Sporadic lack of thrust or weight issues

[Rhrich]

Hello again all!

Apologies in advance, I understand it might be difficult to say something definitive about this. 

But, sometimes, I would say perhaps one of every twenty times, the F-14 B suddenly seem to lack a lot of thrust. It's especially noticeable above a30. Is there a known error in the game causing this or perhaps something wrong I've done in installation? 

I've experienced trouble getting a almost slick jet to do 250 ias - even with full reheat. Other times it storms past match 1 without breaking a sweat. 

PS: I've got an extensive background in aviation - assume it's not a "real life" issue.

[Spurts]

Check your AoA when you are stuck at low speed. Had a friend with the same problem in the F-15.

[Rhrich]

Hi, thank you for the message. 

That did not cause my problems, but it can indeed cause something similar. And it's potentially dangerous in less powerful aircraft, like many GA planes. 

[Biggus]

There is sometimes a bug that seems to cause a significant weight increase if your aircraft is delayed for spawning on the boat.

[Spurts]

Oh yeah, I forgot about that bug.  Can't it end up adding like 20,000lb to your weight?

[draconus]

6 hours ago, Biggus said:

There is sometimes a bug that seems to cause a significant weight increase if your aircraft is delayed for spawning on the boat.

Not that. It comes and goes during a flight.

Seems pretty rare as it seems.

[Rhrich]

Hello Draconus, 

Thanks a lot. What you're describing is exactly what I experienced. The few times this has happened to me the plane suddenly started slowing, like I was towing a large stone or deployed a drag chute. (For illustration, don't take it literary) 

Do you think the error is still there? I've been in the south the last months, so I haven't played, but it did happen to me sometime not so long ago. Right before or after Christmas perhaps. 

Is there anything I can do to stop it happening again? 

Hate to be that guy, but since some seem to doubt both Draconus and myself: I used to be a pilot and I've got many hours in fast jets. I can assure you what I - and by all accounts him - experienced was not caused by pilot error. 

[draconus]

6 hours ago, Rhrich said:

Do you think the error is still there? I've been in the south the last months, so I haven't played, but it did happen to me sometime not so long ago. Right before or after Christmas perhaps. 

Is there anything I can do to stop it happening again?

I haven't been flying lately either so I can't tell. I explained in my thread that maybe with some Gs I was able to unlock it somehow, idk.

If you manage to reproduce it make sure to save a track and report it.

[Rhrich]

I've just returned from a long trip, and haven't had time to read about the changes. But what's your impression? I used to think the Tomcat was a bit too slow in the acceleration. This seems to have changed, and it now feels very eager and quick. 

Has anything changed, or is it just an old man imagining things? 

(Havent had time to do some proper checks yet) 

Also, have not been able to recreate the error mentioned above for some months. Might mean they fixed it. 

[draconus]

On 6/30/2024 at 2:50 AM, Rhrich said:

But what's your impression?

There were no recent changes to the Tomcat. I just flew the sortie last night and it felt ok, nothing out of ordinary.

But then again the case we were talking in this thread was very rare and no one could reproduce it on purpose so we really don't know much.

[Rhrich]

On 7/1/2024 at 8:25 AM, draconus said:

There were no recent changes to the Tomcat. I just flew the sortie last night and it felt ok, nothing out of ordinary.

But then again the case we were talking in this thread was very rare and no one could reproduce it on purpose so we really don't know much.

Thanks a lot for your reply and help. 

Yeah, I guess these things will happen from time to time in a complex simulator. 

Anyway, the B model seems quite correct at present. So hats off to the developers.