Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Ivedog on December 04, 1999, 10:36:00 AM
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When I jumped in the arena last night to test out the new guncam, I heard some talk about the Corsair's propellor being too small. At first I thought it was probably just a matter of perspective, but I decided to check it out anyway.
What I found was, at least to me, it does appear as if the prop might be a little undersized. Whether this is a perspective issue or not, I'm not sure.
(http://volunteers2.home.att.net/aceshigh/f4prop.jpg)
Ivedog
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The prop is definately too small. The actual size should be 13 feet, 4 inches to scale.
(http://chani.arrakis-ttm.com/warbirds/jollyroger/gifs/new/kep.gif)
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~Lt. Jg. Windle~
VF-17 (http://chani.arrakis-ttm.com/warbirds/jollyroger/) The Jolly Rogers 8X
Skychrgr@aol.com
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Ivedog is that a composite of 2 images?
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Yes, funked. I took a standard Aces High image and laid over a prop image taken from a technical diagram of a F4u-1d. It's probably not exactly the same scale as the screenshot, but I think it's enough to illustrate the point.
Ivedog
[This message has been edited by Ivedog (edited 12-04-1999).]
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Thanks, it'll be fixed for the next version.
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Doug "Pyro" Balmos
HiTech Creations
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is the prop size a factor in the flight model (as opposed to only being used for the visual model)? just wondering.. a smaller prop than what should be on it might explain why the hawg isn't meeting the performance some of us expect.
[This message has been edited by 214CaveJ (edited 12-04-1999).]
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While you're at it, can it be repainted to a tri-colour scheme please? Isn't the one it has now the same as on WarBirds F4U-1D?
Yup, both have a yellow cowl ring, white arrows; #102 in WB, #167 in AH.
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The F4U-1D didn't carry the tri-color paint scheme. That scheme was used on the F4U-1 & F4U-1A only. The F4U-1D's all carried the standard overall Gloss Sea Blue scheme (with added squad markings of course).
I rather like the current scheme since it is the aircraft that my uncle flew during 1945. I get to fly "his plane" in WB and AH. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
(http://chani.arrakis-ttm.com/warbirds/jollyroger/gifs/new/kep.gif)
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~Lt. Jg. Windle~
VF-17 (http://chani.arrakis-ttm.com/warbirds/jollyroger/) The Jolly Rogers 8X
Skychrgr@aol.com
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Uh oh, how to save this one...
Ahhhhh... what I *meant* was; give us the F4U-1A! hehehe (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
How different is the performance of the A vs the D anyway? They built more A's yes?
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The F4U-1A was a tad bit lighter and didn't have rocket hard points or twin bomb/tank pylons. Instead it had a single centerline hard point only which facilitated the use of a 175 gallon drop tank or up to a 1000 pound bomb. The F4U-1A also had the earlier canopy which still retained two cross braces. The start of F4U-1D production is when the wing fuel tanks were deleted, so the F4U-1A would have the added feature of an extra 82 gallons of fuel in each wing (361 gallons total for the plane). Other than these factors the F4U-1A and F4U-1D were basically the same plane.
I vote for the F4U-1A or the F4U-1 'birdcage' Corsair. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) THe latter would really be an original as far as flight sims are concerned. The F4U-1 did suffer from not having water injection compared to later models. The F4U-1 also had two small bomb racks under each wing for 100 pound bombs (rather worthless but some good trivia nonetheless) (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
(http://chani.arrakis-ttm.com/warbirds/jollyroger/gifs/new/kep.gif)
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~Lt. Jg. Windle~
VF-17 (http://chani.arrakis-ttm.com/warbirds/jollyroger/) The Jolly Rogers 8X
Skychrgr@aol.com