Xenovia Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) 1. Whats the difference in turning performance between manipulating the maneuvering flaps manually and letting the CADC do the work for you? 2. What are the speeds I should be at when I'm manually using the maneuver flaps? So far I seem to have locked up my slats after turning at higher speeds within the F-14's optimum envelope. I've always flown the F-14 and let the CADC doing its thing without me having to touch the DLC. Edited December 21, 2019 by Xenovia [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
eatthis Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 the cadc controls the wingsweep, im not sure what it does with the flaps/slats 7700k @5ghz, 32gb 3200mhz ram, 2080ti, nvme drives, valve index vr
Dannyvandelft Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 1. Whats the difference in turning performance between manipulating the maneuvering flaps manually and letting the CADC do the work for you? 2. What are the speeds I should be at when I'm manually using the maneuver flaps? So far I seem to have locked up my slats after turning at higher speeds within the F-14's optimum envelope. I've always flown the F-14 and let the CADC doing its thing without me having to touch the DLC.DLC only works with the wings swept forward and flaps/gear are down. During combat the button that activates DLC, releases counter measures. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
r4y30n Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) ACM questions The button releases countermeasures, yes, but DLC forward/aft controls maneuver flaps under those conditions, too. I forgot about that double function until just now, will have to experiment with it. Edited December 21, 2019 by r4y30n
lunaticfringe Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 Overriding the maneuvering flaps to close during ACM causes an incremental decrease in available lift, with a commiserate increase of induced drag compared to the same configuration with them deployed. Increasing the deployment amount gives you a little more lift but increases the jet's shape drag, so you're getting a bit more nose for a similar penalty. Best way to think of it is that overriding the CADC, which is doing its best to give you maximum Ps performance for a given speed, loading, and AoA is that you're going to get something in trade for a loss in speed- either nose position, or a boat anchor that amounts to less than getting the brakes out. You might also get a bit of help in slowing down above 400 knots (where the speedbrakes simply do not deploy), depending on where in the schedule you are. The only times I've frozen the slats was through intentionally putting the flap handle down with the maneuvering mode overridden, or passing through 350 knots with the handle down. These are things that were done to make sure things were working as they should, and are prohibited to make sure the airplane isn't damaged. Don't do these things, and the CADC limits *should* keep you safe.
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