Val and kate cruising speeds??

[Marabekm]

Originally Posted by stugumby

Seems i cant my val to go over 240 kph ias at any altitude with 3 bombs and 80% fuel, seems way slower now, using 80% power 80% pitch rad 4 and it just cant keep up with the ai or other flight members.
kate seems a bit slower but dosnt seem to verheat as quickly with similar settings. Any tips etc?

In the mission builder, the generic speed for all aircraft is set to 300 km/hr. Now if you do a little bit of research you find that a good speed for D3A1s is 160 knots at 3000 feet and for the B5N2 its 140 knots at 3000 feet. That's 260 km/hr for Kates and 296 km/hr for Vals. But you have to set this speed in the mission builder.

Know are you also adjusting your mixture and prop pitch as you need to? Also what is the loadout of your wingmen? Perhaps they have lighter loadouts and are therefore faster.

Keep in mind if you adjust your speed in the mission builder you may have to adjust your target waypoint a little as well. (If target is something stationary then this does not apply)