[NO BUG] AIM-54 weapon rails...

[Donut]

I noticed that removing the weapon rails for the AIM-54 on stations 4 and 5 did not change the weight. They were removed from the aircraft when looking at the exterior view but the aircraft weight stayed the same as it was with them attached.

Edited March 20, 2019 by Cobra847

[Eldur]

I guess at the moment it's just optical, just like in the Hornet. Did you check if the weight of the missiles include the weight of the rails? Check with the table here. Haven't done this myself yet, but I noticed that as well.

[Cobra847]

The FM does take into account these, but the way they're applied to the aircraft means their weight won't show up properly.

[Baz000]

can't add the pylons back on after taking them off when loading AIM-54 tho

[Donut]

The FM does take into account these, but the way they're applied to the aircraft means their weight won't show up properly.

 

Thanks for the quick reply Cobra!

 

If the weight difference does not show up in the ME, how do we go about calculating max trap weights?

[Eldur]

Good to know the FM is adapted to the change.

 

BTW there's one issue left on ED's side though. When they introduced that feature with the 18, there were big Xes in the boxes where you selected "remove pylon". That's been gone for a while now... hard to tell how it's set up like that since there is no difference between "no pylons" and "empty pylons" anymore on the arming screen.