man I get tired of toejamfire drivers poping off about the 38.. Hey toejamfiremkv if you took pride in the way you flew. You would be flying a plane that requires use of ACM. And not just doing break turns till ya get the kill OR DIE.

Wow, you learn something new every day on these forums.  Here I thought all along that I was performing all sorts of air combat maneuvers in my Spit V, but now as it turns out I'm really not.

Thanks for clarifying this for me, BigCrate!  I shall endeavor in the future to fly only those planes that require ACM and not ones that only do break turns until they kill or die.

-- Todd/Leviathn

[Seeker]

Please post in AVI, after the duel.... (they have that here?)