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Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha
The bug was fixed, but the rack was left as having no effect on the aircraft once the bomb was released, as per the last sentence in your post.
I'm just pointing out it was a known bug with the A's that the rack didn't affect the aircraft, though there were/are problems with some of the load outs.
I didn't make a statement declaring anything, just pointed out some know facts.
BTW: the roll rate was/should be affected by removing outer cannons. |
I still don't think you understand... The rack does have an effect on the A4 -A6 and it doesn't on the A8 and A9.
Removing the guns does nothing to affect performance in any way shape or form. By selecting the option it puts a bomb rack on and depending upon the plane it can be some 15kmh slower. There is no performance gain by going with this option in fact your slower than taking a clean version of the plane with full cannons.
Here is the first post in the second link supporting what I've said all along.
"Posted Mon January 26 2004 06:28
I made some simple tests with different Fw-190 loadouts and made some interesting observations. Please forgive me if this subject already has been covered.
First the A-4. I tested topspeed on SL with different loadouts. Settings were full real + speedbar, standart quickmission on the Crimea, steadily racing along the waves. I used 110% power, rad closed and auto-RPM.
Standart loadout: 530 kph
U1: 2x MG151/20: 520 kph
U1: Sc250: 520 kph
U3: Sc500: 520 kph
R1: Sc500: 520 kph
Please note I dropped to bomb first and checked top speed with the corrsponding bomb-rack.
Observations:
-The U1: 2x MG151 option looks absolutly useless to me. While it removes the outer guns and the machineguns ( I guess for better performance ), it adds the centerline bomrack to the plane. So you get a plane with reduced firepower that is actualy slower than with the standart armement ! Any chance to remove the bombrack on this loadout ? To reduce firepower for better performance (*better* ) looks usefull for me.
-The U3 option looks quite useless too, comparing to R1. With R1 you keep the outer guns while carrying a bomb with exactly the same topspeed as with U3. So the presence of the outer guns doesn't seem to have any influence on topspeed. Perhaps it affects rollrate, climrate or maneuverability.
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Now to the A-8:
Same settings, but with WEP.
Standart: 575 kph
Sc500: 575 kph
None: 575 kph
Please note again that I tested speed after droping the bomb to check speed with the rack.
The A-8 model always has the bomrack installed ( graphicaly ) and it actualy seems to carry it all the time FM wise. Top speed with standart armement is identical with top speed after dropping a bomb. This means that even the standart loadout includes the bombrack !
I don't know if late Fw-190 always carried it, but I can hardly imagine they did so ! Is there any chance Oleg can remove that brick from our non-jabo 190 ?"