Radiator/cowling flaps

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by palidian

No conspiracy theory here, its a fact.


So tell me how a La 5 at 403 mph outruns a F4U1A, at 417MPH, and outruns a P51D at 437mph yet the A6M2 at 410mph gets left behind?

To pick an example,

If your getting outrun by a la5fn, let alone any other la5 in an p51d, then you are doing something seriously wrong, cause i sure don't, not even close.

In game la5 has better acceleration, but its no match for top speeds above 2000m, and even below that the 51 has a small advantage. Above 6000m the speed advantage the 51 has is huge......

Oh, and even if your speeds you've picked out are correct (depending on which test you cherry pick or random book/history channel), what height were they listed at, cause i know they aren't all the same height for each plane

you do know that the same two planes at different altitude can be quicker than each other right?

[palidian]

Originally Posted by fruitbat

To pick an example,

If your getting outrun by a la5fn, let alone any other la5 in an p51d, then you are doing something seriously wrong, cause i sure don't, not even close.

In game la5 has better acceleration, but its no match for top speeds above 2000m, and even below that the 51 has a small advantage. Above 6000m the speed advantage the 51 has is huge......

Oh, and even if your speeds you've picked out are correct (depending on which test you cherry pick or random book/history channel), what height were they listed at, cause i know they aren't all the same height for each plane

you do know that the same two planes at different altitude can be quicker than each other right?

This happens in online games, so tell me what I am doing wrong. I have a hard time getting anywhere close to that speed speed. I have played with the pitch. Cheating could be involved, and that could explain the issue.

[TinyTim]

Originally Posted by palidian

No conspiracy theory here, its a fact.
So tell me how a La 5 at 403 mph outruns a F4U1A, at 417MPH, and outruns a P51D at 437mph yet the A6M2 at 410mph gets left behind?

Wait... what?

Are you saying A6M2 should be faster than La-5?

Leaving that aside, trust me in saying that there must be something seriously wrong on your end if La-5 catches you in a P-51 (you are not flying it with a topped off fuel tank, attempting to dogfight a Lavochkin at extremely low altitude and then when situation gets spicy trying to run away, are you?). Why don't you upload tracks of it happening if you can't resolve the issue and I'm pretty sure some good fellas around here will be happy to help you out. Or, better, hop online, pick a La-5 and try to catch some P-51 jockeys. You might change your mind pretty quickly.

[IceFire]

There is no way that a La-5FN should be able to catch a P-51D if both are flying in a straight line. At lower altitudes I would probably use a shallow dive just to be sure as the La-5FN is quite good down in the thicker air... but get up to the higher altitudes and the Mustang walks away from nearly every Russian bird.

Quoting the top speeds of the La-5FN and P-51D doesn't mean a whole lot... what altitude were you at at the time. The top speeds of many aircraft are very important depending on what altitude you're working with. It's not like the P-51 gets 437mph top speed at every single altitude if flies at.

And overheating, or the lack thereof, defies logic on some planes. The Fw190D9 in German testing at military power in climb failed to show any difference in temp regardless of cowl flap position while not approaching overheat. It was also noted the least drag position for the cowl flaps was 23% open (not 0% as in game).

I will only mention the Mustang to say that I won't bring it up - lol.