Ground handling in CloD

[reflected]

Is it just me or is it fubar?

1) the acceleration of planes on grass is ridiculous

You have to taxi with the throttle wide open. Geoffrey Wellum mentioned that you started a Spit then you had to throttle back for warming up, otherwise the machine would roll through the next hangar in a blink of an eye - although obviously an exageration, it shows that opening the throttle just a little bit (1 inch for startup) would be enough to move the machine. I've seen Hurricanes taking of from grass airfields. I've also taken off from a grass field in a Tiger Moth - it was nothing like in Clod, not like a freight train.

2) brakes

You had to be very crareful with them, or the aeroplane would turn on its nose. In CloD it wont, unless you're rolling at 60 mph. Differetial brakes have hardly any effect, which brings me to the next point:

3) turning - the rudder and differential brakes have no authority. How come?

I mean the FM is rather convincing, these planes fly much like real planes do - a lot better than the old il2 - but on the ground...well it's very far off, I'm afraid.