Engine performance

[lawndartleo]

Are there issues to be resolved with engine performance?  With a clean aircraft I have not been able to even approach the numbers on the engine settings chart.  Things seem underpowered. If you believe your performance is correct, please publish a guide to achieve the stated performance.

 

Thank you!

[Mistermann]

 

This guy's a pilot and has an informed opinion.

[Saxman]

The Corsair actually had quite light stick forces. And that's a BIG rudder with a lot of authority.

(That said, it's way too twitchy.)

The roll rate is definitely off. The F4U had a rate of roll equivalent to the Fw-190, so about 150 degrees per second. He's giving it a rate of roll of 60 degrees per second, less than half of where it ought to be.

[Hayrake YE-ZB]

 

1 hour ago, Mistermann said:

This guy's a pilot and has an informed opinion.

He has only flown very low horsepower light aircraft. Not sure why he’s wearing a flight suit, perhaps he was in the Civil Air Patrol. With regard to tactical aircraft of any kind, I’d take his judgement for entertainment purposes only.

We’re in the “if it’s hard, or feels different from expectations, then it must be broken” phase. Give it time, and don’t forget to have fun!

[Bremspropeller]

4 hours ago, Saxman said:

The roll rate is definitely off. The F4U had a rate of roll equivalent to the Fw-190, so about 150 degrees per second. He's giving it a rate of roll of 60 degrees per second, less than half of where it ought to be.

IIRC the test you're referring to was with a F4U-4 with improved ailerons.

F4U-1 should be around 90°/s, give or take.

[Saxman]

3 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

IIRC the test you're referring to was with a F4U-4 with improved ailerons.

F4U-1 should be around 90°/s, give or take.

Nope, it was an F4U-1. It was from a 3-way test in 1943 with the Fw-190, F4U-1, and F6F-3.

The boosted ailerons were first added late in the Birdcage run.