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Offline Brooke

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Re: Most stable gun platform?
« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2013, 06:43:07 PM »
Every aircraft seems stable in Aces High in the plainest meaning of "stable" -- that if you are flying along straight and level, the plane stays straight and level.

If by "stable" folks mean how wobbly the aircraft is to control inputs, though, in the sense of control theory, you are talking about step response, which is this sort of thing (where the square wave is your input, and the oscillatory graphs are the response or output).



This is what happens when you are flying along at a given position of the stick, then move the stick to a new position.  Does the nose oscillate in response to a step change to pullback on the stick?  Does the nose oscillate back and forth if you initiate or stop a roll?  Etc.

In this definition of stability, although I haven't done any tests and don't thoroughly remember nuances of the feel of many AH aircraft, what comes most to my mind is the FW 190.  190's seem very crisp in control response and seem to have low oscillation.  The F6F, for example, to me seems to have a great deal more.

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Re: Most stable gun platform?
« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2013, 06:25:08 PM »
I find almost all of the U.S. fighters to be twitchy around the center....which is wierd  I think.  So in a mustang, hog, jug and especially the 38 I havea really hard time making fine or small adjustments to my aim.  I'm constantly bouncing around the target while trying to get my pipper on it and basically can't hit anything in any plane equipped with U.S. .50 cal.s.  On the other hand the 109s, Ki-84 and 110 seem to be very friendly for small adjustments to aim especially around the center.  I don't have so much of a tendancy to "overshoot" the target and the pipper seems to move consistently to where I'm pulling the nose.   

The 190 series planes are impossible for me to hit with.

I'm pretty sure it's mostly because I'm a poor shot in this game.  That's also the reason I don't BNZ much..can't hit at high closing speeds.

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Re: Most stable gun platform?
« Reply #32 on: December 22, 2013, 10:59:18 PM »
The 110 is "stable" too; Seems like most twins are.
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Re: Most stable gun platform?
« Reply #33 on: December 23, 2013, 03:57:49 AM »
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