4.11 F4U Performance

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by h0MbrE

Okay, I stand corrected on the atmospheric temperature but it also says the top speed was 431mph... should we dwell on that now as well? Besides you already dismissed the data in question when you made the little red arrows pointing to the fact that the aircraft used in that test was "the cleaned up version". And as I have pointed out twice since then:

This test was done early in 1943 on the earlier 1942 F4U-1s. After which the improvements were made and the C and D models were produced. Once again, refer to THIS document for the relevant test results on the 1944, 1945 C and D models we use in the sim.


What I want to know is why are you trying to nit-pick at every little thing you can find simply to dismiss the facts when YOU KNOW the F4U in the game have nowhere near the capability they should. The real world data is in front of you, please just fix the mistake.

Ok... I'm confused. I looked at the document that you've mentioned and the in-game version seems to match it performance wise very closely. Particularly around Combat Power at critical altitude and at sea level.

Here are the in-game results from 4.11 that I captured with a F4U-1D:
Loadout: Default
Fuel: 100%
Throttle: 110% (WEP/Watercooling Engaged)
Radiators: Closed
Map: Crimea
At Sea Level: 579kph TAS (or 360mph)
At 6100 meters/20,013 feet: 662 kph TAS (or 411mph)

The document you posted shows basically the same results:

Sea Level: 359mph
Critical Altitude (19,900 feet): 409mph

At sea level I was in first stage supercharger. At 6100 meters I was in third stage supercharger. Fuel mixture was 100% at all times.

That seems to be bang on the results of the document that you posted. I didn't test anything except Combat power. Am I missing something?