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Slightly better on the ground, but after I looked up the cockpit glitch and finally got in the air for the first time in the update, I was promptly destroyed after I drop to 5fps in a dogfight with a MiG-29. In better news, my i5 4690k came in the mail today, so hopefully after tomorrow that won't happen for a long while. The 'ole Phenom II has been struggling pretty hard lately

Landed with 100L of fuel earlier today at 300kph and 3m/s... Didn't have enough fuel to taxi all the way to my parking space, but I didn't brake the gear!

It's not too difficult, just have to anticipate the launch and have a plan. Ususally if I'm locked I'll fly so the enemy is just barely in view of my radar, then if launched I'll turn away and while looking for the missile either dive down into the mountains/hills to get hidden and have the clutter help, or pull a high-G turn back into the missile if it's in sight to defeat it. A lot of people online try to shoot them at their maximum range, but the initial turn is all you would need to defeat that, just doesn't have enough energy to keep up by the time it gets to you. Short range you basically just pull hard back into the missile if it's behind you, or break away from it if coming towards you. IR missiles you have to be careful about because of the lack of launch tone, but can be defeated by a high-G turn when in close range. I'm going to do some testing to determine how many I can pull... I didn't think the R-3R would be ripped off, I knew the bombs would at around 5Gs. But the F-15 advantage is fine, they need all the advantage they can get :) EDIT: Interesting turn of events... Pulled nearly 12Gs with 4 R-3Rs loaded, none of them fell off. 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Pop'd right off.

Is there any way you guys can enable recordings for Tacview? Would love to have a good debrief when I get done flying, especially with top-notch opponents. Enjoy playing on the server

Can you drop chaff without the jammer? I know how to flare, but that's the extent of my knowledge on ECM for the MiG

Another sortie down, another frustrating end. After searching for about 30-45 minutes I finally found (got shot at by surprise) an F-15. After evading a few AMRAAMs (between 2 and 5 I believe) I got a visual on him. Maneuvering nicely behind him, I was just out of range of my R-60Ms, so I switch to locked beam on the radar, lock him up, change to pylon 1 to select an R-3R, turn to SAR mode, lock, press the release button andddddddddddddddddddd click. Nothing happens. Switch to pylon 2 to select the other, click..... nothing happens. Evidently they had been ripped off the wings while I was maneuvering. I realize they aren't there and quickly switch to IR once more, pylon 4, and pull up in order to reverse course in order to get on the 6 of the now head-on pass the F-15 and I are about to do, and as I complete the vertical roll and am rolling out on his 6 I see he erupted into flames as he lawn-darted into the side of the hill. Victory overall for me, however it didn't count as a kill for obvious reasons. What's the max G loading for the R-3Rs? I didn't think they would be ripped off at all EDIT: 109th server doesn't save Tacview, but the flight data recorder showed the max G load was 9.814242. 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Right when I was getting to feel good about myself, having a great K/D in the MiG, I decide to hop on the 104th server today... Was getting ripped apart by the skilled F-15 guys. Would dodge about 3 or 4 AMRAAMS, then have him get behind me and get nailed by an AIM-9. I would get within firing range by getting the RWR search tone from the 15 once, or seeingn the target in radar once, then turn the radar off, hit the deck, maneuver around and managed to get a love once, but had to immediately evade a missile or two. Fun stuff, but when you go up against skilled pilots you really have to improvise and come up with new tactics to use that aren't conventional. If anyone on here is up to fly with me, a wingman would make a HUGE difference. Shoot me a PM if so

lol'd at the "Every problem has been solved by flying faster in the MiG-21." Double check your pylons when you can't fire. I have had a couple times where it just flat wont work, but the stations are, from left to right, 3, 1, 2, 4. 3 is left outboard, 1 left inboard, 2 right inboard, 4 right outboard.

