Humble Afterburner Request

Please add an "A" (little in white or something similar) to the mini-hud (rctrl+enter) so we know that the afterburner is active. Other planes has a lamp or info panel at cockpit to inform about the afterburner. I don't have a WH hotas that can be tweaked for the afterburner activation zone. Many thanks!

The only thing you need is nozzle position, fuel flow and noise. That is for real the way to tell the AB is on in most aircraft. AFAIK, F-16 and F/A-18 are like that.

I wish there was some sort of sound for this, so that it would change a bit louder or something. It could be disabled from the special -tab for realism or something.

Anyway, as a workaround, the fuelflow increases pretty much when AB is on and vice versa, so that's a good indication for now...

I wonder, in some older planes (like Mig-21) they kept record how many total hours the engine had AB on, because it meant earlier maintenance or something, i think Hornet is not restricted like that because there is no indicator for AB in the cockpit?

Yes Alfredson007 hope something like that at realism panel. MIG, Mirage 2000 has the light and if I don't remember bad also the Viggen. Was a shock for me that the F-18 didn't have it.

I just reduce thrust to 99% then gently nudge it up to 100%....

I wish there was some sort of sound for this, so that it would change a bit louder or something. It could be disabled from the special -tab for realism or something.

+1,000. A (optional) click as the stop is hit, to represent the pilot irl feeling the stop. Please.

There's plenty of indication in the cockpit already

The best indication would be a throttle with FFB that can simulate detents dynamically by altering friction force at given points. But Microsoft and Logitech rather keep sitting on their paytents instead of making the sim world a bit better. And because of that, no other company might even try building such pieces of hardware since they'd definately get sued.

The only notification I get in the cockpit is the rapid increase in speed. There's no real increase in sound, and sure I can glance down at the engine display, but unlike real life where I could (presumably) just glance down with my eyes I have to go completely heads down on a computer monitor.

Fuel flow doesn't tell you either because it doesn't add the extra FF from the burners...

Fuel flow doesn't tell you either because it doesn't add the extra FF from the burners...

I'm sure I saw something like 10,000 PPH at MIL and 15,000 PPH at full afterburner.

I'm sure I saw something like 10,000 PPH at MIL and 15,000 PPH at full afterburner.

I believe it is currently including FF from afterburner, but if I recall correctly from NATOPS it doesn't IRL.

I know this is an old post, but I am new to F/A-18 DCS and have a question. I have both F/A-18 DCS and F-14 DCS. In the F-14 when I go into afterburner there is a definate increase in engine rumble as well as you can actually see the vibratory effect on the cockpit.

But in the F/A-18 when it goes into after burning there is no sense of transition other than looking at the gauges. If this is the way it is "real life" then I am fine with it. Any real-life experienced pilots can comment?

I did read this post from a real life pilot:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=214849

And it said the sound was great, but I just want to get a 2nd opinion.

lemoen, It definitely does add the extra fuel flow, And you can use nozzle position anyway.

The only thing you need is nozzle position, fuel flow and noise. That is for real the way to tell the AB is on in most aircraft. AFAIK, F-16 and F/A-18 are like that.

In the real aircraft you can feel a bump when you move the throttle into afterburner zone.

Already in RCtrl + Enter view

Pointless to ask for redundancy.

Already in the view a horizontal line which is separate the afterburner mode.

We also have afterburner detent, and finger lift.

In the real aircraft you can feel a bump when you move the throttle into afterburner zone.

Thanks Nooch!

In the DCS F-14, they model the transition perfectly sound and visual wise. I'd settle for a little more rumble!

As I found myself creeping into afterburners all the time I bound a switch in my HOTAS to the finger lifts and set the throttle detent to always. Now I can comfortably switch on for take off or if I need burners in flight, without worrying that I am going to burn excessive fuel during cruise.

I dug into the file structure for the F/A-18 in my DCS directory where all the sounds are kept for the plane. I found one named afterburner. When played (outside of dcs) it is a heavy, roaring sound.

My take on it is it is the after burner sound that was suppose to be for the F/A-18, but is not working yet.

I dug into the file structure for the F/A-18 in my DCS directory where all the sounds are kept for the plane. I found one named afterburner. When played (outside of dcs) it is a heavy, roaring sound.

 

 

 

My take on it is it is the after burner sound that was suppose to be for the F/A-18, but is not working yet.

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You sure that's not the external sound? Just sounds different in game as its played along side other sounds.

 

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The file is named Afterburner.ogg