Drag

[haffende]

Hi...great update today thanks. Have observed when coming into land on approach with nose down at 5 degrees and at around 250 Knots with throttle closed and I do not bleed any airspeed at all....still need airbrakes to reduce any airspeed or lower gear....is the Mirage really this slippery ?

[razo+r]

Maybe

 

Did you had any weapons attached?

 

What was your weight?

 

Also keep in mind, the Mirage has a minimum thrust, which can still let the clean plane roll on ground

[Compulse]

The latest FM patch seems.. strange. The Mirage will fly ~250kn with hardly any throttle, and as soon as you think about turning you lose 50+ knots instantly.

 

I'm not sure how realistic it is, as I have very little experience flying planes in real life (and no experience flying a delta wing), but it seems a little off. I understand that people were complaining about the Mirage performance being overpowered before this patch, but this seems like a large swing in the opposite direction.

[red_coreSix]

A delta wing should bleed a lot of speed in turns, the changes made are a step in the right direction. The engine power seems alright, the F-15 has a pretty high idle thrust too.

[Davee]

The latest FM patch seems.. strange. The Mirage will fly ~250kn with hardly any throttle, and as soon as you think about turning you lose 50+ knots instantly.

 

I'm not sure how realistic it is, as I have very little experience flying planes in real life (and no experience flying a delta wing), but it seems a little off. I understand that people were complaining about the Mirage performance being overpowered before this patch, but this seems like a large swing in the opposite direction.

 

+1

The aircraft does not bleed speed very much with throttle closed even at slight nose down and when a mild turn is made the airspeed drops very quickly.

 

Also, when in landing configuration and the flight marker within the brackets, I noticed that with a slight touch of the throttle the response is jerkish and shows on the HUD as if the POTS are dirty. However, I have HAL sensors and they work clean in all other situations.

[ruddy122]

One technique I use is to use speed brakes so I can drop the gear below 250 knots and then retract the speedbrakes

 

The drag from the gear helps the throttle response on approach

 

 

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[Rlaxoxo]

You need to deploy gears to incrase the drag when on approach to landing

[Davee]

You need to deploy gears to incrase the drag when on approach to landing

 

Are you sure?

Never thought of that. :)

[Davee]

One technique I use is to use speed brakes so I can drop the gear below 250 knots and then retract the speedbrakes

 

The drag from the gear helps the throttle response on approach

 

 

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Nothing to do with procedures. Please read the posts again carefully.

 

:)

[NeilWillis]

Well, have you tried bleeding energy whilst going down a 5 degree slope on a bike?

 

Do the same thing with your nose level, and you may find the energy slips away better. If you're nose down, add some parasitic drag and voila!

[myHelljumper]

At idle the engine give quite a lot of thrust too, try to cut it while in flight to see what I'm talking about.