F-16C LDG Maneuverability Authority & Extend/Retracting Transition

[dtpilot247]

Hello all. I would like to bring attention to the extended landing gear maneuverability authority that has been an anomaly since its release. To begin, I would like to state that I have checked that my stick inputs were correct and that curves/saturation on all axis were not modified. Two problems that are present are:

- low speed to high speed maneuverability transition
- amount of pitch authority that is available when the landing gear is extended

Below is a video that compares the pitch authority in DCS to real life footage of the same action. Many friends of mine have set up for landing to end up pulling the stick fully aft but overshoot the runway. An example in-game (and seen in the video) is that the aircraft on the right side pitches to 60 degrees full back stick with no sudden appearance of pitch authority transition, when the DCS footage in the center shows me pulling full back and the elevators abruptly flicking upwards to my pull input upon hitting 35 degrees positive attitude. From personal experience trying to mimic certain maneuvers that have been done in the Viper, along with word from a friend of mine that owns the DCS F-16C and had operated USAF F-16s until 2004, the LDG down maneuverability must deflect the pitch more and the transition on the pitch has to be smoother when retracting/extending the gear. Maybe an update that starts the transition sequence exactly when the lever is pulled down/brought up to when the gear is fully extended/retracted?
 

 

[Deano87]

Yeah the pitch authority with gear down definitely feels too low imho. My brother (Ex F-16 pilot) commented on it when he tried the sim a while back. Unfortunatly beyond his input and my feeling I don't have any documentation or figures to back it up.

[LJQCN101]

Related reports:

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/253139-reportedinstant-transition-between-cruise-gains-and-take-offamplanding-gains/

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/214915-maximum-commanded-pitch-rate-in-take-off-amp-landing-gains/

Edited December 17, 2020 by LJQCN101

[dtpilot247]

Thank you very much for those! Hoping that it gets solved sometime soon.