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I've had to remove 4 aircraft in order to make room for tomorrows download on my 250 gig Evo Plus, so: If I buy a 1000 gig to replace it, is it just a case of pulling the old one out and plugging the new one in, (sfter formatting), then downloading the full OB game? Thanks. ..

I had only just bought the F-15, so I tried a whole variety of unguided weapons on my Marianas test site, which I also use for the Harrier and soon will be the Phantom. If you know exactly where the target is, use a waypoint and Auto. If heavily defended, I stay about 30' ASL and toss from about 4.5 nm. If you don't know exactly where the target is, then it's a very fast low pop-up, identify and mark the target with CDIP. Risky if heavily defended. I never altered CBU parameters. Some things have changed since I did all this good stuff, but here is the mission you could practice with. Chinese influence has taken over Rota and Tinian. A missile defence system has been installed, tanks have arrived and fighters are due shortly, ahead of a Naval landing. Anderson Field is threatened and is under surveilance from a radar station on Rota. The air defence must be destroyed. Harrier Mariana cbu97 sa3 ..miz ..

Yes, I'll repeat its history here. History: Ordered as part of contract B980385/39, April 20, 1939. Built by Supermarine Aviation, Southampton, 1940. - Merlin III fitted. - First flight from Eastleigh, February 23, 1940. Delivered to the Royal Air Force as P9374, 1940. - 9 MU, RAF Cosford, March 2, 1940. - Transferred to 92 Sqn RAF Hornchurch, March 6, 1940. - Allocated and wore individual code letter J, but Sqn codes GR- not worn as they had yet to be applied to the airframe. - Failed to return from Op’s / Shot down and landed on beach, Calais, France, May 24, 1940. - Total flying hours = 32.05 - P/O Peter Cazenove survived and became a prisoner of war (Stalag Luft III, of Great Escape fame). Musee de l'Air, Le Bourget, France, 1981. - Airframe recovered from beach, Calais, France, September 1980. - Airframe stored. Jean Frelaut, Vannes, France, 1996. - Airframe stored. - Parts used in restoration of Seafire Mk.III PP972. Simon Marsh & Thomas Kaplan, Isle of Wight, UK, 2000. - Registered as G-MKIA, Nov. 16, 2000. - Stored, Isle of Wight, UK. - Stored, Essex, UK. Spitfire Partners LLC, March 3, 2005. - Re-registered as G-MKIA - Restoration commenced with Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford. Aug. 2007. - Fuselage constructed at Airframe Assemblies, Isle of Wight. Mark One Partners LLC, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, 2008-2013. - Re-registered as G-MKIA, August 13, 2008. - First engine runs, June 17, 2011. - First taxy trials, July 21, 2011. - First post-restoration flight, with John Romain at the controls, September 9, 2011. - Flies in the exact colours she wore when shot down on May 24, 1940. ‘P9374 / -J’. 2015. Sold to a private buyer for £3.1 million. ..

This is what I expect to see and Yo-Yo has already said that this is what will happen. The static position of the strut will look like this. The strut lowered to the position as shown. An FM to go with it. If this doesn't happen, then were wasting our time here and this thing will go on for ever. A lot of people have said they won't fly this excellent model any more, which is a shame, because the bad experience is caused by this update. ..

What a fantastic experience. Here are another 2 Spits from the same day. ..

This shows how a main wheel landing should be done, no not by me, but I wish it was. ..

DCS, Mossie landing, Biggin Hill 3 point. landing.. For my record.. v.2.9.4.53990.. ..

The tyres on a P-51 are a skinny 27 inch, (To fit inside a thin wing) at 45psi and the Mossie a fat 16 inch at 39psi. There is no requirement for compression measurements on new struts, only for max wear limits. But there are dozens of pictures out there, showing where the strut should sit when under load. I'll put this one up again, showing Kermit Weeks late model at less than full load. ..

Whether it be steel, pneumatic, or rubber block struts, they will all compress under load, in the Mossie case, about 5 inches. In the DCS case, it starts at 8 inches and ends at about 7.5 inches under load. There is barely any difference. Moved vid.

My first experience of the Mk1 at Duxford. I was visiting the tank museum, then I heard this outside. ..

Watching the gear landing animation. 50% fuel. 18667 lb. Reference, v.2.9.4.53990.. Whether it be steel, pneumatic, or rubber block struts, they will all compress under load, in the Mossie case, about 5 inches. In the DCS case, it starts at 8 inches and ends at about 7.5 inches under load. There is barely any difference. (The width of the white mark). Made for the DCS bug thread. This shows the high rigidity of the landing gear strut and the lack of compression when static and under full load.. ..

Yes I do know that thanks and I've been using it since 2021 to operate Mosquitos, to substitute for Stirlings which flew from here in 1940. It's very bumpy and made a good place to demonstrate the P-51 legs animation. Mosquitos don't work here any more due to their near ridgid shock absorbers. I've placed the aircraft factory, buildings, runways and AAA, in their historical positions. ..

I would say It's a bit soon to expect an update, so here's a quick video for future reference. Strut position before expected update. (For the record). T/O with 100% fuel. Showing 3 inches. Measured against 16 inch wheel rim. ..

P-51. Bashing the oleos to watch the animation. Some say; "the oleos are too bouncy", so lets bash the landing. The bumpiest airfield on the Channel map, is the place to watch oleo travel. Rochester Aircraft Factory. Good strut travel, but are they too soft? .. Runway 16. 2926'. You can't land here with the Mosquito, there is not enough strut movement to absorb the bumps. ..

