Pick a point on the horizon and use that as a reference during traffic. Once you have a good reference, the good thing is you can use that every time you do that turn.

THX

@Red_Baron:

Thanks Bli3wolf for the pointers, i wasn’t utilizing my speedbrakes at all on approach. I have tried a few more goes and this helped keeping my AOA between 11 and 14 degrees more manageable, before i was just eye balling it and not using the tools that would probably make things easier. heh. Also, i’ve been landing from the TE RAMP START mission so my F-16 is outfitted with some AIM’s and GBU’s along with 2 370 Gallon tanks attached. Is this making it more difficult for myself? would i normally be landing back at base after a mission with that much weight and whatnot?

It can happen. The F-16 can land at any weight as long as there is enough runway. The heavier you are, the faster you have to fly and land, and the more runway you need to land in.

Ideally you want to be able to land a clean jet just as easily as a heavyweight one. Id suggest jettisoning the tanks and GBUs and seeing how you go landing without them. You should touch down slower and stop sooner.

As far as eyeballing it, some parts of the approach work better that way. The flare for instance. I dont check the fpm in the flare, instead I have eyes outside the HUD as Im pulling up. Checking your angle of attack during the approach however, there is a tool for doing that (fpm position on staple) so I use that.

The speedbrakes are kinda a safety measure. By having them extended, you need more engine power to maintain the same descent than you do with them retracted. The engine is very fast to respond compared to a lot of big jets, but it responds fastest to throttle power changes in the upper end of its power range. The lower the throttle is, the more “lag” there is on its power changes. For adjusting your power (and thus your airspeed and therefore your angle of attack), quicker reactions to your power setting is desirable.

11 degrees is where you want to be for approach. 13 degrees can be acceptable according to the manufacturer. 14 degrees is too slow. Its not an immediate danger on approach if you dont slow down any further, but during the flare, if you touch down at 14 degrees angle of attack, you may scrape the tail very easily.

Another suggestion is to get into the habit of turning onto final for a straight in approach no later than 10 miles from the field, at 1500’ AGL. When you move on to practicing overhead or ‘initial’ approaches, do the same thing, but at 2500’ AGL, descending to 1500’ AGL over the runway.

Max accel g sym/roll, IAS/mach…

0.5 to 4.0 G when releasing the bombs, max climb angle 45 degrees, max dive angle 60 degrees, 600/1.2, not jettisoning tanks above 450/0.75…

Depends on the loadout. AFAIK most dumb bombs are not meant to be released with more than 4.0G, for instance.

great, thanks for the help🙇

Since we are talking about JSOW the 999’ foot method is completely not usable. I don’t even know if it’s valid or smart for JDAMs in 4.33. Of course sequential steerpoints are a smart way to step the SPI location through DMPIs quickly and easily. The original question is highlighted strongly if we try to release JSOW at two distinct targets with different pilot options:

Release 1
Steerpoint 15
Quantity: Two, tandem
Spacing: 1200’
Attack Azimuth: 360
EGEA: 1,250’
ROB: 9.0nm

Release 2
Steerpoint 16
Quantity: Two, side-by-Side
Spacing: 500’
Attack Azimuth: 045
EGEA: 900’
ROB: 4.0nm

There is no profile system for JSOW and 5 values must be changed on SMS page by hand between release 1 and release 2 besides the normal change in target position. It is a lot of work, time, and chance for error.

Even better, check out Online Squadron Collections which contains F4Awacs.
We at BVT use it for ATC & GCI (see screenshots).

Is having the single figure read-out of velocity in a box specific to specific Blocks? I notice on some of the training missions it’s simply a scale.

(Please ignore - have now read that it’s Block-dependent)

As Osmeem has hinted at, you need the DL switch on the Avionics Power Panel to be powered on. You also need to hold the comms switch outboard (left) for at least a half a second.

So, whatever the comms switch (IFF OUT) is mapped to in your keyfile, hold that for a half second.

@Blu3wolf:

I guess 6 to 8 falcon weeks from now. Maybe DeeJay can confirm this?

