Update 8/13 strangeness

[Stevecat]

1.  My pilots big head is all over my mirrors even though I do not have the "Pilot Body" box checked in the main menu settings.  Any way to turn him off?

2. The plane has a violent shake going from Max Carrier take off RPM down to 2550 continuous RPM.  Is that supposed to be that way?  It seems to settle after a few seconds on Continuous Power.  Sometimes it doesn't - it shakes more than the antenna!

3. Constant rudder trim is needed again as the plane is pulling hard to the left  like it did back in June at release.  This was fixed as of last week, but now seems to be back again.

4. The artificial horizon, once uncaged, now seems to register the opposite of my actual turn and banking.  If I'm banking right, it's showing left for example.

Edited 14 hours ago by Stevecat

[Saxman]

3 minutes ago, Stevecat said:

3. Constant rudder trim is needed again as the plane is pulling hard to the left  like it did back in June at release.  This was fixed as of last week, but now seems to be back again.

I wasn't noticing this, however I didn't do any takeoffs or landings. What was your airspeed and how much power were you giving it? The Corsair SHOULD require a lot of right rudder on takeoff and landing.

[Stevecat]

9 minutes ago, Saxman said:

I wasn't noticing this, however I didn't do any takeoffs or landings. What was your airspeed and how much power were you giving it? The Corsair SHOULD require a lot of right rudder on takeoff and landing.

Yeah Saxman this was well after take off: RPM 2550, Manifold 44.  Last week I could easily set aileron and rudder trim to neutral and fly without any pressure on the stick.  Have you encountered the shaking at the Continuous RPM?  Innercooler and Oil Coolers closed too. It seems to go away at 5200 RPM (not very realistic).  ANyway still fun.  two steps forward, one step back.

Edited 14 hours ago by Stevecat

[GTFreeFlyer]

22 minutes ago, Stevecat said:

Yeah Saxman this was well after take off: RPM 2550, Manifold 44.  Last week I could easily set aileron and rudder trim to neutral and fly without any pressure on the stick.  Have you encountered the shaking at the Continuous RPM?  Innercooler and Oil Coolers closed too. It seems to go away at 5200 RPM (not very realistic).  ANyway still fun.  two steps forward, one step back.

The pilot head in mirrors is new.  Unfortunately, we don't have the option to turn it off.

I have not noticed a difference in the rudder behavior.  This plane requires lots of rudder.  If you have your trims set to neutral, you're not flying a warbird correctly, especially this one.  There are so many reasons rudder is needed:

Prop torque, P-factor, gyroscopic force, prop wash vortex influence on the tail, etc.  And the effect changes for each at different airspeeds and angles of attack.  You will ALWAYS be playing with the rudder on this bird.  This is normal and the principles are realistic.  Just google "more right rudder" and you'll find more memes than you can imagine.

The new noise (and possible shaking) you are hearing is the engine knocking (kinda sounds like a roller coaster climbing up the track).  You are pushing the engine too hard if you hear it. Takeoffs from carrier are 54 inches max., not full throttle.  If you hear the knocking, pull the manifold back a little.  The checklists and real world old training videos that I've seen mention setting your MP and prop to desired conditions after takeoff, before your landing gear is retracted.  Likely because it's important to manage that engine quickly.

The artificial horizon is correct. The dot in the middle represent your aircraft's nose (or tail) and the two horizontal line to the right and left of it are your wings.  These make up a rear-view image of an airplane.  The line that moves around is the horizon.  When that line is running from 10 o'clock to 4 o'clock, for example, you can see the "image" of your plane shows the left wing is below the horizon, and you are in a left bank.

Cheers

[Saxman]

1 hour ago, Stevecat said:

Innercooler and Oil Coolers closed too.

You need to open them with the new cooling model if you don't want your engine to cook.

[Terry Dactil]

1 hour ago, Stevecat said:

1.  My pilots big head is all over my mirrors even though I do not have the "Pilot Body" box checked in the main menu settings.  Any way to turn him off?

Yes. The mirrors are now completely useless unless you want to trim your mustache in flight.   

You  can remove all the images in the mirrors with Right Shift + M

[Saxman]

21 minutes ago, Terry Dactil said:

Yes. The mirrors are now completely useless unless you want to trim your mustache in flight.   

You  can remove all the images in the mirrors with Right Shift + M

My biggest problem with the pilot is that I can't see the trim position indicators and most of the left-side controls because his arm is in the way.

[Stevecat]

1 hour ago, Saxman said:

You need to open them with the new cooling model if you don't want your engine to cook.

yeah copy, I was just saying I had everything closed down and buttoned up but still getting the shakes around 2200 rpm all the way up to 5200

[Saxman]

How were you getting 5200RPM? I thought that exploit was fixed.