I was watching how to notch on youtube from the main War thunder channel… it help alot 👍🏻 So basically i Sky rocket climb with my Su-27 to attitude of about 8k? then my WIFI decided to give up suddenly then my aircraft start moving zig zag doging all the missles and loosing all it speed by stalling going up and down breaking all laws of physics… until it got back to normal I ended up in a FLATSPIN and I can’t recover from it. Yes All missles just somehow impossible to shoot at me except IR missles… So how do I recover from a flatspin?
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In theory, Throttle down to idle, apply opposite rudder and pitch the nose down, when you stabilize and gain enough speed, re-engage throttle and pull up.
Are you sure thats possible in flanker?
It unfortunately works for other jets… however, not the SU-27… it just keeps spinning, and then ur pilot just blacks out and can’t control anything.
You want to apply more throttle, rudder into the flat spin, and use the increased lift over the outside wing to aileron and pitch down into the turn.
Well then avoid flat spin is the only option
They should have countered that by putting the cockpit and the pilot right in the middle of the plane on the axis it is spinning around. Now that would be a goofy plane design :-D Can’t black out if youre just spinning in place
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At that point your planes still a spinning centrifuge for the pilot, don’t think it’d help lol
nah it definitely would. Think about it. its like being in a carousel but sitting in the middle. theres basically no or very small g force on your body, brain and more importantly blood system (no matter how fast its spinning) because the centrifugal force on your body would be minimal. That is because the radius from you to center is close to 0. a centrifuge works because youre not sitting at the spot its spinning around but quite far away from it (basically what it is now, especially with how giant the su 27s and su30s are compared to other jets → Pilot far away from center of gravity)
It would be a flatspin machine. but visibility would be the worst of any plane ever made. have fun taxiing without seeing the ground.
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Wouldn’t advise the idle throttle on all aircraft, an example being the P-39 with official instructions saying to actually use full throttle; however, it varies from aircraft to aircraft.
As a Tomcat pilot who has to deal with this more than I’d like to, here’s how it goes.
- Engines → 0%
- Rudder → Full application against the spin
- (Optional) Split throttles → apply around 70-100% mil power to engine that would turn plane AGAINST the spin
- Stick → fully forward, try not to laterally move it as you’ll lose control easier. Trust me.
- Hold controls for 5-10 seconds
- If it doesn’t work, try the same thing but put the engine into afterburner and rock the plane up and down to build momentum.
- (If) Once you regain control, immediately throttle down and let go of controls. The plane should be facing down and you should be able to gain speed back and fly normally, assuming no damage to the airframe.
- If none of that worked, or you’re very low in altitude, eject. It’s over.
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