P40E questions

[Muff_Huggar]

This must be me because it can't possibly be a flaw in the code for a DLC. When I fly the P40E, the light for the landing gear never comes one. Well, that's not true, sometimes when I'm at altitude it will be lit for a few seconds for no apparent reason.  I watched a video where someone was talking about taking off and landing and they said to use the left and right brakes to keep the P40E on line. For me, the left and right brakes simply do not work. Are they supposed to for this plane? Final question: if you don't use the instrument overlay, how do you tell how much ammunition you have left? 

[Finkeren]

31 minutes ago, Muff_Huggar said:

 Final question: if you don't use the instrument overlay, how do you tell how much ammunition you have left? 

 

You don’t. Counting seconds of fire can give you a rough idea, but at the end of the day, you can never be sure - just as it was for most non-German fighter pilots in WW2.

[Murleen]

46 minutes ago, Muff_Huggar said:

This must be me because it can't possibly be a flaw in the code for a DLC. When I fly the P40E, the light for the landing gear never comes one. Well, that's not true, sometimes when I'm at altitude it will be lit for a few seconds for no apparent reason.  I watched a video where someone was talking about taking off and landing and they said to use the left and right brakes to keep the P40E on line. For me, the left and right brakes simply do not work. Are they supposed to for this plane? Final question: if you don't use the instrument overlay, how do you tell how much ammunition you have left? 

 

There isn't a light for the landing gear - the gauge on the left with a plane picture on indicates gear and flaps up/down. There is a warning light I think if you idle the engine with the gear up, as well as a buzzer. Left/right brakes work for me on the p40.

[Ehret]

51 minutes ago, Finkeren said:

You don’t. Counting seconds of fire can give you a rough idea, but at the end of the day, you can never be sure - just as it was for most non-German fighter pilots in WW2.

 

There is, kind of... If you load the extra ammo mod for 6 guns configuration then each wing gun pair will have somewhat different amount. As you are depleting ammo reserves the most outboard pair will stop firing first; next will be middle; then the inboard pair at last.

[CrazyDuck]

8 hours ago, Muff_Huggar said:

if you don't use the instrument overlay, how do you tell how much ammunition you have left? 

 

Combine the following weapon configuration: extended ammo and 4 guns only. This way you get infinite ammo. Well, almost (at 600+ rounds per gun!).

[Muff_Huggar]

It took me several minutes to figure out how that gauge worked. With the large image on the dial I was expecting a little more than just a little dotted line moving for gear and flaps. 

 

Now, the brakes. To me, the brakes either do not work or they are not active on this plane. I fly in VR, and the brakes seem to do absolutely nothing. I did a test of starting on the runway, holding down the right brake key and gradually increasing throttle. As the plane started to move, it immediately turned left and did counterclockwise loops. I could not stop it from turning left using the brake. It would be impossible to make a right turn using only the brake. Combining the brake with the rudder allows taxiing, but there's no difference to me between using the brake or not using it at any speed. I must be missing something really basic here.

[Field-Ops]

The rear tail wheel is tied to your rudder within a certain radius so use that for making corrections on the ground. With the tailwheel tied to your rudder you can imagine using your brakes have negligible effect on turn when another wheel is fighting to keep the bird straight. In real life it might work fine using brakes to turn in the grass or dirt.

Also keep in mind if you apply too much rudder your tail wheel comes "unlocked" from your rudders influence and becomes free turning and is more under the influence of braking. 

[Remontti]

I would check your bindings for brakes since there are two different methods for them.

 

Most Russian planes have break lever and you need to apply rudder to break individual tyre.

 

In German planes there are pedals for left and right tyre.

 

P-40 has the same system as German planes. 

 

[gn728]

 Requiem's videos always good for cockpit info... 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osF_WoHRWlc&t=277s&list=PLnyigzFtHeNoZw4NdT4jjwY5rFET4_cBf&index=6

 

 

 

[Soilworker]

Are the brake pedals in the virtual cockpit moving? Do they work in other aircraft (eg: Bf-109)? 

[Leon_Portier]

Just now, Soilworker said:

Are the brake pedals in the virtual cockpit moving? Do they work in other aircraft (eg: Bf-109)? 

They do!

