Taming the Beast | Touch N' Go's in the Mighty Corsair | Full Flight | Microsoft Flight Simulator 

Just wanted to share some knowledge I have learned in 20 years of sim-flying warbirds. The Corsair is famous for "dropping a wing" on takeoff or landing, that is how it earned the nickname "Ensign Eliminator" from its pilots. Later on they changed the shape of the right wing by adding a small wedge to the leading edge to make both wings stall at close to the same time. at 6:53 you can see this wedge near the gun ports. The rudder is also not straight, its pointing 6 degrees to the left which is why your supposed to set the rudder trim 6 degrees to the right on takeoff, slow speeds don't need a crooked rudder. IRL if you see one in a museum, the crooked tail is very apparent. Now days we are all used to lifting the nose up and waiting for the aircraft to start flying on its own, if you do that in a warbird, with a massive engine, and a huge prop, you WILL stall one wing due to a much larger P-factor. On these tail dragger warbirds, you need to hold it on the ground until both wings are generating lift, then pull the nose up, which is the opposite of what we are taught in our easy to fly modern aircraft. You have to fly it off and on the runway, not stall it into the air, or onto the runway like a modern tri-cycle gear, baby engine aircraft of today. You did a good job, I always watch your reviews as part of my research before buying a product.

Just watched the movie "Devotion" last night so this is appropriately timed. They did talk about being careful with the throttle in the film.

So much history at that airfield. Back in the day, any landing was a good landing. Thank you for all who flew these planes and who were able to come back home! !! !!!

soon two years without updates:)

I envy you for the straight take-off, and the smooth landings. I do have a love-hate relationship with this bird. One of the most beautifully crafted, yet freaking nasty to handle beasts in MSFS, imho. Great video, as always!

Love those kinds of Videos! Would be amazing to see more of you doing some touch an goes on some other popular GA Aircraft, so we can maybe learn something about it!

I was a late purchaser for this aircraft so its current state is all I have known. Takeoffs are no problem if I add power slowly to wait for some rudder effectiveness before bringing in all that torque. Landings are a mess. Much of any crosswind causes it to head for the weeds and no corrective action seems to pull it back, I just get the wings to rise and scrape the ground. The engine temperatures have been a major disappointment, I have found that once airborne I can close the cowl flaps and no matter what I am doing, the cylinder head temps are going to drop to very low. Oil temps seem fixed so I never touch the oil cooler. I have seen the water injection light flicker once. The constant speed propeller seems to wallow around with power changes rather than being strictly constant. Since I have not had this since the beginning I can only speculate that all this is a result of MV not keeping up with the updates to MSFS. It is fun to fly but it is well short of what I had understood it to be before purchase.

As a big fan of ww2 warbirds I really appreciate and enjoy your presentations. Thanks lots!

I would have been perfectly happy with each of your landings. You are very skilled, so a good watch and learn for me.

Happy New Year sir! What a fun revisit, I really like the Mil-Viz FG1-D and the challenges it presents. When I first loaded the bird two years ago I could barely get it off the ground. Now it is quite enjoyable after the update although, there a few things I would love to see addressed in a possible future update. Nice job with your landings on T&G's. For this A/C I always do a wheel landing which I use after reviewing real world pilot procedures when they fly these old-time beasts and flying the A2A P-51D. On roll-out I almost always get a wing drop and drag as soon as the airplane settles back on the tail wheel. I will work on flap settings and more of a three-point attitude for flare and landing as this seems to be a good solution. My biggest gripe with the FG1-D is the sounds of the R-2800 are lovely in flight but the start-up sounds are pretty subdued and don't seem accurate. I also notice the CHT always drops way down when I start to close the cowl flaps up. This is at climb MP and seems off too. There also does not seem to be a real model for a constant speed prop. Of course, I have never flow a real Corsair and maybe these things are modeled accurately. Great review as always and thanks for taking the old "Ensign Eliminator" out for a spin. Wishing you the best for 2023!

Another Spot on Video Thank You

Great job as always! The last landing was great, especially considering you hadn't flown it in a while. The Corsair is my absolute favorite in MSFS, and certainly quite a handful on landing. I thought I finally was consistent with it after about 10 landings, did a video with it and messed up the landing completely...oh well. I hope Milviz/Blackbird will still bring the Skyraider to MSFS, their quality is top notch.

You are the greatest Corsair sim pilot in history! Bravo. Nobody I know can get a decent landing in this plane. Though I am getting better since you showed me it IS possible. Thank you!

