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    DCS Mosquito - Pre-order Available

    in DCS Series

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    8 hours ago, BluBear said:

    although I haven't checked if any aids were on, must do that.

    Just checked, take off assistance was indeed on. However, I turned it off and took off again no problem; didn't even seem to make a difference!
    Either years of DCS Spitfire have paid off preparing me for hair-raising take offs, or the Mosquito is a lot tamer than expected.

     

    DCS Mosquito - Pre-order Available

    in DCS Series

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    Great stuff!

    I finally took the Mossie up for a spin yesterday afternoon, after spending some time adjusting throttle curves etc. to get both axis working more or less in unison (no asymmetric thrust please).

    Managed to keep her straight-ish down the runway and took off nicely enough - although I haven't checked if any aids were on, must do that.
    Flew around for a bit, did some aeros, some low flying and landed surprisingly well first time. Then a bit of instant action on the Channel map, shooting at trains and dogfighting an A8 with my port engine on the blink. First impressions, she dogfights better than I expected, like a heavy Spitfire and a real stick and rudder experience - quite a contrast to dogfighting in the P-38, but then these are different sims so perhaps not an entirely fair comparison. This aircraft will prove to be a very enjoyable addition to the sim for sure.

    Going to try a cold start next for the immersions, then swat up on weapons and systems.

    PS. thanks @DD_Fenrir for the tip on curves, I've basically copied over my (your) Spitfire curves and it feels natural already.

    PPS. Everyone should get the Mossie 😁

     

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    DCS Mosquito - Pre-order Available

    in DCS Series

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    12 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

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    Has anybody been successful in feathering a prop yet? I shut down the port engine and pressed the feather-button. This would get the engine down to 0 RPM for an instant, but it would spin up again. Seems like the prop is unfeathering by itself, despite the button being pushed.

    Are you sure there's not an additional 'TIT' you have to pull Brems? 

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    Dogz new member

    in Recruitment

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    Welcome to the pound Beagle / Roy, make yourself at home. Look forward to sharing the virtual skies with you sir! :salute:

    @Painless Didn't you say it was somewhere in Fife where you sourced those armoured underpants with the decorative frills, high tensile elastic and waterproof zipper flaps? Something about the favourable legal implications of purchasing said items north of the border wasn't it? I'm sure your secret is safe with Roy.

     

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    AAIB report released: Sea Fury forced landing Aug 2020

    in Jim's Place

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    Mentioned this to those of you online last night, makes for some interesting reading!

    They did very well to get away with it all things considered:

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    The engine and propeller then stopped rotating. The pilot lowered the aircraft’s nose and found that it required an attitude of approximately 45° nose-down to maintain airspeed.

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    https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-hawker-sea-fury-t-mk-dot-20-g-invn

     

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