Control indicator vs afterburner

[Scofflaw]

Sorry if this has been addressed, but I haven't found anything in my searches.

 

While redoing all my controls to match my warthog's detent, I noticed that the afterburner on the F/A-18 and F-16 do not light as soon as you go above that line on the indicator. I actually have to pass it quite a bit before the afterburners engage. I'm basing this on both the spike in fuel burn and the afterburner flame.

 

This is full mil power for me on the F/A-18, the ABs engage when I go above this:

 

(the F-16 is at approximately the same location)

 

Shouldn't the ABs engage right above that line?

[Preendog]

The AB does light immediately above the line, but the flame is not visible at low AB during the day. If you play at night you can see the low AB exhaust change color.

[Sarge55]

I had to adjust my throttle to a 7 curve to match 100% power at the detent. Then pushing through the detent it kicked into AB. I would imagine each Warthog maybe a bit different (wear and tear, etc) so try a 6 or 8 to get to 99 or 100% at the detent.

[Svend_Dellepude]

Fuel flow would be a better way to judge if A/B's are lit or not.

[Scofflaw]

Thanks for the replies. Looking at fuel flows, I get a jump of 10-15 when I cross the line, with no visible burner in the exhaust (I checked during a night flight). When I go a slight bit higher, there's a ~4000 bump in FF, and then I see the faint glow. The nozzle position is also an indication that the ABs have lit.

 

In the middle snapshot below, based on the throttle position indication, the ABs should be lit, correct?

 

[BuzzU]

Do you use partial AB? I don't seem to. When I go into AB I just slam it all way forward. What's more important to me is that when I go up against the AB detent that i'm in full mil but no AB.

 

I use a Shapesway detent and this is my curve.

 

0-6-14-24-34-44-54-64-74-86-100

[Scofflaw]

Do you use partial AB? I don't seem to. When I go into AB I just slam it all way forward. What's more important to me is that when I go up against the AB detent that i'm in full mil but no AB.

 

That's exactly what I'm after - I want to hit full mil at the detent. I'm just noticing that full mil power is actually above the line on the control indicator. I've been using that indicator to set my curves, but it doesn't seem accurate on the hornet and viper.

 

I just set my curves ignoring that indicator for now, so it's not a problem I can't work around.

 

 

[BuzzU]

Yes, I've never looked at the indicator for anything. I always thought it was more for those making tutorials.

[oldcrusty]

I had to adjust my throttle to a 7 curve to match 100% power at the detent. Then pushing through the detent it kicked into AB. I would imagine each Warthog maybe a bit different (wear and tear, etc) so try a 6 or 8 to get to 99 or 100% at the detent.

 

On my Warthog, after modifying the a/b detent I had to adjust both curves from 9 to 6. The a/b engages when pushing through the bump.

I checked the fuel flow and the igniters (in the external view):

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

Do you use partial AB? I don't seem to. When I go into AB I just slam it all way forward. What's more important to me is that when I go up against the AB detent that i'm in full mil but no AB.

 

I use a Shapesway detent and this is my curve.

 

0-6-14-24-34-44-54-64-74-86-100

 

Im going to try these settings, thank you

[BuzzU]

You're welcome. Let me know if it works out.

[Scofflaw]

 

On my Warthog, after modifying the a/b detent I had to adjust both curves from 9 to 6. The a/b engages when pushing through the bump.

I checked the fuel flow and the igniters (in the external view):

 

Just out of curiosity, could you do the same video with the controls indicator showing?

[oldcrusty]

 

Just out of curiosity, could you do the same video with the controls indicator showing?