+1 for mini pekka plane
Rumor has it, that his may be the next event!
That’s true it will be , and will be called Dream Come True.
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Confirmed ;)
With a timestamp provided for your convenience.
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Pancakes for all!
We did it bois. :)
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Too late, it’s both
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This thing is missing 250 HP per engine…
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Unfortunately, it appears that the developers are implementing the 1,350-hp R-2000-7 engines instead of the 1,600-hp R-2000-2(D), which was historically accurate.
Based on my research, the R-2000-7 model was never fitted with a water-injection system, so its final power ratings should be as follows:
- Takeoff: 1,350 bhp @ 2,700 rpm
- Military: 1,350 bhp @ 2,700 rpm @ 2,000 ft
- Normal: 1,100 bhp @ 2,550 @ 7,000 ft
When converted to metric horsepower (PS) for War Thunder, the in-game values should be:
- Takeoff: 1,369 PS
- Military: 1,369 PS @ 610 m
- Normal: 1,115 PS @ 2,134 m
Frankly, I don’t have much hope of finding a way to increase it to 1,600 bhp, and it’s likely that the XF5U will also lose its WEP power.
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Yeah, I saw that, although I have my doubts. We shall see once it is released into the live server.
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-1. Never flew. I don’t want to see this in game ever
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Technically, it did, though :
Sure, it totaled about 30 minutes, but it did fly.
EDIT: HarHarHar nice bait Ostridge
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+1 mmm pancakes tasty.
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Since this has been added into the game, this suggestion should be closed.
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Kind of. Definitely something to be said for this still being a general discussion page for the way it has been implemented in-game, with R-2000-7 instead of R-2000-2(D)s and the the general odd handing of the aircraft.
Specifically it’s over-exaggerated loss of energy in turns and abysmal acceleration, partly due to the engines but partially because the flight model does not exactly match the intended “real world flight model” of the XF5U, it feels like it has wayyy to much drag, for something that was specifically designed as a very-low-aspect-ratio lifting body with two incredibly large propellers to generate speed and lift.
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According to the US Naval Institute article which was already referenced by this post, the two pilot XF5U would mount different engines:
Pilot 1 using R-2000-77 (most likely a typo) for flight testing
Pilot 2 using XR-2000-2 (or R-2000-2(D)) for static testing
The Vought XF5U-1 referenced with XR-2000-2 from “Index of Twin Wasp and R-2000 Designated Engines” most likely alluded to the XF5U-1 Pilot No. 2 (33959), if the US Naval Institute article above is to be trusted that the two planes would mount different engines as part of the F5U program, because the document did specify airplane installation.
The article itself referenced a public magazine called “Air Enthusiast, Vol. 4, No. 6, June 1973”. However I currently don’t have access to this magazine to verify the source.
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No - that is not a given at all - “lifting body” just means getting some lift from he body - it says nothing at all about how much lift is generated.
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