SinusoidDelta

Actually, nose up 5-10 degrees ;) ...Guess I need to practice.

Rudder deflection should be limited at Mach 1.5+ to +/-5 deg to reduce the possibility af potentially deadly yaw/roll coupling. I'm not if such an inhibitor exists is the current FM. I'll have to practice more but the Knife-Edge pass is pretty difficult to replicate, using the F-15C Flight Demonstration manual as a reference.

I'm quite happy with my curved 34" Samsung ultrawide. Yes, the total area is equivalent to a 40" TV but I had a 40" Westinghouse HDTV previously and I'd never go back. 3440x1440 via DisplayPort is fantastic. IIRC the ideal head position for the Samsung is ~30cm. Consider the display is curved in three dimensions making any point on the monitor is equidistant from your eyes. Couple this with head tracking and it adds a whole new level of immersion IMHO. Flat displays actually feel wrong now, which has made life at the office quite difficult :)

You won't be getting to 2.6M with missile on either jet. Regardless, missile range increases drastically with altitude and Mach. As you know, the rocket burns for a finite period of time, initial V is higher, atmospheric density at 40k is a fraction vs. sea level and Cd decreases above the transonic region. High altitude, high Mach launches therefore should increase the missile's delta V, more delta V equals a lower rate of deceleration, hence a dramatic increase in range. It's not the missile propulsion necessarily that's to blame in DCS, it's the atmospheric model being propelled through to consider. Not directed toward DarkFire but this thread in general: -Chaff also effects the host radar, AFAIK it does not in DCS....yet no one complains -The ER combat record is abysmal, should we disregard that information? -What type of radar does the ER employ and why should it be less susceptible to chaff? -How many chaff bundles can the Su-27 carry? How many for the F-15? The argument being raised here is purely one of fairness without technical detail. The systems in question were developed and engineered by some of the greatest minds in human history. I'm certainly not one of them. I mean no disrespect that those posting aren't either but we all need to try a bit harder to influence the developer. Missile effectiveness shouldn't be reduced to a chaff lottery. Radar shouldn't be less vulnerable to chaff because one "thinks" or "feels" it should. It should be based on empirical data, either cited or learned. Otherwise we are going in one big circle....

Could you take a screenshot to illustrate what you mean?

Nobody "sent" GG to comment in this thread, no reason to make this personal. BVR doesn't exist in the sense that most fight don't end before the merge. I spend most of my flight time setting up a BVR engagement only to have it turn into a knife fight.

The constraint is how much chaff you can carry. Your punishment is running out of it. Deployed chaff rapidly expands into a large cloud with an RCS much larger than a fighter jet.

I'll watch the Tacview once I'm home but I've seen some peculiar behavior, such as this engagement during the Red Flag event. This is the HUD POV of my 120C which damaged his jet but was easily able to RTB.

and still there isn't a concise explanation of what the exploit is. Could you please explain? You don't think an eagle driver is going to spam chaff IRL when the situation is life or death? They used to stuff chaff into the airbrakes of F4's and pull a circuit breaker to let out a big chaff cloud.

It's not true. I have tacviews showing they are not warp resistant. I can post them if needed. I'm not able to watch the acmi currently. Could someone explain what exactly the issue is here?

...And the reason is?

Lock the camera in one of the two focus positions. Hold something in front of the camera about 2 feet away and slowly move it closer while watching the camera's output on your computer. You'll likely see that in one of the two focus settings the camera is in only focus when 25mm away. The focal point probably moved because the IR filter acts as a hard stop for the lens assembly. Now the bright unfiltered IR light is an out of focus blob. Try that and tell us the result.

I meant I have no idea what the issue in question is here. Everything is a contradiction, due to language barrier or otherwise. I was asking Ragnarok to pick which item(s) 1-5 fit his concern.

What is the "exploit"? I am confuse. Which one in the list below is the exploit? 1) R77 always hits 2) R77 never hits 3) F-15 wings should break at 11G 4) AIM-120 always hit If people are visual identifying your missile launches at 20nm then that bring up the question; why are you firing at 20nm!?

Patiently waiting for the official results to be posted. :music_whistling: Thanks again to all involved in organizing this event!

You changed the focal length when you removed the IR filter. You can take it back apart and sand the plastic base down until it focuses perfectly. And lens kits are available for the Ps3eye camera, it's nothing new.

C:\Users\*your PC username*\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Tracks The folder will be DCS World if you use steam or DCS.openalpha for NTTR.

I hate to be that guy but.. Everyone who thinks this is an error and truly wants it corrected, please upload a track to dropbox. I'll upload one myself There are a lot of variables and without any presentation of the concern, an official response is unlikely. This is why suggestions about verifying both engines spooled come up.

The crosswinds on most MP servers I've flown on cause an extreme amount of yawing during take off during the ground roll. Maintaining runway heading after rotation is very difficult. You can only apply a tiny amount of rudder which can be difficult. The best way I've found to compensate is slight differential thrust once yaw is noticed. Keep in mind, if you have split throttles and they are not in sync when you ramp up it will induce yaw.

This is something I brought up in a previous thread. The ARI should be disabled when landing with weight on wheels (WOW) at ground speed over 50 knots. Is it also disabled on takeoff IRL? It doesn't appear to be the case with the current FM which leads to the jet hunting left and right on the runway. Is this a known bug or considered to be correct?

Just saying that if it provides a tactical advantage, I'm not going to advertise it for all to see.

I thought scat was inferring the screen shots were faked by placing the jet at that altitude in editor, which I did not.

No, absolutely not. I flew a trajectory documented in a NASA paper regarding zoom climb trajectory for upper atmospheric sampling research. I won't share the track because I had to do an immense amount of studying to accomplish it. There's no such thing as a free lunch. This thread should be locked.

I am talking about real life. I have not missed the point. The figures I quoted are published in NASA documents. The streak eagle zoomed over 100,000 feet in real life. Guess what else zoomed over 100,000 feet? The Su-27! IN REAL LIFE. I'm not going to entertain this type of argument any further. How you 'think' the jets should behave in DCS is incorrect. You need to accept that you are wrong and stop making baseless claims such as these.

I knew I'd regret posting that but it speaks to your lack of knowledge regarding the F-15. I mean no disrespect by that. That is a screenshot of myself in game, the flight profile requires precision and is by no means easy. Attempt it yourself and see if you can duplicate it, please. The F-15 IRL can achieve a maximum energy height of 141,000ft in a totally clean configuration with about 3,000lbs of fuel internally. It is not capable of this carrying any external stores. Now that is energy height. Energy height cannot be 100% converted into altitude as energy needs to be used to initiate the zoom climb. Thus the streak eagle reached just over 100,000 feet. Past 65,000 feet you are following a purely ballistic trajectory. Like a bullet fired 55 degrees into the air. At the apex of the zoom you have little to no control authority, you are not flying, you are now descending along the ballistic path. It is absolutely like real world physics, it could be used as a lesson in a physics textbook.