Correct. I will try to get a track to you

Haven't had an issue with it after checking the trim every time, it does seem that it spawns with full nose up at times however

I think that was the first issue, thanks for the info, however after I repaired they still wouldn't be back in working order.

SO rewarding getting kills on the high-tech guys. I think the last couple days I'm a grand total of 15-1 or so... Not bad considering only 3 or 4 are against anything other than a fast-mover! You really learn how to bait them in. I usually will offset the RWR to a 45* angle, wait for them to fire, then just turn 45* or so away from the missile and then crank around when I think it's out of energy until I am within striking range. The ground/mountains are your best friend though!

Everyone ready for an aerodynamics lesson?

It's kind of a misconception that the C-172 is what new pilots learn on in the military... This is incorrect. I know this from experience. I was an IFS (Introductory Flight Screening) instructor last summer. IFS is the first stop for flight students if they have never had any prior flight experience, in which they work to solo and then they're done. Absolutely NO navigation knowledge is taught in the 172 (or diamonds, warriors, Cherokees, you name it), but simply what's required by the FAA, and then how to land. Can you land a plane on the sim? If so, you're already past that stage. After IFS, students move into primary flight training in the T-6 Texan. Yes, after about 10hrs in a C-172 they move from 160hp to 1,200hp. This is where they learn all the navigation and formation flying, as well as reinforcement of ground procedures they learn for flying. THE FLYING THEY DO IS PURELY TO GAIN MECHANICAL KNOWLEDGE (MUSCLE MEMORY). Every student comes into EVERY flight knowing 100% of what they need to do, they don't do much learning inside the aircraft other than the butt feelings of it. After primary, they then go to whatever pipeline they are selected into. It's not uncommon to play with people who have been flying this sim for years. I myself have been flying this one alone for almost 4 years, as well as flying MFSX before that. You just simply cannot learn everything by yourself. Going back to the A-10C tutorial missions for example, it explains navigation thoroughly. Again, there are no airways for you to follow as well. Sure, you could make your own though. Flight regulations are nonexistent in this sim in terms of FAA general aviation regs- we're in another country entirely, as well as a combat zone. Unless you fly with former combat pilots, you won't know exactly the regs in the first place. Regarding the basics of flight, 90% of the pilots online don't know what to say when entering a traffic pattern. On top of that, military traffic patterns aren't rectangles like they are in civil aviation, but ovals. In the words of a Hornet pilot I talked to last week, "It's just how you land the jet." Flying a C-172, you will be in catch-up mode until you become knowledgeable on how to work radars, RWRs, etc. Experience in the real world is simply the number of hours you log, and to move up it's the number of hours in a specific air-frame that makes you experienced. You can't practice the things you need to be successful in a combat situation in a C-172. As long as you know how the controls work, and what happens when you manipulate the stick (or yoke in that case), you would be much better off gaining experience in the frame of your choosing. The Hawk would be more than enough for your intro needs. Absolutely, but beginner aircraft are not the way to go. Nobody is going to drop MSFS (now owned by Lockheed Martin and named Prepar3d), and pay another $50 for a C-172 module, only to then pay more for an aircraft they want. There will always be a steep learning curve no matter what you do. You're going to get shot down a lot, but with a sim it's ok. In the real world, you wouldn't have hogs taking out SAMs, ATC wouldn't just stop working, and the AWAC would always work like it's supposed to, so a lot of the unknown is gone. A C-172 I am immediately against for this sim. A T-6 would be alright because they also have the new AT-6, and I'm sure some would enjoy that, and it would also add another attack aircraft to the fleet. My advice- Join a squadron. Ask questions if you're unsure. There's a reason flight instructors are around, and it's because this is a field where you can't learn everything yourself. Tl;dr- please go back through it if you skipped over it. Good info on a lot of topics.

