Is FM changed already

[DB 605]

One of the very first tests i made when first version of open beta was out, was couple of dive tests. I climbed to around 5000 meters, trimmed plane to full nose heavy and dived steep around to 1500 meters. Speed was 850+ km/h and i almost crashed because plane was refused to straighten up. In hurry i trimmed the plane to tail heavy again and was able to save plane. I tought finally, finally we have 109 that flews exactly like we can read those pilot memories and flight tests.

 

I tried to reproduce this again today, climbed to 7000 meters, trimmed to nose heavy and dived steep. For my disappointment, i was easily able to recover (speed was close to 900km/h) even with full nose heavy trim and was able to easily hit more that 7 g's until wings broke up. I made test again couple of times and result was always same. I know wings broke too easily now but i really don't think it should be possible to pull that much g's at almost 900km/h speed with full nose heavy trim.

 

I know were still in beta and many things will change but feels weird if FM is tuned to "wrong" way already.

 

Anyone else noticed this?

Edited December 6, 2014 by DB 605
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[SlipBall]

I think there was one or two updates, but no way to know what they were for

[kripzoo]

It's like "sticking an long iron bar deep into muddy ground and trying to push that bar" said some finnish bf109 ace when diving the plane +800 km/h and leveling it up.

[DB 605]

It's like "sticking an long iron bar deep into muddy ground and trying to push that bar" said some finnish bf109 ace when diving the plane +800 km/h and leveling it up.

 

Yeah, there's lots of pilots stories about dive recovery, here's another:

 

"Me 109 G:

"- The vertical dive was how to disengage.

Jussi Huotari: That was the remedy.

Antti Tani: That is how I survived when attacking two of them and losing the first round. They had more speed because I was coming from a lower altitude.

It was nothing special, the (Yak-9) planes were climbing and began to turn back. I had planned to get to shoot at them as they have lost their speed in the turn. But I was not in the right position. I turned at them and pulled the nose up - and I lost my speed, I had to turn below them. I had to push the stick to get behind them, and as they dived at me I dived right down. I turned with ailerons a couple of times, and had full power on.

Then I started recovery from the dive, of course in the direction of home, then checked the dials, the reading was eight hundred plus kmh. Then I started pulling the stick, pulled harder as hard as ever: never in my life did I pull so hard. I pulled with right hand and tried to trim the horizontal rudder with my left hand. But it did not budge, as if it had been set in concrete. But by the by the nose began to rise, but terribly slowly. As my angle was about 45 I heard over the radio as Onni Paronen said, "hey lads, look, a Messerschmitt is going in the sea!" I wanted to answer back but I could not afford to do anything put pull with two hands. As soon as I had returned to level flight and had been able to breath normally for a while, I in a way regained consciousness. I pushed the transmitter key and said "not quite". It was a close shave.

- It was so hard that you almost blacked out?

Antti Tani: I felt I was on the edge, pulling as hard as I ever could."

- Antti Tani, Finnish fighter ace. 21,5 victories. Source: Interview by Finnish Virtual Pilots Association.