Pocket Sized Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 For those of you who don't know, this is the A-10's last resort when it comes to control failures. It kills all of your hydraulics. The only thing keeping you level is cables going from the stick to the elevator and the trim tabs on the ailerons. On the left side the cockpit there's a panel outlined in red and yellow, it's on the bottom right of this panel. (I've done some experiments with seeing how many systems I can shut down and still land safely. It turns out the answer is "all of them!") I've found the aileron and rudder behavior to be realistic and match the IRL flight manual pretty well. (The ailerons are only moved by the trim tabs and will go limp when you're stationary) The elevator is a bit odd. In flight it moves very slowly because of human muscle limitations as it should, however pitch trim is backwards and very very sensitive. So sensitive that usually turning on MRFCS in flight is fatal because the trim is too strong to counter with elevator. Additionally turning off all electronics appears to take the elevator back to normal (using hydraulic pressure to move) Anyone know if this is realistic? 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.
Bersagliere81 Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 Good to know. I still fear that panel and have no idea how it works yet | A-10C | MiG-21bis | Hawk T1.A | L-39 Albatros | F-5E | Ka-50 | Mi-8 | NTTR | CA | SU27 | M2000C | F-86F | AV-8B | F/A-18C | Mig 15 | Mig 19| Specs Intel i7-9700k msi GTX 2060 Gaming Z msi Z390 Gaming PLUS 16gb RAM Hotas Warthog
cthulhu68 Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 If you haven't heard about A10 pilot getting shot up over Baghdad check it out. http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Stories1/001-100/0016_A-10-battle-damage/story0016.htm
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