Re: p-38 lightning Is this what you mean? - point nose straight up and wait for airspeed to decrease to pretty much nothing - idle throttle - full rudder left or right - P-38 drops nose in half a second and points straight down I'm asking because I'm not totally sure what a hammerhead really is. I've heard the term tossed around a lot but I've never gotten a comprehensive explanation.
reflections i dont know about rudder (which also is awesome at low speed btw) but if you point the nose straight up until u have almost no airspeed and then pull all the way back (or forward) it noses over like nothin else u can do it at full throttle easily too (i dont know how it changes things) i thought it was pretty cool edit: imo, "hammerhead" is about the claw part of the hammer u fly up the "handle" and reduce speed, and turn at the top like the claw curves away from the handle
Gandhi -the bug abuser found new bug to exploit-P-38s pitch at low speeds) God help us all ) BTW, i have never used rudder during hammerhead,most of time plane would have just flipped at very low speeds...it helps if u add throttle during its flip...second variant that i am aware of would be full throttle zoom at 90 angle ,after which plane enters some kind of spin and flips to nose low position, again without rudder usage.. P.S. WHAT P-38S PITCH HAS TO DO WITH XEXEUU THE BEST BOMBER ? gandhi could have posted it with his thread of stooopide arabese ppl, i wouldnt care.. P.S. 2. Anting,actually i believe then while going straight up ,at some point when u would cut ur throttle,u should in fact cut engine out,not throttle... I believe ( im not sure) that cutting throttle creates new force that can only ruin ur hammerh. ( on google u can find videos about real hmrh.)
Re: reflections Okay, I've played around a bit with this (the maneuver ... not the hammer ), and I find that while pushing the nose down works too, using rudder causes the plane to drop its nose even faster (nearly instantly!). I plan to put this new-found knowledge to use in the arena (I hope it doesn't count as bug abuse ).
hehe ant you were always a big target at the end of your zoom-up, too bad the zooooooom is so long one can barely follow you that high but when someone actually can, mincemeat
Then we shall both go in a ball of fire, guns ablaze as my plane is falling down on you. A fitting end for two warriors of the skies ... >8^) P.S. Yeah I know ... once the Ki-84, 109G14/K4 and 190D9 are out, zoom time is over.
Ant, how do u plan to use typical E move when u like tnb Trick is to be above cons not co-alt,then it works