4.13 development update discussion and feedback

[Fighterace]

Can't wait to see the new P-40's, they're going to be awesome.

[Buren]

Originally Posted by Fighterace

Can't wait to see the new P-40's, they're going to be awesome.

B-24D!

Hope to see a sneak peek of the "special treat for US bombers", too!

[mothergoose870]

Are there new P-40 models being introduced with 4.13? this interests me greatly

[wWwebBrowser]

Is it too late to request Anti lock brakes. I have destroyed more planes after landing because my brakes locked up.

[Tolwyn]

Well, if you have it as a button, it's 100% on or 100% off.
You COULD assign it to an axis...

In the upcoming (uh... who knows when) patch, there will be differential braking and stuff.

Originally Posted by wWwebBrowser

Is it too late to request Anti lock brakes. I have destroyed more planes after landing because my brakes locked up.

[ZacharyB]

Some planes already have differential braking, it's just not seen as a message on the HUD. It's activated by turning the rudder and braking at the same time. You can see it in the Mosquito and the jets.

[Buster_Dee]

I haven't looked, but I think some brake gauges back that up (differential braking). By the way, the B24 did not have differential brakes; they had a dual brake system that let each pilot contribute to the brake strength. Both left brake pedals operated one system that fed both mains, and both right brake pedals operated a second system that fed both mains. I think the idea was that, if all systems were functioning, both pilots pressing both brake pedals could apply 4 times the pedal pressure. I don't know if that translated into 4 times the total pressure at the main wheels. In R/L, turning was done by throttles and prop wash against the rudders. The gauges in our model respond the way they should, but I think our programmers made it more of a differential system for those not having the benefit of multi-axis quadrants. I find it hard to turn just the same. But I'm sure there will be experts soon after we release--which I don't control

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by wWwebBrowser

Is it too late to request Anti lock brakes. I have destroyed more planes after landing because my brakes locked up.

I'm sure that if they had anti-lock brakes in the 1940s, you'll have them in the game.


And, tap your brakes rather than stomping on them.

[BravoFxTrt]

Looking good TD, keep up the good works.

[Invertigo]

Hi. Absolutely love the B-24! Watched the video on youtube and can't wait ... .

The B-24 does, however, definitely have differential brakes. The castoring nosewheel (offhand, I can't think of a single WW2 combat plane with a steerable nosewheel - lol) only travels 45 degrees left and right which precludes pivoting on a mainwheel, yet in the B-24 training film they demonstrate mainwheel pivoting showing how it drags the nosewheel across the ground thereby excessively wearing not just the main tire but the nose tire as well and so shouldn't be done ... like they just did (must've been my dad ).


Check out the diagram here: www.skepticalmedia.com/atc.html page 64 brake system.

Only two more weeks -- wooot!