CF104

So in essence, one shouldn't add anything into this container as it's maxed out weight wise already. This sounds like an issue that ED should fix. There's no standard air shipping container that would weigh this much empty. Cheers, John

Hello, Just did a check of the fuel dump system and found that the main tanks are dumping too much fuel. They stopped dumping at 1520 lbs whereas they should stop with 2180 lbs in each main tank. Short track attached. Cheers, John C-130J Fuel Dump.trk

Just curious as to why an empty container weighs 8,818 lbs? That's pretty much the max weight the floor can handle at any given position. An empty container should weigh no more than 500 lbs. Cheers, John

I worked on the E and H models for 10 years and their flap gauges and levers were in percentage and not degrees. According to the manuals I have, the flap control system on the J is essentially the same as the H and not FBW. The flap lever is connected directly to the flap control unit via cables and the control unit has microswitches that command the flap control valve to port utility system pressure to the flap motor to raise or lower the flaps. The only major difference on the J flap system is the addition of the flaps 50 elevator trim reset system. This system was developed as part of the civilian certificate for the L-100 and was required on the J to meet civilian certification requirements. Cheers, John

This is going back a while but when I took my C-130H/L-100 run/taxi training at Lockheed, 3 nights out of the 10 day course were spent in a CAE Level D sim at Flight Safety International in Marietta GA. The last night was spent getting some actual flying time on the sim. Since I had some previous flight training, the C-130 sim was a pleasure to fly. It did need some rudder in tight maneuvers but in close on landings it felt rock solid. I don't recall it having any wallowing/wandering tendencies quite like what's modelled in sim at the moment. Cheers, John

Just adding a screenshot and a photo to show the Slip/Skid Indicator in sim and what it should look like. In sim it's nearly black and IRL it's a white ball. Ray tracing on or off doesn't make a difference. The Slip/Skid Indicator on HDD 1 and 4 should function exactly the same as on the HUDs. Cheers, John

The C-130J was never designed or built with RATO support. Cheers, John

It would be nice to have the option to refuel tanks individually. I only say this as when I worked heavy maintenance on the CC-130E/H, we used a test flight load of 7, 6, 4, 1 which was 7k in mains 1/4, 6k in mains 2/3, 4k in both aux tanks and 1k in both external tanks for a load of 36k total fuel. As currently modelled, this can't be done using the percentage slider. Cheers, John

Refueling using the Rearm & Refuel menu while in game takes forever. Can this be sped up? Cheers, John

When dumping fuel it would be great to have the fuel vapor trails from the applicable dump mast. Cheers, John

The Allison powered C-130 didn't have pitch levers. It was a constant speed engine/prop configuration with automatic pitch control. They had Power Levers and Condition Levers. The Condition Lever had only 4 positions. Stop, Run, Feather and Feather Pump. No pitch control other than for ground maintenance and preflight checks. Cheers, John (10 year Herc Mechanic)

Ground idle is in the beta range. Anything below flight idle is beta range, including reverse, and everything from flight idle and above is alpha range. Regards, John

I understand that this is the J but I used to work on the C-130E/H and they have a physical detent between Ground Idle and reverse range. It's not a lift/drop style detent like the flight idle gate but is a roller detent to keep you in the ground idle blade angle range of 5 to 6.5 degrees for engine starting and minimal forward thrust. Curious if the J has the same physical ground idle detent? I feel the way it's currently modelled is very clumsy and not intuitive with how the majority of throttle controllers work. Until controllers have a ground idle detent, this free-range beta range doesn't feel right at all. A simple single key to switch between ground idle and reverse thrust would be an ideal compromise. Real world realism - no. Functional - yes. I use this with turbo-props in other sims and have no problem switching back and forth between ground idle and reverse in the beta range for taxiing. Cheers, John

Thank you very much for the quick tutorial. I'll work on getting these liveries working on my end. Cheers, John

Are you doing the G warm-up before doing these maneuvers? And the G warm-up benefits fade over time if you don't pull G's regularly after them. Regards, John

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.