1 hour ago, Will Fly For Cheese said:

You can Disable 'Tips' in the Assistance Menu somewhere - 

Thanks, El Cheesy One!    Also, per the note on the bottom of Page 29 of the manual, I found that pulling the supercharger control back took care of it. 

 

2 hours ago, Dillon said:

I love this bird but takeoff/landings shouldn't be this hard.  A slight crosswind and it's game over after 60 knots.  I wish we had a real world tail dragger or a warbird pilot to chime in.

It hard till you get the hang of it.

Then its not easy but doable every time. Its what makes this a great aircraft and not another Zzzzz takeoff and landing plane.

Edited April 3, 20215 yr by Nyxx

3 hours ago, Dillon said:

I love this bird but takeoff/landings shouldn't be this hard.  A slight crosswind and it's game over after 60 knots.  I wish we had a real world tail dragger or a warbird pilot to chime in.

they have at least one amazing test pilot ( i know, we are using the same :D), ex military, flew on all types. but one thing transpires, making a realistic flight model that still suits a broad variety of simmer, is near impossible.

Just bought the plane. Flies wonderfully, takeoff and landing are of course not as difficult as some people claim. 🙂 Sound is fantastic, the cockpit and the 3d model are super. Only thing problematic is that I'll have to read the manual because I wasn't able to control the temperatures and during the 4th or 5th takeoff the screen got very dirty and I died running into some trees.
 

47 minutes ago, crimplene said:

Only thing problematic is that I'll have to read the manual because I wasn't able to control the temperatures and during the 4th or 5th takeoff the screen got very dirty and I died running into some trees.

Yeah, I think this is the most realistic add-on we have yet in terms of needing to truly pay attention to engine management and I love it, especially in such a powerful beast that constantly tempts you to flog it.  The manual is extremely helpful, but as a quick reference, max continuous is 2550/44" to 49.5" depending on altitude.   Military is 2770/52.5" <5 minutes.  WEP is 2770/57.5"-59.5" <5 minutes.

Is there anyone who can define the difference between "military power" and "war emergency power" and why they're both only rated for 5 minutes on this one?   I know WEP was the "break the glass in case of emergency then inspect the engine after" setting.  Was military power the highest you could go when you needed a sudden boost without having to tear down afterwards?

Edited April 4, 20215 yr by kaosfere

The need to pay attention to the engine and treat it appropriately knowing it will die if you don’t certainly adds another element to this.  It certainly has gotten me into the habit of scanning the engine gauges regularly as I cruise along. 
 

It does seem like even in a warm climate with the cowl flaps closed the cylinder head doesn’t get very warm in cruise...is that normal?  I’m seeing it below the green band (not in front of my computer right now so can’t remember the numbers specifically).

Edited April 4, 20215 yr by regis9

jk3645 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Got it, love it.  What a handful on take off and landing but what a dream to fly once she's cruising and trimmed out.  Got to go, need to paint the underside of a Corsair wing.  Someone scraped it up on landing.  🙂

LouP

Edited April 4, 20215 yr by LouP

I need some training wheels under my wings, or some skid shoes from my helicopter attached, I think I left enough Corsair behind to start making another one from my parts...

 

2 hours ago, kaosfere said:

Is there anyone who can define the difference between "military power" and "war emergency power" and why they're both only rated for 5 minutes on this one?   I know WEP was the "break the glass in case of emergency then inspect the engine after" setting.  Was military power the highest you could go when you needed a sudden boost without having to tear down afterwards?

I'm not an expert but I think that mil power was the highest you could go without the engine using the limited supply of water injection it had available. If you pushed the throttle fully forward and broke the safety wire then WEP would be engaged and the engine would start to use the water injection to prevent detonation. To stop using the water injection you had to pull the throttle back 3/8 inch to disengage WEP. If the water supply was exhausted the supercharger would reset to normal if you had the blower in low or high position but not in neutral position so you'd have to be careful not to overbooost when in neutral. 

With the USAF as far as I know if you used WEP at all it triggered additional ground crew inspections as they knew it had an impact on the time between overhauls given you were essentially asking the engine for everything it has. The ground crew would track the usage and would subtract a set number of hours from the TBO if WEP was used. The USAF was quite specific about when you could use WEP and you had to be in a combat area when you used it, fill out forms, etc. if used. They didn't want to have to keep replacing engines all the time given supply lines and ground crew were busy enough as is generally.

The USAF time limits were probably fairly conservative from an engine damage perspective and were trying to balance a number of factors. Your engine wasn't likely to immediately blow up after 5 minutes of mil power. The risk increased naturally but Russian pilots on the Eastern front flying US aircraft often flew way longer than the pilot manual rated limits. They did burn through engines at a higher rate though as they'd wear them out pretty quickly. 

3 hours ago, kaosfere said:

Yeah, I think this is the most realistic add-on we have yet in terms of needing to truly pay attention to engine management and I love it, especially in such a powerful beast that constantly tempts you to flog it.  The manual is extremely helpful, but as a quick reference, max continuous is 2550/44" to 49.5" depending on altitude.   Military is 2770/52.5" <5 minutes.  WEP is 2770/57.5"-59.5" <5 minutes.

Is there anyone who can define the difference between "military power" and "war emergency power" and why they're both only rated for 5 minutes on this one?   I know WEP was the "break the glass in case of emergency then inspect the engine after" setting.  Was military power the highest you could go when you needed a sudden boost without having to tear down afterwards?

I can't tell you the difference Mr Barnard but I know it's the same on the Spitfire - 5 minutes is all you've got then you have to break off and let things cool before going up again.

If I take a guess I'd say Military power is a few hundred revs lower than War power but that's a total guess.

Aah, scrub all that, I see Tektolnes has given a far more comprehensive reply.

Edited April 4, 20215 yr by Will Fly For Cheese

2 hours ago, jankees said:

jk3645 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

I love your work Jan, thank you.

Please keep them coming.

I would love to see you do lots more.

Edited April 4, 20215 yr by Nyxx

How many of your guys forget to pull the prop through 4-5 Revolutions?

Anyway if anyone would like a walk though PDF, mine is done. PM me your email if you wish to have a copy.

Note to self : Do not drink before flying this aircraft...what a handful

The only reason I haven't bought it is because I just got my Honeycomb yoke and I just can't bear to part with it. Going to break down and buy it even if I have to disconnect my Honeycomb. Just going to do it. Again.