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Hi When using the TOT and getting behind schedule, I get a "9" as the first digit instead of " - ". /Stellan

There seems to some confusion here. IRL we fired at "wing out" used 4G for the pull up and followed the small cirkle "SO". As soon as we got "Fälld Last" (Bombs gone) we could start our turn down to low level again. The bombs left the Aircraft later during the "pull up", in DCS they seems to fall much sooner. We flew towards the Target, at distance 10km made a turn to the left or right 10 degree, pull up just below distance to target 6 km, climb with 20 degree, roll at 300m. This is not really possible in DCS. I have modified the procedure. Turn at 15 km, pull up at 7 and roll at 450. I have started to put some videos on Youtube, describing the Viggen procedures. So far only in Swedish. This is a divebomb attack

IRL we always made a flare when landing with α12. This is the procedure: reduce to speed 325k/h /α10. Keep this until 200m, from there α12. Over the RWY, rotate and touchdown with α14. AD(AereodynamicBraking) with α14. IRL the AD was done with α16. We never used the AFK. Use position LAND P/O and set SLAV SI to F. Be VERY careful if making a landing with 80% fuel or more. When landing with α15.5 (short field) NO FLARE.

Seems to be a problem related to Multiplayer. Done some testing. In single mode only default RWY. Batumi 31, Kobuleti 25, Senaki 27, Kutaisi 26, Sukhumi 30, Gudauta 15 and Sochi 04. All of them was OK. Crossed the RWY at 70m. In multiplayer. Kobuleti 26, Senaki 27 and Kutaisi 26. Crossed the RWY at about 200m and ended up 300-500 m to the left. Sochi was a total mess. Never crossed the RWY at all, ended up some 2000m to the right. In all cases (single and multiplayer) the green TILS light went OFF at 10 km (just as I got the final descend). I made a recording of the approach to Sochi. If you need more, feel free to contact me at stellan@hilmerby.com

The TILS does not work any more. The system will give steering to LB. The green light will start to flash and then become steady. Everything seems to be normal up until 10KM. At 10KM just when the final descend will start, the TILS light will extinguish and everything is ****ed up. The system very often take me to a position some 200m to the side of the RWY. Sometimes not even crossing the centerline and at other occasions crossing the centerline at an Altiude of 200m. And of course: Still the yellow heading bug and the distance indicator does not point towards the LB (the AJS37_manual page 147).

This light is one of the most annoying "bugs" in DCS. In level flight that light should NOT be on. The basic function IRL is like this; Every time the ALT HOLD function is engaged, the red light should be OFF. The light should come ON when the Altitude read by the Radar Altimeter is less the 80% of the altitude of engagement. So, if the A/P is engaged at 500m QNH LD and the Radar Alt is the same then the light will come on when the Radar Alt is 400m or less. If the A/P now is disconnected and then reengaged, the light will now be OFF. Now the Radar Alt will have to be 80% of 400m for the light to become red again. The red light is a VERY serious warning and not something we diregarded IRL. The light is a warning to the Pilot that something has changed after engagemant of the A/P and every time this happened, we ALWAYS checked the reason. We NEVER disregarded that warning!!!!

I know what I am doing. In that picture I am on my way down to low level after release. This is something I have been doing several times IRL during 1970-80. From the real world F7 Såtenäs in Sweden. Something happened to the first bomb. Probably to early release of the parachute.

Something is very wrong (90degree to be exact). This is a readout from Tacview

Clean, only external fuel. Sweden is a long country and sometimes we had to change base from south to north.

Well, I was. 1968 I started my basic training at F5 Ljungbyhed. From1970 I flew the A32 and transferred to AJ37 1973. Left the Airforce for SAS in 1979 but continued to fly AJ37 6 weeks every year until 1987. Retired from SAS 20009.

IRL we used AB Z2 or Z3 at takeoff but not during the rest of the mission unless we wanted high speed after veapon release. We could cruise at M.85 at 9000m on main engine with no problem. I have also seen some videos where people use AF during attackrun with RB04, we never did that. No problem to fly M.08 and still not use max main engine. We had to give our wingman some slack! /Stellan

IRL the AJ37 was not at all that sensitive in pitch. We normally used Afterburner Z2 for takeoff even with full load and got airborne with 8-10 degree pitch. If you do that in DCS you will be airborne with 15-18 degree and almost no accelleration. You can also make a test. This is what we sometimes did, just for fun. Fuel 30-40%. Take off with Z3, retract the gear and stay at max 10 meter above the RWY. With a RWY of 2100m the speed at the other and should be around 750km/h. In DCS you will get 550km/h probably due to the high pitch after rotaion, it creates a lot of drag.

IRL we never touched that switch. Emergency use only.