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There is a hidden message embedded on the canopy bow that reveals the date. It reads “Enclosure RELEASE”, that’s just a distraction. There is a definite coded message superimposed. All of you cryptographers out there, get to work on it.
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They used plotting boards, with dead reckoning based on course, drift, speed and time flown and the ship’s point of intended motion. You’ll see pictures of pilots holding their boards, which slid into the instrument panel. No F10 view with a working plotting board with Hayrake as a backup (that didn’t always function, battel damage, 1940’s electronics) would be awesome.
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300 knots at 32000 feet is around .82 Mach. Indicated airspeed decreases with altitude, but you are still making 480 knots true airspeed. What’s the load out on that mission? If it includes 2 or 4 PH plus SP SW and Tanks with a heavy fuel load, then that sounds about right at mil power. If you let it accelerate, it should get up to around .92 though.
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You boys are obviously not wearing your proper fitted helmets. Where is your sacrosanct sim jockey sense of “immersion”?
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[NO BUG] Some problems F14b’s carrier landing behavior is weird
Hayrake YE-ZB replied to Ddg1500's topic in Bugs and Problems
RPM isn’t an absolute parameter that can be used to measure thrust output between different engine models/configurations. Each engine type, installation, aircraft configuration, load out, temperature, altitude, aircraft weight, etc will be different. -
Are you familiar with the “bug on the windshield” concept? If the desired touchdown point is rising relative to a fixed point on the windscreen (you want that “bug splatter” to be 3 degrees below the real horizon) then you’re trending short, if the TDP is descending in your windshield then you’ll be long. It really is that simple. Flying a plane without a HUD or in a mode without the FPM is a good way to get better at it.
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That’s because the MCB system is working and preventing engine stalls. Turn it off, and you’ll get the same lethal engine problems that the TF30 P-412A had in the early Cats, after HB spends resources modeling it. Fly the B if you want more thrust. The GE motors in the A+/B was the Navy’s solution, yours is going backwards.
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That’s a solution worth exploring. There is something strange about using a noise cancelling headset to attenuate artificially generated noise though!
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Physically scanned radars do thump (it’s felt, not heard) when they reach the end of their limits. Pilots could tell some of the modes and scan volumes by the seat of the pants. The “Whooshing” discussion is razzing people for demanding realism, then complaining when they get it. The F15E video Rainmaker put up shows that the cockpit is extremely loud. Doesn’t bother me, seems pretty mild compared to the video, especially using “Hear like in Helmet” and adjusting the sliders. Everyone’s hearing is different too. Young players might hear higher tones that make it seem worse than more “seasoned pilots”.
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The reaction always seems to be spring loaded to complaining instead of assuming that the developer did their homework and using SME input, got the feature correct. Cockpits are loud, the assumption in tactical jets is that helmets and earplugs can be worn if necessary. Even airliners are loud at cruise speeds. I recorded the noise level in a 757 at .82 Mach at 85db, the 737 is well above that. The good news is that loud ECS’s usually mean that even with a huge heat soaking canopy, the cockpit cools well. Maybe Razbam could add an option- “Hear like in Helmet - Hear like in Helmet Wearing Earplugs”.
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Be careful not to unload too much into negative G, you’ll have beer all over your computer room! I get the sense that most sim players place ease of use over realism. They say that they want realism, and complain about “immersion”, until something is too hard. Developers don’t want an arcade product, but they also don’t want to make their product too frustrating, even if that’s the way it was in real life, or their module won’t sell. I bet Razbam caves and provides a slider, even though cockpit noise is part of the F15E pilot’s experience and is proper “immersion”.
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I appreciate your confession.
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I’m sure he and his next of kin would get a chuckle over a ground pounding stranger making fun of his name. Most bases are named after Veterans who paid the ultimate price while serving, or distinguished themselves by achievements unrivaled by anyone in these forums.
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Often painted wrong by people who have never flown, which is understandable to a degree. They tend to be unfamiliar with the basics variables of flight. The other aspect is the expectation that everything works perfectly. Radars always paint every target, RWR always detect and depict every threat perfectly, missiles always work, and so on. The players who want to learn and are having a blast doing it make it worthwhile.
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They “demand” realism, but they don’t really mean it. Not if it’s annoying, difficult or bothersome.
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Agree, it’s more like high drag “transonic cruise”, eating fuel. Super cruise should be above transonic speeds, like more than 1.2, where drag decreases. What is the official definition of super cruise?
