Take off problems

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Your flying the Hurricane right? ok,my guess is your stalling,on take off,don't climb too quickly,allow your RPM and speed to build up before making any manouvres,up or sideways.

You need your speed on take off to reach at least 90mph before leaving the ground,and as you do,don't climb too fast,build up your speed in a gradual controlled manner so that you don't bleed off the energy you have just gained.

Actually,with all respect to the others,I do take off with flaps down,but only about two stages down on the marker,just before the '20' mark(see flaps marker gauge on right hand side of cockpit,same area as landing gear lever).

A little bit of flaps will give the aircraft lift on take off,and you won't need so much of the runway to take off from.

But energy is king here,it's your speed that's letting you down for sure,I'm convinced.

[Osprey]

Wise words here.

Blackadder, if you like the Hurricane then come and fly with us since we have the largest gathering of Hurricane pilots in COD so we'll certainly be able to help you. Both Meaker and Kristorf are both members of ACG.

See here:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...67&postcount=5

Hope to see you online

[Sokol1]

Osprey,

How you deal with the Hurricane tendency to roll right into level flight?

Sokol1

[Osprey]

I bank it left. There is no aileron trim in the Hurricane, IRL the pilot would have a fly about and then tell the ground crew his experience and they would dope some broad chord to the trailing upper edge of one of the ailerons in order to upset it's lifting properties. He would then take it for another flight. - The ultimate field mod

[redxfred]

SOKOL1: To stabilize a rolling tendency in an airplane with ailerons that are not moving, such as during "hands off", wings level flight, adjust the rudder trim. Observe the turn & slip indicator and add rudder trim until the slip indicator is centered. This will remove the rolling tendency until you change a control element like pitch, bank, power, or prop. CLoD has a great cheat in the "T" key, which will center the rudder trim for you.

This gets to be a nuisance during constantly changing attitude or power, so get it close with the trim and then use your feet on the rudder pedals to adjust as necessary to center the slip indicator. Since many slip indicators look like a tiny ball suspended in fluid, the common term, "step on the ball", is the memory aid for which rudder to apply. (i.e. if the ball is off center to the right, step on the right rudder until it centers). If you have no pedals, you can try the rudder keyboard controls, but you will have a distinct disadvantage in a fighter plane.

I have the rudder trim assigned to an axis knob on my throttle controller, but it is very sensitive and requires practice to master. The rudder is a wonderful thing and is well worth spending a little time on the web to study all the things it can control.

[Blackadder]

Thanks for the advice. I will check out the theories. I have the radiator set to be controlled by a rotary on my throttle yet when I move it the radiator setting does not change which may mean that the cpu is taking control of it. If not then it isn't registering for some reason.

Stalling sounds like the prime suspect which would be surprising as I am not pulling back that hard.

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Blackadder

Thanks for the advice. I will check out the theories. I have the radiator set to be controlled by a rotary on my throttle yet when I move it the radiator setting does not change which may mean that the cpu is taking control of it. If not then it isn't registering for some reason.

Stalling sounds like the prime suspect which would be surprising as I am not pulling back that hard.

Learning to use the gauges would help you very much

[Sokol1]

Originally Posted by redxfred

SOKOL1: To stabilize a rolling tendency in an airplane with ailerons that are not moving, such as during "hands off", wings level flight, adjust the rudder trim. Observe the turn & slip indicator and add rudder trim until the slip indicator is centered.

I know about trim, the problem is that is "impossible" do level flight in Hurricane with turn & slip centered, you need apply a considerable rudder trim to left (-2.8 degree slip) to minimize right roll tendency - in level fly and constant power. And if you go "hands off" he start roll again...

Sokol1

[redxfred]

We can trim the Hurricane for coordinated straight and level flight, but without an autopilot or "Wing leveler", it will naturally "Upset" and start a turn after a while. This is a design characteristic of all high performance airplanes which enables them to roll more rapidly than stable trainer types. You just have to constantly fly the plane.

You should never have to fly around in a slip... that's like flying sideways all the time. It almost sounds like your aileron control is causing an uncommanded roll. You could try unplugging your joystick, then trimming it up with the keyboard commands only. If that works for straight and level flight, you may have a joystick problem. Good luck.