reported Drag not modeled until A/G weapons added to PACS (armament)

[GatorNutz]

One of the folks in our squad (Royal Waffles) found this...you can load bombs, then take off WITHOUT adding them to PACS (A2G Armament) and the jet will fly as if it is clean (achieving M1.5+), then while in flight, if you add the bombs to PACS, the jet will suddenly slow down, which suggests that the drag of the bombs is not modeled until they are identified in the armament page.

This video shows the F-15E at M1.53, then when the CBUs/etc are entered into the armament page, the speed begins to decrease without any adjustment to the throttle.

This can be exploited by flying to the AO "drag free", then entering the armament just before attacking, saving fuel/etc.

 

Edited July 6, 2023 by GatorNutz

[BIGNEWY]

thanks this has been reported

 

[GatorNutz]

44 minutes ago, BIGNEWY said:

thanks this has been reported

 

track file attached.

you can see speed decrease once CBUs are added to PACS, then increase again when pylons set to "NONE"

f-15drag.trk