Improved Physics

[obious]

So I came across this video on Hoggit of an F14 launching of the end of a carrier.

 

 

I’m less concerned about the squirrelling of the Cat and more concerned about the flight physics coming off the deck. It just doesn’t look right to my uneducated brain. I thought DCS/the F-14’s flight model was supposed to be realistic?

 

I’m neither trained nor educated in a specific scientific field or aeronautics and also please don’t reply with ‘you’ve never flown an F14 so you don’t know what it can or can’t do’ type comments; I don’t think they’re helpful to anyone

 

Thoughts?

[MegOhm_SD]

Too funny...also funny it never happens to me. So how can it be a DCS Physics error?

 

Almost looks like the pilot input rudder with NWS, if possible, or some such shenanigans.

 

Ill try it tonight for the giggle factor.

[Strikeeagle345]

The launch is a bug / issue as far as I am aware. As for the way the jet maneuvered once airborne, it acted that way due to the pilot not having his flaps down and the jets oscillation. I believe it acted how it should have given the circumstances.

[DD_Fenrir]

Happens if you're poorly lined up with the catapult track when locking into the cat; the reason it looks unrealistic is because it is unrealistic procedure; no real aircraft would have been allowed to lock into the cat with the a/c boresight canted that far from the vector of the catapult - the deck crew would not allow it.

[Exorcet]

What about the flight physics looks off to you? It seemed reasonable at first glance, the plan drops a little bit, AoA increase and increases the lift, and it then begins to climb.

[pimp]

Happens if you're poorly lined up with the catapult track when locking into the cat; the reason it looks unrealistic is because it is unrealistic procedure; no real aircraft would have been allowed to lock into the cat with the a/c boresight canted that far from the vector of the catapult - the deck crew would not allow it.

This is one of the main reasons why I'm so interested on how the new carrier module & deck crew will effect this kind of behavior. Since they're implementing hand signals, what happens if we overshoot the catapult? Very interested.

[canadianbaken]

Also if you noticed the plane had the tail hook down. This plane wasn’t configured for a proper takeoff.

[Eldur]

Happens if you're poorly lined up with the catapult track when locking into the cat; the reason it looks unrealistic is because it is unrealistic procedure; no real aircraft would have been allowed to lock into the cat with the a/c boresight canted that far from the vector of the catapult - the deck crew would not allow it.

 

This is just a pure bug. The first time I saw this reported with the Hornet, the airframe was aligned perfectly and it still happened.

[David OC]

This is one of the main reasons why I'm so interested on how the new carrier module & deck crew will effect this kind of behavior. Since they're implementing hand signals, what happens if we overshoot the catapult? Very interested.

 

 

You automatically get reprimanded by the sim. This includes being demoted and a force log out of DCS for a week. :)

[Worrazen]

You automatically get reprimanded by the sim. This includes being demoted and a force log out of DCS for a week. :)

 

 

:megalol: oh got me out of nowhere

[Harlikwin]

That looks about par for the course. Basically a misaligned cat shot, along with multiple other errors from the pilot.

 

The "easiest" fix for this would for ED to just "lock" or auto adjust the plane in the correct position when you hook up to the shuttle, yes it would look crappy on the deck but it would avoid these sort of launches which IMO are worse.