re: the long climb too 18,000

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nesop

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re: the long climb too 18,000

I have attempted to ask this before but I want too try again.

I am not a pilot in real life and though I constructed my first computer too run RB2, I am not a hard core simmer, so please forgive the possibly basic nature of this question,

What is the most effective method for climbing, I corkscrew my way up at about +20* @ 1320-1300 RPM to maybe 10500ft. Then I struggle to 15-16,000 at about +15* @ 1299-1280 RPM in my DV (which seems to be near level at +10* BTW)

Is that a common way too climb? are there alternatives? what was SOP at the time?

Thanks for your attention
 
nesop,

I know it's not kosher among some of the purists, but in order to get to mission altitude, you could always "blip" the warp command. I believe it's "x" to warp and "ctrl + x" or "shift + x" to turn off the warp. I don't remember the exact commands because I've got them programmed to one of the hat switches on my joystick.

Personally, I don't fly much above 15,000 because of the time to get to altitude and the real world effects that would impact a pilot at much higher than that. Don't know about USAF, but USMC and USN pilots must be on oxygen above 10,000 to avoid problems. I've been at 15k on a mountaintop and I can vouch for what happens to you - the slightest exertion and you're out of breath very quickly and you also can get a wicked headache if you're there for any length of time.
 
That plus Viariable Pitch Propellors didn't exist in 1917

Some aircraft were terrors below 10,000, but Dogs above, and the reverse was also true.

Plus these guys were in and open cockpit, No oxgyen

Throughout the war ( except for the Sopwith Snipe ) the German machines held a 1000 foot advantage
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IIRC, jarhead, it was 10,000 for the Air Force, too. I wasn't a pilot, but I was HALO (High Altitude Low Opening parachute insertion, not the game) qualified and we had to have a walkaround bottle available aove 10 grand. If we were goung over 12 we'd take along a large bottle with a rig we could all tap into, then switch to a bail-out bottle a couple minutes out.

The insidious thing about hypoxia is the way it sneaks up on you. My first trip above 10,000 was in HALO school. Put a bunch of special forces types together and no one wants to be the first to take a hit from that pass-around...the instructors had to order us to do so. Like the rest, I took it knowing that it was totally unnecessary. On the second breath it was like someone flicked the light switch on. I'd been suffering and never realized it. My point is that I wouldn't be surprised if these guys didn't give oxygen deprivation much thought. And having the oxygen level restored gradually they probably wouldn't have noticed it.
 
Amazingly James McCudden used to stalk Rumplers at 18,000 feet and higher. He was able to get close to their altitude because he had high compression pistons installed in his SE-5 (big surprise for the Rumplers who were used to that altitude advantage, as gimplyguy noted). How he could patrol for an hour or more at that height with no oxygen in the middle of winter(!) is beyond me.
 
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