CF104

Just curious on how you got the livery made for the VSN F-104G to work with the F-104C? Cheers, John

Thanks for the great mod. I would like to know where I can post any observations regarding the F-104C mod? The RPM gauge is totally wrong in regards to the small dial operation. In sim it is rotating one full revolution for every 1% RPM. IRL, one full rotation of the small dial is equal to 10% RPM. Regards, John

Already been reported. Cheers, John

I have not gone off-topic. You’re just determining that the information in the topic I linked is conflicting with your statements on the flap control panel and flap positions. There’s sufficient information here and in that topic that states both the DOWN buttons do the same thing. It’s either flaps UP or flaps DOWN. If you disagree with that, then we can agree to disagree and move on but don’t slag me off as going off-topic. Regards, John

Yes I did! Did you do the same for mine?

In real life, the Mig-29 only has 2 flap positions. Up and Down. See this other thread where it explains why the flap selector panel has an UP and 2 Down switches.

I've experienced the same in the Instant Action, cold and dark flight. Regards, John

I feel that what people are saying is that the aileron trim is too coarse. I have found that even with manually setting the aileron trim to the neutral position, I get a roll in either direction in flight. That in itself is okay but I can't adjust the aileron trim in flight to prevent any roll-off to either side. When I use the trim reset, the aileron trim is in perfect neutral with no roll-off. I feel that the aileron trim requires a bit more granularity to be able to properly trim wings level manually. Regards, John

No they don't. See the following for a description of the proper operation.

The fix has been posted by NineLine in this thread. Set the Avionics language to English.

Not a bug. It's part of the TAS Indicator. See Page 21 in the Flight Manual. It's in the Mods folder. x:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\MiG-29-Fulcrum\Doc Regards, John

ED seems to be stuck on tagging gear problems with "over-speeding gear" "not a bug". The real jet has a gear operation limit of 370 KIAS so i doubt that's the case. This is an indication of how robust this landing gear is IRL. Regards, John

Just to confirm I didn't overspeed the gear, I flew a test flight using the Mig-29G numbers. I retracted and extended the gear at several KIAS points up to and including 400 KIAS. The gear didn't fail at all which tells me the development team has the correct 370 KIAS gear operation speeds modelled. Track attached. Regardless of the above, the gear is too weak on the ground as currently modelled. And please remove the "overspeeding gear" tag as it doesn't reflect what I'm reporting. Regards, John Mig-29 gear speeds.trk

I did post that I had an excursion off the taxiway which caused the initial issue. Thus I replicated it on the tracks. The landing gear should be able to withstand unprepared surfaces. On track "Mig-29 gear damage", the left main gear already indicated unsafe after taxiing on the unprepared surface. I did not overspeed the landing gear on takeoff. The max indicated airspeed I reached was 290 KIAS with the gear retraction initiated well below 200 KIAS. The ED supplied flight manual has no reference to landing gear operation airspeeds. According to the German Air Force Mig-29G (Mig-29A to NATO standard) approved flight manual (GAF T.O. 1F-MIG29-1), the landing gear operation maximum speed is 370 KIAS. I didn't come near that speed. Regards, John

I see this has been marked as "correct as-is". I have attached 2 track files and will respectfully disagree with the assessment. In both tracks the gear didn't collapse but I was unable to retract them successfully. I also noticed that this has been tagged as "VVI to(sp) great". This was not due to high sink rate on landing but on taxi out from parking. The Mig-29A has very robust landing gear and should be able to take short excursions from paved surfaces without causing damage to the gear. Although this is a video of Mig-21's operating from a grass field, the principle is the same. Regards, John Mig-29 gear damage-2.trk Mig-29 gear damage.trk