Author Topic: f4u-1a vs. 1d (Read 843 times)

Krusty · « **Reply #15 on:** May 07, 2007, 12:57:38 PM »

You sure about the spitties slipper tank?

Thought it slowed ya down at least a mph or two?

Widewing · « **Reply #16 on:** May 07, 2007, 01:13:52 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
You sure about the spitties slipper tank?

Thought it slowed ya down at least a mph or two?

It slows you down a bit when installed, but after it is dropped the aircraft is clean again. Bomb shackles cannot be dropped, so they do add drag.

Krusty, take note of the sea level speed of the 109G-14... It has increased by 9 mph between v2.09 and v2.10.

My regards,

Widewing

1K3 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 07, 2007, 02:02:18 PM »

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Originally posted by Widewing
Krusty, take note of the sea level speed of the 109G-14... It has increased by 9 mph between v2.09 and v2.10.

There's something they're not telling us...

Krusty · « **Reply #18 on:** May 07, 2007, 02:19:47 PM »

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Originally posted by Widewing
Krusty, take note of the sea level speed of the 109G-14... It has increased by 9 mph between v2.09 and v2.10.

What the bantha poodoo?!

It did?

Why wasn't this mentioned in the readme??

This means the G14 is only ~10mph slower than the K-4 up to 16k. Very interesting.

Engine · « **Reply #19 on:** May 07, 2007, 02:24:09 PM »

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Originally posted by Widewing
Other aircraft have bomb pylons or shackles as a permanent installation. Thus, their max speed is the same if the were clean or had dropped bomb(s) or fuel tank(s).

This group includes those the F4U-1C, F4U-1D, F4U-4, P-51B, P-51D, P-47D-25, P-47D-40, P-47N, all P-38s, Ki-84, Ki-61, N1K2-J and many more.

Adding rockets has its own drag penalty in addition to bombs.

I'm not aware that anyone has tested all possible ordnance combinations on all fighters to determine what drag penalties are associated with the various load-outs. I've tested about 50% of the fighters. It's a time consuming process.

My regards,

Widewing

Thanks kindly Widewing. This cuts to the heart of what I was wondering. I'm a little surprised no one's created a penalty list.

Krusty · « **Reply #20 on:** May 07, 2007, 02:33:29 PM »

No need to. Most of us realize that adding stuff on slows us down. Heck, supposedly even taking the 30mms on the 190a8 takes off 1mph.

However, you can't let that stop you. Take what you need. You're not running a race, and most of the time a couple of MPH from a drop tank shackle aren't going to mean life or death.

Rocket tubes, on the other hand....

Well, don't take 'em if you only plan on dogfighting.

Engine · « **Reply #21 on:** May 07, 2007, 02:49:04 PM »

Aw, I know. It doesn't really affect my plane choices, as I'm going to fly what I'm going to fly regardless of a 2mph shackle penalty. Mainly I'm just concerned with remembering which planes have those stinking rocket tubes, and my surprise about the lack of a list is based on the amazing amount of knowledge in the community. I just figured that if something affected performance, someone was sure to have made a chart about it with pie graphs and flowcharts.

Edit: Also, I am the sort of dweeb who would find a chart like that interesting to see... Sigh, woe is me.