miaig

Just curious, is the fuel consumption accurate on P51? It seems the I run out of fuel much faster than I should while on multi-player.

That's what I basically did. I realized I'm not very good at taking off even without a crosswind so I practiced that for a while and then tried again and I managed to take off with the crosswind once. I kept the stick a bit back and to the right and I lifted the tail completely when the plane started swerving right (the rudder was not very effective at that moment). When the tail was up in the air the airplane was going relatively straight and taking off wasn't difficult at that point. Thanks for all the help and speaking of messy you should see my take off. It would be comical if it wasn't the result of more than 100 failed tries :D p51-3- takeoff-crosswind..trk

Wait, isn't the tailwheel locked when the stick is vertical? I thought it's unlocked only when it is brought forward. I don't think I understand this. If the rudder is ineffective, how should I correct the direction then? Sorry for the noob questions.

I've tried some more, still no luck. I am attaching a trk file that shows what happens. The airplane starts going right and no amount of rudder is bringing it back. :helpsmilie: take-off-fail.trk

Great, thank you, I'll take a look tonight.

I realized that's one thing I didn't do, I always keep the stick full back, I never let it go. Hmm....

Should I go to 42 and then release the brakes or I shouldn't touch the breaks at all? I assume that keeping the brakes on (like in the tutorial) just makes the run shorter but at the expense of making the airplane harder to control. Is that correct?

Ok, I'll do that tonight, thanks. I have a few questions though: - should the rudder still be trimmed to 5 degrees? - should I keep the stick all the way back or just a bit? - should I start rolling gently or should I get the manifold pressure up to 30 and then release the brakes as in the tutorial?

I tried with flaps on and without but I can't see any difference. I tried this mission more than 50 times while trying all kinds of things but nothing seemed to make a major difference. The only thing that does is how slowly I start rolling, but then again, at a certain speed I can not control it anymore.

Hi, How do you take off in a P51 with crosswind on simulation mode? I went through training and then I started the campaign. I noticed that taking off in the campaign mission is much harder than it is during training, even though I did both on sim. After a few tries I managed to take off (no crosswind) but then, at the next mission where there is a 10m/s crosswind I got stuck. I tried all kinds of things: setting different trims for rudder and ailerons, using the throttle very slowly or faster than usual. I tried using an outside camera to better see when the plane starts going left or right. The result was always the same, as soon as a certain speed is reached, the aircraft is steering rapidly and goes off the the runaway. It mostly goes to the right, but sometimes to the left too. When this happens it can not be controlled anymore, applying opposite rudder just flips the plane but the direction mostly stays the same (about 45 degrees off the runway). I think this sudden change of direction happens when the tail lifts but I am not 100% sure and there isn't anything I can do about it anyway because I keep the stick back all this time so basically the tail lifts by itself. Thanks.