I will admit I am playing this module in MSFS because I can’t wait any longer for the F4U in DCS

My favorite badass warbird!🤩

Great video, as usual. Thanks. Unique plane with the gull wings - an unmistakable profile. It's a bit of a handful, but as with everything, practise makes perfect. Pity we can't try landing it on a carrier with a pitching deck! Still amazed that Midway is so small yet holds such a strategic place. Is that default MSFS? It looks like a period version, with WW2 planes, jeeps etc.

This aircraft has always exhibited weird traits even before newer sim updates. It would be great if publishers went back and re modeled the flight models to take advantage of MSFS's newer prop/physics features etc. This one would be well worth an update.

Well done and an entertaining, well considered video as always! I fly the Corsair in the sim and must say she seems much of her ground/takeoff/landing behavior I can only imagine has it’s origin in the extremely unrealistic responsiveness all aircraft display on the ground in the sim. I would think the first thing to get right if your creating a flight sim is the way a plane handles on the way to/from being airborne. Here’s hoping MS/Asobo get their hands around ground-handling in the near future.

Awesome 😎 Captain Ted

I think the Milviz Corsair is currently my favourite aircraft in MSFS.

Great video! I just picked up this Beauty can’t wait to in the air! Should you keep the wheel locked for landings as well? 🤔

Nice video! I have the Corsair in MSFS and had already gave up on it, because its strange tendency to roll whilst taking off and landing. I'll follow the tips shown here ans see if they work.

Theres nothing better than a good old radial

Great vid as allways. Love this bird. A very wide and shallow approach. I have seen rl videos of warbirds doing a steeper and more curved approach do be able to see over the nose and have the threshold in view . Or the flightdeck. What is the best technic?

Many thanks again, just released on the console.

Hey i've been watching your videos and your reviews, this is one of my favorite aircrafts, and i love the WW2 setting, how do you get Wake Island so detailed and with all the WW2 vehicles like that? Amazing flying definatly can tell your a fellow aviator as of myself! great job!

Get a Flying Irons plane, they care about their customers and bringing updates quick if necessary !!!

hopefully the corsair will come to xbox. I would even pay double the price for the plane.

Great video. I’d love to know what you do to stop the wing drop on landing which I just don’t seem to be able to avoid, whatever I do. More practice needed I guess.

Great Video! It is interesting you do not seem to get the simulated tyre blow out effect when landing and just before coming to a stop, it veers off to the left and right and contacts a wing on the ground normally. I found waggling the ailerons left to right whilst pulling back on the stick seems to stop this for a more stable full stop. What is your advice?

On The MSFS forums the Milviz dev has confirmed a service pack is inbound for the Corsair. I bought it last night and the wing drop on take off and landing is destroying me. You made it look much easier than it is tbh.

I was one of the commenters on other videos and was pleasantly surprised to wake up to this video. Back when the WW2 carriers mod was still maintained, I had a lot of fun with the Corsair module, despite all it's flaws. Might I recommend Barakoma airfield in the Solomon Islands for most appropriate Corsair scenery? There used to be a few custom WW2 sceneries for the Solomons and a couple Barakomas, but now it looks like there is just one. While I'm sure Corsairs passed through Midway, the Solomons are where they saw most of their use as their original intent of an air-to-air fighter, so I always think Solomons when I think Corsair.

How about closing the Cowl Flaps.

how does someone figure out how to start up a plane in THIS much detail though

First?! Beautiful bird! Keep at it

Is the torque roll simulated when you apply to much power to quickly?

if only Asobo made a WW2 combat mod ...

hmmm one doesn't realy flare in a tail dragger more like what they say is to fly it unto the runway is what I have been taught

Good day. I don't always watch videos, now I'm at war. But always interesting!!! Good luck!!!

Where in fcom or qrh can i find a320f terrain escape manoeuvre? Can't find youtube videos

How do you remove the fuel tank?? Haha I’ve been trying to figure it out and can’t

I am looking to download the Simulator, and am wondering: - Does the Corsair automatically come with the game, or is it a DLC? - I'm using an unclassified, archived version of the Bureau of Aeronautics' flight/operation manual. Will this work? (Issued 1945)

In real life you no longer had to hear the Ensigns complain about this birds handling because they eliminated themselves, lol. Here in 2023 we get to hear the whining about the handling ad nauseum, lol.

Wing drop due to torque?