posted 05-30- 03:07 AM               

Anyway, in anticipation of IL-2, was eager to try out the I16, so i just recently downloaded the latest planepack/patches and all, reinstalled SDOE. I must say it is amazing to see howfar this sim has come with all the work of the talented modelers. Great artwork/cockpits/camo's and a plethora of planes to try out.

Question: when i tried out the P47D to my surprise, i felt it rolled a bit slow, is it my stick or did it indeed roll that slow? It has a fantastic cockpit tho

posted 05-30- 10:05 AM               

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Originally posted by AB:
All in all jolly good show people! And maybe see some of you in the Russian virtual skies in November -> IL-2

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Why wait- we have our own Russian skies now. The Smolensk Terrain is complete, and Stalingrad is being worked on. Go here to take a look at Stalingrad.
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posted 05-30- 10:09 AM               

Zurawski should probably answer this since he did the flight model, but... yes, it did have a fairly slow roll rate. To improve this, Republic eventually switched to a clipped wing design when they ushered in the N series... would be cool if someone would build that one!

posted 05-30- 12:23 PM               

Any case a lot of variable go into the FM of the P-47. exspecially the roll...

1.) Altitude. The P-47 will roll differently at different altittudes due to the air viscocity.

2.) Speed. This also effects the roll rate.

3.) Fuel load. Granted the fuel tank is centrally located but the slight shift in CofG deas effect the roll.

4.) Last but the most important... "rudder input". If you perform a locked roll (no rudder input) the 47 takes between 7 to 13 seconds to rool depending on speed and alt. If you use the rudder to cooridnate the roll (like a snap roll but not as severe) you can reduce the roll time to as little as 5 to 6 sec.

... Note though, that with a full fuel load you may very well throw yourself into a spin if you do this ubruptly and hald the roll to long...

posted 05-30- 08:19 PM               

Zur has the rate correct as far as I can tell. What made the P-47 seem so good at rolling was the amount of "displacement" you can get from your initial line of travel. Combined with a nose up or nose down attitude, you can accomplish the same stuff at time with a roll better than you can with a turn. It takes some playing with, but once you start to get the hang of it you'll find some really cool maneuvers you can pull.
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As for someone metioning 8 .50's not being very effective (in another post)- get a little closer

posted 05-31- 09:24 AM               

Oh yeah, last night I crashed (suprise ) the P-47 exploded and the system locked up in the middle of the explosions.... Are there any known issues out there?