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Thanks, yep..the real thing sounds about wright... In DCS the lower pitch and longer sound is what i meant. It can't be the JFS because that would be way to early in the startup cycle. Also the green RUN light remains on during the winddown sound. So the JFS is still running. Thanks for the reply

Hello, So, does nobody hear the sound i'm hearing ??. To be more clear, it is not a complete winddown i hear, but after throttle to idle, in between about 40 to 55 % rpm, for a few seconds I hear the engine winding to a lower RPM. After that 55% that the engine sounds normal again.

WindDownSound.trk The winddown sound is most obvious between 40 and 55 % RPM. @Lace: JFS runlight is still on, so thats not the cause, and IRL that is very differend an abrupt sound. Regards

After placing the throttle in idle during startup, there is the sound of engine winding down for a moment. The rpm indication is increasing but the sound is of an engine decreasing in rpm.

Thanks for the Answer I wil have to look it up, .. I was a F16 technical Instructor (Dutch MLU), and a Flight Engineer on the Dutch P3C Orion. It was definately a fact that the Gearhandle light indicated the situation that the Gear is not in the position commanded by the Gearhandle. The Gear Handle light not On when selected down, would be very strange in any Aircraft with a Landing Gear System, and would have no useful purpose. Maybe some real life pilots could step in and conferm this. But i will deliver documentation if i find it. Regards

When the gearhandle is selected to the down position, the red light in the handle should come on immidiately. In DCS It takes a few seconds before the light comes on after the handel is selected Down (this is not Correct). The handle light should come on immidiate and anytime the gearhandle is not in the same position that the gear itself is in. So: - When the landing gear is UP and locked AND the handle is NOT in the Up position...The Handle light should be ON. - When the landing gear is DOWN and locked AND the handle is NOT in the DOWN position...The Handle light should be ON. - When the landing gear is in an intermidiate position between down and locked and Up and locked, like during travel .The Handle light should be ON until the gear has reached the same position as the Gearhandel. Only the Gear down selection gives an incorrect (Late) Light activation in DCS. I have reported this a loooooong time ago, should be easy to fix i thought. Hope it will be fixed soon. Regards

Okay tried it several times. Bat On,Inverter On, regulator supply lever On as per default. This time it worked okay, but after a few more presses on the test button it kept spinning again. The animation of the testbutton shows pressed in when i Click on it and releases as i should all the time, but once in a while it seems that the function of the button reverses. so then, if i press it when it is spinning , the needle returns to zero. very strange. Made no track yet, because it is so random. Ah well i can live with it , maybe someone will recognize the bug also later on and make a clearer discription of it. Regards, and thanks for the replies

I see that the the button poppes back after releasing it, so there should be no conflict.. And the only happens if the green supply lever of the regulator is On. I'll check it again and make a track file.. I'll get back on it..

When pushing the O2 test button, the needle rotates to and through Empty as it should. But when releasing the switch, the needle keeps rotating to the left and the caution light remains going on and off. I noticed that it only shows this fault when the Oxygen regulator supply lever is on. When the Oxygen regulator is OFF, and the restbutton is then pushed and released..it operates normally. Regards

Is there any information about the faulty Airspeed indication of the Chinook? It is a Basic but very important aircraft function i think. Why does it take so long to fix it ? Would be great if the Dev's could tell that they acknolege the bug and gave the reason for the delay of fixing it. Regards

Nice..

It does to me, and others. Regards.

Thanks for the conformation. Regards

At the moment the Corsair trimtabs push the rudder and aileron into the wrong direction. Elevator trim is Okay. Thats why I started this as a Bug. Regards

For what it's worth. My experience with the flight model after a few flights is good. I definately needed curves of about 30 on all three axis, but now it feels convincing. The torque effect of the prop is a bit snappy with throttle I find. You would expect it to be more lagging, but...im not a corsair pilot. Now i'm learning to anticipate with rudder, I got it under control ..mostly. The aircraft is a hand and feet full, but as I understand it, that was the case in real life. I surely hope that realism of the flightprofile remains the goal and there is no tuning down to make it unrealisicly easy. Great first release, great machine. Regards

Concur Thanks.

Nope, the servo tab movement seems to be okay. When the ailorons deflect they visually assist in the movement an would reduce the force needed on the control stick. Seems allwright to me. But the trimtabs movement is wrong. John

With Rudder Trimmed left, the Rudder Trimtab should deflect to the Right, In the Sim. it deflects to the Left. With Aileron Trimmed Left The trimtap on the Left Aileron Should deflect Down, In the Sim. it deflects Up. The Response of the Aircraft when trimmed , is Correct. Regards.

Why not. I cant find any explanation of the mechanics connecting the Ailerons with the control stick. So that is why i'm interested. At the moment I'm puzzled . Can you give me a hind.. Grazias.. John

With folded wings, the Ailerons are movable, with input from stick. I thought the mecanical connection is only made with the wings spread. I could be wrong though.. Regards

Okay "Ironhand", thanks for the link to "contrails not moving" from 777coletrain. That link gives a far more clear and correct discription of the bug. The discripion of the bug in that link is mentioned to the team, by "bignewy". Hope it can be fixed in the close future. Regards

I did post about this bug about 10 years ago (and a rescent one in "clouds and weather"), but your observation and explanation is better. I first thought that the Smoke and contrails were blown away by a sidewind relative to the Aircraft, but after your post I dubbel checked and you are Correct. The contrails and smoke are not effected by the moving Air volume after leaving the tailpipe as they should. Would be great to hear from the Dev's on this and what their conclusion is. regards

Just my way of trying to be extra clear about what i mean this time. I was amazed that this bug is still present after i posted, and discussed this more then 10 years ago ! It should be high on the list of correct basic flight simulation in my opinion. It isn't. It is not realistically simulated at the moment ! You are speaking for the entire DCS Community it seems, but I am just trying to help this (Almost) Perfect Flightsim become better by delivering my personal Input. Then again, my text was a bit to loud, I agree (did adjust it). Regards. # Ironhand: Thanks, I will look in to that post too

Wow, if it is true that airframes experiance sideslip effects, when there is no sideslip, there is a big problem with the calculations for flight simulation in DCS. I was hoping that it are just the grafics of smoke en contrails that are faulty. I hope that the Dev' wil react on this!?

I had this gripe a long time ago, and i thought it was solved but it sadly is not ! Situation: -Flight F16, 24000Ft, 300kts, Heading 360, with Cond trail , wind was 30kts/090. and NO Sideslip !! -External view, looking from the nose to the tail, exactly alligned with the longitudinal direction of the Airplane. Observation Contrail Direction: -The contrail is NOT in a straight line into the longitudinal axis of the airplane as it should, but it is in an angle as if the Aircraft is in a sideslip It seems that the contrail is not traveling sideways with the Aircraft in the volume of air after leaving the tailpipe. In short: flying wings-level, with no sideslip, the contrail is angeling sideways when it should be straight allong the longitudinal axis of the Aircaft. Hope it will be Fixed because it is strange to see smoke or contrails leaving the aircraft in an angle. because of this, It looks like Aircrafts in DCS are in a constant sideslip while they are not. Regards.