Put together a quick Taxi, Take Off and Landing tutorial

[Psyrixx]

In case anyone is having trouble taxiing, taking off or landing the P-51D I put together a quick tutorial video. Hope it helps!

 

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Edited April 14, 2013 by Psyrixx
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[EchoMasterMind]

Great video! :)

[SynMonger]

Can we see the axis view window? It's very hard (for me) to tell what is going on with the controls.

[KaspeR32]

Awesome tutorial.

[Psyrixx]

Can we see the axis view window? It's very hard (for me) to tell what is going on with the controls.

 

Unfortunately it didn't save the .trk file so I can't simply go back and re-record the flight with audio... I'd have to record the entire thing again. Is there any particular bit you'd most like to be re-recorded with the axis window?

 

Awesome tutorial.

 

Thanks! I was hoping to be able to give people a little more insight into how to fly this baby (or more specifically, how to land it).

 

If it would be more helpful to re-record this with the axis window open I can certainly do that but not immediately.

 

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:smartass:

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[[DBS]TH0R]

46" on take off? Makes sense. Thanks for the video, some good tips there.

[KaspeR32]

The explanation of how to taxi was also very helpful. To pull the stick back before you straighten the plane out was huge for me. I didn't think it would lock that way. Good stuff.

[Psyrixx]

Good! I'm glad the video helped people out. The P-51D is a tricky bird to fly (I'm sure it's slightly easier in real life because you can actually feel the various forces affecting it and can react accordingly) and most of this video was revelations that I had while trying to figure out how to do various tasks in the plane.

 

The two biggest revelations for me were when I figured out the "stick back to lock the tail wheel" as well as the fact that the rudder as well as the pitch and roll needs to be re-trimmed with every throttle change. The rudder is especially essential to get good at for landings... it's near impossible to have a smooth approach with any kind of rudder slip.

[[DBS]TH0R]

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The two biggest revelations for me were when I figured out the "stick back to lock the tail wheel" as well as the fact that the rudder as well as the pitch and roll needs to be re-trimmed with every throttle change. The rudder is especially essential to get good at for landings... it's near impossible to have a smooth approach with any kind of rudder slip.

 

Seconded.

 

One thing you could add to the video (or it is missing to put it better), are stick curve adjustments (pitch, roll and yaw). On yaw my SIMPED pedlas exponential profile does the job nicely for yaw, but on pitch and roll I did have to set 10 on "curvature" for each axis. Also helps a lot.

 

Last but not least - 46" of manifold pressure is more than enough for take off and that is how real pilots fly them, a friend told me that IIRC.