speed brake

[SDsc0rch]

was just watching a YouTube clip of saudi fighters operating in support of action in yemen

 

i noticed an f-15e employing the speedbrake during its landing - see here: https://youtu.be/ylgT-wwrFgU?t=229

 

(note - page i was looking at.. http://theaviationist.com/2015/04/06/operation-decisive-storm-rsaf/ )

 

i noticed the speed of the airbrake deployment - its fast! much faster than in DCS

 

now, the youtube clip is featuring an f-15e - and we have an f-15c in DCS

 

so i'm curious.. is the speed of the f-15e airbrake faster than on an f-15c?

 

are SAUDI f-15 airbrakes faster?

 

maybe its an upgrade - maybe airbrakes were slower for the aircraft that are modeled in the sim - but now more modern eagles and strike eagles have faster actuators - does anybody know?

 

or, is the DCS airbrake... simply too slow?

[Not_G]

the speed brake works identical for f-15a-s variants, should take right around 1 second to fully extend and 2~ seconds to retract. Unless it was a F-15SA you were watching, they use fly by wire and im not sure how much got changed.

[cofcorpse]

What about this video?

It's about 2 and 4 sec, just like in our game.

[IonicRipper]

I guess it depends on wind pressure

[SDsc0rch]

okay, thank you guys for your responses

 

@not_G, yes i believe the strike eagle in the vid is saudi, therefore it is FBW (did not know that) - so that's probably why the airbrake deployment speed is faster

 

and thanks to cofcorpse too - you're right, the airbrake in the sim is just like that vid