4.11 F4U Performance

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by LesniHU

Tried. I was able to take off from first try with F4U-1A, 100% fuel+178gal droptank from flag forward on Essex without dipping after leaving deck. That is +- deck length as on Saratoga from front side of biggest superstructure, noticeably less than half of its total length. You need better references and to be better pilot.

How are you managing this? In completely calm conditions, stationary Essex and Saratoga, F4U-1A in clean configuration I can't get it to take off... crash in the water each time. I'd like to consider myself pretty good at carrier ops in IL-2.

Acceleration on the deck is definitely quite slow. On a moving carrier with wind it's no problem even with a loadout but stationary is difficult.