pm public reference evidence Wing fold procedure

[Flanker35M]

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When spreading wings on the F-18 you can push in the handle right away. This is not the case in the real bird. You have to wait until wings are fully spread before pushing the handle in or you would break the locking pins. Also when folding wings you have to wait a few seconds after pulling out the handle to verify ailerons are flsuh and FCS page shows correct indications. After that you turn the handle to Fold. After wings up you leave handle in Hold and do not push in the handle. Just a few items..

[BIGNEWY]

Hi, 

we would need to see some evidence of a physical stop before we can consider adjusting it, feel free to PM if you have unrestricted public evidence

best regards

bignewy

[Tholozor]

It's not that there's a physical stop that prevents the wing fold handle from being pushed in before the wings are spread (the manual specifies that nothing prevents you from doing so), it just warns you that you should wait before pushing it in, or else the wing fold transmission will be damaged.

If anything, this should be a Wishlist item as part of the damage model.

Edited January 24, 2024 by Tholozor

[Flanker35M]

S!

It will cause damage to certain items there. Sorry for not being able to go into specifics  Trying to find public data/pics/videos of it. Sorry if posted in wrong section. I am glad the Hornet was done, having over 20 years of experience with it IRL

 

[MarcT-NL]

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[Chaffee]

On 1/24/2024 at 10:16 AM, Flanker35M said:

having over 20 years of experience with it IRL

 

 

Sounds like an SME to me. I hope you guys have been talking.

[fagulha]

I think is mentioned in NATOPS you should wait 5 secs after wings are fully spread to lock to prevent damage before turning the handle to lock.

[SkateZilla]

There's no physical stop preventing the handle from being set to locked position, which is correct in DCS.

However, if one was to simply turn the handle and push to locked position, the lock pins would be extended before the wings are unfolded and the lock pin would be broken, and the system should report that the wings are not locked (i'll have to go through manual to look for the specific message/alert), last I remember the "WING UNLK" flag on the MFD would remain.

it would be something that needs to be integrated into the wing fold systems damage modelling,
ie: if lock pins are engaged before unfolded 100% then lock pins should break, and wings should still be reported as unlocked.

But this honestly isnt 100% important, as it's something that can be easily explained as a Realistic -> Sim procedure adjustment.