Author Topic: Another F4U carrier launch post(JAB/Redtail) (Read 396 times)

davidpt40 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 26, 2002, 03:16:13 AM »

HiTech, please fix the F4U. The Corsair was a huge engine bolted to a sleek airframe. Yet the plane we have accelerates about as good as a steam engine going up Mount Everest.

bj229r · « **Reply #16 on:** December 26, 2002, 09:50:20 PM »

the most success ive ever had with a D-hog off of CV (would NEVER try a loaded C-hog off CV) was to hit WEP...HOLD brakes until rpm's came up....at about halfway point hit full flaps (last notch gets engaged as you FALL off deck)...have finger on gear button..then wrestle it into air. I never try pulling back on stick until it runs out of deck--the rolling thing they mentioned earlier. Must admit..doesnt seem like the plane would have been approved for CV service if it started off so poorly

bj229r · « **Reply #17 on:** December 26, 2002, 09:52:36 PM »

dang I forgot--there was discussion on chan 1 a few weeks ago about how to make F4 BACK UP on cv--tapping throttle just the right way---if ya notice..there is quite a bit of useable deck behind where game launches plane.

Shane · « **Reply #18 on:** December 26, 2002, 10:58:54 PM »

a picture's worth 1,000 words.

Reschke · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2002, 09:50:22 PM »

Shane: That is a hell of a radical takeoff you pulled there. You did get it up but it looked like it was going in for a second there right after takeoff.

Another thought:

I was watching a show (Thursday , December 26 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM Corsair: Pacific Warrior) where they were going over the F4U and its initial introduction to CV service. One of several pieces of footage they showed was of the VF-17 carrier trials where the Corsair bounced like a over-inflated basketball. On they other hand they showed the same aircraft practically jumping off the deck well before the end of the runway on the Essex class CV's and no wallowing like a pig in a mud pit either.

Anyway I found it very interesting; they had some pretty good interviews with the guys who flew it in both USMC and USN service.

Karnak · « **Reply #20 on:** December 28, 2002, 01:02:28 AM »

Shane · « **Reply #21 on:** December 28, 2002, 12:29:21 PM »

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Originally posted by Reschke
Shane: That is a hell of a radical takeoff you pulled there. You did get it up but it looked like it was going in for a second there right after takeoff.

well, i met the parameters desired, it wasn't pretty.

i think i could have done a little better if i had started a bit of up elevator trim as soon as i got that 1 foot off the ground.

i didn't go in, tho... was in full control once it actually went to the right over the deck. i dunno if i lost any alt when i did that. nope, didn't lose any alt... i touched down breifly once again to 52 feet (which is where i think a little elev up trim might have helped.)

if you noticed i got that 1 foot of alt at 75mph, wep and full flaps without any extra trim involved. at this occurred approximately at the end of the towers before the fore 5" guns.

soooo.... hehehe, i guess it *is* possible and pretty much spot on. hell maybe the flaps work a little too well if i got that inital foot of alt at 75mph instead of 82mph.