Developer Diary 256 - Discussion

[41Sqn_Skipper]

3 minutes ago, Talon_ said:

 

They were required after January 1945.

 

What do you mean with required? 

[Talon_]

9 minutes ago, 41Sqn_Skipper said:

 

What do you mean with required? 

 

 

[41Sqn_Skipper]

Got it. But I have some doubts: If all XIV were to be equipped with clipped wings from January 45 on, this would mean all bubble canopy XIV would need to have clipped wings. I need to check, but I'm quit sure that this is not the case.

Edited July 7, 2020 by 41Sqn_Skipper

[Ribbon]

31 minutes ago, Talon_ said:

 

They were required after January 1945.

Thnx but were they used during BoN timeframe and in what sqdns and numbers?

//Asking this before i read that topic you posted//

 

 

Edited July 7, 2020 by =VARP=Ribbon

[Talon_]

11 minutes ago, 41Sqn_Skipper said:

Got it. But I have some doubts: If all XIV were to be equipped with clipped wings from January 45 on, this would mean all bubble canopy XIV would need to have clipped wings. I need to check, but I'm quit sure that this is not the case.

 

The wingtips are interchangeable.

[von_Tom]

On 7/4/2020 at 7:50 PM, Blitzen said:

I am betting take off, landing, and ground handling is going to present some challenges with this new bird...

 

 

I'm looking forward to my squad mates feeding in rudder then realising that the Griffon spins the other way.

 

von Tom

[Danziger]

Hope we get the bubble and clipped tips options!

 

[Beazil]

3 minutes ago, Danziger said:

Hope we get the bubble and clipped tips options!

 

Lol, I'll clip your tip. 

[Black-Witch]

Will the Spitfire Mk XIV engine controls have the propellor speed control interconnected with the throttle, the override lever?

 

I'm not so keen on the bubble top, they create drag, so bubble tops are a bit slower and less stable, therefore I'm looking forward to p-51B/C as well.

 

 

[ACG_Smokejumper]

On 7/10/2020 at 2:05 PM, Danziger said:

Hope we get the bubble and clipped tips options!

 

 

 

I love clipped Spits. It's high in the favorites list.

The Mk Ia Spitfire is my favorite of all warbirds.

 

Edited August 13, 2020 by ACG_Smokejumper

[Gunbus]

Here is Mark Hanna flying Spitfire MK XIV Wanaka 1994

[EAF19_Marsh]

Should it not read ‘British’ rather than ‘English’?

[Algy-Lacey]

On 7/4/2020 at 1:26 AM, Lythronax said:

@Jason_Williams A bit of model pedantry, but it appears the ailerons are too long? The XIV was a development of the Mk VII/VIII airframe which was only tangentially related to the Mk IX, and had shorter span ailerons (1 rib shorter)

The model seems to have the Mk IX ailerons: 

 

 

Otherwise this model is perfect, and 100% the best Griffon Spitfire I've seen.

 

I remember reading that with the early Spitfires... (as well as balooning of the aileron fabric) at higher speeds the pilot didn't have enough muscle to move the control column enough to get full movement / deflection of the ailerons. It would make sense that they would reduce the span of the ailerons on later models so that there wouldn't be such high control forces.

 

Reduced span ailerons might actually mean a quicker roll rate, or that's how the logic works in my mind