According to the referenced documentation , the flaps of the Fw 190 family are electrically actuated, and the nominal cycle time for full deployment or retraction should be 10 seconds. However, in the current game build, the Fw 190’s flap actuation time is approximately 15 seconds — which is neither historically accurate nor conducive to a pleasant gameplay experience.
Proposed solution: Adjust the full deployment/retraction time of the Fw 190’s flaps to approximately 10 seconds.
what documentation specifically?
Aviation Archives
could you give a screenshot of the relevant part? I am not going to download a random .pdf
Besides this, I actually looked through a lot of other documents, but they only mentioned the electric flap without providing detailed extension/retraction times. But do you think a 14-second extension/retraction time is what an electric flap should have?
this doesnt say anything about the speed of flap deployment? also the source is a guide for models im pretty sure
for the 1940s? sure
I have the flight manuals for the Fw 190 A-1, A-5, A-6, and D-9 (the A-5 and A-6 share the same manual). These manuals only mention that the flaps are electrically actuated and that the airspeed should not exceed 320 km/h when the flaps are fully extended. However, none of these manuals specify the time for flap retraction or extension. Therefore, in practice, this parameter is left with considerable discretion to the pilot / ground crew / official authority.
But think about it—how weak is the 190 in the current version? The airframe is already extremely clumsy to begin with. Previously, you could at least rely on the flaps to perform some low-speed defensive maneuvers. But now? Once you lose energy advantage, these 190s just become meat on the chopping block, unless you keep them at high speed all the time. Balance has always been an issue in War Thunder.
which youve always been supposed to do in the fw190s anyway
mg151s being slightly questionable and idk if theyve fixed the engine overheating of the fw190 but if they do those theyre fine
that page isnt talking about flaps at all
so how do you know then how long it takes to deploy the flaps
I also mentioned in my reply to another person that the literature I have does not provide detailed information on flap retraction/extension time — at least, the operating manuals I have for the Fw 190 A-1/A-5/A-6 don’t cover it. But, do you think 14 seconds for electrically operated flaps sounds reasonable? The manually cranked flaps on the Bf 109 only take 12 seconds.
If I’m reading it correctly it’s talking about internal wing design like Spars, not about the flaps.
read the second paragraph
Well. You circled something else and then deleted your message.
This only says that the flaps are operated electronically, and are kept in sync.
Nothing about how long it takes for the flaps to deploy.
yeah,but in the wt a electronically flap needs 14s to act,and bf109s hand manual flaps need only 12s.
I think it’s enough to just prove that it’s electric