I understand where you guys come from, but many of the training missions are already provided to you. The A-10C has many incredible training missions that you can really learn what you're doing. Just because you implement a C-172 doesn't mean that people will actually train, they will just run into the KA-50s slower online (jk). It really just depends on the developers and community that know what they're doing to actually create training missions. Again however, the A-10 already has 99% of these, and really isn't that much harder to control than the C-172, just a little more to learn systems wise because there's not a grand total of 7 switches in the cockpit. I too am a CFI, CFII, commercial multi, and advanced ground instructor IRL, and to actually learn what you need is on par with actually getting your license, which for most is too much work. The basics will be learned for most with these current modules if, like you said, you walk before you run. I spent an entire week learning how to fly the A-10 when I first bought it years ago, then another week learning weapons before I ever did a mission. It doesn't matter too much how much experience you have in a sim, because again, you have unlimited lives. It can be more trial and error. I'm not saying it's an awful idea, but I'd rather see some shiny new fast movers or ground attack rather than planes i can fly backwards in if there's any wind at all (personal record is 12kts backwards).

The taxi/landing light will not work after you retract the gear the first time. When you deploy the gear again the lights will not illuminate.

Correct, all I see is the inverted T. I may be doing something wrong, but I don't think so. Radar on, targets not locked, the IFF panel switches on as well as the IFF on the left next to the Guncam on

If you fly a 172 sim for 4 months of course you're not going to know how to do anything in any other module. The only reason this progression exists in real life is because you only have one life to try new things, vs the sim where if something doesn't work, just try something else. You're not going to be able to learn IFR in this sim at all- there are no airways. For a military sim I believe only the like planes should be developed. Less bloating of the game for the rest of us as well. If you want to learn how to fly a 172, or T-6 then MSFS has you covered. It actually has EVERYTHING you will possibly need to learn how to do all of those things, even P2P ATC. The approaches are spot on to the runways, you can learn all about the different navigational aids, and how it all actually works. It would be too much of an overhaul for this sim. Did I mention most add-ons for MSFS are free as well?

Not for sure if this is an issue with non-MiG-21 aircraft or just a bug (haven't tried it on a friendly MiG-21), but IFF isn't working at all when pressed, aircraft was not locked, of course.

+1. Glad I searched before I asked questions. After watching tacview, I was indicated to the RWR as locked, when this would be physically impossible(in blue).

I have the track, and will dig around to find it. I should have just ended to record it for you guys, but was having too much fun online. As far as the trim bindings go, I use the same trim buttons as on every other module I use, and have never had an issue in the past, so I don't think that's it.

Every once in awhile I will spawn into the aircraft, start up as normal, taxi and takeoff only to find the aircraft pitching up very extremely. I never touched the trim before takeoff in the instances this occurred, and my solution to fix it and avoid crashing would be to pitch my yoke full forward, activate recovery mode, let it stabilize, then deactivate and the trim would be normal again. Anyone else have this issue?

I'm starting to get the hang of the MiG-21, and having successes online. Went from getting destroyed all the time to consistently getting kills (8 one match) online on various servers PvP. What's worked: Staying low, using AWAC to find enemy, keep radar off until in range (according to AWAC), turn on, pop up, strike Finding targets using radar, turn the radar off, accelerate, turn on, repeat until within firing range Slow movers you can just lock on for the most part. As far as scanning goes, I don't know how you guys do it, but I bank 45* left and right scanning the skies for targets. Don't know the best procedures for this yet, but experimenting with rates of turns to make sure I don't miss targets. Also noticing on Tacview recordings that I'm missing a lot of enemies flying well over me, so trying to change that as well. Biggest tips: Keep an eye out for contrails. Dead giveaway to enemy position. If you see one, hit the deck and intercept from below using the locked beam, locking the fighter (press lock when the beam splits in half, the it will lock normally), then fire quickly. Twice this has worked out in the last hour alone.

Just taking a shot in the dark here, but at higher speeds and with extreme angle of the wing sweep, much less aileron is needed in order to roll the aircraft. Due to this, less lift is produced, causing less induced drag. The lower the induced drag, the less rudder needed.