Fórum Brigadeiro Nero Moura

LuisF wrote:Caracas, agora ficou mais que evidente que o La5 é uma grande porcaria. E olha que no livro do Cláudio Lucchesi ta dizendo que com a entrada do La5 na BoS ele foi um divisor de águas. Só se essa versão do BoS for a mais básica de todas.

No manual era 200 horas, os russos fritavam o motor em 50 horas

28_Condor wrote:S
Pode deixar que assim que der apareço naquele forum pra reclamar

Nikolay Gerasimovich, you constantly say that the basic Soviet fighters, the Yak and the Lavochkin, were equal to the German fighters in speed, although reference books contradict this. According to reference data, German aircraft always have superiority in speed. How do you explain this difference between reference data and practical data?

What have we been talking about? You must understand that you have been making the same mistake as do all people who have no connection with combat aviation. You are confusing two concepts: maximum speed and combat speed. Maximum speed is attained under ideal conditions: horizontal flight, strict maintenance of altitude, calculated engine revolutions, and so on.

Combat speed is a range of maximum possible speeds that an aircraft can develop for the conduct of active maneuver aerial battle, and at which all forms of maneuver attendant to that battle can be executed.
When I speak to you about speed, I have in mind namely the combat speed at which I conducted battle. To me maximum speed is neither here nor there.

Understand that if you look at German fighters, either the Messer or the Fokker, their combat speed was 80—100 kmh [50—60 mph] lower than their maximum speed. As far as I know, British and American aircraft of this period were analogous in this respect to the German fighters. This relationship of speeds of the Western aircraft was maintained for the duration of the war. The difference between maximum and combat speeds of the Yak was on the order of 60—70 kilometers [35—40 mph], and during the second half of the war even less. The Yaks were the most dynamic and lightest fighters in the Soviet VVS and therefore were very good in vertical maneuver. Throughout the war a standard, average, adequately trained pilot in Yaks could contend with Messers on a par. At the beginning of the war the Yak was any pilot’s dream.

http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/a ... /index.htm

Q - Please could you set the gunners to locked by default.
There are too many people who think it's funny to join as a gunner and shoot your tail off or another aircraft in formation.
Yes we should remember to lock them on every flight but I imagine most bomber pilots feel the same way.

A - Nope. Everyone will lock them and newbie will never get to turret.

Condor,

O que ajuda um pouco com o P-40 é remover duas metralhadoras (Unlock) e voar sempre com menos de 40% de combustível para reduzir o peso - primeiro porque não vai longe, seguindo porque não vai durar muito...