d0ppler Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Just before my wheel touched the ground my left engine took fire. What could have caused this? Are birdstrikes simulated in DCS? Because that's the only thinkable answer I have.. I immediately shut down the engine, that's why the fire is put out rather quickly. Replay track uploaded. (fast forward till I'm back at Mozdok and over the runway threshold) Engine fire on approach - Su-27.trk 1 A-10C, AV-8B, Ka-50, F-14B, F-16C, F-5E, F/A-18C, L-39, Mi-8, MiG-21, MiG-29, SA34, Spitfire, Su-27, Su-33, UH-1H
razo+r Posted January 7 Posted January 7 1 minute ago, d0ppler said: Just before my wheel touched the ground my left engine took fire. What could have caused this? Are birdstrikes simulated in DCS? Yes, the "Birds" option is turned on in the mission. It is very likely that this was the cause. 2
d0ppler Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 Aha! Thanks! Pretty cool 1 A-10C, AV-8B, Ka-50, F-14B, F-16C, F-5E, F/A-18C, L-39, Mi-8, MiG-21, MiG-29, SA34, Spitfire, Su-27, Su-33, UH-1H
draconus Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Btw: normal value is 100. 740 is like 7.4 times more probability of the bird strike. 1 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
SharpeXB Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Yeah I’ve had a bird strike like that too! 1 i9-14900KS | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO | 64GB DDR5 5600MHz | iCUE H150i Liquid CPU Cooler | ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4090 OC | Windows 11 Home | 2TB Samsung 980 PRO NVMe | Corsair RM1000x | LG 48GQ900-B 4K OLED Monitor | CH Fighterstick | Ch Pro Throttle | CH Pro Pedals | TrackIR 5
d0ppler Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 5 hours ago, draconus said: Btw: normal value is 100. 740 is like 7.4 times more probability of the bird strike. Yeah, lol! I just figured that out! Haven't paid any attention to the "bird" settings, thought maybe it was like how many birds I can see or whatever. And I believe it only affects FC planes, and I just started flying these planes after > 2000 hours playing DCS 1 A-10C, AV-8B, Ka-50, F-14B, F-16C, F-5E, F/A-18C, L-39, Mi-8, MiG-21, MiG-29, SA34, Spitfire, Su-27, Su-33, UH-1H
MAXsenna Posted January 8 Posted January 8 45 minutes ago, d0ppler said: Yeah, lol! I just figured that out! Haven't paid any attention to the "bird" settings, thought maybe it was like how many birds I can see or whatever. And I believe it only affects FC planes, and I just started flying these planes after > 2000 hours playing DCS Yeah, that's the fun part. The setting is for setting the possibility to hit a bird you can't see!
Dangerzone Posted January 8 Posted January 8 2 hours ago, d0ppler said: Yeah, lol! I just figured that out! Haven't paid any attention to the "bird" settings, thought maybe it was like how many birds I can see or whatever. And I believe it only affects FC planes, and I just started flying these planes after > 2000 hours playing DCS Bird strike only affects FC planes? Where did you get that information from? I thought it affected the high fidelity aircraft too? 1
draconus Posted January 8 Posted January 8 52 minutes ago, Dangerzone said: I thought it affected the high fidelity aircraft too? Did you have one in FF module? Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
Dangerzone Posted January 8 Posted January 8 24 minutes ago, draconus said: Did you have one in FF module? There’s have been rare unexpected damage done at low altitudes that have been put down to bird strike, both with myself, and others who I fly with in FF modules, so I thought it was functional. This makes me wonder if that’s not the case now and if there were other factors. 1
d0ppler Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 2 hours ago, Dangerzone said: Bird strike only affects FC planes? Where did you get that information from? I thought it affected the high fidelity aircraft too? 1 1 A-10C, AV-8B, Ka-50, F-14B, F-16C, F-5E, F/A-18C, L-39, Mi-8, MiG-21, MiG-29, SA34, Spitfire, Su-27, Su-33, UH-1H
d0ppler Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 Slightly on topic : is it possible to ruin an engine of the Su-27 while taxiing/taking off if you have forgot to enable the FOD shield intakes rather than the main intakes? A-10C, AV-8B, Ka-50, F-14B, F-16C, F-5E, F/A-18C, L-39, Mi-8, MiG-21, MiG-29, SA34, Spitfire, Su-27, Su-33, UH-1H
Dangerzone Posted January 8 Posted January 8 13 hours ago, d0ppler said: Interesting... another thread with recollection, but no actual confirmation. Maybe it's implemented for all aircraft, but bugged and hasn't been addressed which is where the uncertainty comes from? I guess this is going to be one of those DCS mysteries where we can only guess, but not know for certain? 1
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