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In addition, MiG-29K is FBW and is more unstable then MiG-29 9.12

Interesting, I wonder if it would change with ground power

Right now in DCS and since release you can choose to have 2-4 GUV-machine gun pods loaded on Mi-24P. Each pod has 3 Gatling guns, 2x 7.62 Gsh and 1x YakB Gatling gun you would also find in the nose or Mi-24D/V So you can already experience this Gatling gun with Mi-24P in DCS. Even 2-4 of them. Along with twice as many 7.62 Gatling mini guns shooting next to them! Yoy just cannot slew them, but CCIP will work for YakB in Mi-24D/V the operator can slew them, but we will not get those models in DCS anytime soon

I don’t really consider what J-35 does a Cobra. What you see is a special stall that happens when you give a little aileron with a lot of elevator. It causes this stall and if not recovered from quickly will cause an unrecoverable deep stall. The video you see is two seaters because this is only done in training so that new pilots can understand how this stall happens and how to recover At no point do I think a J-35 pilot ever said: let me do a Cobra maneuver as a acrobatic move or a combat move to get a missile solution With MiG-29, pressing AP off for 3 seconds will disconnect damper. Thus You can do high AOA, but it is debatable if it is a “cobra” or not. Or even of Pugachev. There is a story that MiG-29 development team had been doing these high AOA excursions, Pugachev saw this. Then applied it to Su-27 which was the first one capable of 90-110 degree AOA. You will never reach that high AOA in DCS or likely real life with a MiG-29. I think with MiG-29, you will not really get higher then 45-60 degrees unless you go so slow you incorporate a tail slide into it

Sorry no, As mentioned Petro may close the sight early enough during gentle maneuvered but often too late for more violent ones. Sometimes vice versa, it’s unpredictable; and why it’s more of a “backup” than something designed to be 100%. In this case when Petro closes the sight, Petro is only closing the doors and caging the gyroscope which already had a 3.5 minute alignment. If the 30 degree bank angle or around 20 degree/s rotation is exceeded while doors open and gyros are toppled, they need time to settle down with everything off and then turned back on. I believe the main gyroscope spins 60,000 rpm, so takes a while to slow down and completely “reset” after the guidance system is shut off. A small topple, where periscope is only a few degrees off, may only need 30-40 seconds of guidance unit off before you can turn the guidance back on. But if badly toppled, will need a full 3 minutes. So I usually suggest if toppled no matter how much to turn it off for 3.5 minutes then back on for 3.5 minutes, taking 7 minutes total to “repair.”

They are not described in any manual I can find quickly. It’s possibly just a different equipment fit. There are many different configurations even for same variant when it comes to instrument panel warning lights and gauges. Notice they say 0, so not hooked up

Both knobs only change what is displayed in the gauge above them. Is that what you mean? Seems OP is wondering about gauged to the left (forward?)? From Cold War museum manual: AC generator: 111-138 amps 203-204 V under no load 115 VAC: 112-118 volts Rectifiers: 24-30 V Battery: 21-28 amps

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

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