goot66 Posted September 16 Posted September 16 Ok, i have literally followed the takeoff tutorial vids exact no matter what i do, immediately upon takeoff, my plan constantly just rolls to the left and i crash i have tried everything what am i doing wrong?
kablamoman Posted September 16 Posted September 16 I suspect you are lifting off at too low an airspeed. This would likely result in a stall/spin to the left. Try holding your nose at a level just slightly below what you see when you're stationary on all three gear. If you keep this attitude and hold it in place with whatever pitch necessary, the plane should lift off on its own as you gain more speed. Hope this helps. 4
SloppyDog Posted September 17 Posted September 17 Prop planes tend to roll left while taking off. Large power engines, like those in the P-47, Spitfire, Mustang and Corsair will make the plane really roll to the left. I don't know your level of experience with flight sims, but the -47 is very different from your average Cessna. If you take a Cessna to take off, it will tend to roll left, but you compensate that with a little bit of right rudder. In trainer aircraft like a Cessna you can push full power for take off. It is docile and forgiving, it is a family car. On the other hand, think of WWII airplanes as sports cars, or even top fuel dragsters. You don't go full throttle on take off. If you do, the torque will be so high that a left roll during take off becomes irrecoverable. In the P-47, if you are "light", with only the main fuel tank full and machine guns ammunition, you do the following: 1) align with the runway 2) Prop pitch full forward 3) Press the brakes and bring manifold pressure to 30 inHg 4) Release the brakes and then slowly but surely bring the manifold to 46 inHg. That's it 5) as @kablamoman said, you accelerate in the runway and then let the plane take off by itself. No need to pull on the controls. However, be aware to input right rudder and right aileron to compensate for the torque roll. Once you get more experienced, you can try new weights and fuel combinations. A fully fueled P-47, with a central tank and two large bombs on the wings, will require 52 inHG or more to take off. But only then, since the aircraft weight will make the left roll tendency less noticeable. Otherwise, control your throttle and let the aircraft take off on its own. 2
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