K4nnix Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Hello MIG21 fellows.. The whole Last week i flew the Mig21 every day for long periods of time, have to say, it is by far the best plane on DCS World, very hard, very challanging and unforgiving.. One of the few things that disturb me in a little bit is that you can only release/launch rockets and bombs in pairs, having 4x FAB250 or 4x S24A/B is very limiting in multiplayer.. After googling some bit, i found the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSAJ5AAdhjs He releases a single bomb of his two.. How does he do it ? After googling a while whitout an answer i checked the video again and saw something very special.. As we all know, Bombs release on Settings 1-2, 3-4 or 1-4 Having one Bomb on setting 1-2 and the second bomb on 3-4 allows you to drop them individual.. pretty cool ha ? kind of, because you cannot do it on DCS, is it a Bug ? I tested around a lot.. -------------------------------------------------------- 1-2 = FAB250 + S24A 3-4 = FAB250 + S24A Firing the S24's individual works fine for me, but having the bombs left like the scenario on the upper video, it won't release the bombs, neither it changes the pipper to Bombmode, it just stays in the middle of ASP -------------------------------------------------------- 1-2 = FAB250 + EMPTY 3-4 = FAB250 + EMPTY Same as above, can't go into Bombmode, neither release a bomb. -------------------------------------------------------- Tried multiple Times .. With FAB500+ 4xFAB100 on 1-2 where it drops the FAB500 and one FAB100, but after that having 3x FAB100 left, it wont release any of the left ones.. I even tried 1-2 = S24A + UB32 / 3-4 = S24B + 2xR60M's works perfectly fine for me. Seems like there is a problem with the Bomb release.. I really don't know if this should work with our 21Bis, I just saw this on the Video and I'm wondering if this needs to be improved or redone in the future.. Sidenote: If you unload all the S-5's on the UB32 the weight doesn't change K4 out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra847 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Field modification or something else of the sort. This is not possible in any normal operating procedure. Nicholas Dackard Founder & Lead Artist Heatblur Simulations https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bestandskraft Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Sidenote: If you unload all the S-5's on the UB32 the weight doesn't change How do you know the weight does not change? How do you "unload" the S-5s from the UB32, assuming you don't mean just firing them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K4nnix Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 How do you know the weight does not change? How do you "unload" the S-5s from the UB32, assuming you don't mean just firing them? Just firing them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey45 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Could be an updated Mig-21...? The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bestandskraft Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Just firing them.. Thanks. Coming back to my first question, how do you know the weight does not change? Is there some kind of debug mode that shows the plane's current weight in flight? I've been looking for that for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K4nnix Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 Thanks. Coming back to my first question, how do you know the weight does not change? Is there some kind of debug mode that shows the plane's current weight in flight? I've been looking for that for a while now. No, just feeling ingame UB-32----------- rockets: 32 length × diameter: 2,080 × 481 mm weight, empty: 103 kg weight, loaded: 264 kg aircraft: MiG-21, There's no difference in flight behaviour between loaded 264kg and empty 103kg, but as soon as you jettison a single and empty UB32 (103kg) of your station, you feel a huge difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Could be an updated Mig-21...? It's Syrian airforce so I suppose it's quite likely that someone has changed something in there. Although I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to drop bombs singly in this configuration. The clamps that hold the bombs on the pylon receive the command to release when the pilot presses the release trigger, surely they would open regardless of whether it had a bomb on it or not? Explanation would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSKRipper Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 It's Syrian airforce so I suppose it's quite likely that someone has changed something in there. Although I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to drop bombs singly in this configuration. The clamps that hold the bombs on the pylon receive the command to release when the pilot presses the release trigger, surely they would open regardless of whether it had a bomb on it or not? Explanation would be appreciated. As Cobra said, it was never intended to work such way. The MiG-21 from the assembly line is not able to do it this way, thats the product LNS delivered to us. If you ask if it is possible, sure. You can also tune a Vespa to drive 140 km/h if you know what you do. So if you know what to mod feel free to pimp your 21 but it will not represent the thousands of MiG-21 that was in service. That's the point, it doesn't