[Soilworker]

Just now, Leon_Portier said:

They do!

I'm asking the OP for troubleshooting. 

[Muff_Huggar]

I did not check this. However, I tried the Spitfire and had the same thing happen. If I stomp on the right brake and extremely gradually increase throttle until I start moving, the planes will turn to the left. When I was a kid on the farm, we had tractors with left and right brakes. If I stomped on the right brake and nudged the throttle up, the right wheel would be locked and the tractor would rotate to the right. Now an airplane is just a Allis Chalmers with wings, right? I will check the pedal movement and report back tonight.

[Soilworker]

45 minutes ago, Muff_Huggar said:

I did not check this. However, I tried the Spitfire and had the same thing happen. If I stomp on the right brake and extremely gradually increase throttle until I start moving, the planes will turn to the left. When I was a kid on the farm, we had tractors with left and right brakes. If I stomped on the right brake and nudged the throttle up, the right wheel would be locked and the tractor would rotate to the right. Now an airplane is just a Allis Chalmers with wings, right? I will check the pedal movement and report back tonight.

 

The Spit doesn't have individual brake pedals like the P-40 or 109s, it has one brake that will be gradually released on one side further you push the rudder in the opposite direction. (I don't know if I explained that well and sorry if you know this already.) ?

[EAF19_Marsh]

Brake handle activates both brakes. Pressing rudder peddal releases the wheel brake on the other side. So holding brake handle and pressing right rudder keeps the right wheel brake on and releases left wheel break, pivoting you to the right.

 

It is pretty easy after a minute or so.

[Muff_Huggar]

11 hours ago, Soilworker said:

Are the brake pedals in the virtual cockpit moving? Do they work in other aircraft (eg: Bf-109)? 

Yes, the brake pedals on the 40 work fine. Yet I pretty much find them useless. At this point I see no reason to map the brakes to my joystick buttons.

[OrLoK]

I couldn't live without my toe brakes on the p40. for me, they're essential.

[IRRE_Centx]

6 hours ago, OrLoK said:

I couldn't live without my toe brakes on the p40. for me, they're essential.

 

That's funny because it's the opposite for me, I never taxi the P40 with toe breaks, only rudder 

Well I guess it depends on people habits!

[EAF19_Marsh]

On the 109 / 190 I need the brakes as well as rudder to counteract the torque and keep taxing straight. Maybe I’m just ham-fisted.

[OrLoK]

5 hours ago, -IRRE-Centx said:

 

That's funny because it's the opposite for me, I never taxi the P40 with toe breaks, only rudder 

Well I guess it depends on people habits!

landing is a lot easier for me too but I always land too fast!

[ACG_KaiLae]

On 11/14/2018 at 8:14 AM, Finkeren said:

 

You don’t. Counting seconds of fire can give you a rough idea, but at the end of the day, you can never be sure - just as it was for most non-German fighter pilots in WW2.

 

In reality - and in CLoD, which supports this - you could change the tracer color when you were down to almost out of ammo, say 50 rounds. The change in color would let you know you were nearly out of ammo and it was time to leave. 

[ZachariasX]

25 minutes ago, No.615_Kai_Lae said:

 

In reality - and in CLoD, which supports this - you could change the tracer color when you were down to almost out of ammo, say 50 rounds. The change in color would let you know you were nearly out of ammo and it was time to leave. 

Last 10 rounds had white tracers in American planes.

 

The famous interrogator Hans Scharff got that „secret“ from one of his 8th Air Force „customers“. He said that immediately after knowing so, he would let (AFAIR) Priller know. Next time Scharff met Priller, he asked him if he saw those kind of tracers with American planes. Priller said yes, and Scharff asking „did you shoot him down then?“ Priller then „No, why? He was out of ammo anyway.“

[Finkeren]

45 minutes ago, No.615_Kai_Lae said:

 

In reality - and in CLoD, which supports this - you could change the tracer color when you were down to almost out of ammo, say 50 rounds. The change in color would let you know you were nearly out of ammo and it was time to leave. 

 

And would let your opponent know as well. I’ve read that it was seldom used for this reason. 

 

In any case, there is a big difference between knowing exactly how much ammo you have left and just knowing that you are close to being empty.