4.12 development update discussion and feedback

[JtD]

For the 109G the aircraft data sheet says that landing from 20m altitude takes 350m until touchdown. In landing configuration you're supposed to glide in at 180-200 km/h indicated air speed, touchdown at around 160 km/h. This corresponds to a glide ratio of about 1/8.

I haven't been able to find this figure for a 190, but generally landing speeds for a 190 were about 20 km/h faster, and roll out distance pretty similar, so I'd expect something similar. It would be interesting to see what the glide ratios of 190 and 109 are in game, landing configuration, 0% throttle, at 220 / 200 km/h.

Changes to the flight models are generally made to improve realism. In case of the Spitfire IX, this mostly changed handling, with the Spitfire V, both performance and handling were effected. It appeared that the Spitfire needed considerable nose down elevator to fly level over most of the speed range, and this is something we now have in game. This is based on test data and I think you'll also find this on the vast majority of photographs taken of Spitfires in flight.

[Nicholaiovitch]

Originally Posted by JtD

I haven't been able to find this figure for a 190, but generally landing speeds for a 190 were about 20 km/h faster, and roll out distance pretty similar, so I'd expect something similar. It would be interesting to see what the glide ratios of 190 and 109 are in game, landing configuration, 0% throttle, at 220 / 200 km/h.

I have carried out this test and produced the results in the FW190 FM thread so as not to take up space here:-

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=153

The results are very interesting!

Nicholaiovitch

[SPAD-1949]

Originally Posted by Nicholaiovitch

I have carried out this test and produced the results in the FW190 FM thread so as not to take up space here:-

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=153

The results are very interesting!

Wow!
Good conclusion. At the other hand, did someone notice the sudden ammount of drag, when the engine is sligtly damaged following overheat or minor hits? Hardly to bring the a/c oer 300 kp/h even in descents.

I did not know, that I can apply manual pitch on the german fighters. How does this work?

[Nicholaiovitch]

Originally Posted by SPAD-1949

Wow!

I did not know, that I can apply manual pitch on the german fighters. How does this work?

Hi SPAD-1949

Go to "Controls" and in the pitch settings assign a key to "Prop. pitch auto".....that's it. It works on later Spitfires etc. also.

Take great care with this setting as it was a standby setting IRL with no protections of overspeed on these a/c (I believe). It is therefore easy to damage the engine by exceeding RPM limits.

Some of the outstanding online chaps use this all the time on the Bf109/FW190 to extract the max. performance....but it requires a great deal of practise and well beyond my abilities!

Good luck.

Nicholaiovitch

[pencon]

Thanks for the tip Nickoliovitch , I wasn't aware that you could change the pitch on the German planes either. It's fun to experiment with it. I do notice that the BF109 over speeds really quick if you don't watch out .

[pencon]

So when is 4.12 coming out ? Any projected time frame ?

[[URU]BlackFox]

Originally Posted by pencon

So when is 4.12 coming out ? Any projected time frame ?

We are spoilt from the previous years... I'm expecting Santa to come again .