Tormox

Moreover, I think that more Petrovich (and George) updates should be expected, I recall plans about them helping during startup and ground checks. A Tomcat-style assisted startup that goes through checklist and system checks would be amazing.

I would like that as well but, according to people who have worked on real Vipers, this is the cockpit state a pilot would find when climbing into the cockpit, as the ground personnell has already run the preflight checks and setup. You can look for those threads for a more detailed explanation. Having said that, I would like the option to have those switches set to OFF as well but I am not very knowledgeable about how to do it.

Another point worth considering is the force applied to the control stick by the seat rocket motor firing. It is just an educated guess, but on the basis of how cockpits are arranged I would not consider impossible that, upon pilot ejection, the seat rocket fires and the deriving blast pushes the stick forward, hence determining the aircraft to pitch down (provided the FLCS still works)

Makes sense, it is just how racks work. Then, out of curiosity, should also the Maverick jettison work the same way? Following this logic it should. I am not sure whether jettisoning a Maverick without the rack should ignite the motor or not and what is the current behavior in DCS

Actually VIP and VRP have been available for some time, but never got officially mentioned as released in the patch notes. It is quite odd indeed to have them half-functional and quite bugged, I would personally wait for the official completion on their implementation before using them

Appearently they are not the same thing. According to the GR1F-16CJ-34-1-1, VSR and LRS are two different submodes. Whereas VSR interleaves PRF and scans for target according to velocity, LRS is defined basically as a long-range optimization of RWS, so that all controls and symbology are the same. If you have the manual, you can check that they appear not to be the same submode.

For realism and immersion, it would be nice to have the remaining unclickable switches (i.e. AVTR Selector, Video Recorder Switch, Nuclear Consent and Harness Lock Lever) animated and completed with sounds. It would also be coherent with the choice of animating other non-functional switches (e.g. AB MAX, TFR ADV etc.) in the Viper, plus their equivalent is already animated in the Hornet despite being purely cosmetic and not needed for aircraft operation. The ECM control switches are clearly not included in this list as they will be implemented alongside jammer pods.

According to manuals, the AN/APG-68v5 should include a radar sub-mode called Long Range Search (LRS) which offers the same symbology and functions as RWS but it should be optimized for long range target detection. If confirmed to be applicable to the modeled Viper, it would furtherly deepen the simulation of the F-16's radar.

* Tested in the Caucasus Map, SP mode * The backup AA/AG mode selection logic through the DED and UFC appears to be inverted. According both to the Viper early access manual and to the -34, pressing M-SEL on the DED MODE page should activate the displayed mode (e.g. pressing M-SEL when AA mode is displayed should make the jet enter AA mode). Currently this behavior appears to be inverted, both on the ground and in the air. As you can see from the track, pressing M-SEL with AA mode displayed brings up the AG mode and vice versa. DED MODE Logic Inverted.trk