OrdMan87 Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 Hello fellow F/A-18 flyers. I am new to DCS and to the forum so here goes. i am having control issues when I land that I didn't have before 2.5.6 came out. Once I touch down my A/C wants to make a bee line to the edge of the runway and go offroading. I have to steer the A/C severally and apply brakes intermittently to come to a stable stop. It doesn't matter which airfield or map i land at. Has anyone else have this issue? thanks for any thoughts or suggestions... OrdMan87
docWilly Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 Hi OrdMan87, as far as I know from many posts before that sounds like a controller issue. Please check a) that NO other controller axis is binded to your stick that affects steering b) your curves and adjust them c) set a deadzone for stick and rudder as many devices tend to "oszillate" and induce un-wanted steering inputs I can assure you that it is NOT the fault of the flight model. Hope that helps Willy [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]my rig specs: i7-4790K CPU 4.50GHz, 32GB RAM, 64bit WIN10, NVidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, SSD+ A10C, UH-1H, M2C, F5E, Gazelle, KA 50, F18C, DCS 2.5x OB
Akula Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 Is ANTI SKID on? It should be on for land based airfields and off for carrier OPS Look for Anti Skid switch by your left knee around the Flaps switch MB: MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI Memory: WD Black SN850X 2TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K Desktop Processor 24 cores (8P+16E) 36M Cache EVGA 1200W Gold PSU MSI RTX 3090 TrackIR on Samsung 49 inch Odyssey Widescreen No money in my pocket lol
PoorOldSpike Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 ..Once I touch down my A/C wants to make a bee line to the edge of the runway and go offroading. I have to steer the A/C severally and apply brakes intermittently to come to a stable stop.. A few comments to kick around- 1- Try standing on the brakes instead of applying them "intermittently". 2- 2.5.6 seems to have changed my countermeasures key bindings, so double check your Brake key bindings. And I think they can be applied individually left or right wheel only, so perhaps one is somehow jammed 'on', making the plane veer at touchdown. 3- And doublecheck the wind direction (if any) to make sure you're not landing crosswind and getting your tail fin pushed around. PS- To digress slightly, I've always found the Hornets brakes to be very weak in the sim, I stand on them at the instant of touchdown but the plane still needs a lot of runway to come to a stop even with full flaps and full speedbrake.
Talonx1 Posted June 20, 2020 Posted June 20, 2020 The f18 is extremely squirrely on take and landing on airfields. No idea why. Do not have the same problem with any other airframe.
CBStu Posted June 20, 2020 Posted June 20, 2020 To add a little more re; cross wind. If you notice you VV and ladder off to one side of the HUD you probably have a cross wind. Hit your cage/uncage button and the VV will center in the HUD w/ kind of a ghost VV also on. The ghost VV is your steering cue to compensate for the cross wind. You still need to be in line w/ the runway, but once in line put the ghost VV on the tire marks in the landing area.
OrdMan87 Posted June 22, 2020 Author Posted June 22, 2020 Thank you all fro replying to my post. I will check all my bindings and re-calibrate my hotas system. I was in 5 different F/A-18 squadrons during my 20 years and DCS has modeled the F/A-18 as close to the real thing.
OrdMan87 Posted June 22, 2020 Author Posted June 22, 2020 I think it has to do with the landing gear. I can remember watching F/A-18's hit the deck and bounce all over the deck just as the arresting gear kicked in and stopped them. The landing gear is real beefy with not alot of give.
silverdevil Posted June 22, 2020 Posted June 22, 2020 since you are knowledgeable about hornet, please don't take my suggestion the wrong way. i am guessing at point of landing you may have nose wheel sterring engaged. at first the plane should be using rudder until slow enough. AKA_SilverDevil Join AKA Wardogs Email Address My YouTube “The MIGS came up, the MIGS were aggressive, we tangled, they lost.” - Robin Olds - An American fighter pilot. He was a triple ace. The only man to ever record a confirmed kill while in glide mode.
OrdMan87 Posted June 23, 2020 Author Posted June 23, 2020 oh, i didn't. thank you for your input. I never thought about the nose wheel steering being an issue. I will wait to engage NWS until i'm well below acceptable speed.
Flamin_Squirrel Posted June 23, 2020 Posted June 23, 2020 oh, i didn't. thank you for your input. I never thought about the nose wheel steering being an issue. I will wait to engage NWS until i'm well below acceptable speed. It isn't an issue. NWS activates automatically on touchdown, it's not supposed to be turned off.
maxTRX Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 oh, i didn't. thank you for your input. I never thought about the nose wheel steering being an issue. I will wait to engage NWS until i'm well below acceptable speed. Once you figure out your hardware, curves, toe brakes axes, etc... After your mains hit the runway try to focus on the runway centerline for reference, not the VV or -W-. Just focus on centerline and apply rudder/NWS gradually to see if you need more or less. That's it. I never had any issues with NWS engaged at touchdown. Stand on bakes at around 90 making sure you are still controlling the NWS when standing on brakes;)
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