adding fuel to the fire for once
When 1.05 came out I decided to give the f4u1d a try again. It was one of my fav. aircraft prior to the 190 (the other being the p38L). Anyway, I remember in 1.03 when shamus and I tried it (Dhog) one day. We kept ground looping and crashing on the takeoff run. Some bish named Bignuts (hm...) witnessed the carnage. We gave up and went to the p47. Anyway, on my first carrier takeoff, I left the trim as it was... full brakes, then slowly throttle up to full plus wep, 1 notch flaps. I expected to be fighting with the torque and going off the edge a lot. Instead, a little rudder here.. a little counter rudder there.. and I tracked fairly straight down the deck. Off the deck.. a little back pressure and I was off. Note this is most likely not due to acquired skill... I don't sortie that much each tour, and I didn't touch the Dhog (and the Chog only once) since that fiasco.
Hm... a windsock on every airfield and the carrier would be nice. Then we could estimate if it's the FM or just that we takeoff into massive headwinds
mauser