BarTzi Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Today I realized that you can fly at relatively high speeds (130-150knots) with your canopy still open. If you look at NATOPS, the airspeed limitation suggested for flying with the canopy open is 60 knots. "Attempting canopy opening in headwinds of more than 60 knots or in gusty or variable wind conditions may result in damage to or loss of the canopy." I'm not familiar with every incident involving flying with the canopy open, but I find it odd that you can keep your canopy until reaching 150-160 knots during takeoff (standard mission, no winds). If NATOPS is to be taken seriously here, you should not be able to exceed the recommended airspeed value by that much, without suffering any consequences. The only consequence modelled in DCS at the moment is losing the canopy entirely. This seems to be a common value shared between the Hornet, Viper and Hog, despite the differences in canopy shapes. Other planes like the Eagle lose their canopy before reaching 100knots. Attaching a track of losing the canopy at ~160 knots during takeoff, and a picture of the plane losing the canopy at 168knots while flying over 18,000 feet. Hornet canopy detachment.trk Edited July 23, 2020 by BarTzi
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted July 23, 2020 ED Team Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Canopy damage or effects from being open is not modelled currently and low priority. I have reported to the team Thanks Edited July 23, 2020 by BIGNEWY Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
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