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AeriaGloria

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  1. It’s worth a pass over with lessons learned with the past year or so of this feature for developers to maybe take a look before final release. Also probably best before manual comes out, but I know that’s complex If anyone does want microswitches working in game like reality, I taped these to my pedals lol https://a.co/d/53pYra5
  2. I just don’t see how anyone would want the heading hold to always be active with still pedals. What do you do in a steady turn? Keep the pedals in one spot. If this setting worked the way it was supposed to, the heading hold wouldn’t fight you as you added pedal as bank increased, then the heading hold would kick back in once your bank angle stabilized and pedal stayed where it needed to be coordinate. You then end up with it trying to straighten you with 18% anti torque authority while trying to turn, and possibly 118% while trimming you if you have PEDAL AUTO MOVE on. I could see it working if you usually kept heading hold deactivated most of the time and only used it every once in a while. But for actually turning I don’t see how it could work well To me, it’s not worth the developer time. And I think it would make things simpler as the settings are complex as they are
  3. I and everyone I know who has tried has found the “enable by presence of movement” setting to be useless. I think it could be removed and not be missed, but that’s just me.
  4. Yes. But MiG-29 9.12S also exists, where S upgrade is done in 9.12 airframe without hump
  5. Me EO seems to work automatically in RL or EORL mode. EORL seems to Simply skip memory mode extrapolation and skip straight to EO, so I’ve been using it less for R-27R/ER shots The real Fulcrum only had sensor cooperation if “coop” switch is flipped. In such a case, the radar only works in MPRF mode which has 30 km acquisition and 21 km track range. So to do it realistically in Fulcrum, is complicated
  6. It’s kindve like why they never used the datalink for R-27 T/ET. Sure it “could” have worked if they built them with the reference antennas and made it work with the software. But the sad truth of the Soviet Union is that they didn’t, and I think the they did a pretty good job as is designing a pretty unique missile to have some rather unique abilities (modularity).
  7. I checked guide for MiG-29SMT with Zhuk-ME radar. It can do TWS and provide coordinates to RVV-AE (R-77) and R-73 in such a way as to attack all selected targets. However, if any R-27 variant is selected, it will transition to STT 10 seconds before reaching authorized launch zone. So if it is possible, it is not on the MiG-29SMT
  8. Absurd? It’s impossible I think! Maybe possible if the time was turned back to 1976 and the engineers were able to design it with that intention with extra money and resources. Or if some sort of huge upgrade was announced. But DCS MiG-29 will only be able to guide with STT
  9. The radar itself is also what sends the data link signal. Two 1/3rd second signal periods to provide datalink guidance for up to 2x R-27, and last 1/3rd second target illumination. I would have to check some material, but I believe after a certain period of time the radar sends a seeker lock command and transitions to a more normal illumination waveform with higher update, but I would have to check
  10. It is theoretically possible if the Missile/guidance system was designed that way. As it is, there is no way to fire while maintaining TWS, and the datalink is designed with 1 s update rate. Whereas in TWS, a full scan takes about 3.6 seconds I believe. Im sure it would’ve been possible if the engineers had the money to make it work with their existing hardware which is as you say, already designed for LOAL. But it just wasn’t done. The range is 12 km for small target, 25 km for medium, and 40 for large. These ranges are also drastically smaller if attacked using MPRF/ZPS mode. You would think with comparing to the F-14/Phoenix, that this sort of thing would have been on their mind. But I guess they believed the STT guidance needed for accurate mid course guidance while saving their TWS mid course engineering for R-77, which was notoriously behind schedule
  11. It’s not in the guide, I am referencing real world checklist I likely shouldn’t share here Fuel pumps need battery power to work. So you are checking both batteries and that the fuel pumps work. When you turn on fuel pumps, green annunciator lights above them turn on. So you are checking that both battery and fuel pumps work
  12. It’s in the pre start check list. Step 38, power from battery on. 39. parking break check 40. Service tank 1/2 on Check tank 1/2 lights and battery voltage then turn tank 1/2 off
  13. It’s just how MiG programmed it so you couldn’t accidentally use it while taking off or landing. It’s in the real manual
  14. Who knows if the MiG-29 has enough thrust to balance the drag. All we know is that it’s above the stated limits for the tanks. These limits could be “safe jettison of tank is ensured/tested up to this speed” or it could be “the pylon/connecrion/tank cannot withstand pressure past a certain airspeed,” which is something DCS doesn’t simulate with FC3.
  15. As far as I’ve been able to tell, while it seems possible for the sensor to slew 75 degrees, it can only be aimed 45 degrees before launch. For example, the R-60 on MiG-29 with HMCS seems to have 20 degree off boresight targeting angle even though the sensor can slew 45 degrees. So for some reason, the Soviets/Vympel decided to not take advantage of the whole slew angle for off boresight launches. Perhaps it was for kinematic reasons, or they wanted to make sure the sensor had enough wiggle room to be able to comfortably make off boresight shots without going over any limit. Your guess would probably be good as mine
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