Hey TD can you look again at the Corsair..

[Black_Sage29]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I wouldn't expect it to accelerate like a car... Maybe I am doing something wrong but even with using throttle and pitch it is difficult for me to get any real speed out of the AC and it seems to overheat unless I keep the throttle below 80% or so .. Maybe it is me but a revisit wouldn't hurt by TD even if it was just to spend some time flying it just as a sim pilot to see if theynseenwhat I see.

Maximize power to 110% with water injection and 100% prop pitch. After flying in level flight for about 1 to 2 minutes it will accelerate to around 260-270mph

I usually only use water injection in level flight just to make it accelerate faster to top speed.

I wish TD would speed up the acceleration a bit though because corsair has the same engine as P-47 and P-47 is heavier and accelerates faster

If nothing else TD could you increase the acceleration of the corsair a bit..at least to match the p-47's if not more

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Black_Sage29

Maximize power to 110% with water injection and 100% prop pitch. After flying in level flight for about 1 to 2 minutes it will accelerate to around 260-270mph

I usually only use water injection in level flight just to make it accelerate faster to top speed.

I wish TD would speed up the acceleration a bit though because corsair has the same engine as P-47 and P-47 is heavier and accelerates faster

If nothing else TD could you increase the acceleration of the corsair a bit..at least to match the p-47's if not more

Are you sure the P-40 accelerates faster? Get out a stop watch, hold altitude, and see what numbers each hits as they fly along.

[Luno13]

...and as for the Seafire...well, the RN lost many, many times more Seafires to landing accidents than to enemy action. Some of us would take that data as a clue that the Corsair was quite a bit more tractable than those aircraft, particularly at slower speeds (what? compared to the legendary Spitfire--which is what the wartime Seafire models were, with some modifications for hooks and so on). One should expect that the Corsair was overall, a more forgiving and less demanding aircraft than the Spitfire in most if not all regimes.

The Seafire? I've hardly landed one intact. Landing the Corsair is cake in comparison. They had similar vices though - long nose, tricky handling at low speeds. Even then, Corsairs have crashed even on Terra-firma due to that sudden stall they're notorious for. They handle as I would expect them too. I thought the P-38s were well-modeled, so that's the first time I've heard about them being slow, and they climb like rockets.

I do agree about the Japanese aircraft though, as well as the Me-109 and P-40.

[Bearcat]

The P-40s are a dream to fight in.. it just isn't a speed demon.. My gunnery in a P-40 is so much better than in a P-51. It's a much more stable platform.

[Black_Sage29]

Originally Posted by IceFire

Are you sure the P-40 accelerates faster? Get out a stop watch, hold altitude, and see what numbers each hits as they fly along.

I fly mostly American planes and I feel the difference. P-47 accelerates faster than corsair. You can test it out yourself if you want

Nice Bearcat, I like fighting in the P-51 more. It's just so damn fast

[Bearcat]

Yeah me too.. but the P-40 is a better gun platform.. it is more stable.. I get less wobblies in the P-40 than the P-51 hece the better gunnery. I am working on trying to tune up my stick settings..

[Snake]

After tuning your stick settings please share with us! I also have MSFFB joystick and I'm still looking for the best settings for it!

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Black_Sage29

I fly mostly American planes and I feel the difference. P-47 accelerates faster than corsair. You can test it out yourself if you want

Nice Bearcat, I like fighting in the P-51 more. It's just so damn fast

Well you made the assertion so I figured you were volunteering to test

[JtD]

Some P-47 have considerably more power than the F4U, they should be climbing and accelerating faster.

I too usually feel that the P-40 is a better gun platform than the P-51, but looking looking at some stats I tend to hit equally well with both.

[horseback]

P-47 had that GE turbosupercharger weighing it down at lower altitudes, especially the non-paddlebladed models; it was my understanding that Corsair squadrons training on the East Coast handled USAAF Jugs pretty easily below 20,000 ft, but not nearly as well at higher alts. Above that line, the turbosupercharger made the Jug's R-2800 much more efficient than the ones in F4Us and F6Fs; Jug pilots, after losing a round at medium heights were known to fly alongside the victors in the blue painted planes, shake their oxygen masks and point up.

Naval Aviators, being smarter than the average bear, would usually refuse the offer.

cheers

horseback