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The Luftwaffe MIG29G's which were 9.12A based were modified to carry them. G limit wise they are 4G same as Cl tank feeding, +6G empty with the cl tank empty Aircraft Limit. I believe other nationalities were moded as well. The Malysaian MIG29;s were based on the 9.12 Airframe and carried Wing Drop tanks. Though their aircraft were modified with Flight Refueling probe and R77 capable as well ... so sort of a Hybrid 9.12/.9.13 with out the spine. The MIG29's (9.12) of the Russians/MIG OKB that toured the US/Canada in 1990 also carried them.

Be nice to get external Drop tanks available with the Modified fuel Gauge as an option.

Yep indeed. Mir III

Both our live and Training missiles had opaque seeker heads. Time wise 1983.

Yes

Magic I also had opaque seeker head ... ours certainly did

The max "trackable" angle off of 63degrees (as in the LUA) is demonstrably wrong as based on RW seeker tracking numbers. Having said that a very Broad brush Pilots employment rule of thumb that covered Fuzing and manoeuver capability in the BFM environment was: Rmax 1nm, Rmin 4Hm, Launch Angle off max 60degrees inside the turn, up to 70degrees angle off for belly shots ... bandit turning away from you.

IRL Magic I can still track front quarter as long as the IR source is still there and gimble limits are not exceeded. Fusing is obviously the issue with Magic I. Magic I seeker sensitivity was good enough to get lock at 90 degrees Angle Off on a Mil powered target 700deg C JPT at 2nm at medium altitude, so not sure what the 63deg aspect thing is about.

The Magic I min range versus Angle off was at the time of its introduction perhaps the best in the world with the Missile and gun envelope inside the turn overlapping.... like an Rmin at 55deg Angle off 4Hm with a 7G target.

Mirage IIIO

Gutersloh RWY 27 No GS with the revised Beacons LUA Changing line 1281 so direction is the same as the Localizer direction produced a usable Glide Slope. Though looking at the airfield I don't believe a 3D GS object is there. 1281 direction = 100.552372; display_name = _(''); beaconId = 'airfield16_2'; type = BEACON_TYPE_ILS_GLIDESLOPE; callsign = 'GS'; frequency = 110700000.000000; position = { -232963.156250, 65.000065, -834887.187500 }; direction = 100.552372; <----- positionGeo = { latitude = 51.921502, longitude = 8.319185 }; sceneObjects = {'t:368312949'};

Danke grim_reaper68

Be interested to see the corrections in the LUA. just trying to understand this. My best guess is that currently the ILS GS antennas are at the far end of the runway when they should be at the near end and the course is wrong as well. By playing around I managed to get Frankfurt 25L and 25R to work with the correct GS rwy intercept point abeam the physical 25L/R 3D GS antenna objects. No such luck with 07L and 07R though I cant even get the LLZ's to work.

grim_reaper68 You can get Glide slopes at Frankfurt ??

Maybe unrelated or still under development but the DCS Web editor Purple rectangles at Frankfurt, Hannover , Leipzig Halle, Hannover EDDV are weird and not aligned with the underlay runways. Whats the basis of 21deg E central meridian for the projection ? Seems a long way E from the Map centre point. 21E is around Warsaw. I would have though a central meridian around 10 deg E would be better for this map ? In edition in the ME the underlying "MAP" view is based on the TPC which is a Lambert Conformal projection.

What year is the Map based on ?

Just looked at Frankfurt with Mission Date June, June 1991, June 1999, June 2024 Rwy 25R June 1991 Rwy 25R 260m 259T Variation 1 deg W June 1999 Rwy 25R 259m 259 T Variation 0 June 2024 Rwy 25R 256m 258 T Variation 2 deg E Jepp Chart 2013 lists RWY 25R as 248m with Variation 3.01E that implies 251T Google Earth 2025 measures RW25R as 249.63 T (some small measurement error by me possible) So True Heading of RWY's 25 in Frankfurt should be 251T

Interesting grim_reaper68 might explain why you get a momentary GS alive as you pass abeam the GS antenna on landing.

Tegal 26L 109.3 GS ok.

The Special options Trim sensitivity are still non functional. They can be set to varying settings but have no effect in game.

It is also fully described in the these publicly available manuals: USN NATOPS Instrument Flying manual NAVAIR 00-80T-112 Pages 22-14 through -16 USAF AFMAN11-217V1 Instrument Flight Procedures pages 69-71

Old Military instrument flying manual

Here is another example on the F5E HSI. TAC tuned you are on the 129radial 20 nm from the TACAN You want to track to the TACAN 240 radial 60nm what nil wind heading do you need to fly. 1. Visualise the TACAN station as at the centre of the HSI 2. Determine the greatest range value required .... 60nm 3. Visulise the the outer portion of the compass scale as 60nm from the centre of the HSI 4. Locate your position on the HSI assuming its radius is 60nm ..... Position red X (about 1/3 out from the centre on the 129 radial) 5. Find the location on the HSI where you want to go 240/60 ..... Position yellow X 6. Draw a line from your position to the new position. Red x to Yellow x 7. Transfer the line you drew to be centered on the HSI Green line. 8. Were it intersects the compass is the nil wind heading to fly 254. 9. Turn on to 254. 10. update as you track towards the new position.

The technique on the HSI/RMI/BDHI The TACAN station is always at the centre of the instrument. Step 1 decide what Range and bearing you want to go to. Step 2 note your current range and bearing on the HSI .... you are at the tail of the needle. Step 2 In your mind take the greater of the ranges (current range versus new range) Step 3 visualize the HSI as a map whose diameter is the greater range Step 4 Locate your current position on the (scaled map HSI) use your finger Step 5 draw a line from your current position on the HSI to the point you want to go through. Step 6 transfer the line you drew in Step 5 to be centered on the HSI The line now extends to show the Track you need to fly to get to your new destination. Step 7 Turn on to the required Track/Heading .... update the process as you go along. Once proficient this process can be done in seconds with good accuracy. An example:

Tacan point to point using the HSI was a bread and butter technique for most Cold war pilots... no maps involved.