Viking22

The manuals are identical across all factory production aircraft in terms of performance, what changes between the manuals are safety and procedural processes. Regardless, even though the manuals are now public record as ALL factory versions of the F-5/CF-5 and T-38 are in civilian hands and have been through the FAA's experimental exhibition airworthiness process making the manual as public as the manual for a 737, Yak 52 or even the MiG 29 (as their is 2 flying in the us in civilian hands). I have edited my quote to remove the link to the 1990 reprint of the 1984 change #8 of the original 1977 F-5E-1 manual.

So the manual I linked to is the F-5E-1 which is the first production version of the F-5E, the document you posted has identical charts as it also is the F-5E-1 but also covers the F-5F-1 which for all intensive purposes is the same. The F-5E-1 charts should have the same performance for all aircraft versions and upgrades that do not include engine upgrades which are only found on 2 field upgrade versions of the F-5, the AT model and the Super Tigris. In regards to your maneuver perimeters, I should have specified full mil power for mine and your are for full afterburner.

Prancing you should check out the growling sidewinder group, there a large number of F-5 drivers including myself and Tax.

Dampers on for both pitch and yaw (Located about your left hip forward of countermeasures) Trim is your friend in the F-5 I have my curves set to 25 for roll 23 for pitch and 10 for yaw If your going in to a high speed, increasing rate oscillation you don't have the dampener on and your not not trimmed correctly. If your losing control at high speeds and you have the dampers on then you need to check your curves as it may be PIO or pilot induced oscillation.

I can send my panel cutout for when I put a IFD 440 in my first Yak 52. The Avidyne IFD-440 and the GNS 430 use the same tray and have the same pin out. You also save about 36 pounds by removing the original remote radio as well as the front and rear cockpit head units.

Since Open Beta 2.5.4.28090 I have issues with the F-5 Sidewinder tone on the P5 intermittently going silent. Not locked, or mid tone but no growl at all.

I have been a long-time lurker on the forms but hesitant to join under the advisement of some members of the DCS community. I am posting to report a bug with the F-5 flight model, primarily, in regards to sustained high AOA and instantaneous turn rates. To be brief, the DCS F-5 slows down too rapidly when maneuvering in high AOA pulls or when sustained high AOA maneuvering is required. At 350 to 400 knots the F-5 should be able to maintain a continuous ~4.3-4.8 Gs with a turn radius of ~5000 feet at 5000 feet MSL. (conditions would be 2 Aim 9P5, no wing or cl stores and full fuel at a weight of ~13,500 pounds). This was normal for the F-5E-3 pre Open Beta 2.5.4.28090, however at some point when the textures were broken it feels as if the drag coefficient has increased slightly and could be described as if the aircraft was flying through Jell-O. The Aim-9P5 has also been affected with tacviews from pre 28090 showing the missiles were able to hold their energy better. The difference between Pre 28090 and post 28090 is about a 5% performance decrease in acceleration, climb, level speed and turn performance of both the F-5E-3 and the Aim-9P5. While I don’t expect the DCS F-5 to match the real F-5, I do expect a finished module to remain constant in its performance. See combat performance section FA8 with turn performance starting at page 410. http://www.avialogs.com/index.php/en/aircraft/usa/northrop/f-5tigerii/t-o-1f-5e-1-f-5e-flight-manual.html#download