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That sounds like a pretty good average (like 600 MB/s which is like half of the theoretical throughput) with no slowdowns, I stand corrected then. My pessimistic stance was based on some aluminum USB enclosure sourced from ali with a terrible HDD controller which would periodically get overwhelmed and then the transfer speed would just go down to a zero for a while.

The main limiting factor here is more likely the quality of the external enclosure and its USB controller. Usually those are on the cheaper end which gets overwhelmed quickly, so yeah, a spare slot on the mainboard or perhaps even better a PCI-E card with an NVME slot would be much faster here (in which case the OP could use the old SSD for other stuff/games).

Though no updates since.. IIRC, they said they will only support Winwing grips (I guess aiming at those with shaker modules installed) because they will offset non-flight related effects to it (like cannon fire, etc.). I guess that makes it less flexible than Moza and other FFB solutions since I'd like to be able to reuse my TM grips.

And the C category is probably because it uses LPRF Pulse mode to keep target in track as the HPRF PD mode might lose track when the target turns to the side or to run away. More modern PD radars would use MPRF here.

Perhaps because AWG-9 uses Pulse (LPRF) at closer ranges? It has no MPRF modes, IIRC.

'Dummy' is perhaps a Standby mode and in this mode it can be triggered by other systems to do the ranging?

From what I can tell, this is basically what ED have been saying based on the Polish SPO-15LM technical documents - there is a blanking circuit which is supposed to block SPO-15LM receiving transmissions while its radar is transmitting (to prevent spillover). But, because it doesn't support all the frequencies used by the MiG-29 radar (and I guess Su-27), the SPO-15LM remains on and generates wrong information based on the spillover. So, to get a clear picture of the frontal hemisphere, you need to manually switch the radar off for 5-10 seconds to remove these false readings.

Could be something related to the motherboard and USB ports, I see people had some issues with it. Did you check if there's newer firmware available? I'm running mine on a B550 mainboard (still on W10), don't remember the power available for the USB hub, I got some smaller one and a bunch of short USB cables and I taped in on the MT desktop mount so I only need to plug a single USB cable and the power supply to it when I mount it. Connecting like 10 cables each time was killing me.

Did you try using a quality powered (12V) USB hub to connect the MIP through it?

Oh, do you have a link to such a diagram? I've skimmed through the pilot's manual and on the throttle diagram I've seen, I didn't notice it, but it wasn't a diagram explaining the throttle controls.

There's a diagram of the throttle the F-14D Flight Manual which seems to be publicly available. Yes, the new stick hat is the weapon selector switch and I don't see any TD controls added to the throttle. It has only two buttons on the front side not seen on this image, nothing else IIRC. I would presume the radar manipulation mentioned in the video would be limited to what's available on the MFD controls when the radar picture is shown.

The main reason for the chosen name was to distinguish it from the existing FC MiG-29 which is called "MiG-29" already, while the FF module is called "MiG-29A Fulcrum-A". Since they added "Fulcrum-A", they could have just called it "MiG-29 Fulcrum-A", I guess.

Flanker has two dedicated spots under the wings where 2 R-27T/ET missiles are usually carried (though, R/ERs can be carried there as well) and the fuselage stations can carry R/ER variants only. So, the text is not really describing a case where a mixed seeker load on the same set of pylons is possible.

Interesting. I'm using the WinWing MFDs as well so I'm wondering if it's possible to export the SPO-15 to an MFD in this way, too?

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough - I don't want to negate it; it's much preferred to a toggle button as I can use a suitable control on the throttle and tell physically by it's position if it's out or not. I guess an illustration of the controls in the manual would help; the way it is now, I saw the flaps illustration and moved on.