Chuck's Mirage F1 Guide

[Charly_Owl]

Chuck's Guide to the Mirage F1  is finally available! Both the Mirage F1CE and F1EE variants are covered. The page count is 570+ pages.

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Link: https://chucksguides.com/aircraft/dcs/mirage-f1/

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In typical canadian fashion, I feel I must once again apologize for taking so long to complete this project. This aircraft is dear to my heart, and I did not want to cut any corners, which once again expanded the scope of this document way beyond what I had originally planned. C'est la vie.

The Mirage F1 is a fantastic Cold War era fighter... the second the afterburner kicks in and you start flying at treetop level at breakneck speeds, you'll understand why this widely exported aircraft was loved by its pilots. The exhilarating sense of speed is something truly special, and you will definitely see why this aircraft is easy to learn but hard to master. I hope this document will be able to bring new players up to speed quickly and garner interest for this beautiful yet deadly french "pointu".

Happy reading, and bonne lecture!

Chuck

Edited July 28, 2023 by Charly_Owl

[Bremspropeller]

Thanks, eh!

[Oesau]

Thanks @Charly_Owl for another amazing guide - agree it’s an amazing aircraft, one of my favs (after the Hornet)

[golani79]

Thanks a lot!

[Ala13_ManOWar]

Thanks mate!! Terrific job

[ThorBrasil]

Thank You!

[Vibora]

We highly appreciate your contribution to DCS: Mirage F1.

Thank you very much!

Aerges

[Caldero]

Hi Chuck

Amazing guide, much appreciated!!!!

Best regards

[Spirale]

Another huge Thank You, amasing work for the community !!!!

Edited July 28, 2023 by Spirale

[Sarge55]

Take a bow Chuck. Another stellar guide for an awesome aircraft. 

 

[RockMyRoot]

Great job, I know what to do during my three weeks holiday : read a 577 pages PDF

Already started and I noticed in the startup procedure that you press the servo reset button instead using the servo test panel :

As I remember I learnt that from the manual but your solution seems to work, saving time in the start up procedure

[Iron Sights]

As always, thanks Chuck. Your guides to me, are what makes DCS better for us to understand. I have recommended your guides to many new pilots and they always end up thanking me with something like, this is so much better. I’m a firm believer in having good documentation that is easy to follow and your guides are the best in this arena.

[Snacko 2-1]

Noticed the Magic II is listed as rear aspect. Isn't the II all aspect? 

[Seasick]

I was really looking forward to it. Thank you for your effort and dedication.

[stockfisch]

Once again a fantastic guide. Thanx!

[exhausted]

Looking forward to new manual after they destroyed the key binds

Edited August 5, 2023 by exhausted

[-LEO-]

 Thanks Chuck, much appreciated and much needed!

Edited August 5, 2023 by -LEO-

[scopewizard]

Comme d'habitude un excellent guide merveilleusement illustré!  Merci 

[Charly_Owl]

Many thanks for the kind words, folks. If you have anything you want to see improved, feel free to share.

[gulredrel]

JPT
(Jet Pipe Temperature) Limits
In Idle, Military and Afterburner power settings
- 740 - 755 deg C Maximum when on ground
- 760 deg C Maximum when in flight

I've a question regarding the engine's JPT limits. Where do they come from? Haven't found them in the Aerges manual

I've seen 810°C at mil power and 8400rpm (at around 19000ft) in the CE.

Only after engaging A/B, the temp will rise to 850°C and than decrease / gets limited to 760°C. Is this normal or maybe a bug?

[Ian Boys UK]

Your guide is SO useful! Thank you.

[Loukuins]

On 8/11/2023 at 5:33 PM, gulredrel said:

JPT
(Jet Pipe Temperature) Limits
In Idle, Military and Afterburner power settings
- 740 - 755 deg C Maximum when on ground
- 760 deg C Maximum when in flight

I've a question regarding the engine's JPT limits. Where do they come from? Haven't found them in the Aerges manual

I've seen 810°C at mil power and 8400rpm (at around 19000ft) in the CE.

Only after engaging A/B, the temp will rise to 850°C and than decrease / gets limited to 760°C. Is this normal or maybe a bug?

For the max temps it's allowed to have 840°C for an instant and 780°C for 30sec max (this is what I found), and can't go higher than 900°C during startup, also in with AB the max temps at 8900RPM (So in Overspeed mode of the Engine) the temps should be below 735°C.

[gulredrel]

5 hours ago, Loukuins said:

For the max temps it's allowed to have 840°C for an instant and 780°C for 30sec max (this is what I found), and can't go higher than 900°C during startup, also in with AB the max temps at 8900RPM (So in Overspeed mode of the Engine) the temps should be below 735°C.

Okay, thanks. So my seen 810°C lasted way longer than 30 sec in MIL. If time permits, I'll try to replicate and take a track and some screenshots and post a thread. This will be better for @fausete to have a look.

[Loukuins]

5 hours ago, gulredrel said:

Okay, thanks. So my seen 810°C lasted way longer than 30 sec in MIL. If time permits, I'll try to replicate and take a track and some screenshots and post a thread. This will be better for @fausete to have a look.

This is a great idea, I don't have the time to check everything so thanks for taking the time to check all of that !

[gulredrel]

On 8/25/2023 at 1:56 PM, Loukuins said:

This is a great idea, I don't have the time to check everything so thanks for taking the time to check all of that !

Here you go:

And now back to guide related topics.

I know, F1 has a braking chute, but what's the reason to not use the airbrakes after touchdown?! Or even approach to keep up the engine rpm and just retract them for go-around and have the engine at a higher rpm?