Wing sweep

[Elf1606688794]

Is there a good video on this somewhere?

When I spawn on the runway for takeoff I can't get the wing sweep to work correctly. When I close the cover, hit the reset button and then hit "auto" the wings sweep forward to the 20 degree position with the DLC flaps UP and I cannot figure out how to get them to go down. (Hitting the button to engage/disengage DLC does nothing.) No matter how many times I mash the DLC button to engage all I can move are the maneuvering flaps.

So I tried a cold start on the ramp. I start and taxi to just before the runway and pull up short. I push the emergency sweep lever forward, close the cover and hit reset then "auto" and the wings won't sweep forward even though the indicator says auto. I've tried to drop the lever in the 68 degree position but it will not go down anywhere near those detents.

Uploading a .trk file of the hot start on the runway.

Also uploaded one with a cold start. This time when I get to the hold point the wings sweep forward before I go to auto and then nothing else works except the maneuvering flaps again.

 

DLC_F-14.trk Cold_Start_DLC_F-14.trk

[Wingmate]

They should retract automatically at mil power iirc, alternatively turn anti skid spoiler brake switch to the off position to disable the dlc with weight on wheels.

[Elf1606688794]

In the Cold Start .trk you'll see a Hawk battery firing at and killing a MiG. I put the HAWK battery in to deal with the MiG because it kept shooting me on the runway. I know I could have just deleted the MiG in the mission editor but I figured this was more fun. 

[Elf1606688794]

5 minutes ago, Wingmate said:

They should retract automatically at mil power iirc, alternatively turn anti skid spoiler brake switch to the off position to disable the dlc with weight on wheels.

It looked like the anti-skid switch was in the off position but it wasn't, I'll have to be more careful in the future. I spent hours (seriously) trying to figure this out last night.

[WarthogOsl]

21 hours ago, Wingmate said:

They should retract automatically at mil power iirc, alternatively turn anti skid spoiler brake switch to the off position to disable the dlc with weight on wheels.

I think the retract once you move the throttle beyond idle, no?

[Wingmate]

2 hours ago, WarthogOsl said:

I think the retract once you move the throttle beyond idle, no?

You are correct it is throttles above idle retract the spoilers with weight on wheels, I was thinking of throttle above mil retracting the spoilers with DLC armed in flight.