Maneuvering On The Ground With Differential Braking

[buur]

And same here. Corsair is grounded

[primus_TR]

The issue with faulty wind vaning may be not so easy to solve,  as it is directly related to the module's flight model, which may explain why this issue has not been receiving much attention from the devs.  I remember how a very similar wind vaning problem with the MiG 19 was completely disregarded by the developer and never fixed.  An aircraft that cannot properly taxi is basically unplayable. Shame.

[AG-51_Razor]

I am of the opinion that wind vaneing has absolutely nothing to do with the problem. The Corsair is not much easier to turn around without any wind at all. Just compare it to the P-47 under the same conditions. These two airplanes are fairly close to each other in weight and power and both utilize the same method of maneuvering on the ground and yet, they could not possibly be more different as they are modeled in DCS World. I wish that M3 and ED would put their heads together and figure this out. This doesn't serve either organization to have this kind of obvious problem go on unresolved.

[primus_TR]

While taxiing under no wind conditions is obviously very problematic,  it is still possible (by applying excessive power and wheel brake); but with a headwind,  it is not at all possible to turn past 90 degrees, in either direction and regardless of the amount of power applied,  which is due to the aircraft's exaggerated tendency to turn into the wind. This is particularly noticeable on a carrier deck.  You just can't taxi back for taking off again after landing. 

Edited 12 hours ago by primus_TR

[Holbeach]

49 minutes ago, primus_TR said:

  You just can't taxi back for taking off again after landing. 

You don't taxi back on a Carrier after landing.

You just land, then take off from where you landed.

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[primus_TR]

1 hour ago, Holbeach said:

You don't taxi back on a Carrier after landing.

You just land, then take off from where you landed.

I do (as there is no other option due to this bug)  but that is irrelevant. The aircraft should be able to taxi in a crosswind. That's the whole point of this thread. 

[AG-51_Razor]

primus_TR, as the original poster of this thread, I can absolutely assure you that my point was not at all about taxiing in a crosswind. I was just trying to express the opinion (in a fairly self-deprecating manner) that there is something wrong with the Corsair's ability to maneuver on the ground with the tailwheel unlocked while using differential braking. Visually, it's pretty obvious that the tailwheel is not allowed to swivel past about 15-20 degrees, which @-Rudel- has indicated is merely a visual issue and that the tail wheel is in fact able to swivel fully 360 degrees. Additionally, while taxiing forward at slightly faster than a brisk walk, application of either wheel brake results in the beginning of a turn but before less than 30-45 degrees of a turn is completed, the plane comes to a halt. Now, this is with no wind at all and it is just not right. As for flight operations aboard ship, the reality of it is that the pilots never turned around on the deck after landing to taxi back and park or launch again. That was all done after the plane was shut down and it was pushed back by ground crew or a tractor after all of the planes had been recovered. @Holbeach is correct when he said that the planes just took off from a position forward of the barriers if they were performing multiple traps in one flight. Maybe M3 and ED can figure out how to re-spot the deck after everyone has come back aboard although, in a MP server type environment, I can see how that might be very difficult. There is a thread concerning this subject over in the Wish List forum.

[primus_TR]

49 minutes ago, AG-51_Razor said:

primus_TR, as the original poster of this thread, I can absolutely assure you that my point was not at all about taxiing in a crosswind. I was just trying to express the opinion (in a fairly self-deprecating manner) that there is something wrong with the Corsair's ability to maneuver on the ground with the tailwheel unlocked while using differential braking.

Yes, there is something wrong with the Corsair's ability to taxi, a problem which becomes more pronounced in the presence of wind; at risk of repeating the same point: when there is no wind, the aircraft is able at least to point its nose where the pilot directs it to (which entails use of excessive power and differential braking, which is unrealistic). Not sure what you are disagreeing with what I and many others have pointed out, but crosswind is relevant to the issue at hand, regardless of your point not being specifically about taxiing in crosswind.