Pocket Sized Posted September 8, 2016 Posted September 8, 2016 I noticed there's a very large Mach indicator in the Su-25A. Very useful for figuring out how much you can push her before she starts biting. Does the 25T have a Mach or TAS indication anywhere in the cockpit? Seems like such a high subsonic aircraft should have one somewhere. DCS modules are built up to a spec, not down to a schedule. In order to utilize a system to your advantage, you must know how it works.
JazonXD Posted September 9, 2016 Posted September 9, 2016 (edited) I noticed there's a very large Mach indicator in the Su-25A. Very useful for figuring out how much you can push her before she starts biting. Does the 25T have a Mach or TAS indication anywhere in the cockpit? Seems like such a high subsonic aircraft should have one somewhere. At about the 450 to 500 knots IAS mark, (IIRC, it's IAS and not TS), your elevator would almost cease to work under normal flight operations (flaps up). But also, at that speed, if you manage to get the elevators to bite, full aft stick would pull enough Gs to rip your wing(s) off. I have not been able to fly faster than that so I'm assuming there's probably no other structural failure specifically done by the excessive speed. As for the Mach Indicator on the 25T... I have no idea, I don't fly the froggies often :p Edited September 9, 2016 by JazonXD AMD 5600X -- Gigabyte RTX 3070 Vision -- 32GB 3600MHz DDR4 -- HP Reverb G2 -- Logitech 3D Extreme Pro -- Thrustmaster TWCS BRRRT! Car and aviation enthusiast, gun nut and computer nerd!
probad Posted September 9, 2016 Posted September 9, 2016 tas is on your hud and inset in your ias steamgauge ias gauge also has 3 marks painted on it to go off of, should be pretty self explanatory based on where they are at.
Pocket Sized Posted September 9, 2016 Author Posted September 9, 2016 tas is on your hud and inset in your ias steamgauge ias gauge also has 3 marks painted on it to go off of, should be pretty self explanatory based on where they are at. Thank you! I never noticed the Mach indicator on the gauge. But the HUD definitely indicates IAS, unless it's like the flanker where is switches to TAS in certain modes? Also the marks are useful at sea level, not so much when you're trying to drop a 500kr from 3500m (but that's where the Mach meter comes in) DCS modules are built up to a spec, not down to a schedule. In order to utilize a system to your advantage, you must know how it works.
probad Posted September 11, 2016 Posted September 11, 2016 i was wrong, it doesnt have a tas readout on the hud, what you instead get is the assigned airspeed for selected waypoint.
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