F4U carrier takeoff problem!

[Jovianmoon]

Originally Posted by capt. windh

Hi.

I am having trouble getting the F4U off the deck and into the AIR (and not the water) in 1946.

I do the usual: Flaps set, Canopy open, Engine Start, Rev up 110%, chocks off.

But when I reach the threshold I´m at about 110km/h. --> water ditch.


Any ideas? (This is in Carrier Takeoff, in single missions)

/Johan

Don't bother. By the time you slowly and agonizingly taxi up to the precise catapult point (using unrealistic external view because it is impossible to do it from the cockpit view), if you're lucky enough to find the precise spot your squadron mates have long gone. Or you'll miss the exact point, and have to restart the mission.

I would be happy to taxi up to the catapult, say, within a couple of metres of it and then hit a key to lock on. No. No such hotkey. For all their genius (which is considerable), the modders (for my install UP3.0) seem to have excluded such an option.

I do this: I don't fly F4Us, only F4Fs and F6Fs. When the deck is clear enough I release the chocks, slowly taxi to the centre of the deck near my start point, re-engage chocks, rear wheel centered, set trim and cowl flaps, unfold wings, wing flaps to take off, throttle up to full, release chocks again and then zoom down the deck (perhaps with a slightly sickening dip at the end).

Ignore the useless catapult, for goodness sake.