Air Combat USA - Marchetti SF-260

[greenhut]

I just enrolled in Air Combat USA Fighter Lead in program. It is a civilian fighter pilot "training" program. You basically get training and a couple of flights where you dogfight using artificial weapons.

 

They fly the Italian SIAI-Marchetti SF.260.

 

Any thoughts on which of the DCS aircraft would best mimic the performance characteristics? None of them really seem to come close...

 

thanks!

[OutOnTheOP]

I did that thing out of North Carolina a few years ago; cool program. Learned my stomach doesn't much care for negative g, but I apparently take positive g better than the USN-Reserve F/A-18 pilot that was in the instructor seat.

 

No, nothing in DCS is particularly good analogue. It is extremely well auto-coordinated, so you don't really have to touch the rudders, and it has an excellent turn rate- it handles much more like the more modern jet fighters than it does to the P-51 in terms of overall handling. The big departure in handling characteristics compared to, say, the F-15, is that it's power-to-weight ratio is quite low, so you can't take it much into the vertical.

 

Maybe use the F-15 and limit yourself to 70-80% throttle settings?

[greenhut]

Great idea - will give it a shot - thanks!