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Flying tips and advice available if needed

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Welcome A2A Spit pilots;

I just want to let all of you know that if I can help anyone with advice on flying your A2A Spitfire and down the road the P51 Mustang, I'll be monitoring the forums. I'll be glad to help in any way I can to make your A2A experience as educational as pleasurable as possible with whatever information I can provide.

Enjoy your Spitfire. It's an amazing accomplishment from A2A.

Dudley Henriques

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Hi Dudley,

Thanks :)

Now all we need is the spitfire itself :D (hinthinthint)

Regards,
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MTFDarkEagle wrote:Hi Dudley,

Thanks :)

Now all we need is the spitfire itself :D (hinthinthint)

Regards,
Hang in there. I have it on good authority it won't be long now. :-)))
DH

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Hi Dudley,

your offer is much appreciated!
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I'm quite literally bouncing in my seat with excitement :D
Wondering how I will be able to stay seated when it actually releases!
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That's great indeed, thank you Dudley.
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Thank you Dudley.
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Thank you Dudley, unfortunately I will probably have to take you up on that offer at some point!
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Dudley,

advise 'em all to keep that gear down, use the flaps for takeoff and always fly with the radiator shutter fully closed... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Killratio wrote:Dudley,

advise 'em all to keep that gear down, use the flaps for takeoff and always fly with the radiator shutter fully closed... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Darryl
I think Moggy's girl friend gave him this advice right after they had that little "conversation" at the end of the runway :-)))))))
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Dudley,

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


I hopeyou won't mind if I dive in and give you a hand here??

Getting rid of "Black Widows" at the end of the runway? A piece of cake!

Darryl



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Hello Dudley,

You offer of help is much appreciated. Here's quick question for you. How to keep turns coordinated? I'm little bit confused by Turn and Slip gauge, I'm used to ball. Should I try and keep arrows centered or for upper and lower arrow forming a straight line?

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Tart wrote:Hello Dudley,

You offer of help is much appreciated. Here's quick question for you. How to keep turns coordinated? I'm little bit confused by Turn and Slip gauge, I'm used to ball. Should I try and keep arrows centered or for upper and lower arrow forming a straight line?

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Good question. The Brit approach to the Turn and Bank instrument does indeed use a needle instead of a ball. Basically if the slip needle is centered you are coordinated.
A little tip; The first thing we do in serious aerobatics is to ether take the T&B out of the airplane or simply don't use it. The NOSE of your aircraft as you watch it entering and exiting a turn will tell you immediately if your entry and exit is coordinated. This occurs in the initial seconds of your entry and exit from a turn. If the entry and exit is coordinated the nose will appear PINNED on the horizon as you apply aileron and rudder. If there is any yaw at all (either too much or too little rudder for the amount of aileron being applied), the nose will appear to move laterally on the horizon. Keep in mind that this visual cue only works for a second or two because the instant the lift vectors split and turn begins, the nose will of course move with the direction of the applied bank.
Where the slip needle comes in handy in these prop fighters is in climbs and descents and maneuvering in the vertical plane such as in a loop or cuban eight, where engine torque requires some rudder use to keep the ball centered or in the case of the Spitfire, the slip needle centered.
Hope this helps a bit.
Dudley Henriques
With a little practice, watching the nose as you apply controls will become so second nature and your control pressures so smooth, that you won't need that slip needle at all.

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Thank you Dudley! I'll practice your nose watching technique.

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Tart wrote:Thank you Dudley! I'll practice your nose watching technique.
You're welcome.

Don't forget; once established in the turn the rudder should basically be aligned with the airplane and require little correction from neutral. If the slip indicator shows a bit of correction needed, an easy way to remember how to correct is to "step on the needle" or use the foot on the deflected side to center.
Enjoy the Spit!
DH

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