Ahh the good old 633 Squadron, back in '64. 8 Mossies used in this film, all ex target tugs, sold into civilian use. All were stripped of military gear, guns etc, and are therefore very lightweight. One was sacrificed for the cause. With a long runway, (Inverness Airport), and a dramatic film to produce, a wheelie was the best choice, as are the museum pieces at airshows. Some good shots of the gear struts though. ..

One thing I can't find, is any kind of damping system for the strut. Maybe the rubber deforms and reforms slowly, but there is no dedicated system, such as the Ferodo friction damper, seen in the tailwheel, which also has rubber blocks, (5). Here's what my WW2 pilot says about his first flight in a Mossie. This is represented quite well, according to goggles wearers, but as an unpleasant experience. ..

Full load 20500lb (22500lb in DCS) minimum is 1.75 inch. Plus 20mm is 2.6 inches of tube showing. I'll take that. Min load 14000lb (16000 in DCS) minimum is 3.0 inch. Plus 20mm is 3.79 inches of tube showing. I'll take that. ..

To me visual is very important. If I lower the flaps 40 deg, I don't want to see 20 or 30 deg, I want to see 40 deg. If the srut should be 2'' I want to see 2'' not 8'' and a strut like a Stork legs. If it don't look right, it ain't right. ..

@SMH "So it turns out the Mosquito's struts do compress as the aircraft weight increases, just not by much. (Which I think is probably correct for this rubber block type of suspension.) That's right. Adding say, 4000lb. fuel and water should compress about 1'' of tube. BUT: You have to start with about 16000lb. of airplane already sitting on the struts, so you should start loading at about 2/3 inside the strut, not 8'' exposed. ..

Here is the reason I've always done 3 pointers right from the start and mostly use 1100 yd runways for practice. High time RAF pilot, recalling his first landing in 1942. Having said that, a wheelie should still be possible in DCS on a long runway, but from what I've read it doesn't go well. .. Thanks. ..

Trying to heavy land to see how much the strut will absorb. After weeks of landing without damaging the gear, I'm now trying to land heavy in order to see strut tube deflection without gear collapse. It's more difficult than I thought. 4 landings. 1st a nice wheelbarrow bouncing effect 2nd shows good tyre deflection when sideways. 3rd shows an attempt at wheely, at max load, which runs out of runway, 4th is light load 50% fuel and a standard 3 pointer. (Trakir reversed on touch down when the sun came out, so I did the roll out staring at the tail). Max tube use was about 2 inches, any harder and the gear strut would collapse. For scale the wheel rims are 16 inches. ..

Well played. Yes, I meant all videos from your Mustang thread and are a good example of how to do, the FM, wrongly in completely opposite directions. ..

@SMH Please post your Mustang landing gear video in here. Thanks..

Mosquito, main gear shock absorber diagram. 11 rubbers absorb the landing shock. There is max 8'' travel, all of which are available for absorbing landing shock. There should be approx 2'' telescopic tube showing, when static. There are no hydraulics, pneumatics or coil springs involved and no maintenance is required. Only when the closed static tube length is less than 1.75'' at full load, do the rubbers need replacing. The lower part of the strut at X--X should be below the wheel rim, when static. Like this. And this. Our Mossie in 2021. Correct attitude and tube extension. After update. Max weight for landing and correct 8'' extended. After landing this tube should have retracted by 6'' but it's still fully extended. It's sitting at 12.4 deg which is correct for a fully extended gear. Instead of the 8'' shock absorbtion usable on landing, you get about 1'', (nicely shown in SMH video), so most of that load is taken by retraction tubes, which then collapse. Additionally, instead of the 11 deg attitude it should have, it is now 12.4 deg, which makes a higher drag on a 3 pointer, a sudden drop onto the mains, a bounce, then a hard hit on the 2nd landing, slamming the poor little tail wheel into the deck. Correct attitude. Incidentally, this aircraft was lost when filming a TV guided glide bomb, dropped from a B-17 on Le Havre. The bomb exploded on contact with the ground and brought the Mossie down. The pilot, below, survived, but the cameraman didn't make it. Correct extension. With Leather gaiter. Incorrect extension. Full 8'' still showing. This is the exact same image of the 2021 replay track shown earlier, but the update has now been applied to it.. No matter how hard you hit the pavement the strut won't compress more than 2''. The strong spring acts like a Pogo stick to bounce you back into the air. There is good tyre deformation, but this probably adds to the overall bad situation. It should stay where it's put and gradually sink as the speed drops off and the weight comes on, until most of the tube is inside the strut. As it is, adding 5000lb to each strut has no effect and it acts as if the rubbers are solid. Interlude... I7 2600K @ 3.8, CoolerMaster 212X, EVGA GTX 1070 8gb. RAM 16gb Corsair, 1kw PSU. 2 x WD SSD. 1 x Samsung M2 NVMe. 3 x HDD. Saitek X-52. Saitek Pro Flight pedals. CH Flight Sim yoke. TrackIR 5. Win 10 Pro. IIyama 1080p. MSAA x 2, SSAA x 1.5. Settings High. Harrier/Spitfire/Beaufighter/The Channel, fanboy.. ..

I spent all Sunday morning forming a bug report with a detailed explaination and none of the text showed up, just a load of pictures. What a FWOT that was. A howling 7 deg Norwester with stair rods outside, I might as well start again, in stages this time. ..