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Originally Posted by smurf-oly
Your new dogfight tutorial is much appreciated. Your focus on rudder and sideslip was a revelation... I also found that same focus to be very illuminating in your other video: Aircraft Aerodynamics.
Thanks for the effort and I definitely hope you create "IL-2 Cliffs of Dover Dogfight Part 2"... and 3.. and more! |
Just an interesting and quite surprising note from the MkII Spit manual with regard to the use of rudder:
"Feet may be taken off the rudder controls to save fatigue,
as its use is only necessary when taking-off, landing, flying at low speed or aerobatics. Even aerobatics, such as rolls, can be done with feet clear of the rudder control, but rudder would be needed for recovery of the manoevre were badly done."
Does anyone else find this surprising? I always thought that using the rudder to keep the ball centered in turns was an essential part of efficient flying and an automatic habit with seasoned pilots. Is it possible that the spit kept itself perfectly aligned in turns without use of the rudder?
On a side note, I've recently read "Gun Button To Fire" - an account by Tom Neil who flew Hurricane Is through the BoB. He refers to having to use full rudder in power climbs and dives and laments the failure of the designers to include rudder trim as it was quite tiring on the legs. We don't see the need for this kind of rudder input in the sim.