K/D Champ

[oakranger]

I've been caught by F6F's in a dive before, several times, but the Kitty always had an initial E advantage. 

Both F6F and 262 are the only two Ac that out dive me so far

[Widewing]

Both F6F and 262 are the only two Ac that out dive me so far

The F6F has very good dive handling, and a higher critical Mach than the P-47. That means that the Jug compresses at a lower speed than the Hellcat. Another factor is how one enters a dive. To get the best dive acceleration, you want to "unload" the airframe. In other words, you want the g meter to indicate zero g. If you bunt over and begin to "red out", you've loaded the airframe. Ease the stick forward and get the g meter to zero. Hold that until the nose is where you want and then center the stick. Unloading the airframe increases the rate of acceleration by minimizing induced drag. This applies to all aircraft, by the way.

When the F6F begins to buffet in a dive, it wants to pull out all by itself. Thus, you can trim nose down a bit to maintain the angle of descent. The F6F can dive with any prop fighter in the game.... 

[Letalis]

Unfortunately I've managed to rip the wings off my F6F three times.   Wings on the F4Us and P47s seem unbreakable

[TwinTail]

Ty for the acknowledgment Letalis. Though im not a continuous D25 pilot, it was fun to fly for half a tour. From the looks of it out of only 108 victories, only 5 were A2G, the rest were all A2A.

[oakranger]

Unfortunately I've managed to rip the wings off my F6F three times.   Wings on the F4Us and P47s seem unbreakable

Yes, the wing will do that on the F6F.  I have not yet done it on the P-47.

[ALFAMEGA51]

my apologies for bringing the 38j k/d ratio down 

Shhaddup  , that would be StabOps and I bringing it down together 

[Widewing]

Unfortunately I've managed to rip the wings off my F6F three times.   Wings on the F4Us and P47s seem unbreakable

Sounds like a stress modeling error... The F6F was able to withstand 13g without airframe damage. Well documented by Grumman test pilots. Ditto for the F4F/FM series as well. I have never broken wings off of an F6F... On the other hand, the P-51 could break-up in wind shear, as experienced by Zemke.

[Letalis]

I know the F6F was rated for some extreme forces so it does seem odd that it would break a wing before the 47.  I hadn't broken a wing in some time and was thinking maybe the wing structure was remodeled with the reinforced tail section fix from a while back.  Took an F6F up to 16k offline, dove to well over 500, did a max pull and got only creaks and blackout.  Did this a couple times and was thinking all was well.  However as I continued pulling G and bleeding off speed, elevator authority seemed to improve and I was able to snap the outer half of my left wing somewhere in the 380-430kias regime. Meh.

[Widewing]

I know the F6F was rated for some extreme forces so it does seem odd that it would break a wing before the 47.  I hadn't broken a wing in some time and was thinking maybe the wing structure was remodeled with the reinforced tail section fix from a while back.  Took an F6F up to 16k offline, dove to well over 500, did a max pull and got only creaks and blackout.  Did this a couple times and was thinking all was well.  However as I continued pulling G and bleeding off speed, elevator authority seemed to improve and I was able to snap the outer half of my left wing somewhere in the 380-430kias regime. Meh.

I just spent 15 minutes trying to break a wing on the F6F. Couldn't do it. I dived from 30k, saw 605 mph TAS at 2,000 feet, and pulled past black out. Nothing. I tried over and over throughout the speed range. Nothing...

I suspect you may have a spiking stick.

[ink]

I just spent 15 minutes trying to break a wing on the F6F. Couldn't do it. I dived from 30k, saw 605 mph TAS at 2,000 feet, and pulled past black out. Nothing. I tried over and over throughout the speed range. Nothing...

I suspect you may have a spiking stick.

that or had damage to wings

[Rich52]

If I dive directly down on a CV from 10,000' I'll snap the wings off it every time. It didnt used to do that, I figured it was a modeling change. What could I do with my stick to fix that? Thanks.

[Gryffin]

If I dive directly down on a CV from 10,000' I'll snap the wings off it every time. It didnt used to do that, I figured it was a modeling change. What could I do with my stick to fix that? Thanks.

Unplug it.

[oakranger]

If I dive directly down on a CV from 10,000' I'll snap the wings off it every time. It didnt used to do that, I figured it was a modeling change. What could I do with my stick to fix that? Thanks.

Does the wing snap off while you are loaded with ordes/rockets?  Or pulling out of the dive?

[Dragon]

If I dive directly down on a CV from 10,000' I'll snap the wings off it every time. It didnt used to do that, I figured it was a modeling change. What could I do with my stick to fix that? Thanks.

The puffy is landing close enough to weaken them during your dive causing the failure.  Multiple close puffy explosions causes cumulative damage.

[Letalis]

No damage to plane, 50% fuel on takeoff.  Currently using a new Logitech G940 with scaling enabled and default deadband/dampening setting.  Can't pull the wings off a Jug or F4U no matter how hard I try.