[EAF331 Starfire]

Originally Posted by Shaker

http://www.aviation-history.com/vought/f4u.html

I am taking my info from the above link.

"It could outfight, outclimb and (if need be) outrun any prop driven enemy."

"The XF4U-1 first went aloft on May 1, 1940 and five months later flew the 45 miles (73 km) between Stratford and Hartford, Connecticut at a speed of 405 miles per hour (651.8 kph), becoming the first production aircraft to exceed 400 mph in level flight. The US Navy was very pleased with the performance of the Corsair and, in June 1941, ordered 584 copies. Over the next 11 years that figure would grow to over 12,500 F4Us. "

The stock F4U doesn't even meet these standards and now it appears to be worse.

Originally Posted by EJGr.Ost_Caspar

That link and statements are worth of nothing. Thats a product of a U.S. fansite, supported by bend oppinions of fighter pilots (who understandibly never would state "hey, our planes were all porked, but still we won!"). And you beliefe in it. Sorry to sound rude, but simply its that way.

As for the numbers: We have neighter the prototype, nor the F4U-4 in game.

"...any prop driven enemy.." - He forgot to add "...,that was available at that time." - wich in fact was (on fighters) an Ki-43, Ki-44, Ki-61 and A6M-3 and a little bit later an A6M-5, with almost the same performance as the A6M-3.

Now to the numbers in game. With the weakest of the Corsair versions - the F4U-1 - you can outrun a Zero anytime at any alt level, with a minimum advantage of 40km/h at 2000m and 6000m.
From 350km/h climb speed upward you can run away from any Zero as well.
Naturally you cannot turn with it below 440km/h neigher can you do slow-climbing below 350km/h.

To my eyes this gives quite a few possibilies to fight successfull against Zeros. Ki-61 may be a bit more difficult, but its almost the same there in all points.

Furthermore, the F4U series has all become sligthly more maneuverable.
To have said that, I don't see your problem, but maybe only in the way you use to fly.



Half true progaganda is no standard. "It could outfight everything." - Outfight? What is this? At least no value, that we can work with.

I tend to agree with EJGr.Ost_Caspar.

Looking at grafs and numbers for different a/c from WWII
like http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/ and http://www.spitfireperformance.com/spittest.html

and reading several books which analysed the war as a whole it was not the performance of the individual a/c that won the war.

It all came down to resources, production and strategy. In essence it was numbers!

We really need a feature that can balance the servers more historical. ETO 1944: RAF+USAF vs Luftwaffe = 4:1
I recommend reading "Brute Force" by John Ellis. Unfortunately it can only be found second hand but it is a revalation.

I have made a link to the aircraft production numbers for the war














Looking at the ratios make me laugh at most so called WWII documentaries. Almost all of them are filled with propaganda.
Don't get me wrong. I am glad that the Allies won (or my country would not exist), but that kind of propaganda are bad if we need to learn from history. It is against what the Allies (-USSR) fought for. It is bad for sims.