drack Posted November 11, 2017 Posted November 11, 2017 Hi folks, I was doing touch and goes in the F-5 last evening and cant help but notice the A/C is still a bit nose heavy on rotation. It seems to be the same as the F86 was until recently. The take off behavour in the F86 is now a lot more controlable. I hope the F5 gets the same Belsimtek love soon. Nice with the landing light now showing on the runway. Luv your products. Cheers. Graham.
lmp Posted November 11, 2017 Posted November 11, 2017 With the trim setting and rotation velocity calculated as the manual describes it, it takes off just fine for me.
Goldham Posted November 12, 2017 Posted November 12, 2017 Also make sure you Nose gear is hiked up before take off
WildBillKelsoe Posted November 13, 2017 Posted November 13, 2017 With the trim setting and rotation velocity calculated as the manual describes it, it takes off just fine for me. its very weird as I have full fuel and guns, two AIM-9P so my trim should be 6-7 and vR should be 156 but in setting this trim, hitting this speed, it rotates with stick in halfway position not held to gut (fully back) as described in manual. the only time I had to hold stick to gut was when full nose down trim to zero units. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
Nooch Posted November 13, 2017 Posted November 13, 2017 Make sure you have your forward (labeled L) and aft (labeled R) tanks balanced. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Wizard_03 Posted November 14, 2017 Posted November 14, 2017 Make sure you have your forward (labeled L) and aft (labeled R) tanks balanced. Not supposed to balance the tanks until airborne and external tanks are empty, if applicable, per the manual. DCS F/A-18C :sorcerer:
Nooch Posted November 14, 2017 Posted November 14, 2017 Not supposed to balance the tanks until airborne and external tanks are empty, if applicable, per the manual. That's correct. I just thought it might help the OP but it's definitely not the proper procedure. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
dolfo Posted November 14, 2017 Posted November 14, 2017 OP mentioned doing touch and go practice, so fuel balance should not be out of the question. I think the most common mistake is to not trim the airplane for on-aoa speed during approach. Many people just hold the aoa with stick force rather than trim and if need to go-around the nose may feel a bit heavy.
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