Mr_sukebe Posted June 20 Posted June 20 In the mission editor, we appear to have two versions of the F4U available. Any idea what the differences are (apart from the name)? My guess is that the earlier one was used by the USM, and the later one by the Royal Navy. 1 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
felixx75 Posted June 20 Posted June 20 43 minutes ago, Mr_sukebe said: In the mission editor, we appear to have two versions of the F4U available. Any idea what the differences are (apart from the name)? My guess is that the earlier one was used by the USM, and the later one by the Royal Navy. US Version vs. UK Version 2
Mr_sukebe Posted June 20 Author Posted June 20 The colour? I can see that we slightly clipped the wings, which I assume was to help roll rate during carrier landing. 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
AndyJWest Posted June 20 Posted June 20 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Mr_sukebe said: The colour? I can see that we slightly clipped the wings, which I assume was to help roll rate during carrier landing. Some British carriers had hangers which weren't quite tall enough to accommodate standard F4Us with the wings folded, so the aircraft were modified to make them fit. I doubt it had much noticeable effect on performance. Edited June 20 by AndyJWest 2 1
andwhiteley Posted June 21 Posted June 21 MKIV not showing in log book or recording flight time....anyone else get this....should it have a seperate entry?
Zone5 Posted June 21 Posted June 21 According to most sources, the clipped tips also slightly decreased the tendency to "float" on landing, which actually may help slightly with traps. Not sure if I can tell yet if it is that is modeled. 1
AndyJWest Posted June 25 Posted June 25 On 6/21/2025 at 8:08 PM, Zone5 said: According to most sources, the clipped tips also slightly decreased the tendency to "float" on landing, which actually may help slightly with traps. Not sure if I can tell yet if it is that is modeled. I've seen that, but frankly I'm sceptical. The wingspan is reduced by less than 2%, and the wing area well under 1%. Could easily just be placebo effect. Even in the real aircraft, trying to measure such effects would be difficult, and most likely overwhelmed by other variables.
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