DTWD Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 I have had A10 for a bit and for various reasons I haven't really had chance to play it. Yesterday I received my TM Warthog and decided to remedy my lack of playing and have a fly. Now I am slightly confused, I don't know if I have to reset my controls back to default or what, but I can't get the flaps to go full. Like I said I have had very little time in the cock pit (done a few circuits but that's been it before last night). The TM has a 3 stage flap switch next to the split throttle but there are 4 stages indicated on the flaps guage. Full up, then 10,20,30 degrees. With the switch fully down I only get to 20. Any ideas? Regards [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
sobek Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 Any ideas? Don't mind the flap gauge. :) 20° is full. Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
DTWD Posted November 29, 2011 Author Posted November 29, 2011 LOL well that will explain it then! Is that a bug or are there real pilots snapping the switch off trying to get those elusive extra 10 degrees? Regards [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
MTFDarkEagle Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 Neither. It's accurate as per the real aircraft. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
effte Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 Flap gauge isn't custom made for the A-10, but rather COTS equipment. You get ten extra degrees of indication for free! A custom gauge would take eight years to develop, four years to procure, cost US$8 billion in dev budget (a bargain at only 120% over budget) and still lack indication of fully retracted condition due to an oversight in the specs. There would be outrage when the contract was won by a European company building it in Oregon, instead of by a US company building it in China... ;) 5 ----- Introduction to UTM/MGRS - Trying to get your head around what trim is, how it works and how to use it? - DCS helos vs the real world.
DTWD Posted November 29, 2011 Author Posted November 29, 2011 Effte Lol, you have some rep inbound for that! Regards [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Eddie Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 Flap gauge isn't custom made for the A-10, but rather COTS equipment. You get ten extra degrees of indication for free! A custom gauge would take eight years to develop, four years to procure, cost US$8 billion in dev budget (a bargain at only 120% over budget) and still lack indication of fully retracted condition due to an oversight in the specs. There would be outrage when the contract was won by a European company building it in Oregon, instead of by a US company building it in China... ;) And the sad thing is it's true for military procurement the world over.
Nu-NRG Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Flap gauge isn't custom made for the A-10, but rather COTS equipment. You get ten extra degrees of indication for free! A custom gauge would take eight years to develop, four years to procure, cost US$8 billion in dev budget (a bargain at only 120% over budget) and still lack indication of fully retracted condition due to an oversight in the specs. There would be outrage when the contract was won by a European company building it in Oregon, instead of by a US company building it in China... ;) Laughed my ass off! Aviate - Navigate - Communicate
FieroCDSP Posted December 3, 2011 Posted December 3, 2011 Am I the only person who suspects the A-10 is the only military aircraft to come in under-budget? :)
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