=BES=Senor_Jefe Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 On 5/25/2018 at 8:20 PM, -=PHX=-SuperEtendard said: At winter the indicated air speed is higher than the true air speed, so you will be overestimating it. That's only half the story. Winter brings density altitude lower, increasing available power to an engine (more air = more fuel = more bang!). Also, but only accounts for a few kph, the prop taking bites out of denser air means greater thrust - again, marginally.
CisTer-dB- Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 (edited) On 5/28/2018 at 7:17 AM, JtD said: It's still not a switch, but a pushbutton. Yes once released it's spring back to normal (Auto) Edited May 29, 2018 by ATAG_dB
=362nd_FS=RoflSeal Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 Winter also means the ambient temperatures are lower, meaning the engines run with higher efficiently.
LUZITANO Posted June 9, 2018 Author Posted June 9, 2018 one of the best things is to have a potent and maneuverable plane that can die with the same speed limit as the Germans Spoiler someone said: "Now I'm doing to the Axis what they did to me!" so true...
simpit1 Posted June 15, 2018 Posted June 15, 2018 Anyone who checked the Mk IX (Bodenplatte) at the ground. For me the AC is not steerable on the base (and I´m not a beginner). The spit rotates at once even in the case of soft acceleration. So taxiing is not executable.
Herne Posted June 16, 2018 Posted June 16, 2018 7 hours ago, simpit1 said: Anyone who checked the Mk IX (Bodenplatte) at the ground. For me the AC is not steerable on the base (and I´m not a beginner). The spit rotates at once even in the case of soft acceleration. So taxiing is not executable. No problems here, don't go too fast, and remember that you need to bind a key to brakes, and that the brakes work stronger on the side that you are pushing your rudder. If you want to turn left or right hard, then apply brake and lots of rudder at the same time.
bzc3lk Posted June 16, 2018 Posted June 16, 2018 7 hours ago, simpit1 said: Anyone who checked the Mk IX (Bodenplatte) at the ground. For me the AC is not steerable on the base (and I´m not a beginner). The spit rotates at once even in the case of soft acceleration. So taxiing is not executable. What key do you have the brakes assigned too? The spitfire's brakes are activated by a hand lever and right/left hand brake bias applied by rudder application into the desired direction. If your trying to use your toe brakes as per the German fighters you will not have brake application as intended. The aircraft is quiet responsive to brake application when set up correctly and not hard to taxi.
migmadmarine Posted June 16, 2018 Posted June 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, bzc3lk said: What key do you have the brakes assigned too? The spitfire's brakes are activated by a hand lever and right/left hand brake bias applied by rudder application into the desired direction. If your trying to use your toe brakes as per the German fighters you will not have brake application as intended. The aircraft is quiet responsive to brake application when set up correctly and not hard to taxi. Yea, you could well be making this mistake. I know when I jump into either Spitfire after flying German, I find it very easy to forget that it uses the Russian style of breaking.
HagarTheHorrible Posted June 16, 2018 Posted June 16, 2018 31 minutes ago, thenorm said: Yea, you could well be making this mistake. I know when I jump into either Spitfire after flying German, I find it very easy to forget that it uses the Russian style of breaking. ........and there was me thinking that it was the British style of breaking, that the Soviets copied ?
unreasonable Posted June 16, 2018 Posted June 16, 2018 The Soviets were used to breaking, the British to braking.... 2
JtD Posted June 16, 2018 Posted June 16, 2018 Test engineer colleague of mine discovered after year of handing out his business cards, that he was "break test manager". Awesome job.
-TBC-AeroAce Posted June 16, 2018 Posted June 16, 2018 I am dyslexic and did not know until now there was a difference between braking and breaking. I'm 30 lol thanks for my "you learn something new every day" pill.
unreasonable Posted June 16, 2018 Posted June 16, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, AeroAce said: I am dyslexic and did not know until now there was a difference between braking and breaking. I'm 30 lol thanks for my "you learn something new every day" pill. No problem, for years I thought I had a skelington. Have you heard about the dyslexic agnostic? He lies awake at night wondering whether there is a dog. Edited June 16, 2018 by unreasonable Correct spelling error. 5
HagarTheHorrible Posted June 16, 2018 Posted June 16, 2018 Frankly, your confidence in 1940's hydrolic reliabllity is greatly misplaced. I stand by "breaking" rather than "braking" or at least that's my excuse ;-)
-TBC-AeroAce Posted June 16, 2018 Posted June 16, 2018 7 hours ago, unreasonable said: No problem, for years I thought I had a skelington. Have you heard about the dyslexic agnostic? He lies awake at night wondering whether there is a dog. You missed a trick by not putting weather.
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