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I was thinking about the same thing as you do for the past two weeks. Anyway, according to DCS website, they removed the radar altimeter scale from HUD. Perhaps the real F15C don't have a radar altimeter. However, I read somewhere on the internet the F15E does have a radar altimeter.See the attached info below. You can press f10 and click on the airport if you want to find the elevation of the airport. I guess during bad weather with minimum visibility in real life, the pilot have to radio the airport to find out the elevation of the airport. New F-15C Cockpit and Updated Cockpit Systems Perhaps the most noticeable new features with Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3 is the new, beautiful cockpit. This cockpit is fully rendered in every detail and provides 6 degrees of freedom of movement within the cockpit. This new cockpit includes both day and night lighting, an improved HUD that is focused to infinity, re-worked HUD symbols and many improvements and new functions for the radar and radar warning receiver: – New flap position lights – Flaps position lights logic was updated. – AI & SAM warning lights are functional now. – Active jamming is indicated by open X in the center of TEWS screen. Flashing X - standby, steady X - active. – CHAFF/FLARE, and MINIMUM lights are operational now. – Marker beacon light was made functional. MKR display was added on HUD. – Added CSET display on HUD - is displayed for the first 10 seconds after ILS mode selection. – Steer mode select knob was animated. – Fixed HUD Integrated Flight Director indication. – Added bank steering bar on HUD. – HUD altitude scale is always barometric now. – Removed radar altimeter scale from HUD. – Fixed AoA scale and numeric indication on HUD. – Adjusted HUD display logic of Mach number and current/maximum G displays. – ADI light was made functional. – Fixed unstable radar lock at certain ranges in the vertical scan mode. – Radar scan zone in TWS is limited by 60 degrees now. – DTWS scan zone automatic centering is implemented.

I am referring to the vertical bar in the ADI. I am new to the forum. Can you let me know how to provide a screenshot?

I have no problem with visual landing but I noticed the instrument, ADI and HSI were not consistent when I tried to land using it, switching to ILS mode from Nav mode by pressing 1. The glideslope in the ADI only centered once in a while even though I was perfectly line up with the CDI centered in the HSI. The plane was perfectly heading straight into the runway. Most of the time the glideslope bar in the ADI appeared to be stuck on the right side and doesn't move at all. Other times, the CDI was perfectly centered but I could see the runway was approximately couple hundred feet left of the plane. I know I was heading the right direction as I heard the beeping noise when I was approximately 2 miles out. Is there a software issue? I searched the forum but couldn't find any post with this issue. If I set the weather to heavy fog, I would not be able to rely on the instrument to land. The instrument ADI and HSI in FC1, version 1.1 always work and line up but not FC3. Please help!!

Hi, The needle in one of the instrument in the A10 (FC3) was spinning very fast even if the plane was turned off. When I am taking off with full throttle, the reading in the fan speed instrument only go up to 78- 80. It takes a long time to take off with nothing on the plane on other than 80% fuel. My FC1 A10 (fully loaded) was able to take off a lot faster and the fan was reading 100 when it was in full throttle. There was nothing wrong with my joystick as it did the same thing when I used the keyboard to turn on full throttle. Is there a software issue? Anyone experience this problem with A10 in FC3?

Thanks you guys for the advice.

I actually tried to fly without any external tanks. The top speed is around Mach 2.3. I didn't know it would make such a big difference. Thanks for your help. I saw on the specs that the top speed is Mach 2.5 but I guess they didn't specify that it is not fully loaded. I guess in real combat, the plane can go travel half of the top speed due to the external fuel tanks, bombs and missiles.

I just purchased the FC3. The top speed is actually worse than FC1. It will take a long time to reach Mach 1.1 @around 30,000ft with 3 fuel tanks. I Both engine rmp at 110, max throttle. Am I missing something here? It is kind of frustrating.

I just want the game to be more realistic, that's all. It is like playing a car racing game where to top speed of a Corvette is only 60mph. But I think I will buy it. I still couldn't figure out why I could not get up to that speed.

I am thinking about purchasing the FC3. Do anybody know the top speed of F 15 in FC3? I have the original Lock On Gold edition FC1 and the top speed of F15 is approx. 750 mile per hour or Mach 1.3 regardless of altitude. The most I could go in F 15 is approx. 920 mile per hour or Mach 1.4 during a dive from high altitude.