Schwokol

Nice catch. Seems the engine simulation needs some work, but i’m sure they’ll iron it out. The F-14 has remarkably realistic engine modeling. Its spool-up time is fast, but not instantaneous; you can jockey your throttles to full mil and it will still take a couple of seconds for the RPM to react and stabilize

Yeah there definitely seems to be a discrepancy. Honestly, if this issue and the engine modeling get ironed out, the module will be pretty much perfect.

+1 I also noticed that

Ah gotcha

You would expect to see an EGT decrease once the engine reaches idle. The problem is that EGT remains static at 450C throughout the whole start sequence. We should see the EGT rapidly rise once fuel is introduced, peak, and then gradually decrease as RPM increases.

So far, I am extremely impressed with Heatblur's rendition of the Phantom. However, (I know this might sound nitpick-y) the realism of engine simulations is always important to me and is vital in providing an immersive simulation. There are a couple of quirks I noticed about the J79 modeling that I hope Heatblur can clarify. During startup, EGT immediately climbs to and stays at 450C, regardless of RPM and fuel flow. I am almost certain this behavior is incorrect. EGT should rise as FF and RPM initially increase, peak at a certain value (depending mostly on ambient conditions), and fall once RPM is high enough to provide sufficient cooling air. Second, the RPM throttle response time is unusually fast for a gas turbine engine. I have listened closely to a few real-life F4 demo videos, and I do recognize that the engines spool quite quickly. However, the J79s in DCS can spool from 65% to 100% in about half a second.

Hello, I was curious about the variants of the sidewinders and sparrows which will be represented and available for the F-4E. Which variants will we see, and how well will they perform in the sim? I have seen documentaries on the F-4 that claimed the sparrow performance in Vietnam was poor enough to gain it a 1-in-10 success ratio. This did refer to early-war Navy F-4Bs, so they were certainly using early models of A/A missiles. How effective can we expect our DCS F-4E A/A missiles to be?