Corrigan

I didn't mean it was -- just a (somewhat) related observation, instead of making a new thread.

Oh, then it might be a bug! I dunno. :lol:

Cool, just wanted to make sure. Is it worth exploring the difference the last percent makes? Maybe performance is different in an important way between 89.5% and 90.5%. Did you check, by any chance?

When you move out of reheat, your RPM in that .txt goes down to about "90%" -- is that normal MIL power? Worth double-checking perhaps. We have to be careful to have the throttle as close to reheat as possible. I usually start at reheat and then inch it back until the AB stops.

I think we should try to brainstorm aircraft configurations which would lead to the observed loss of power at altitude. Maybe the nose cone logic isn't working, for example. Could we try checking that it opens properly even when the automatic system is on? Do we have charts regarding what it should do? If so, we could set it manually during the climb. I'm not sure at all that the nose cone could produce the observed loss of thrust, but it's just a first example. What other things would lead to degraded performance while still showing 100% thrust?

I've also noticed that the animation lags behind my control input much more than in other aircraft. If you were to rapidly move the throttle back and forward, for example, after a short while the animated throttle will be several cycles behind. Obviously that's something you don't do while flying, but I still think it could be more visually responsive.

^That's the correct response, yes. There should never, ever be gameplay balancing in DCS.

Personally, I'm gonna upgrade my video card right now, since I have zero patience, and, I figure, it's probably very unlikely that EDGE won't run well with something that runs everything else well.

I don't think this is MiG-21-related. I dunno if DCS supports metric pressures, but you can switch the units used in the options from imperial to metric and see.

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^That's it. The scale is labelled on the actual instrument too.

Right, but the problem this thread was about has been resolved. I suggest we keep discussing in the other one! Yep! I have Cobra on skype and he's staying up to crazy hours working on stuff, and I'm sure the rest of the team have similar workloads.

I don't think that's an actual APU, probably a slight mistranslation. I think it helps start the engine, but it's not a little power-providing engine like we're used to. I could be wrong.

Which finding? I think we all concluded that performance below 7000 m was fine during the climbs as regards fuel consumption and power, but the high alt. cruising problem can't be related to this (since I've started all my small tests, which corroborate yours, with a fresh aircraft at altitude). It is perhaps wise to carefully consider the configuration of the aircraft before we do more tests. Even starting the mission hot at altitude might need further configuration of systems to get the full performance.

I just follow this check list. BRAIN COMPARE MODE....................................................SET COMPARISON OBJ. 1..........................................DCS MODULE COMPARISON OBJ. 2..................................MONEY FOR FOOD PAYPAL.........................................................................LOG IN

Oh, cool. I still wonder why though. But I guess there are more pressing issues for the devs to address, and I can certainly live with this quirk. Glad to get this sorted out! Now we only need to get the cruising performance up to scratch too.

Well, as I see it, EDGE itself will probably be easier to run than the current engine, since we're getting more modern shaders etc. I think the stated intention is that EDGE will run faster on a given system than currently. The new MAPS, however, I can easily imagine containing many more polygons and more highly resolved topography etc, so I think the overall performance change on one of the new maps is still unknown.' The safe and obvious answer to your question is to wait a few months and then see how it runs.

Right, but why should switches change positions in the cockpit after repair? Sounds like a bug to me.

When I did this with Justin here for the first time I got lost in the clouds on approach, fell out of the sky and died. Still had fun! We can't all be natural pilots. :P

So there's still a (much more benign) bug here, then; or should the switch come off during the work for some reason?

Engine stress should reset upon engine shut-down (manual p. 21), and if not then, certainly when the aircraft is repaired by the groud crew. If it is engine wear, it's not realistic (effectively broken aircraft after one climb following SOP?) and subject to a bug in it not being repairable. EDIT: see above. Philipp2, you lovely man.

Interesting! Let's hope that's it. Can't check atm, not at home.

I guess this was behind Tango's anomalous 12 min climb earlier then.

I'd say pitot freezing. I've seen that happen in other aircraft in DCS under less than realistic circumstances. If you still have the track you can try switching pitot to the backup one.

No, you're just playing a training mission with damage off.