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Perhaps in real life it's unlikely, but in DCS missiles fly like well aimed rifle bullets when they go dumb and from a single -ping- of the radar get your exact height, speed, course and best intercept point with regard to prevailing meteorological conditions All I'm saying is when you kill a Tomcat, be sure to change heading some, in this game

unlike the AIM-120, the AIM-54 must be ordered to go active by the launching aircraft. If the F-14 is destroyed while an AIM-54 is on the way, the missile will just fly its ballistic path until it times out or hits something. What I am saying is that if you are fired upon, fly straight and level, and kill the Tomcat/the Tomcat dies before it orders the missile to go active...you may still be struck by a completely blind AIM-54 on a ballistic path, because it was already on an intercept course...in my experience with DCS. What I have heard is that some semi-active R-27s were designed to also be able to strike non-maneuvering targets, with only intermittent updates from the launching aircraft.

in my experience the AIM-54's midcourse guidance is good enough that it will hit you or get close enough to proxy fuze even if the launching f-14 is destroyed, if you don't maneuver. IIRC some variant of R-27 was actually designed to do this

Oh, I don't eject it, I open while flying if the jet will allow it. Not helpful from the ground I know but just throwing it in there

It's part of my landing checklist in some aircraft to pop the canopy off my airplane just to make sure the ground crew will see something to repair in case I blow a tire etc

occam's razor says you are hitting the button to shut down and not realizing it

as i understand things you should always get a warning when F-14 launches phoenix on you, even in TWS. the radar signal changes enough that a (good) RWR should be able to tell, with additional injected signals in the radar. but I could be wrong

it should work this way WITHOUT the AP engaged such is the very purpose of the Control Aug System and Pitch Trim Comp

must be a windows 10 feature I don't see that option

man I have set my deadzones to 95 and the autopilot will still drift considerably over time, ED swears there is nothing wrong with it but I am certain the game is looking at the input BEFORE deadzone when it comes to certain functions

You're right, it's an F-15B/D with reinforced structure. Just because they rarely fly without them doesn't mean they're "not really removable"

semi-legitimate wild-ass guess... environmental control system aircon overpressure relief automatic

Based on my testing, in the F-15C stores drag seems to not care which station a missile is mounted on. Fuselage stations should have less drag than wing stations with associated pylon but when I check to see maximum speed on mil thrust at 26k feet it is identical no matter where you put 4 AMRAAMs

your post seems to be regarding runway length, if you mentioned parking area I missed it

That makes sense. a landing aircraft ties up a runway for a long time compared to a bird on the ground which can be instructed to wait short of a runway or wait on a runway

The F-15E is almost always carrying conformal tanks. Any experience they have maneuvering against one is unlikely to be against a clean one

F-15A also had more temperamental engines ala F-14A although I don't think they were as mercurial to the same degree. Allegedly the best turning airframe is the F-15E without conformal tanks due to the 229 engines in spite of the extra ~3700lbs over the C and ~4700lbs over the A.

It's not off topic if the topic is "Early models of the 4th gen jets we already have" and you have your own bizarre distinction of what generations are

that's what you would expect but certainly not how the thread looks

The biggest conventional distinction between 3rd and 4th gen fighters is in design maneuverability: Phantom -> Eagle, Flagon -> Flanker, Mirage III -> Mirage 2000, etc. Fly by wire can be part of that equation but it is only the means to the end, not the end itself. Same with composites to lighten the airframe and so on. In other words, just my opinion but you are putting the cart before the horse and I think you are very much on your own regarding obvious 4th gen fighters like the F-15 and Mig-29 as 3rd gen, they would slaughter any 3rd gen fighter in maneuvering combat quite handily

Pretty interesting you don't consider the Tomcat, F-15, or Mig-29 4th gen by those combined criteria

In the F-15 I find the Fulcrum and Viper the hardest to deal with, often thankful I can run them out of gas if start on full internal fuel

The problem/confusion is that OP is taking off from 03L and landing on 21L but calling them both 21L in the first post.

after all, it's only been 17 years and counting, what's another 10