Hummingbird

Sounds good, the instability in yaw coupled with the extreme sensitivity in pitch has been my biggest gripe with the FM. Haven't tried the new updated FM yet, but hopefully the instability was dialled back SIGNIFICANTLY. The Corsair was afterall famous for being a great gun platform and excellent ground attacker, which is not something instability in yaw or high sensitivity in pitch is very condusive to The Corsair had light controls, not sensitive controls, there's a clear distinction there. Once cleaned up and in the air, its supposed to be very stable and easy to fly.

Yes I agree. I find it hard to believe any aircraft so sensitive in pitch and unstable in yaw would ever be considered a great ground attacker -> a role the Corsair became famous for excelling at. By all accounts I can find the aircraft was very stable in the air, and a great gun platform because of it. Note I haven't tried the new patch yet though, but I hope it makes the aircraft atleast as stable as the other warbirds.

My question is wether it can really be true that the F4U was so unstable in yaw and pitch? Reading pilot descriptions it does mention light controls, but nowhere anything about directional instability in yaw or that its twitchy in pitch. Infact once cleaned up and in the air, it was supposed to be really easy to fly. So yeah, strikes me as very odd that the FM of this plane is so unruly in the air. I know you can use curves to dampen the sensitivity in pitch, but it just doesn't feel very convincing even after that. On a final note, this is ofcourse early access, so things are bound to change. In other words, Im expecting things will ofcourse improve with time.

Well... we're certainly going to be needing some more up to date red aircraft. SU-35 anyone??

Ah yes, by footprint I actually also meant overall space, and your advice is sound. I think Ive decided on the WarBRD-D, seems to be what I'm looking for. Thanks guys!

Thank you very much for the answer! So just to be clear, you're saying all those you mentioned will move around smoothly in circles with no felt transition between the X & Y axis (unlike the VKB Gladiator) providing the right cams are used? (Also I assume by "depending on cams" you mean the ones without a center detent?) Also as a side note, I need it to just sit on my desk with no mounts, so I can move it away when I need it for work. Which one of the sticks you mentioned has the smallest footprint you think?

Hi guys, Been looking to buy a new high end stick, however I'm specifically looking for one where there is no noticable transition between the X and Y axis, i.e. so you are able to move the stick around in smooth circles without feeling any transition between the two axis. I got a Gladiator VKB stick a while back, but ended up pretty much never using it because there is a very noticable cross axis transition, not helped by the detent in the cams used. Are there any high end sticks out there right now, other than the old TM Warthog, that feature this smooth and unnoticable (in terms of feel) transition between the X & Y axis? Or is this quite simply always the case when the gimbal is using a cam system? Thanks in advance for any help and advice!

Don't compare vs ai MiG21, as the ai will make the 21 turn like a legacy fighter. In my preliminary testing of the F4E module it checks out as accurate to the performance charts in terms of sustained turn rate. Which means it will outrate a human flown MiG21 in DCS between 0.7-0.8 mach. The only issue DCS Phantom jocks will find when dogfighting human piloted 21's is that the 21 is currently overperforming below 0.6 mach - but that's not heatblur's responsibility. Heatblur's F-4E really is setting a new standard, esp. when it comes to accuracy on release. Really impressed so far.

Quite an easy bird to fly really My biggest problem right now is how I get the radar picture back after I pressed the cage button, anyone know?

Lesson for all those who are mad at ED & HB because they took a day off to play this module: Don't plan a day off to play something before it has actually been released. Release dates are often at risk of changing last minute. Hence ALWAYS plan your days off AFTER it has released. Besides first day you pick the thing up is mostly going to be spent learning the systems anyway. So relax on the FOMO.

I can confirm that the G-onset rate (aka pitch rate)of the F-16C has been noticably reduced, it was a lot more responsive before. Not sure why this was done, and I'm not gonna lie, kinda feels like 1 step forward and then 2 steps back.

A JA37 would be amazing

It's during high AoA in hard turns, not level flight, that I noticed a lot of wing rock when attempting to apply small corrections in roll / bank angle using rudder only (didn't apply any lateral stick). That's what I don't recall being the case last I flew a little over a year ago.

It's more the EF (and Rafale) figure Im wondering about, as it goes against the statements of the pilots who have flown both (EF & F16). Not knowing the exact load outs is also problematic.

Who's the source of the picture? That the F-16 Block 60 is rated better than both the EF and Rafale in STR on that list is a bit perculiar, even when considering the upgraded F110-GE-132 powerplant (144 kN vs 131 kN of -129)