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Da Jug head Pilot	posted 03-01- 11:36 AM I'm not sure who did the Wildcat. I noticed it at Razer's site, and at SDOE Flightline with Falck listed as the author. I would like to get my feet wet in Open Plane playing with the FM for this bird. Does whoever started this have the performance data? Can you send me a copy? ------------------ "Where'd he GO!?!?" thunk-thunk-thunk-zing-OUCH That answered my question IP: Logged
Sailor Pilot	posted 03-01- 03:06 PM Just one suggestion about the Wilcat, I think I remember you said that it used a manual device toraise the landing gear, like the Polikarpov I16. Would it be possible to use the I16's raise and lower gear sound for the F4F as well ? I think it would match the time it takes for the gear lower and rise as well as being more "accurate" than the standard sound. Cheers Sailor IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 03-01- 05:08 PM Sailor....yes it is. Just copy the I-16's gear sound and paste it into your Wildcat's sound folder-- it works. I even added that sound to the Hurricane as well as they had to crank them down there AFAIK. ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! Jeeves =FC= IP: Logged
Yardstick Pilot	posted 03-02- 04:14 AM I've seen many Hurricanes fly (live and on film) and either the pilot can crank like an America's Cup winch monkey or the gear in fact is retracted by hydraulics The wheels come up at exactly the same speed as a Spitfire. I've seen both take off in formation and the gear of both started to come up just after takeoff an was locked away in a matter of seconds. ------------------ Yardstick painted this IP: Logged
Sailor Pilot	posted 03-02- 06:46 AM I found no mention of the Hurricane's gear being manual in townsend's book about BoB, but may be he was partial about the plane Anyway, got bored at work this morning and did a little bit of research with google, here are the links : http://www.ixpres.com/ag1caf/usplanes/american.htm?http://www.ixpres.com/ag1caf/usplanes/aircraft/disclaim.htm http://www.compass.dircon.co.uk/Wildcat.htm http://www.bosamar.com/f4f.html http://www.tgplanes.com/planfile.asp?idplane=37 http://www.warbirdalley.com/f4f.htm http://www.military.cz/usa/air/war/fighter/f4f/f4f_en.htm http://www.microworks.net/pacific/aviation/f4f_wildcat.htm The FM data are a bit different from one page to the other, here is a small summary (sorted by links) : Version F4F4 F4F4 F4F4 N/A N/A F4F3 F4F4 Weight empty (lb) 4 649 5 895 5 758 N/A 5 760 5 342 5 758 Weight loaded (lb) 6 100 7 973 7 406 N/A N/A 7 002 7 406 Weight Max (lb) N/A 7 975 7 952 7 969 7 952 N/A 7 947 Engine HP 1 200 1 200 1 200 1 216 1 180 N/A N/A Max Speed (mph) 318 318 318 317 318 331 328 Cruise Speed (mph) N/A 155 148 N/A N/A N/A N/A Climb rate (feet/min) 1 900 1 950 1 950 N/A 1 920 2 300 2 200 Ceiling (feet) 35 000 34 800 34 000 33 783 34 780 29 000 29 000 Range (miles) N/A 770 910 771 1274 860 830 Sorry no roll or turn rate. Cheers ------------------ IP: Logged
Sailor Pilot	posted 03-02- 06:53 AM Sorry my previous post is not clear at all (copy/paste from Excel ), I'll send you the data over the mail 2nite. IP: Logged
Jeeves Pilot	posted 03-02- 07:50 AM OK...so what you are saying is that AFAIK means I know nothing? You're probably right LOL I swear I read somewhere that there was one British plane that always bloodied a pilot's knuckles when cranking the gear. Anyone know which one it was? ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! Jeeves =FC= IP: Logged

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