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Downloaded the Betty bomber mod and it’s invincible and Yes the performance of the AI zero on this mod is insane

Marianas 20degrees temperature. 1013.25 hPa, Clean aircraft, flaps fully up, Oil cooler closed, Intercooler fully closed. 0 wind speed Cowl flaps fully closed. 10,000 ft 2700rpm MP45 (reading), Supercharger 1st stage.(Neutral Setting!) MP 60, Supercharger 2nd stage (Low setting!) MP 60 Supercharger 3rd stage (High setting!) Landing gear extended 210 kts. (after using True airspeed conversion- 268 kts) Landing gear retracted 270 kts.(after using True airspeed conversion- 328 kts = 377mph) (270 kts IAS achieved with all supercharger settings) In the same conditions at 20,000 ft I achieved 240kts IAS. Using the same conversion calculator that works out at 357 kts = 410 mph I'm happy to admit when I'm wrong and maybe this is correct? I'm pretty sure this conversion is correct, It then comes down to the same old question is the AI over performing? I don't fly in MP but how are people finding the corsair performs against human pilots? Having said that I'm having success against the FW190 A8 at all skill levels. I do feel the 109AI would run rings around me though. Will be interesting to see how the A6M performs when it comes.

First thing I wrote was Marianas 20 degrees temp. It’s IAS I’m giving you the reading from my gauges. My figures directly correlate with Arch-Vile. There’s 3 supercharger settings on the Corsair the initial which I’ve implied as stage 1 (set as default) then 2 then 3 I would say it’s fairly self explanatory. Are you achieving over 300kts IAS? MP is as I am reading from the gauge, 45 Supercharger neutral, then probably 59 if you go by the manual but looks more like 60 on the gauge achieved with Supercharger set to low and high. sorry this probably sounds a bit harsh but yes this evening I shall check the barometric pressure and input that into a conversion chart but I guarantee it will not work out correct for the published top speed of the Corsair. Whilst some are saying it’s correct I have a feeling it will just be left as it is. has anyone tried flying with gear down and seen if it has an effect?

There’s 3 supercharger settings on the Corsair the initial which I’ve implied as stage 1 then 2 others I would say it’s fairly self explanatory. Are you achieving over 300kts? are you saying what we have currently is correct?

Marianas 20degrees. Clean aircraft, flaps fully up, Oil cooler closed, Intercooler fully closed. 8 kt tail wind Cowl flaps fully closed. 10,000 ft 2700rpm MP45 (reading), Supercharger 1st stage. MP 60, Supercharger 2nd stage MP 60 Supercharger 3rd stage Airspeed stays around 270kts Climb to 10,500 ft. Dive to 300kts then level. Aircraft maintains 280 kts for a few minutes then settles back to 270kts. Supercharger set to 2nd stage. Flown now for 40 mins. No overheating. If you are able to achieve 300kts or over in this scenario please post your RPM and MP readings. As this is somewhere where I believe people may be experiencing variations.

I was pretty specific in my post see previous page back. That was IAS BTW 270 kts taking into account altitude true airspeed etc is still not right.

I'm having the same findings. Although I agree its cheating the RPM trick is giving it better combat performance so I am using it as the figures seem closer to published in terms of speeds. Just flown for over 40 mins maximum throttle as described couple of posts back, after 15 mins green light come on saying I have 3 mins of water left. 10 mins later i'm still flying 270 kts maximum throttle & RPM light still on. So I try the RPM trick to see if the water will exhaust. But after a further 25 mins the engine finally overheated. Green light was still on. On this basis I agree with Felixx the RPM bug does not appear to be adding water injection. Look overall I'm enjoying the module and think there's a lot about it that's been really well done. I just hope that they acknowledge these findings and work on them.

