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Yes. Without a lock, how does the laser know what to measure the range to? The lock comes first and, then, range gets measured. Not sure about the MiG-29’s laser but according to the Su-27 real world manual, if the target is < 1600 m away, the laser is the primary tool for measurement and uses a 2Hz emission frequency. If > 1600 m, it plays a supportive role at .25Hz. In that situation, the radar, in “quasi-search” mode, provides the primary range measurement. I would imagine that the MiG’s system would be something similar. @BigBorner Whether or not it would trip the warning would depend on the frequency range it scans, I would imagine. In the sim, I don’t know if the laser use in the MiGs or Sukhois is even modeled separately. All you see in the cockpit is a range measurement.

Install it and see what happens. It's supposed to include the MiG-29A/S/G. The scripts, etc that are a part of it, include the MiG-29A/S/G.

Translation: I own the Su-27 and Su-33 separately. The mod works fine. If it works in those, it'll work in the MiG-29 in the same way it's set to work in the bundled version. They are the same aircraft. There are no differences between the two "versions". EDIT: Not sure why you don’t just download it and try it. Just enter “0” for the donation amount and download it. If you like it and want to use it, go back and make a donation.

There is no "heading hold". There is "path hold" (route following) which is not implemented. For "hold ALT" I assume you mean "barometric altitude hold" which is implemented. When you select that, the corresponding button on the AP panel doesn't light up? You might also find this on the MiG-29 AP useful:

It remains unfinished, like I said. Or, perhaps, I should have used the word “incomplete”. Either way, it doesn’t have the route following and landing modes that are included in the Flanker (FC3) even if the Flanker’s landing mode stopped working correctly years ago and has never been fixed.

A point of information. The MiG-29’s AP is unfinished and will probably remain so until the end of time. There is no route following or landing mode. The only modes available are damper, attitude hold, barometric altitude hold, ground collision avoidance, and level up to horizon (panic mode). Unfortunately, I’m not familiar with the TM Warthog and how to set it up for the MiG-29 variants. I’m assuming you have to assign things via the controls menu but I could very well be wrong. I’m more familiar with simpler equipment.

What are you expecting to happen with AP On/Off? On?Off is simply turning the damper system on/off. Once engaged, you need to select the AP mode you want. Damper comes on automatically with air starts and after a certain wait time, with cold starts. Wheel brake is for both. No independent braking.

That assumption is correct, though it comes with different paints schemes.

RCtrl+ENTER will bring up the controls indicator. Bring it up and see how your trim is behaving, when using the trim hat. I'm having no issues on my end.

Not that I know of. Then again, the entire cockpit looks washed out.

Excellent.

Add about 8 seconds.

The F-16C is quite speedy, isn’t it?

@okopanja I think that the difference is the climb angle to Mach 0.95. Judging from the plots of our speeds, your angle was steeper than mine. EDIT: That assumes our aircraft were set up identically.

Thank you for the correction. Didn’t know that.

You just open the TRK file directly into the ME. No need to change to MIZ, then back to TRK. But that has nothing to do with your issue. Do you have a shorter MP track file that you can post here? Then we can see if it'll play for us. What map is the MP session on?

Track files: xxxxxx.TRK

As soon as you take control of the view in a track, you have control of the view going forward. The track has no mechanism for taking view control back. Been that way from the beginning.

Try turning “easy comms” on? This is an FC3 aircraft.

That one was somewhat like the afterburner intercept flight program laid out in the real world manual. Yesterday I made one more flight despite my promise to myself not to. That one came in at 1'21". In this last one I used both active pause and jackmckay's 1% unlimited fuel. I hadn't expected much difference but there was. This time I followed the flight program (maintain M0.9-0.95) until I passed through roughly 7000m. If you continue to follow the program from that point, you have to start reducing your pitch angle to hold required Mach and I know from experience that it'll make the flight longer. So at that point I pulled into a zoom climb. It's fun flying with no fuel... Track attached. Su-27 12000 m Climb_Unlimited-1-21.trk

Made a few more runs. My best time so far from brake release to 12,000 m on the info bar rather than the HUD (the HUD gets to 12,000 m sooner) is 1’29”. My previous reported time of 1’27” was from wheels leaving the runway to 12,000 m. I hadn’t noticed TheFreshPrince’s post until after posting. And this is where I’ll probably stop because I doubt I’ll be able to shave more than another few seconds off that time.

I don’t know what’s optimal for the MiG-31 but an Su-27 is not a MiG-31. In my 2nd attempt, I reached 12,000 m in 1’ 27” starting with 28% fuel (the first took 1’49” with 30-something fuel) both of which suggest that your profile is suboptimal. In both flights speeds above Mach 1 were achieved. EDIT: Also just occurred to me that the Su-27DCS has an acceleration drop in the transonic range that ED claims they have data for but is not demonstrated in publicly available data. So given the short time constraint involved, I suspect you won’t get all that close to the P-42 time.

Then you are doing something wrong in your climb. And, if I understood you correctly in your first post, you were unable to reach Mach 1+ speeds in the first climb you reported. That’s another suggestion that there is something wrong in your approach. Not saying that there isn’t an issue. Just saying that the difference is probably less that what you’re seeing.

It landed? So it got it half right…

The Su-25 is the older aircraft, lighter, and has no HUD relying instead on “steam gauge” instrumentation. It’s the premiere A2G workhorse in a number of air forces. The Su-25T, by contrast, has seen limited use but comes with a HUD, more armor, and a wider array of weapon choices. It’s the only flyable RedFor SEAD platform.