TheThumper Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I am new to the Su-27 and was enjoying a flight on the 104th server and noticed the view out the front of the canopy has an amber tint as compared to the view out the sides. I think amber tint is supposed to help with contrast, but does the real Su-27 have this feature? If so I find it very interesting. Here is a quick video demonstrating what I was seeing: ~Thump. Computer Specs: i7-6700K@4.00GHz, 32GB, 850 EVO 1TB, GTX 1080 Ti, Samsung Odyssey VR [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitrischal Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 That’s the anti ice film if I’m not mistaken. Same as the A10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFire Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 In fairness it could be any one (or more) of a number of things: 1) Simulated aging of the canopy laminate. Laminates manufactured in the 60's - 80's do yellow gradually. 2) Some sort of conductive film designed to avoid increasing the frontal RCS of the aircraft from cockpit reflection. 3) Anti-icing film applied to the canopy. System Spec: Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Black Edition case. | AMD 5950X CPU | MSI RTX-3090 GPU | 32GB HyperX Predator PC4000 RAM | | TM Warthog stick & throttle | TrackIR 5 | Samsung 980 Pro NVMe 4 SSD 1TB (boot) | Samsung 870 QVO SSD 4TB (games) | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. Personal wish list: DCS: Su-27SM & DCS: Avro Vulcan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobeshow Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 In fairness it could be any one (or more) of a number of things: 1) Simulated aging of the canopy laminate. Laminates manufactured in the 60's - 80's do yellow gradually. 2) Some sort of conductive film designed to avoid increasing the frontal RCS of the aircraft from cockpit reflection. 3) Anti-icing film applied to the canopy. 1) is the right answer I think. It is mentioned in the differences between J11 and SU27: "The windshield of J-11A improves the manufacturing process, solves the problem of Su-27's windshield turning yellow due to prolonged use." [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "DCS World is the main public build, it has nothing to do with being stable" -Bignewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weta43 Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Interesting that in every other fashion we receive an Su-27 as fresh as the day it was delivered, but the canopy has discoloured with age... Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFire Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the yellow tint is due to a conductive film applied to avoid RCS increase due to cockpit reflection, but I can't remember where or how long ago I read this, so I could be wrong. System Spec: Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Black Edition case. | AMD 5950X CPU | MSI RTX-3090 GPU | 32GB HyperX Predator PC4000 RAM | | TM Warthog stick & throttle | TrackIR 5 | Samsung 980 Pro NVMe 4 SSD 1TB (boot) | Samsung 870 QVO SSD 4TB (games) | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. Personal wish list: DCS: Su-27SM & DCS: Avro Vulcan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VZ_342 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the yellow tint is due to a conductive film applied to avoid RCS increase due to cockpit reflection, but I can't remember where or how long ago I read this, so I could be wrong. I remember reading this is reference to the USN EA-6B, which looks cool as all get-out with gold tinted windows! Similar canopy question, F-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampireNZ Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Looks like both clear and tinted options are available :-) Asus Maximus VIII Hero Alpha| i7-6700K @ 4.60GHz | nVidia GTX 1080ti Strix OC 11GB @ 2075MHz| 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3200Mhz DDR4 CL14 | Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2 SSD | Corsair Force LE 480GB SSD | Windows 10 64-Bit | TM Warthog with FSSB R3 Lighting Base | VKB Gunfighter Pro + MCG | TM MFD's | Oculus Rift S | Jetseat FSE [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I remember reading this is reference to the USN EA-6B, which looks cool as all get-out with gold tinted windows! Similar canopy question, F-22 F-22 and E/A-6B Have Gold tinted Canopies to Reflect Radar Waves . Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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