Mr_sukebe Posted September 30, 2022 Posted September 30, 2022 Hoping that someone far more knowledgeable than me can give me a quick "heads up" on what is best practice for using the nose cone/shutter controls. Despite owning the Mig21 for several years, I've still never really go my head around it. My assumption is that by default they're in auto mode. Should I be playing with them, or leave them well alone? 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
Ala13_ManOWar Posted September 30, 2022 Posted September 30, 2022 Not an expert either, but according to manual, and as far as I remember, it was best to just leave it in auto mode. The manual mode isn't intended for piloting purposes but emergencies where the auto mode stops working, or something like that. You would need to keep a constant eye in (insert the gauge I can't remember here) and you would have to move it literally all of the time any time you change your speed/altitude, so no humanly possible way to manage that in a full combat environment. I can't recall all the details, but I search it on the manuals just out of curiosity and what I remember after some reading is concluding auto is best and it makes no sense trying to use it manually. At low speeds there's perhaps a couple positions that would work, but not the whole flight if you go high, then low, then high altitude/speeds-Mach number, so in the end it wasn't very optimal trying to manage it manually. Still this is a "game" and perhaps some fellow member have found ways to take advantage of it, but I didn't find them. 4 "I went into the British Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I believe now that if you prepare for war, you get war." -- Major-General Frederick B. Maurice
Mr_sukebe Posted September 30, 2022 Author Posted September 30, 2022 Thanks, much appreciated 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
enigma6584 Posted October 1, 2022 Posted October 1, 2022 I fly the Mig-21bis a lot and I would concur what Ala13_ManOWar has stated. Best to leave on "Auto." Mr_sukebe, do you happen to read any of the "Chuck's Guides?" He has several references to the nose cone and how it operates in his Mig-21Bis Guide. If you haven't, you might want to check out the guide. There are a lot of gems of information in there on the DCS Mig-21Bis. 3
Mr_sukebe Posted October 1, 2022 Author Posted October 1, 2022 I certainly do have Chucks guides, they’re ace. My issue is flying so many aircraft that I struggle to read AND remember the information for them all. 1 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
enigma6584 Posted October 1, 2022 Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Mr_sukebe said: I certainly do have Chucks guides, they’re ace. My issue is flying so many aircraft that I struggle to read AND remember the information for them all. LOL! You and me both. 1
MiG21bisFishbedL Posted October 4, 2022 Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) You might be able to squeeeeeze a little more performance out, but honestly? Diminishing returns. It's best to leave auto, as the rest state. Especially if engaged in combat, I'd only recommend toying with it during cruise. Edited October 4, 2022 by MiG21bisFishbedL Reformers hate him! This one weird trick found by a bush pilot will make gunfighter obsessed old farts angry at your multi-role carrier deck line up!
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