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Ah ok thanks ... and do you get a value readout in the HUD like we do in the FC3 MIG29 ? In other words how do you know what Expected Target range you have set ? And another question. Is it this setting of expected target range that sets the Antenna bar setting <20Km 16.5deg elev coverage and >20km 13.5deg elevation coverage ?

Reading the various available MIG29 references I went searching for the "Expected Target range" radar setting as in FC3 MIG29. I couldn't find any references to it. Does it exist in the real Mig29 ? If so where is the switch that sets it ? Or is it a function of the range that the TDC cursour is set to?

The Lift to lock toggles not being fitted was in fact in relation to B737 and was raised in 2018. Given thats 7 years ago I am sure if a 787 was delivered without them someone would have snagged it. Without the lift to lock collar the feel of the switches operation would be entirely different. Muscle memory would have instantly picked this up ... and a subsequent tech log entry would have ensued.

Its been a while since I dabbled in FC3 aircraft. Should I be getting acquisition tone with the R73 and R27ET locked on by either radar/EOS or Shlem ? Currently I only get acquisition tone in Longitudinal mode.

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