Ju-88 take off problems

[Blitzen]

I am frustrated by difficulties in take-off swing with the beautiful Ju-88.I do manage to get off the ground but it takes an awful lot of differential braking & is not very pretty.I would have thought a locking tail wheel, but so far as I can tell this does not exist.This sort of behavior used to be part of the 190 take off but with locking tail wheel & improved FM this has improved greatly.So have other 88 jockies found a way of eliminating the problems I'm having.Suggestions are welcome.

[Y29.Layin_Scunion]

General rule that has worked for me is to use your toe brakes to stay centered on the airstrip until your tail wheel is off the ground.  Then use your rudder.  Don't use any rudder on take off until your tail wheel has lifted off.  I have had zero issues since I started taking off in that manner.

[seafireliv]

Probably a dumb question as you fly Axis and likely know what you`re doing, but are all your controllers working especially rpms? I spent the longest time trying to take off cos my controllers (unbeknown to me) decided not to fully push to 100%.

[Bearfoot]

Light taps on the brakes till speed builds up, then rudder to hold steady.

 

During the brake-controlled phase of the run: anticipate the yaw, just a brief tap on the brakes--- down and then up again --- to counter. If insufficient to correct, give another tap. But definitely don't hold the brake down till it straightens, or you will end up over-correcting and then get into wild swings that end with a ground loop. 

[Hot_Rod]

Hi Blitzen,

 

I don't really consider myself to be an 88 jockey, but I do occasionally enjoy practicing takeoffs and landings with it.

 

What I have found works well for me, is to simply "dump" the throttle (0 - 100% in about one second). I'm pretty sure this isn't the way it was done in RL, but for me it gives a good straight takeoff run with maybe just some minor corrections needed (as others have said - just "tap" the brake to make the correction).

 

I've found that if you try to more gradually "feed" the throttle up to full power, the 88 quickly begins veering and becomes uncontrollable - where a more deliberate, rapid powerup get you going in a reasonably straight line.

 

Good luck.

 

Hot Rod

[BOO]

I do fly the 88 a lot.

 

As Hot Rod says I dump the throttle from the off and use a combination of gentle rudder and brake taps. The main thing is to get on the opposite before the swing takes hold and becomes a tank slapper. I have rudder pedals that may help me here over people with tist grips or keyboard control.. Feeding in the throttle is something that was just taking up my attention.

 

The other thing is to tell yourself that its just practice and not to over complicate things. If you start to worry about variable throttle diffs, rpm settings and pre trim settings (I'm not saying anyone is advising any of this but I know where frustration can take me) its wasted effort and a draw on your attention.

 

One final thing I find sometimes helps is pulling back on the stick as you roll up to speed but that's probably a placebo.

Edited April 6, 2017 by 5./ZG1_BOO

[Jade_Monkey]

For me: use toebrakes very gently, tap them and quickly compensate with the opposite brake. Tap tap tap. Light taps, nothing more than a second at a time. Also dont go too fast with the engine until you are rolling on the runway on a straight line.

[Quax]

You can see the T/O inputs:

 

Edited April 6, 2017 by Quax

[=TBAS=Sshadow14]

ahh taxi..
Line up then just take off i dont get the hard part?

yes it pulls a little but use brakes and increase power from 0-100% over 100m

runways are mostly 1.5 - 1.8km long so

[=ARTOA=Bombenleger]

I have succes with this takeoff procedure in the Ju88:

set flaps to starting positions only if you have to, on summer maps when carrying a lot of fuel and bombs.
You dont want to use the flaps unless you have to.

Before takeoff make sure you roll straight ahead for 20-30 meters to get your tailwheel straight.
Use the brakes to stay straight, I never use differential brakes, only one button for both brakes plus rudder in the direction I want to go.

Once you come to a complete stop with a straight tailwheel apply full throttle by just smashing it forward.

Dont touch your stick/rudder until your nose has swung to one side considerably, dont compensate to early, but then apply full rudder in very short bursts, its better to underdo the rudder then to overdo it in the initial phase.
The only way to come off the runway or swing around violently is to try to correct the planes swing before it realy develops.

As soon as you hit 200km/h you can pull up, and as longs as you dont use flaps will have no problems with instability.
I realy find the takeoff flaps to do more harm than good on the 88.

Hope that helps havent failed a takeoff like this since forever, I use a twiststick.
 

Edited April 7, 2017 by =ARTOA=Bombenleger

[[_FLAPS_]Grim]

Toe-Brakes are the whole trick. Push power, when she starts tu turn, tap the break until the tail comes up, after that you shouldnt have problems. I however dont have problems with flaps...

[Yogiflight]

Hi Blitzen, I am standing on the brakes, when I push the throttle forward. As soon as my 88 starts moving, I let the brakes go and give full power. I only need the toe brakes, when there is heavy sidewind, otherwise I only correct with the rudder. The only problem, I have, is that on some Moscow airfields, it is quite hard to bring her in the air, before you nail her in the next wood, when she is heavily loaded.