USA TOUR Event | SAT AUGUST 20TH 17:00 - 21:30 UTC

[LesterBoffo]

Did you try the F4u Corsair?

Uh yeah, the Corsair is in it's own category for how many rotations you can manage to get out of a groundloop, it's by no means anywhere near easy.

[SHM]

Yep, little difficult, but after some practice got it up.

[KeithHadden]

I'ld like join in on this and use the P38 Lightning

Callsign CAW0001

[clrcoda]

Thanks Lester. great to see you. even miss you very much.

Yes the p-39, p-38, even the xf-11, twin engin, twin booms naturally counteracting the p-effect is the obvious choice for this flight, especially for one with out the economic reach to even just get rudder peddals.

I suppose my statement above is because I was really looking forward to the single engine craft which I have, for the most part, avoided because of lack of peddals. I experimented with rudder hard over keys, as may of these craft have no differential braking, the brake keys were available for such a task. But even with hard over keys, the take-off verses no take-off percentage is quite low. Less than 1 in 20 even.

But then cht0056 (Simon Grant) did a clever thing and showed me a youtube of the typically milspec flyers the FGuk, who after many years of flying the class, still often have take off trouble in runways.

I'm certain no one questions that I can fly. Even after 8 months of not really flying my schedule because of the hospital stay and continued condition, I've only dropped to 17th after having been well seated in the top 10 tracked pilots in the world. and that's only one of my callsigns.

I had my heart set on the single engines, but I will indeed show in one of the P-3somethings. Thanks for the recommendation.

[LesterBoffo]

Yep, little difficult, but after some practice got it up.

Also depends on whether it's the unobtainium Gerard Robin JSBsim Corsair or the Detlef Faber made one, The one Detlef made is YASim and is a mess FDM wise.

[clrcoda]

Lester's recommendation is very good, the p-39, in this case.

For a single engine, it has the nice feature of staying in the runway, even during a loop.

A couple hacks from now, and it will even be Ray worthy.

Hard to decide now. p-38, or p-39. The fight continues.

--ray

[LesterBoffo]

Lester's recommendation is very good, the p-39, in this case.

For a single engine, it has the nice feature of staying in the runway, even during a loop.

A couple hacks from now, and it will even be Ray worthy.

Hard to decide now. p-38, or p-39. The fight continues.

--ray

Well given some technique, it should stay planted and straight until there is some airflow over the tail surfaces to keep it going straight. I'd keep in a bit of down elevator initially and slowly neutralize it as it reaches about 50 knots, then gently rotate, ( add up elevator ) at about 70~75 knots with one notch of flaps added as you rotate, it should just pop right off the runway effortlessly. Lotta things to do all at the same time but should get you airborne. I'd also retract the gear immediately as soon as you get some positive climb going.

[IAHM-COL]

Hard to decide now. p-38, or p-39. The fight continues.

--ray

That's the attitude Ray

My fight also continues in the devil-incarnate p51d

[IAHM-COL]

Ray, why the sadz? The P-39 should be easy to fly.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/h70bg7w60r246rp/Bell-P-39.zip

Is it GPL lester?

[LesterBoffo]

Oh sorry, yes, it's just had the FDM adjusted otherwise it's Helijah's release.

We should do a little training session at KOTH today, it's perfect conditions, wind about 9 knots at 360, load onto runway 31 for some slight crosswind practice.