Chops Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 When using keyboard commands or my HOTAS to lower flaps to the full down position, the flap indicator gauge only shows flaps at approximately 20 degrees. I have checked my control mapping and there are no duplicates or issues that I can see. Has anyone else noticed this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution razo+r Posted April 11, 2023 Solution Share Posted April 11, 2023 (edited) According to the manual down corresponds to 20 degrees, so it seems to correct as per design. Edited April 11, 2023 by razo+r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASAP Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 That is the correct behavior. The flaps only go down to 21 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chops Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 Well as we can see from the picture of the flaps, the physical position seems to be beyond 21 degrees. I understand that the manual says 21 degrees. Maybe the flap animation is off in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylw314 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 53 minutes ago, Chops said: Well as we can see from the picture of the flaps, the physical position seems to be beyond 21 degrees. I understand that the manual says 21 degrees. Maybe the flap animation is off in the game. I believe the flap angle measures the angle of the flap from its original position, not the angle compared to the wing chord (which I think is the more traditional definition). Since the wing is so heavily cambered already, it's actually not as big an angle as it looks. It's pretty much the angle between the section ahead of the white stripe and the section aft of the white stripe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASAP Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) Yeah it looks like its further with the mark 1 eyeball... but the engineers said that the mechanism at the point it is measured rotates 21 degrees from the point where it started. So that's what the indicator shows. Its largely academic because the flaps can't stop in intermediate positions. They are either MVR, DN or have mechanically failed someplace in between in which case you should probably flip the emergency flaps retract switch. Edited April 12, 2023 by ASAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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