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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Midnight on December 10, 2004, 09:21:19 PM

Title: Phantasm II and the P-51D
Post by: Midnight on December 10, 2004, 09:21:19 PM

Remember that movie from years past? The catch line for the trailers was "The Ball is Back"

Well, check HTC news :D

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originally posted in HTC news for 2.01 Patch 5
Added a slip indicator to the P-51 gunsight.

Thanks HTC!!!!

Title: Phantasm II and the P-51D
Post by: mechanic on December 11, 2004, 11:06:52 AM

i havnt played on patch5 yet, but what is this device for? something to do with your planes angle of attack and therefore how gravity will affect your rounds?

Title: Phantasm II and the P-51D
Post by: thebest1 on December 11, 2004, 11:28:58 AM

YAYYY!!!!!

Title: Phantasm II and the P-51D
Post by: Zoldamite on December 11, 2004, 11:45:21 AM

whats that? sorry for the stupidity. unable to play so i cant figure out for myself...

Title: Phantasm II and the P-51D
Post by: Flyboy on December 11, 2004, 12:35:49 PM

i think its that little ball that when you move your rudder move to the side.

Title: Phantasm II and the P-51D
Post by: mechanic on December 11, 2004, 01:29:35 PM

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Originally posted by Flyboy
i think its that little ball that when you move your rudder move to the side.

then why is it on the gunsite?

Title: Phantasm II and the P-51D
Post by: Flyboy on December 11, 2004, 02:30:56 PM

helps aiming..

Title: Phantasm II and the P-51D
Post by: GreenCloud on December 11, 2004, 02:47:44 PM

it improves roket aim tremendously if you are slide slipping into a target

Title: Phantasm II and the P-51D
Post by: Golfer on December 12, 2004, 02:36:59 PM

The ball, or Slip indicator is used to tell whether or not you are in 'coordinated flight'

Coordinated flight means that the airplane is flying straight ahead to the relative wind over the airplane, thus is it's most efficient.

If you are slipping or skidding, to one side or another, there is more airplane blocking the airflow over the airplane and it is no longer as efficient as it can be.

Think of it like this:

You're driving through the arizona desert on one of those long straight roads, the car is straight ahead relative to the wind passing over it and is thus efficient.  The ball would be centered like so :  

(  \O/  )


You next hit an oil slick (like from Atari's pole position!) and the car starts skidding and now its still going straight down the road but it is sliding to the right.  Now the car is not aerodynamically efficient because even though its going straight down the road, there is a lot of the car causing air resistance.  If the front of the car is pointed to the right, the ball will look like this:

(  \  /O)


This is important with airplanes because the airplane just likes flying more when it's coordinated.  Try taking a look at it next time you're in the plane and kick the rudders right/left and watch how it affects the ball.