I had 30,000 feet.......tried every configuration Just fell tail down for 30,000 feet.Before you offer "pilot 101" tips, know I've been flying for over 29 years.
the game is concentrated on combat, not on shaking the screen.semp
So the point of this thread was.....what?
After years of dropping my gear down during stall fights and similar maneuvering, often to quite the benefit of the fight, I never could explain why it worked. I always figured it had something to do with adding in that extra stability from the gear, during times of flight when you're very unstable. The effect is most pronounced in fighters like the 110, 152, Mosquito, and P-39s. I also frequently get beef for this "gamey" behaviour, a lot of comments like, "Nice gear, but you would never actually do that in real life." And, "No pilots ever did that in WWII planes."You can imagine my great personal satisfaction (which is limitless by the way), that while reading Bob Hoover's autobiography Forever Flying, I came across this passage where he talked about getting to fly the P-39, which he was quite excited about... "At ten thousand feet, I pulled the nose up steeply, cut the power, and presto, the plane started to tumble. A flat spin followed, and I panicked for an instant trying to get my bearings. I tried conventional recovery controls, but none of them worked. Instinctively I dropped the landing gear and lowered the flaps to upset the gyroscopic effect. To my amazement, the P-39 went into a conventional nose-down spin. I recovered the airplane with plenty of room to spare. Satisfied with the effort, I couldn't wait to land and share my experience with the other pilots."He goes on to explain the same maneuver also worked well with the P-40. And a Czech pilot named it the Lomcovak, Czech for Headache.This also, was not something he only did because it was an emergency, he intentionally got the P-39 to stall and spin, after hearing how deadly it was to so many pilots. Yay!!!!And always, Fear The Gear!
