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Unconfirmed accounts of pilots claiming to hit 2.7 in the A model. Once must assume a light and completely clean jet, and it probably would not be a stretch to assume it was a cold day and that the engines of that particular bird ran a bit hot. So IF that account is true it does NOT represent what we should expect from our DCS A model, especially a loaded one.

I got an A with six Sparrows and two Sidewinders up to 1.86M at 45,000ft doing an intercept profile test. I was accelerating and climbing from 1.4M at 30,000ft (holding roughly 550-560KIAS). Spent almost 5 minutes above M 1.7 before hitting my waypoint 150nm from the boat. Full mil power return flight at 34,000ft to trap with 3,000lb remaining. Roughly 11 minutes in full AB.

I've used the AWG-9 manually from the backseat to lock a target that is not quite on the centerline. Super fun and my Pilot appreciated not having to wait for the lock.

What about Orcas. I wanted to show them to my wife but I couldn't find any.

On the old F-15E.info website there was a list of all known combat loadouts from ODS, OAF, OIF, OEF. It included an Air Superiority mission undertaken by Mudhens. Guess what? CFTs, LANTIRN pods, and wing tanks were carried along with the 8 AAMs.

The Standard Aircraft Characteristics document for the AV-8B includes CAP and Deck Launched Intercept profile performance information, so it's not unreasonable to have CAP and Intercept mission profiles.

well if I'm not the only one then I guess I will make a separate bug report for that and not sidetrack this thread anymore. Thanks for the feedback all.

great shots!

It's not the ballistics, it's the lateral. As the missile slows down it will take more time to reach the target point, which means the target will move farther down it's flight path before interception, this makes a new impact point, which makes the missile aim left at the new impact point, which slows it down more, etc etc etc. Look back at the speed of the missile at the various points of it's curvature. Does it turn harder and harder as it slows more and more?

I will add that the predicted impact point cannot be constant because the kinematics of the missile are always changing. As the speed of the missile changes it changes the calculation. I don't know if an older missile like the Phoenix can compensate for that to minimize the drift, but at terminal when it is often slowing way down there is nothing to be done. This is something I have experienced with on my home-made missile performance simulator.

Saw it in a GR video in the Hornet, think it's a DCS issue

The HB modules emulate the systems even when DCS does not. That is why the Viggen had ground mapping radar before the Hornet. That is why we can't have the F-14D. If they can't figure out how a system functions internally they won't do it.

I'm gear down, flaps down, DLC up, trying the engage at many throttle settings.

So, the issue of going over ~32 AoA is why I go full forward trim before the merge. I can still pull to, or past, CLmax and it makes it a lot easier to drop the nose if I need to get energy back.

IIRC he should have a "Lock Friendly Ahead" option. Is that not working?

I've wanted to test ACLS, but I can't even get auto-throttle to engage anymore. Not ready to write up a bug report yet, but when I am in the pattern it makes no difference what my throttle setting is, the switch kicks back to boost instantly.

https://youtu.be/MU1bfvewov4 Spitfire First Flight

That first fight... when the Eagle leveled off and left you in the dust, what a powerhouse of a plane that is. Your patience saved the day.

The 110nm test shot only had to travel 72.5nm

F-15Es have been used for CAP. They can still carry 8AAMs and have unreal loiter time.

Great skins are most of the reason I fly the A. The challenge of performing whatever task I am doing with less "oomph" is the rest. Loving the Maverick and Goose skin.

I can't express enough the importance of this. I fly the Tomcat with an open hand. Entering a BFM turn I start by closing my hand (this already starts loading up the AoA) then I pull my hand back. Once in the general turn I want I adjust to a slightly open hand and maintain AoA by changing how open my hand is.

Oh thanks for the correction!

Yeah, it has the same wing as the F-15C aerodynamically, so to practice Mudhen landings go load up the F-15C to max internal fuel and AAMs and that will be typical light landing weight for the Mudhen

Very much this! When I grip and rip it boggles my mind how quickly I can go from over 400kt to under 200kt. I'm 90% sure the transonic drag issue is on ED for stores drag. AFAIK HB does not control the drag of stores.