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Sight is 7 and 22 degree FOV. Petro gives “in range” cue at 5 in for Shturm and 6 km for Ataka Side gunner you would hear. The arc is hard as they can’t point up much or back. You want to see target in window low from back to side view mirror

The periscope has limits of +/-30 degrees bank. Anytime you exceed 20-30 degrees bank, you want to press down short to make Petro close the periscope. It can also break the gyros from moving too fast in pitch and yaw, but the airplane is only unstable enough for this to happen at low speeds I think Miki might’ve mentioned, that by turning of the periscope for 3-4 minutes and turning it back on will fix the toppled gyros @Flappie Awesome graphic for showing how the gyros are toppled!

The radar switchology itself is very complex and not well represented in FC3. Want to switch between Radar and IRST BVR/CC modes? Not bad, knob by left of lower HUD. Want to change radar PRF or radar BVR/CC mode? Knob in front of left knee. Want to do TWS and select its PRF? Separate switch to the right of that knob. Want Radar to block up dropped IRST lock and vice versa like FC3 does automatically? This needs a switch flipped under the radar mode/delta H knobs (you’ll need to look down quite a bit to change radar elevation without binds, and won’t have the fine increments you have in FC3, just +1/2/4/6/8/10, and -1/2/4/6). But it gets better, flip the switch for radar/IRST cooperation and now radar it is locked in MPRF mode which has nominal range of 20-30 km! Are they jamming? You’ll need to turn jamming compensation on or off. There is a lot of complicity in controls and intricacies of the sensors operation trendy is just bypassed in FC3.

You said in another thread that “Just gentle turn away from targets , your hear him say Sight off . !! Sorry didnt mean to jump this .” Are you pressing down shirt to close sight before exceeding 30 degree bank? While Petrovich will turn right off on his own, it won’t always do it before the sight breaks. To me, Petro closing the sight from high back/cyclic is backup, and down short is main way

ED has to do it. In addition, there are two Mi-24 AI models. A 24V and a newer 24P. They may act differently

Are you’ve flying against AI or player aircraft? Big difference

All the volt and amp meters show correctly. In the Cold War air museum manual it tells you normal readings for each gauge. The two far on the left bottom are for generator, they only show low voltage readings anyways. The two top left are for battery amps, and only show when battery is on and also very low readings. The two top middle are APU Gen (which is very rarely on so normally shows zero), and the DC voltage, which only shows if you select it to be displayed on the selector below. Below that you have AC Gen volts, which only shows if generators work. Then your ammeter right of that is for anti ice. So very often most will show no or very low readings. Source from the wonderful chucks guide…..

Yes, it sets attitude hold and tells AP what center cyclic deflection should be. Hover attitude is about 2-4 degrees up usually outside of heavy wind. Press trim, get into that attitude or Atleast stable, release trim. Or you can even switch the first two steps by getting into that attitude, then rapidly pressing and releasing trim

How do we know this is wrong? How would something loft well without range into? Without range, it can only do a proportional navigation pitch down from loft

Can’t watch the track right now, but the sight has limitations of 30 degrees bank and about 20 degrees/s yaw/pitch. So if using the sight as a pilot, you need to command Petro or your multi crew CPG to close the sight when exceeding any bank angle above 30 degrees. This is why in reality Mi-24 crews trained to never use the sight above 20 degrees of bank. When this happens the gyros are toppled. And this can only be fixed if CPG turns off the power so that the gyros can settle for 3.5 minutes

The MiG-29 manual is full of warnings about false contacts both radar/IR, over swampy or wet areas. How the target indicator will go down if you select false target. And the range/azimuth inaccuracy for each mode. Hope all these things are modeled. The IRST should have good filtering, but should also show false things

It’s not much of an immersion breaker for me to consider it a Soviet version since performance is identical. For MiG-29 9.12b, I think the main difference is different IFF unit that requires manual interrogation. So you need to press “ZANPOC/break lock” button to identify, and the panel is clearly different in cockpit. But that’s also a small difference in my book. These first three pictures are 9.12B with Parol IFF. Last 4 are 9.12A. Different between the round IFF selector with codes, and IFF you would be more familiar with in say Mi-24P module

Practically nothing. For all intents and purposes it performs the same. Radar/IRST is an alignment different expert version (identical performance though). IFF has differences probably in codes but same unit and operation. Following from Yefim Gordon I think

I’m not sure what you is possible. Only maps 1:200,000 or 1:1,000,000 are possible on a 220x168mm area. I think what they might mean in this video using smaller piece of map? Or even knee board. The selector only has the two positions in game in reality….. even 200,000 scale one covers 44 by 33 km

Not directly. You can go do with the Petro interface though. Press left short I believe to open CM menu

We would need a track to know for sure, since you didn’t take any damage and had 2x S-8

You limits are 30 degrees bank and about 20 degrees/s rotation, avoid those and close the periscope before you reach those and you’ll be fine

You would be surprised how many late Soviet aircraft don’t have WOW switches. It seems to have been a very western thin g at that time.

Like what? The engines have a pretty detailed model. There might be some engine emergency controls that might need to be added, but that’s all I can think of. Would be interesting to model the power changing switch as a ME option

I would never count on it. MiG-29 that adds MFD also adds alot of other things But they did confirm modeling the GCI command Beryuza/Lazur system. You will control this with panel by right elbow, you can select 3 ciphers and 20 different targets for up to 60 different selections. Each selection should give you range and bearing to a target, guiding you along a proportional navigation route. The autopilot can automatically fly this route, and it will control your radar and lock automatically for you, meaning you only have to press fire. You can also keep radar off, just use IRST for stealth while using the data link to guide you to target, this way you have stealthy approach while knowing exactly where target is. By changing to different targets, you can build a picture of the airspace and enemies within It should be a very powerful tool that should give it some options to take down some advanced threats You also have an auto mode, where the GCI operator decides what target to send you. And the whole time you will receive commands on the HUD, including when a new target is about to be sent

The intercept route is proportional navigation for either a head on intercept or for stern conversion. You should get rough heading range and commanded altitude, then by following the targeting circle/ILS markers you will be guided on this proportional navigation intercept route, almost exactly the same path as if you had fired a missile

Yes

What I meant isn’t spring center, but the needed pedal deflection for straight flight, the “center” needed for coordinated flight at one power setting I use springless pedals. I always found Mi-8 Microswitch implementation easier then Mi-24 with “disable by return to nuetral” not only because you don’t have a tail that changes power to pedal relationship with airspeed, but a few other reasons the nuetral zone for Microswitch disable is 5% in Mi-8, 9% in Mi-24. In Mi-24, this zone is fixed at the center. For Mi-8, this zone is centered based on where pedals are at when yaw channel is turned on or pedals trimmed. Which I personally think means springless pedals work better for the 8 then 24 with disable by return to nuetral, especially if you turn AP off then back on to adjust it for cruise. But that’s just me

IIRC there is also an altitude limit for the emergency afterburner mode? Like 3,000m?

It’s worth a pass over with lessons learned with the past year or so of this feature for developers to maybe take a look before final release. Also probably best before manual comes out, but I know that’s complex If anyone does want microswitches working in game like reality, I taped these to my pedals lol https://a.co/d/53pYra5