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wow! that's a lot of very interesting information. thanks

+1 on this handy little feature

makes sense. -10deg pitch will also give you a decent (proper) speed during idle descent, which is the most economic performance-wise anyway.

is this assuming descent at current mach or ground speed, or in idle descent? do you know? thanks.

very cool! thanks

that's what i heard too. btw, has anyone found a TAT indication somewhere in the cockpit?

yep, exactly what i meant! quite frankly, i was thinking that could allow adding dynamic voice-overs to your great jtac script ?

great stuff, thanks, ciribob i wonder, if the script could handle strings also (instead of plain text)?

@wilbur81 thanks for your post (and your patience). while doing some tests in order to better describe what i meant, i came to the conclusion that the problem mentioned in my post above is more likely due to engine modeling rather than to FM. there's a thread about that issue going on over here already: anyway, thanks for your interest!

today's finding: [III-7-27] "Avoid overcontrolling the throttles as thrust response is immediate"

also, in case it hasn't been mentioned already, i'd highly recommend training AAR just 10min per day over a week, rather than only week-ends for hours and hours.

exactly! in my opinion, the reason why such large power changes are required in our hornet lies in the latency (spool time). at the time the power changes become effective, the aircraft has already deviated that much from flight path that an even greater power correction is required. this quickly escalates to a point, where you constantly have to make large corrections.

adding to this: i literally just hung up the phone from a lengthy conversation with a colleague from work, who happened to fly the A-model hornet -like for real . he concurs that engine response was "almost instant". he also spoke of "walking the throttles" during approach rather than making large power changes. in my opinion the evidence given in this thread sounds very convincing: there is data from an official flight manual and a video clip showing that spool up times are significantly shorter than what we currently have. and these are backed by statements from SME's. i really wish ED could have another look at that topic

ohhh that is a very good idea! and if someone coincidentally has already done that, we would certainly all have much appreciation for that person sharing the results with the community

well for me it's the aircraft behavior during power approach, especially with cross-winds. i refuse to believe that controlling the altitude with engine power would yield such a pronounced instability in vertical speed.

confirm too. affected are RWS as well as TWS. also RAID only worked in very close range (<8nm). happened on a training mission that i have been playing several times. so i clearly see a difference here.

great post @andyn sadly, when i read this kind of stuff, i really lose trust buying from razbam in the near future. what a shame.

yep, having the same issue regularly, when playing liberation campaign in PG on the way back to the carrier. off-on toggle resolves it.

well we have korea already somewhere else, so vietnam. but if it had been in the list, i would have voted scandinavia

good to know, thanks for the quick reply!

hi, merry x-mas and thanks a lot for doing this! just noticed NoiseWinter and NoiseWinter.min are not packed in your mod directory, but the orignial files in DCS are. does that matter? thanks

hey spacemonkey, dont be discouraged. you already got a checklist : ) why dont you take it in small steps and expand it from here?

thanks for taking the time! you've taken on quite a challenge. i also think some good advice from SMEs might be helpful. some things simply can't be found in the books. that being said, i am always interested in a good flight manual, and am looking forward to your guide.

definitely interested. thanks for your efforts so far! you seem to know what you're talking about, what exactly is your background, if you dont mind me asking?

yeah!!