Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: moot on April 25, 2011, 10:06:05 PM
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Not sure it's a bug Tiger does it too. Not sure either if it's the rotate-start that's faster, or the standing start that's slower. Standing start sounds like it's a little slower than it used to be on the Tiger.
Take a Panther and get it rotating as fast as it'll go; press and hold W (or whatever key is fwd for you) after it's started rotation. Once it's up to top rotate speed, let go of A (or whatever left/right key you pressed to rotate) and keep W down: the tank sounds like (can't tell for sure, no speedo) it climbs thru gears much faster than from normal standing start.
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1 possibility is the engine is already revved way up from rotating, think drag racing where U rev 'er up N dump the clutch and take off much faster... Or it's a bug :D
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I tested the tanks for acceleration to 20mph when the shifting was manual, the Panther won out in a major way. The T34's were the slowest.
I tested to 20mph and I tested to max speed. The Panther could get to max speed (29mph) faster than the Panver IV and all three M4's could get to max speed (25-26mph). Against te T34's, the Panther had an easy jump. It actually took a decent amount of time for the Panther to get over taken my the T34's from a stopped position.
I dont have historical data, but it would seem to me that the shorter gear span/ration would allow the Panther to harness the power of the engine better and get the engine power tranfered to the tracks better than anything else. I wouldnt doubt for a split second that the Panther had the best acceleration speed for a 25 ton plus tank in WWII. That is just a hunch, though.
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I tested the tanks for acceleration to 20mph when the shifting was manual, the Panther won out in a major way. The T34's were the slowest.
I tested to 20mph and I tested to max speed. The Panther could get to max speed (29mph) faster than the Panver IV and all three M4's could get to max speed (25-26mph). Against te T34's, the Panther had an easy jump. It actually took a decent amount of time for the Panther to get over taken my the T34's from a stopped position.
I dont have historical data, but it would seem to me that the shorter gear span/ration would allow the Panther to harness the power of the engine better and get the engine power tranfered to the tracks better than anything else. I wouldnt doubt for a split second that the Panther had the best acceleration speed for a 25 ton plus tank in WWII. That is just a hunch, though.
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I've been playin too much today, starting to see double! :bolt