truely a great plane but my god with so many things to do and adjustments to be made to keep her in the air how in the world do you add dog fighting adjustments to it and win?
the men who flew these planes were truely heros.i have always wanted to fly myself but after watching this vid on how to start and get her off the ground is a feat in itself !
Not necessarily. Spitfires (at least those at the time of Battle of Britain) also had only one flap setting. Down or up. I'm guessing intermediate flap settings were for larger planes.
@72troyboy These planes were almost always on carriers, the wings would already be locked out and ready to go. A pilot going into combat wouldn't just have met the plane the day before, he would have been trained until everything was a "habit" and would be automatic. Just like learning to play a game, it takes a while to learn everything, but once it's learned you don't have to keep going back to the manual to see what to do.
I've always wanted to know more about the folding wings and how they are "locked" in place. Great stuff!
Fastbikkel 1 month ago
truely a great plane but my god with so many things to do and adjustments to be made to keep her in the air how in the world do you add dog fighting adjustments to it and win?
the men who flew these planes were truely heros.i have always wanted to fly myself but after watching this vid on how to start and get her off the ground is a feat in itself !
1973c0g 2 months ago
She's still a true beauty!
MisterRedBlueBlur 3 months ago
Pilots would have watched one of these back then in the mid 1940's...amazing. Thanks!!
TheFunkhouser 5 months ago
@TheFunkhouser it came in 1942
gwalker173 1 month ago
Wait now.....did you say increase in neutral manifold pressure or decrease?
777cascade 9 months ago
Man i can imagine siting for sever hours while the engine is killing your ears
noob2top3210 9 months ago
wow, what a great instructional video!
sw7600g 9 months ago
absolutely GREAT Posts...thanks so much for sharing them!!
Greenhornet270 10 months ago
No intermediate positions for the flaps? That is a surprise - must be because it is a carrier airplane.
imbok 1 year ago
@imbok
Not necessarily. Spitfires (at least those at the time of Battle of Britain) also had only one flap setting. Down or up. I'm guessing intermediate flap settings were for larger planes.
greenseaships 11 months ago
Your right. They would have trained until it was habit. The pilots could probably go through that list in their sleep.
72troyboy 1 year ago
How the hell can they remember all this. I can't see a quick takeoff if under attack. Were all these WW2 fighters this difficult?
72troyboy 1 year ago
@72troyboy These planes were almost always on carriers, the wings would already be locked out and ready to go. A pilot going into combat wouldn't just have met the plane the day before, he would have been trained until everything was a "habit" and would be automatic. Just like learning to play a game, it takes a while to learn everything, but once it's learned you don't have to keep going back to the manual to see what to do.
Barium5 1 year ago
My God.. with all this going on ..they had time to fight?
skot66 1 year ago
Thanks.
Auggie56 1 year ago
Great film.Much easier plane to fly compared to the P 51 B model
Brasstacks11 1 year ago
Another GREAT submission!
L33tP1ckL 2 years ago