Holding 12000 alt in su27

[dooom]

... is bloody difficult.

 

two questions:

 

1. I can claw up to 12k well enough although it seems I "fall" at about 10m/sec once up there. Is there a trick to stay out of contrail alt yet not have to use full afterburners all the time.

 

2. I notice my flaps indicator blinking now and then when up at that altitude...is there an automatic deployment i don't understand at low airspeeds/high alts?

 

Thanks for helping me understand whats going on.

[Vekkinho]

It's pretty high if you ask me so in case on lots of payload and fuel onboard AB is a must for flying level and maintaining speed.

 

"Flaps" light do not necessarily indicate Flaps, you're flying high AoA here and slats on the leading egde of your wings are automatically deployed.

[104th_Crunch]

Use a zoom climb where before you climb, you build up great speed in level flight or a slight descent up to almost you max speed, then climb at a shallow angle, say 10 degrees to 12K M. Once up there no max G turns. Go easy on the stick.

[GGTharos]

You can forget it in a fully loaded flanker.

Once your fuel is down to some 60%, you might be able to stay up there in MIL.

[dooom]

thanks all.

[159th_Royalman]

You should use a gentle touch of afterburner while cruising, just a very little bit of AB will suffice. You can easily maintain 12000 meters that way without falling out of the sky with pretty good fuel economy. Once your fuel gets down to 6500-6000kg you can stop using the afterburner.

[RIPTIDE]

You can forget it in a fully loaded flanker.

Once your fuel is down to some 60%, you might be able to stay up there in MIL.

Wrong.

 

Doom: You can stay at 12000metres and sustain 888+kph with about 4-5degree AoA at MIL power, with 4 ER's, 2 ET's, 2 73's + ECM and 100% fuel(by the time you get up there fuel will be less). IAS will be 440-450 and climb slowly as fuel burns.

[combatace]

Well I'm able to maintain 15000mtr with full FB and a payload of 4ER's, rET's, 273's and ECM, just one thing you need to remember is that after 10000mtr maintain a climb of just 10 degree using Alt + 1.