4.11 F4U Performance

[sawyer692]

Again:

Originally Posted by sawyer692

Well, WWII US carriers were about 900 ft long. Available take distance was obviously limited by how many aircraft were stowed on deck or awaiting takeoff.

According to "America's Hundred Thousand", all Navy planes, with full load, could take off on an empty deck, using full length with no wind and no ship speed, except the F6F-3. Obviously, this was not an operational environment.

The sim, up to 4.101, portrayed this. Now it is not even close.

[MadBlaster]

Originally Posted by sawyer692

Again:

and again, the Cassablanca was only http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cas...a_%28CVE-55%29

just read it.

[sawyer692]

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

and again, the Cassablanca was only http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cas...a_%28CVE-55%29

just read it.

I'm not sure I know where you're going with that link ??

Are you agreeing or disagreeing with me??

"Escort Carriers .
Casablanca Class . 1943-44 . 6,730 tons ; 28 aircraft ; 512 feet ; 18 knots.
Fifty (50) ships: CVE-55 to CVE-104. The demand for escort carriers was extensive. The Casablanca Class were built by Kaiser using mass production techniques to a fast transport (P-1), design for speed of construction, but were intended as escort carriers from the ground up. All went to USN, almost all to the Pacific. Twin screws; two lifts; one catapult; 500 x 108 foot flight deck."

from: http://www.ww2pacific.com/notecve.html