Maximum G for F5 E?

[Isegrim]

Like title says.

 

Somebody told me that this Plane withstands 14 G´s in DCS.

 

Websites normaly show 7.3 Gs :https://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/einsatzmittel/luft/f-5e-tiger-ii.html

 

I downloaded the Manual of the DCS F5E and found that there is a maximum Acceleration marker for 7.3Gs on the Accelerometer.

 

I thought of buying this Plane in the close Future but isnt there something wrong with the structural model or flightmodel currently?

[razo+r]

Like title says.

 

Somebody told me that this Plane withstands 14 G´s in DCS.

 

Websites normaly show 7.3 Gs :https://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/einsatzmittel/luft/f-5e-tiger-ii.html

 

I downloaded the Manual of the DCS F5E and found that there is a maximum Acceleration marker for 7.3Gs on the Accelerometer.

 

I thought of buying this Plane in the close Future but isnt there something wrong with the structural model or flightmodel currently?

 

7.3 Gs is the safe limit. Anything above and you'll damage the structure. That means, after pulling a while above 7.3 Gs, there is a point where your wings break. The more you pull the quicker you'll loose them.

[Isegrim]

Thank you but isnt 14 Gs a little bit on the high side.

I mean I understand that 7.3 Gs is for maximum sustained turn. And the F5-E will withstand like 9Gs fo 2 seconds.

But 14 G ... seems for me like thats at the very high side and i started to wonder about that.

Maybe there is something wrong with the Accelerometer so that it does not show the same amount of acceleration like in F2 outside view.

 

All this came up after i watched a Pilot in F2 View which showed an Acceleration of 18.9 G when he pulled out of a dive.

So because i know that there is sometimes a difference by serverlag or other reasons that i asked him to do this again outside the Cockpit while he is in his F2 View.

 

After the same pull he told me that he did pull 13.8 Gs with the indicator being the F2 View Infoline at the bottom.

 

And i doubt that the Airframe will take this without any Damage.

 

In Fact .. there was no Damage.

 

So maybe its bugged.

[Isegrim]

OK Thank you

[Lucas_From_Hell]

To complement this, what happens when you grossly exceed the limits is the mechanics back at the base do a close inspection and overhaul to see if any structural damage was sustained - many times nothing happens, but you need to check and address these problems so that next time someone pulls 11 or more any small damage incurred before won't make the aircraft fall apart.

[Stingray]

There is a good I read online somewhere, I can't find the source, but it was along the lines of:

 

"aircraft structural g-limits are only in effect when a second flight of the aircraft seems likely"

 

meaning, if you're about to get smoked by a missile/enemy/etc, survival becomes more important than avoiding airframe stress.

[mvsgas]

There is a good I read online somewhere, I can't find the source, but it was along the lines of:

 

"aircraft structural g-limits are only in effect when a second flight of the aircraft seems likely"

 

meaning, if you're about to get smoked by a missile/enemy/etc, survival becomes more important than avoiding airframe stress.

 

You can find that in the book Palace Cobra by Ed Rasimus

https://books.google.com/books/about/Palace_Cobra.html?id=K6Qx4RikpNYC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q=frank&f=false

[Stingray]

You can find that in the book Palace Cobra by Ed Rasimus

https://books.google.com/books/about/Palace_Cobra.html?id=K6Qx4RikpNYC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q=frank&f=false

 

Thanks for that, good to see the original quote and source.

[Nooch]

Here are the different G-limits according to the manual (p.257):

Maximum G without pylons (with missiles on wingtip launchers) 7.3 ; -3

Maximum G with stores 6.5 ; -2

Maximum G with loaded external weapon stores and inboard external tanks (275 gallons) 4 ; -1.5

[AG-51_Sabot]

Just a reminder....:D