reflect the "real" MiG-21. i9 9900K @ 5,0GHz | 1080GTX | 32GB RAM | 256GB, 512GB & 1TB Samsung SSDs | TIR5 w/ Track Clip | Virpil T-50 Stick with extension + Warthog Throttle | MFG Crosswind pedals | Gametrix 908 Jetseat [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frischi234 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) Bombs can also be dropped with the "External stores emergency jettison buttons" and "Tactical release switch" set on (armed). This is in the DCS MiG not simulated :( Edited April 13, 2015 by Frischi234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 As Cobra said, it was never intended to work such way. The MiG-21 from the assembly line is not able to do it this way, thats the product LNS delivered to us. If you ask if it is possible, sure. You can also tune a Vespa to drive 140 km/h if you know what you do. So if you know what to mod feel free to pimp your 21 but it will not represent the thousands of MiG-21 that was in service. That's the point, it doesn't reflect the "real" MiG-21. Yes but why? Tuning a vespa is a matter of changing cam profiles, exhausts, crankshaft bearings, valve lift and so on. Making a MiG-21 drop a bomb loaded on pylon 4 is a matter of what? I don't know. Why is it different to dropping a pair of bombs loaded on pylon 1 and 4? I don't know that either. If Cobra is sure that this isn't a capability possessed by the MiG-21 simulated then I presume that either he or Novak knows the answer to that question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finger Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 As Cobra said, it was never intended to work such way. The MiG-21 from the assembly line is not able to do it this way, thats the product LNS delivered to us. If you ask if it is possible, sure. You can also tune a Vespa to drive 140 km/h if you know what you do. So if you know what to mod feel free to pimp your 21 but it will not represent the thousands of MiG-21 that was in service. That's the point, it doesn't reflect the "real" MiG-21. Yes,this is non standart,unusual but not impossible.For training flight with bombing task,exist such mechanical thingy which can imitate second bomb in pair(1-2 or 3-4). Just now I have not much free time,but I try to explain something about bombing system as soon as possible. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSKRipper Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Yes but why? Tuning a vespa is a matter of changing cam profiles, exhausts, crankshaft bearings, valve lift and so on. Making a MiG-21 drop a bomb loaded on pylon 4 is a matter of what? I don't know. Why is it different to dropping a pair of bombs loaded on pylon 1 and 4? I don't know that either. If Cobra is sure that this isn't a capability possessed by the MiG-21 simulated then I presume that either he or Novak knows the answer to that question. Ok, if you want to know the exact detail we have to wait for an official answer but I would guess on electrical systems. If you can convince the system to send the trigger impulse to only one pylon it would work. Maybe by manipulating the connections on the pylon selector knob. BTW I don't know if the MiG-21 uses an electrical Trigger so it's only a guess in the blind. i9 9900K @ 5,0GHz | 1080GTX | 32GB RAM | 256GB, 512GB & 1TB Samsung SSDs | TIR5 w/ Track Clip | Virpil T-50 Stick with extension + Warthog Throttle | MFG Crosswind pedals | Gametrix 908 Jetseat [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K4nnix Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 The thing why i wrote this.. I tried to do that with the bombs, it did not work, ok dont care, but ! why is it working if i split my S24's and UB16's that way, it works !! so i guess, if its not suppose to work with bombs, why is it working with other Weaponsystems ? well, i dont want to know why its possible or not, just telling the dev's that there might be something wrong.. but feel free to discuss some different stuff inhere.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Ok, if you want to know the exact detail we have to wait for an official answer but I would guess on electrical systems. If you can convince the system to send the trigger impulse to only one pylon it would work. Maybe by manipulating the connections on the pylon selector knob. BTW I don't know if the MiG-21 uses an electrical Trigger so it's only a guess in the blind. Thinking about it perhaps it's a case of the bomb on the rack completing an electrical circuit that's required to make the pylon do its thing. Blind guesses as you say. I'd love to get an official answer I love to think about mechanical detail like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuky Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I don't understand why some of you ask for some "modifications" that someone somewhere has done or tried... the aircraft modeled is of the certain type and it was made to operate in certain way... just accept it. That is part of the simulation of this aircraft. No longer active in DCS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 But we aren't asking for that, we're asking why it wouldn't work on an unmodified aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuky Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 ah... right. Well I don't know the answer :) No longer active in DCS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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