Ground handling in CloD

[Robo.]

Originally Posted by reflected

It shocks me that you don't find it off.
You have to taxi with 25% throttle or more- that's insane.

Negative here - I need to throttle way back if I want to stand still. Better than % it would be great to see Boost and RPM values. I see your A2A sig - You know why they had 2 ack-acks hanging on the tail when doing engine run up (I prefer WAAFs actually ) at 2000RPM. I agree this tendency is not present in CoD (simplification perhaps...), but as for the taxiing and acceleration, it's not too bad.

Originally Posted by reflected

Also, you can't even turn on the ground properly - yest I've set up my controls properly, the gauges show that - not to mention acceleration on takeoff.

Yeah - braking in RAF is a bit off, should be more responsive imho, but it's not all that bad. You need to slow down, turn your nose and accelerate.

Originally Posted by reflected

Seriously, doesn't it all feel totally wrong? (PS, the problem is a lot more pronunced on RAF planes)

Also, how can you seriously say that the nose tipping is overdone? Double the effect and even then it would be overdone. In clod you can pull the brakes brainlessly without any effect (in RAF planes).

Negative, I have to be very careful with brakes in RAF planes, otherwise I would nose over. In fact, these tail draggers were quite infamous. Can't tell if it's overdone or not.

As for what IvanK says - we never taxied in a Spitfire but this gentleman is a professional pilot and he happens to fly warbirds, too. I would not argue wit him dude