hachiman Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 Hi I notice in the manual that it states that the speedbrakes should be 40% for landings etc etc. But apart from the eye i can't see a way to gauge this. Like the flaps is there an indicator? Thank you.
Megagoth1702 Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 Yep, have to look yourself. It is pretty hard to do at first but you get better at it over time. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] System specs:2500k @ 4.6 GHz 8GB RAM HD7950 OC'd Win7 x64 Posting tracks to make your DCS better - attention bump incoming!
Speedbrake Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 The F-16 works that way too...no gauge. Get a feel for it on the ground and count seconds for the approximate position you want them to be extended.
Dusty Rhodes Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 Speedbrake has always been 100%, on these forums at least. :) I always put mine all the way out and modulate speed with the throttle. Makes it easier then guesstimating 40 degrees. Dusty Rhodes Play HARD, Play FAIR, Play TO WIN Win 7 Professional 64 Bit / Intel i7 4790 Devils Canyon, 4.0 GIG /ASUS Maximus VII Formula Motherboard/ ASUS GTX 1080 8 GB/ 32 Gigs of RAM / Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog / TrackIR 5 / 2 Cougar MFD's / Saitek Combat Pedals/ DSD Button Box FLT-1
MTFDarkEagle Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 The F-16 works that way too...no gauge. Get a feel for it on the ground and count seconds for the approximate position you want them to be extended. The F-16 has a speedbrake position indicator. Not sure if all variants/blocks though.. OT: I use muscle memory/eyes to set speedbrakes for landing. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
Rusty_M Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 Speedbrake has always been 100%, on these forums at least. :) I always put mine all the way out and modulate speed with the throttle. Makes it easier then guesstimating 40 degrees. As long as you remember to extend the final 20% once you hit the ground, I suppose. The speedbrake can only be extended to 80% when in the air. The world is going mad. Me? I'm doing fine! http://www.twitch.tv/rusty_the_robot https://www.youtube.com/user/RustyRobotGaming
Cookie Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 It is pretty hard to do at first but you get better at it over time. :) Moving your head a bit to the left or right is hard and requires practice? Ooookay... ;) - Two miles of road lead nowhere, two miles of runway lead everywhere - Click here for system specs
WildBillKelsoe Posted November 17, 2012 Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) Hi I notice in the manual that it states that the speedbrakes should be 40% for landings etc etc. But apart from the eye i can't see a way to gauge this. Like the flaps is there an indicator? Thank you. It takes 4 seconds to deploy from 0 to 100%.. 40% = 4 X 40 / 100 = 1.6 seconds... You should use a sentence like "one potato, one" over a stopwatch and pace it.. Or any other word of your choice provided you can say it as fast as 1.6 seconds.. Edited November 17, 2012 by WildBillKelsoe 1 AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
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