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Originally Posted by -)-MAILMAN-
Originally Posted by Robo
"I just did a quick test in WIP 4.11.1 and you definitely will be able to fly her by the book now - cold start, taking off at full power (99p no ADI), maintaining climb power of ''44 @ 2550RPM to 5000ft."
5000 feet is still too low to be shifting from supercharger 1 (neutral blower) to supercharger 2 (low blower) in the F4U-1 Corsairs. The Real Life Corsairs (F4U-1/-1A/1C/1D) used the R-2800-8 and -8w engines and maintained 44" MAP up to 8000 feet before shifting from neutral blower to low blower then maintaining 48" MAP. This matches exactly the USN Pilot training film for the Corsairs and until v4.11 the game matched this.
Hellcats used the R-2800-10 and -10W engines and had a different carburetor than those used in the Corsairs. Once source has the Hellcat shifting from neutral blower to low blower at 5500 ft (USN training film uses this altitude) and another source has it at 7000 feet. The Hellcats in versions previous to v4.11 shifted at 5500 feet. Shifting the supercharger at 5000 feet in this version is also too low for the Hellcats.
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I have the actual pilot manual for the F4U-1 series open right now, revision 1944.
The climb section calls for the following:
Max continuous normal rated power calls for 44" MAP at 2550 RPM, with the blower shift from neutral to low when MAP drops to 41.5" between 5500 and 7000 ft. above MSL.
Military power climb calls for 2700 RPM at 52.5" MAP, shifting to low blower when MAP drops to 45" between 1700 and 5500 ft. above MSL.
Edit - I posted this for discussion sake, not to indicate that anyone is wrong or right.