odd that one worked for me…
Some Corsair Gold here. Give Reflected some likes.
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I found that you cant rest your mouse over controls and spin the mouse wheel. You can only click and drag. Try it on the gunsight… maybe…
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Ahem…! Are my posts hidden…? 
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There’s a lot of talk about torque when the new Corsair is discussed. And I think the word is being used to excuse a lot of really odd behavior. We do well to remember that the P-47 has the same motor and, in the case of the -D, a similar prop. In fact the Thunderbolt should be more “beastly” because it is shorter coupled. Yet, as envisioned by ED and also by 1C in IL2, the P-47 has pretty docile handling characteristics. And this makes sense. These planes were designed to be flown by young men with limited experience. Those young men and their new, beefy planes needed to be able to “put the thing on the thing”with enough consistency to win the war. I wish Budd Davison had done a pilot report on the Corsair. He flew a handful of fighters (full reports at Airbum.com) but not the Corsair. He DID fly the Bearcat which was shorter coupled than the Corsair with an even bigger motor. He was scared enough to be shaking when he advanced the throttle on his first takeoff. To his surprise she was a pussycat. He claims he could have kept his feet on the floor. True or not, by 1944 aircraft designers knew how to make hard sounding airplanes fly easy. Give it another year, and the Vought will be as gentle and pleasant as the P-47.
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Correct me if I’m wrong, this is off memory. Isn’t the P-47 something like a ton heavier than the Cosair?
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It just occurred to me: it’s interesting that no one ever invented (to my knowledge, maybe it has been tried before) a pneumatic rudder bias for single-engine aircraft that took manifold pressure input and indicated airspeed, and applied rudder to compensate for low-speed torque/p-factor characteristics.
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It’s just not necessary I don’t think. The torque is easily mitigated more simply through aircraft design. Torque is WAY more difficult on a light helicopter, and while some advanced helicopters have exactly the features you suggest, they’re not really needed as long as the controls are light and robust. Pilots know when they are pushing (or pulling) power, their feet react almost automatically. What I am suggesting is that we virtual pilots are often presented with flying machines that are modeled to be way more challenging than they are in real life. That, at least, is the experience I’ve had where I’ve been able to make a comparison.
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Good point. According to ChatGPT, the Corsair empties at 8950 and the Thud empties at 10000.
No arguments at all, I agree completely, especially with your point that flying a sim is much more difficult than the real bird with seat of the pants feel.
Just interesting that, considering that:
-it was never tried, especially in airplanes like the Corsair that became notorious for landing accidents.
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Don’t you mean landing collisions?
Sorry, had to do it 
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The more I fly it, I have to conclude this is the easiest take off in a warbird on DCS. At least, on land.
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In general it’s very easy to take off and land. As stated earlier, it kind of flies a like on rails and the ground handling is not very convincing imho. It just goes straight, making turns takes constant brake and tight turns need a lot of power because as soon as you let go of the brake it goes straight even with the tail unlocked. In other DCS warbirds I just need to lightly tap the brake to initiate the turn and it in most cases will just keep going tighter and tighter until I counter brake to straighten it out.
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Reflected cold starts the Corsair
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Just did my first flights with my youngest brother in law, I told you about him before:
While taxiing during his first flight, he switched to external view and just stared at it, saying “Wow… it’s really here…”
He’s literally been waiting for this module for half of his life, or close to it.
We then joined the DCS Hangar free flight server, did some takeoffs and landings at different weights, we each picked a large tree and removed it with a single 1000lb bomb (100% hit rate 
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Finally did a dogfight, where the b******* let me win for a bit until he pulled a Maverick, and got behind me when I thought I extended out of the low speed shenanigans. Mercilessly pummeled me until I flew into the hillside at <140 knots out of desperation.
We both flew without curves, but those will be applied next time.
The Corsair feels big and heavy, but it’s easy to fall into the Spitfire trap of dumping all your energy in a really tight turn.
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I don’t know … It kinda feels very light. You can just point the nose, do tight turns and quickly accelerate with the help of gravity. Doing scissors seems really effective from initial testing. It’s not as bad as the P-47 where it feels like you’re in a completely losing battle once you’re out of energy and altitude.
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No worries man! Just trying to avoid too much double posting 
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