CarbonFox Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I'm sure it's been brought up before so my apologies. I notice even in smooth level flight, the cockpit shacks and rattles continuously regardless of what conditions you're flying in as well as when flying in a clean configuration. Is this really accurate to the flight experience according to previous Tomcat crews? F/A-18C; A-10C; F-14B; Mirage 2000C; A-4E; F-16C; Flaming Cliffs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sLYFa Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 What speed are you flying at? If you are in the transsonic range (Mach 0.9-1.2), aircraft will vibrate even in level flight. i5-8600k @4.9Ghz, 2080ti , 32GB@2666Mhz, 512GB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kula66 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I noticed this and wondered if it had been 'tuned' recently ... seems more noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonFox Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 What speed are you flying at? If you are in the transsonic range (Mach 0.9-1.2), aircraft will vibrate even in level flight. That's the one factor I didn't think of. I mostly cruise at those speeds. I had the Tomcat actually super cruising the other day doing Mach 1.1 and the the vibrating was definitely there. I've been too used to the smooth ride the Hornet provides. F/A-18C; A-10C; F-14B; Mirage 2000C; A-4E; F-16C; Flaming Cliffs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat creason Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Vibrations have not been touched or tuned in about a year, you are most likely experiencing transonic buffeting which is true to the aircraft. Systems Engineer & FM Modeler Heatblur Simulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kula66 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Awesome fc, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatthis Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 it does sound like transonic buffet, does it do it at other speeds? 7700k @5ghz, 32gb 3200mhz ram, 2080ti, nvme drives, valve index vr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhunter Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 it does sound like transonic buffet, does it do it at other speeds? High or approach AOA or with the flaps down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatthis Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 High or approach AOA or with the flaps down. yup thats normal, shes a very vocal aircraft and thats a great thing in a turn fight because she talks to you 7700k @5ghz, 32gb 3200mhz ram, 2080ti, nvme drives, valve index vr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhunter Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 yup thats normal, shes a very vocal aircraft and thats a great thing in a turn fight because she talks to you Not just that, you barely need to look at your speed since she talks to you and with some experience you can tell your energy state and alpha fairly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatthis Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Not just that, you barely need to look at your speed since she talks to you and with some experience you can tell your energy state and alpha fairly well. thats exactly what i mean :) 7700k @5ghz, 32gb 3200mhz ram, 2080ti, nvme drives, valve index vr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMike Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 It is actually a part of the FM where our engineers and SMEs put an extra emphasis on to get it just right. Tomcat pilots used this to determine the state, speed, alpha, etc of their aircraft, so we went through great lengths to tune this as close to the real deal as humanly possible. Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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