srory if this is in the wrong section but i was watching a video on the P47 and noticed that when the P47 lost its engine on take off the pilot would spin it on the ground to stop it i have tryed many time and when i do my gear will snap... has any one else here ever done this with no damage to the plane like in this video
its from 1:17 to 1:45
That's called a ground-loop, and it's a good maneuver for bleeding off excess energy in a hurry, as far as I know this would only be attempted when the speed is low enough to do it safely and you've got sufficient runway left to do it.
As for doing it in IL-2, it's nearly impossible because we don't have differential braking, nor do the aircraft seem to have the same contact with the ground they should have, they all seem to be running on slick tyres on an extremely wet surface... :lol:
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Well, even if the Il-2 maneuveur is not possible, the vid was still nice.
I've done it, and it can be done at 60mph maybe a little more but as you near 100mph its too fast.
Its easy to do in the direction the torque takes the plane. If you attempt to ground loop you should also cut the engine and apply break and the tail will swing around.
In RL, as well as in game, the actual technique involves S turning a few times to bleed down speed and then at the end of the runway let it swing around with the breaks pressed.
Works like a charm
Bill
I know from past experience that the spitfire, specifically the Vc(4) will happily swing around at speeds up to 90 km/h with the risk of a wing strike higher as the speed approaches 90 km/h...
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Arctic
. When I was still in EoW, 