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Really? How does your résumé look in comparison? “Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., is named in honor of Navy Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, a Goldsboro native who died in an airplane crash near Norbeck, Md., on March 5, 1941. Lieutenant Johnson was born in Goldsboro on Feb. 15, 1904, and was the son of Dr. John N. and Lilly Johnson of Goldsboro. He graduated from Goldsboro High School in 1920 and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for three years before entering the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. After graduating from the academy, Lieutenant Johnson was commissioned as an ensign and entered flight training at Pensacola, Fla. He received his pilot wings in 1929. After completing flight training, he served as a pilot aboard battleships and aircraft carriers. In 1937 he volunteered for duty as a test pilot, an assignment usually lasting two years. He was assigned to Anacostia Naval Air Station beginning in 1938 and served as a test pilot until his final mission on March 5, 1941. Lieutenant Johnson reported that he was at 43,000 feet and was getting low on oxygen. His Grumman F4F-3 fighter plane crashed near Norbeck, Md., and his death was attributed to a lack of oxygen at high altitude. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. The lieutenant had more than 4,000 hours in a variety of Naval and Grumman Aircraft Corporation aircraft. He had been selected for promotion to commander in June 1941. In August 1940 the War Department designated the airport near Goldsboro as essential to national defense. In December 1940, $168,811 was authorized for the construction of a U.S. Army Air Corps Technical Training School. Local officials began working to have the field named in honor of Lieutenant Johnson. The name became official on Oct. 30, 1942, when Congressman Graham H. Barden informed the Goldsboro News-Argus that "the Army Air Forces Technical Training School in Goldsboro had been named Seymour Johnson Field." Note: Seymour Johnson is the only Air Force base named in honor of a naval officer.” https://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Lt-Seymour-A-Johnson/
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“Be Afraid of the Dark” eBook is Part One only?
Hayrake YE-ZB replied to Hayrake YE-ZB's topic in Bugs and Problems
Let me open it in a different pdf reader on a computer. I’ve only looked at it on a tablet. Appreciate the heads up on the naming and size! -
The pdf file “BE AFRAID OF THE DARK“ in the F15E>Mods>Doc folder in my early access install is dated 6/22/2023, shows ‘Part 1” only, is 76 pages long, and is 83,313 in size. Wasn’t the full ebook supposed to be included with the EA release? The Flight Manual is there as well, v1.4.
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F-4E Phantom Development Report - DCS Newsletter 31/03/2023
Hayrake YE-ZB replied to IronMike's topic in DCS: F-4E Phantom
In other words, all or your “problems” in life are minuscule. Better study up, there won’t be any slack on your tests! -
F-4E Phantom Development Report - DCS Newsletter 31/03/2023
Hayrake YE-ZB replied to IronMike's topic in DCS: F-4E Phantom
Why are you all so upset? We’re getting even more time to study our manuals and memorize our procedures. I’ll be ready to pass my checkride on the first day. The rest of you miserable moping merminoids will be re-taking written tests and rescheduling after flunking your orals while I’m zooming around over your heads, spewing thick, rich black exhaust all over your vehicles. -
Don’t unclassified radars show up as “Air Intercept”?
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investigating Wrong scale of churches and factory chimneys?
Hayrake YE-ZB replied to lwalter's topic in Bugs & Problems
Safe to say that they are cathedrals, not merely churches too. Using the office buildings for scale, the smoke stacks depicted in the photos posted above appear to be in the 100-120 foot range. A bit shorter than on the map. While hovering and landing next to the factories to check the stack heights, I was impressed by the detail included on the maps. Wheel barrows, discarded drums, old tractors. Nice touch. -
investigating Wrong scale of churches and factory chimneys?
Hayrake YE-ZB replied to lwalter's topic in Bugs & Problems
FWIW, on Normandy 2, the tallest stacks are 330 AGL and the mediums are 220 feet AGL. The Tour Eiffel is 1050 to the tip of the radio mast. Also agree on the church scale, it’s most evident out in the distance in the countryside. Must have taken a lot of tithing to build those monsters! -
investigating Wrong scale of churches and factory chimneys?
Hayrake YE-ZB replied to lwalter's topic in Bugs & Problems
Smokestacks of all factories, regardless of location (ie, it’s the same in Paris and London) are too tall and look cartoonish in comparison to the rest of the scenery. Looking at photos of the early to mid 1940’s doesn’t reveal any stacks of that scale. The Channel Map, in the same locations, depict the stacks to a much smaller scale. The chimney’s in Normandy 2.0 look like they were designed to deter strafing attacks, sort of like barrage balloons. If there are images to corroborate stacks that are hundreds of feet tall (next time I fly I’ll measure) I’d like to see them.