MiG 21 english cockpit mod ??

[Lenux]

Is there a way to use the english cocpkit labels ?

How can I modify / edit / the cockpit zoom distance, as default ? Whenever I start a new game with MiG 21, it's way too much zoomed out.

Thank you

[HunterICX]

For english cockpit :

 

 

as for the Zoom level, try to reset your FOV by pressing 'Enter' on your numpad.

[Lenux]

I did this, already, but the cockpit looks weird, I can't see anything

 

LE :

Here is a printscreen, with the English - Metric option

Edited April 12, 2020 by Lenux

[razo+r]

Well, try disable the mods and then do a repair and see if that helped.

[aceviper]

Is there a way to use the english cocpkit labels ?

How can I modify / edit / the cockpit zoom distance, as default ? Whenever I start a new game with MiG 21, it's way too much zoomed out.

Thank you

 

Numpad / and * to zoom in and out.

Numpad 5 to center.

R-alt + numpad 0 to save as default.

[Lenux]

Thanks, is working fine now

I haven't play this aircraft for a long time, I can't understand how the afterburner is working

After 2-3 minutes with full throttle ( I'm testing only, no dogfight, unlimited fuel, etc ) and the aircraft is losing speed

Edited April 12, 2020 by Lenux

[razo+r]

Maybe you were overspeeding?

 

At which altitude and speed (Mach number) does it happen?

[Lenux]

I tried at low altitude, about 950 kmh, so, lower than 1M

There is no more I can do, when I start losing speed

[Lenux]

I uploaded here a simple mission, free flight, MiG 21 , Caucasus map

Could you guys, please, fly at lower and higher altitudes, full throttle, for a few minutes, and upload the .trk file ?

Thank you

MiG 21_.miz

[Freddo]

I uploaded here a simple mission, free flight, MiG 21 , Caucasus map

Could you guys, please, fly at lower and higher altitudes, full throttle, for a few minutes, and upload the .trk file ?

Thank you

 

You can fly Full Afterburner all the time if you are not faster than Mach 2.1 or Mach 2.2. will. Without a load, you will definitely be too fast. With tanks or bombs, the resistance is great enough and it goes without problems with full throttle until the fuel is exhausted.

You are probably too fast, or your engine is going out because you are flying negative or neutral G's.

[Lenux]

Thank you

So, how could I avoid neutral G's ?

I tried again, earlier, and when I start the mission, I can hear a warning sound ( no enemy aircrafts around, no missiles incoming, no low altitude )

At about 3000 feet, full throttle, straight flight, no maneuvers, the engine stops

Same happens with the default mission FREE FLIGHT - CAUCASUS

Edited April 13, 2020 by Lenux

[razo+r]

How to avoid neutral G's? Simply don't push the stick.

 

There is no warning sound other than the radar altimeter (and RWR) in the MiG-21. So what sound did you hear?

 

Edit: I just flew your mission. I was able to fly without problems until the engine cut out due to overspeed.

 

And the sound, the constant beeping, should be a NDB I believe.

Edited April 13, 2020 by razo+r

[Lenux]

How to avoid neutral G's? Simply don't push the stick.

 

There is no warning sound other than the radar altimeter (and RWR) in the MiG-21. So what sound did you hear?

 

Edit: I just flew your mission. I was able to fly without problems until the engine cut out due to overspeed.

 

And the sound, the constant beeping, should be a NDB I believe.

 

I tried again, low altitude. About 2800 MSL, 1180 KmH ( under 1M ) and straight flight.

No maneuvers, nothing.

Same story.

What does it mean " overspeed " in this case ( MiG21 ) ???

[AeriaGloria]

Check the manual or Chucks guide, the inlet can only handle so much IAS. IDR the exact IAS limit but it is around 1200-1300 kmh IIRC.

 

Looking at when your nozzle cone reaches its limit is a good indication

[rossmum]

VNE is 1300 or 1350, you're up around your max dynamic pressure for the airframe there and in DCS your engine will quit somewhere in that range. It can hit 1400 without flaming out sometimes, but I wouldn't count on it - I always try stay right on 1300 and go no higher. 1200 is fine.

 

If you're losing your engine while you still have >200l of fuel in the tanks, one of four things is happening:

 

a) you're overspeeding it - stay below 1300km/h IAS.

b) you've somehow compressor stalled badly enough to flame out. This is exceptionally hard to do without first doing something else that would rip the airframe, if overstress was more fleshed out (e.g. ARU override to 'long arm' and then reefing on the stick at >800km/h). It's probably not this, you'd hear the banging from the compressor anyway.

c) you've applied 0 or negative G, or flown inverted, long enough for the 80 litre header tank to drain, thus starving the engine of fuel.

d) you've overridden and meddled with the nose cone position, or failed to turn the automatic nose cone control on (main right side vertical breaker panel, top row of horizontal switches, it's the switch nearest the front of the aircraft out of those three).

 

It's most likely c) or d) given your speed is below 1300.

 

For the first, pretend you're flying a Spitfire - roll inverted and pull rather than nosing over. Negative G sucks for you as a human being and sucks for the airframe, so avoid it as much as possible - both your body and the aircraft tolerate far higher positive G loads than negative. Don't fly inverted, if you have to be inverted then apply gentle back stick to apply some positive G to the aircraft (so the fuel drains properly rather than floating to the top of the tanks).

 

For the second, don't. You shouldn't be touching that unless you have good reason (and if you have good reason to be touching that, you should be looking to land, because something is very wrong). Make sure the main breaker switch for the cone is on and don't touch the override on the left panel.

Edited April 13, 2020 by rossmum

[Lenux]

Thanks a million, guys

I'll keep trying

Offtopic : why does the MiG 21 canopy glass ( HUD also ) look so amazing ??

Dirt, scratches, etc

It looks so real, compared with all the aircrafts I own ( almost every module )

[rinkerbuck]

Wait the inlet meter works for you guys? I only ever see it go to 20% when I start the engine and it never moves after that.

[rossmum]

It does move, but the logic that drives the cone is based on air pressure IIRC so you won't see as much movement if you never leave the deck.

[razo+r]

Thanks a million, guys

I'll keep trying

Offtopic : why does the MiG 21 canopy glass ( HUD also ) look so amazing ??

Dirt, scratches, etc

It looks so real, compared with all the aircrafts I own ( almost every module )

 

It may look amazing, but a canopy like this would have be cleaned or thrown away immediately. This would be considered a hazard to fly with.

[Lenux]

Why, razo+r ??

[rossmum]

Every other canopy in DCS is unrealistically spotless. While the MiG's might be a touch too dirty, people really underestimate both how much bug guts ends up on the perspex in flight, and how hard it is to clean off properly. Usually the windscreen gets the worst of it.

 

With that said, the gunsight glass should be pretty close to spotless.

[razo+r]

Depends on air force. Ours cleaned the canopy after almost if not every flight, and they were quite clean when I looked at them.

[rossmum]

To be fair, DCS doesn't simulate it getting dirty during the flight, so having a canopy that's a little grotty is as close as we're likely to get. No matter how clean it is when you take off, it won't stay that way. Getting bug guts off perspex sucks, they're like concrete :lol:

[hovring]

We just use water to soak the bug up for a good 5 min or so and make it moist. Wipe of with a clean cloth. Not hard at all.

That is how we do it anyway... No rocket science but it works.

[TLTeo]

Also I'd argue that the god-awful sighting in DCS already makes up for the overly clean canopies in a way :P