Buffeting in the cockpit

[aldox]

I saw a bunch of videos of the fa 18 and I can see that the aircraft has some buffeting in the cockpit just by flying straight and I saw the effect on the tomcat, so my question is are we gonna get an effect like this? I'm aware that there's some buffeting on high AoA but nothing like I saw on the videos or in the f14

[Harker]

There Hornet's buffeting effect isn't anywhere close to the Tomcat 's. The Hornet handles really well even in very high AOA and entering something like a spin is almost impossible.

[Jak525]

IIRC Wags said the Hornet SMEs said the amount of shaking is accurate.

[Harker]

IIRC Wags said the Hornet SMEs said the amount of shaking is accurate.

Yeah, that's what I expected. The Hornet is fly-by-wire, it'd be weird if it was shaking all over the place. Although it has some inaccuracies that need to be addressed, I believe the FM is pretty good.

[Sergeant_Hamlet]

The thing is, DCS doesn't currently simulate thermals or otherwise turbulent air AFAIK. If the air itself is moving erratically, no amount of fly-by-wire trickery will keep the plane from buffeting around like a mechanical bull. IIRC, a new weather engine is in the works that includes humidity and temperature, so maybe it'll eventually be something we have to factor in.

[Deano87]

The thing is, DCS doesn't currently simulate thermals or otherwise turbulent air AFAIK.

 

 

er... It does certainly model turbulence. I have it on in most of my missions.. Its fun bouncing around as you try and formate on other people hehe.

[Weta43]

The thing is, DCS doesn't currently simulate thermals or otherwise turbulent air AFAIK

Yes, and Deano87 said, it's available in the weather settings, it's just set to zero by default, and that isn't changed for most missions.

[Joker328]

I appreciate realism, but I'll stick to smooth air thank you very much. I can barely hit the basket as it is.