Thanks

The Figueres you are getting are the figures that I am getting. Marianas 20degrees. Clean aircraft, flaps fully up, Oil cooler closed, Intercooler fully closed. 8 kt tail wind Cowl flaps fully closed. 10,000 ft 2700rpm MP45 (reading), Supercharger 1st stage. MP 60, Supercharger 2nd stage MP 60 Supercharger 3rd stage Airspeed stays around 270kts Climb to 10,500 ft. Dive to 300kts then level. Aircraft maintains 280 kts for a few minutes then settles back to 270kts. Supercharger set to 2nd stage. Flown now for 40 mins. No overheating. Out of interest can anyone tell me what the situation is with the water inject light? Does it flash red or go out once water is emptied? And out of interest are people getting the same MP readings with these supercharger settings?

300 kts at 10000ft. What is your manifold pressure showing on your instrument gauge in this scenario? And what position is your supercharger?

I understand all that you are saying, I get exactly what should happen to add water injection so let’s be very clear about that, I’m not trying to look at having an argument with you. What I’m saying is the way this is behaving is very similar to the water injection feature on the P47 and also the visual features as well are evident. You also have to factor in why the 3 is featured on the RPM gauge when it’s not possible to achieve above 2700 why is this animated? I’m not arrogant enough to suggest what I’m saying is right but a lot is not making sense right now especially how when adding the increase in RPM I’m achieving figures far closer the the published speed figures of the Corsair. There’s been a lot of users also only achieving only around 260 kts IAS. Something is not adding up. Maybe the RPM gauge is giving us false readings? maybe the throttle lever is not injecting water as it should.

Ok. Well then she is very sluggish. You know when you introduce water to the P47 the rpm lever increases in a very similar way to this whatever it is. Bug/feature.

Is that 2700 without injection though?

I think that this mouse dragging on the rpm lever and increasing rpm is water injection, I understand that RPM lever should not add water injection. And this is just my guess. I’m going to have a look this evening and see if it corresponds with the water warning light in the cockpit. Hopefully this will be cleared up soon.

Yes now I have re-assigned my axis, by the sounds of what you have described. The physical way that this smoke shuts off as soon as I touch the RPM governor has me confused. Its like a shut off, I've looked externally and it comes to a stop as soon as I pull back on RPM.

So after first changing my prop governor to slider on axis tune options, I noticed I have full range on the handle. However I am still obtaining 2700rpm which i'm 99% sure I was obtaining before when my prop lever was not giving me full range. (Previously my governor was stopping short by a couple of inches) So now like I assume you are experiencing I click on the lever drag my mouse downward, experience no physical movement of the lever anymore but experience an increase in RPM from 2700 to 3300 but this can vary, depending if I'm climbing or descending sometimes it goes higher. But as before when I drag downwards on the handle with the mouse the faint plume of smoke appears, as soon as I pull back on the governor with my throttle lever the smoke stops.

Well hopefully we can get some confirmation soon.

Well all I know is since discovering this where the rpm lever is now dropping lower for me I can undoubtedly see a trail of faint black smoke from the airplane. Similar to the smoke trail from a F4 and B52. Maybe that’s also combined with having maximum throttle setting as well. Also it does explain why my speed went from 260kts to 320kts. Also when this RPM lever drops it also affects the distance the cowl flaps open. When we get some kind of confirmation from the devs then I guess it will all make sense.

When you do external view can you see a faint trail of black smoke when you have your axis set to maximum? What is presume is the water injection.

When I’m next on my PC I shall look at the figures I get for RPM. I don’t remember what they were. What I do know is I’ve gone from level flight of 260 kts to 320 kts since discovering this. 320 is more like the published level speed of the Corsair.

You can physically see the RPM lever move 2-3 more inches down, so if it’s a glitch it’s also been graphically modelled as well. also there the smoke that trails from the airplane once the RPM lever drops further as well.

Ah ok thanks for the advice shall try that when I’m next on DCS.

I think you are right in that when I force the throttle further down with the mouse as described on the video on Hind75s post I can see the smoke which I assume is the burning/steaming water, on external views. Its a shame no keybinds seem to work as a workaround for the time being, hopefully a hotfix will address it.

I now see exactly what you mean, just tried it and yes got over 300kts level flight. I tried mapping a button instead of an axis to increase to maximum RPM but that doesn't work seems as though only the mouse increases your RPM to maximum, Throttle axis seems fine though.

Difficult to see in this video so your saying your axis is not able to take your RPM to maximum?