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From the Weapons manual

Drag chute use is best at high speed (once below max deployment speed) max drag effect. Drag Chute use in strong crosswind induces directional control issues. Any time you run into directional control issues you want all your gear on the ground. Aerodynamic braking is of little real effect if the drag chute is deployed Brakes cost more than drag chutes.

The fact is once the chute is deployed Aerobraking is of dubious to almost useless value (As shown by Flight test data). Secondly if you have a directional issue you want to get the nose down ASAP.... Tricycle is better than bipedal. Thirdly in most Chute equipped aeroplanes the recommendation is to drop the chute if you run into directional difficulties ... from crosswind.

Err why would you be wanting to hold the nose off with 75% rudder in ?

This is a great read. If you have read "Vlamgat" then you need to read this too. Tells the story predominately from the Cuban side. In addition to the ground war it takes every engagement between the SAAF and the Cuban's and details it from both sides.

"R550 Magic 1 - rear aspect heater => Seeker magically uncages itself. Eats flares like I eat éclair" The R550 Magic 1 IRL Default mode is a 30 x 30 (+-15)auto scan with auto lock very quick and useful. (sadly Not yet implemented) This scan can be overridden and the Magic 1 put into Boresight (HOTAS press and hold 300/600m Missile unlock) mode 5 x 5 with auto lock/uncage . If the 300/600m missile unlock button is released without a seeker lock missile reverts back to 30 x 30 Autoscan The Boresight mode is the only mode currently implemented Once locked Gimbal limit is + - 30 degrees.

Rummaged through some old paper docs I had stored away. Average quality.

F104G Sustained G curves Clean Guns only from Lockheed SURE report Lecture 6 Pg 47

RAAF FA18 F cockpit Video Pacific coast air Show Gold coast

I did a while ago but no response so far. Will ask via another means. My gut feeling is it is.

Just a snippet regarding 50,000' and 55,000'. These limits are really associated with Human factors limits. Same limits applied to Mirage III. Limit without pressure waistcoat (G-suit type arrangement for your upper torso) was 50,000'. With a pressure waistcoat limit was 55,000' Above 55,000' required a pressure suit. The reasoning is to cover the decompression scenario. In the depressurisation case the Oxy regulator (>30,000' cabin Alt) will provide overpressure for pressure breathing (a very uncomfortable process that needs to be learnt as its most un natural). as altitude increases so does the overpressure from the Reg. At 50,000' the overpressure is getting so high it becomes a structural issue for the lungs and chest and counterpressure is required to keep them intact. With the pressure waistcoat the counterpressure is the same as the overpressure delivered by the Oxy regulator. Above 55,000' all bets are off and you need to full pressure suit. The pressure suit arrangement requires a different Oxy regulator High altitude set up. Both the Mirage F1 and the Mirage III have the energy to exceed 55,000' .... but not safely in all circumstances.

The manual is quite specific and states that the HUD Pitch reference and the Spherical indicator (in normal mode) display the same pitch value. If you delve into the manual you will find a series of diagrams that show how this is arranged. Even though the radar Datum and the Gyro ref datum differ in their depression from the FRL the output to the Gunsight is corrected and delivered to the sight by the Roll/Pitch Multipler box (R/P OM). So the pitch attitude displayed on the Spherical indicator and the sight are in agreement. This from the publicly available manuals for the F1K50ED. So the assumption is the F1 in game is the same.

"I never use that mode at all, as flying 10° AoA and normally referencing the runway (or PAPI/ VASI) will get you there as well. " .... you are depriving yourself of some good info Brem You can use the F1 VV and reticle in the same way as an E bracket on the F18/F16

Can you manually set the folder to a drive with more space thats different to your install drive? I know in the past this could be done.

800 mills in a 45 deg dive is nowhere near Real world .... for any aeroplane !!! A worked example in the 339 Weapons delivery manual for a MK82 40 deg Dive 3000' release at 300kts provides a total depression of 183mills

Dont know I just downloaded it eons ago so I guess not. Will go and see if there is a revised version.

Even with Tail number in the Mission editor set to nothing I still get Tail numbers showing in game. They dont show in the loadout screens though. Is there a way to stop this happening. OB (MT)

Though in the video you have no idea what the pilots Gain or storage settings are. These dramatically affect the "noise"or speckle displayed on the scope... as does Antenna elevation. Both require careful use to get the best out of the radar . Not having any noise or speckle is not a good thing ... no noise/speckle = no targets either From this video at about 6:27 in: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Greek+mirage+F1+video#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:0714a0e8,vid:wG8au-GTor4

I think he means that the various Acess panels for the cartridges and safety blocks are all on the Left (port) side of the pylon regardless of what wing they are fitted to. So for the Port Wing the access panels etc are on the outboard side of the pylon, and for the starboard wing they are on the inboard side of the pylon.

Yay .. I found a couple of INS related keybindings had changed too.

INS Updating .... A personal view So the procedure to update is to Select a waypoint, fly directly over the waypoint then press the _|_ then press Validate. Easy. However blindly accepting an update can make things worse. Lets say you don't get yourself exactly over the Waypoint or heaven forbid you have the wrong waypoint selected. A blind update just adds to the error. ... then where are you ? So how to control things a little more. Firstly Verify the waypoint selected and the visual feature are one in the same. Then rotate the mode selector to Alg/Along. Then when you are over the Wypt hit the _|_ THEN look at the left window in the INS to see the accumulated/perceived error in nautical miles. If it looks reasonable then Validate. If unsure hit CLR to reject the update and exit update mode. Whats a reasonable error ? judgement required but anything <1nm is probably OK. If its >1 nm CAUTION have a careful think as to why the error is so large if its logical then OK accept the update by hitting the validate key ... if unsure reject the update with the CLR key.

You are pressing the * key after rotating the mode selector to ALN ? Then select Status to watch the INS countdown ... All working for me.

Why not use SALVO with single button press and hold ?

The Mirage III Timing/spacing was 0.3 seconds (300milliseconds). Cant find a specific reference for the F1. However switcholgy in the F1 is the same. Knowing the bomb intervelometer spacing then using the chart below you can figure the bomb spacing.

AC power required yes good observation. If that happens try turning Gyro and emg gyro off. Then after AC power available (Own ship or power cart) turn on again ?