I am only authorized to say point this : https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?22205-BMS-Release-Date-Questions

😉

@toonces:

So Dee-Jay I just want to apologize to you for my stance on this.

Previously I had advocated just “fudging” an IFF. Basically press a button and get a magic IFF, and let how it works all fall under the “simulation” umbrella.

Now, seeing again how you all are approaching development with the release of 4.33 I finally understand why such an approach is not acceptable to BMS. And, I actually agree with you in a way at this point. It certainly wouldn’t fit with the realism you are seeking in so many other aspects of the sim.

So you were right, I was wrong, and sorry for not quite getting where you were coming from. It makes sense now. I’d still like to see IFF at some point, but it needs to be done “right.”

~~Oh! Toonces, while I appreciate your kind post, no need to apologies in any ways you know!

Happy that you better understand what is the global philosophy on dev process, and I guess that, if, one day (?), we can have an IFF, it will probably be something nicely implemented (or at least, the best possible depending on expected and unexpected limitations) 🙂 …

But still not firmly planed ATM … will see … prio now are fixing 433 issues and prepare an Update1.

Enjoy your flights! ;)~~

@IKEWarrior04:

Im not going to get banned or an infraction for telling a guy to relax after he tells me that do not understand how the systems in the F-16 function.

And yes its a game.

Everyone can see this sim how they want but my suggestion is if you want to treat it like a game and not get into the nuts and bolts of it that is fine but do NOT go trying to give advice to someone about something you take light heartedly. It is easy for you to be wrong and the last thing people need around here is another person throwing around incorrect information. See Frederf’s in depth post as to how it works.

@Sting:

i know the hornet is an awesome plane, however in bms you really should learn how to ramp start the viper first, so you actually understand what is happening during the process. then move to the hornet and you will see how dave squeezed a viper into a hornet switchology.

Thanks for your advice, Sting.

Yes, I did learn viper full ramp start three years ago, and I learned some basic aero knowledge from that.

So when I noticed the hornet throttle won’t move – engine stops at 0.25 rmp, I realized there should be the idle on the throttle.

Like viper ramp start, should click the idle during the engine starts.

Have some basic knowledge of ramp start of viper, making me easier to familiar with the ramp start of the hornet.

I know BMS is not just a game, it’s world second to none flight simulation, I should be more serious to that.

I do appreciate the youtube video of hornet ramp start, it guides me well, I do thank the video sender, but flying more professional of hornet depends on my hard-experience.

When I was a boy, I dreamed of being a jet flight fighter, but wearing glasses made me understanding that my dream only can be true in simulation world.

I do appreciate all BMS dev team, they’ve done so much, and made my dream come true.

Sorry, Sting, maybe I said too much, but I really treated BMS seriously.

Have a nice weekend!

Best Regards,
Peter

I tried that, and it did not seem to do anything. I rebooted my computer and now its gone. Thanks again for the air brake indicator tip!

As Leech and Bert77 said above. TMS Up to enter track mode (POINT track if possible or AREA track if no POINT trackable target exists under the cursors), which will ground-stabilise and effectively slow down the cursor. TMS Right goes directly to AREA track if you don’t have a target already in the vicinity of your crosshairs.

Have another look at the Sniper chapter (1.9) in the TO-BMS1F-16CM-34-1-1 Manual for all the detail and options for using the TGP.

You don’t need to run extractions.
Just go in the first screen when you open the launcher to Cockpit Display Extraction>Select Main>Uncheck the borders tick on the right>Save…and you’re done.
Had the exact same problem and this fixed it completely.
When you open the sim you’ll have the sim in the upper left main screen.
When you enter the 3D world it will expand to the whole screen.

Here’s some proper British slags on a Jaguar!

@Darkman:

Too late 😉

www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?23501-Not-a-bug-4-33-Speedbrake-Indicator-not-working-like-I-expected

Haha ok…you beat me to the punch. 😛

I see posts that this doesn’t work or that’s wrong and I just wanted to give some real world experience.

When you get to a level of Fidelity like Falcon 4.33 is, you have to treat it like in the real world to get the most out of it and to keep the frustration to a minimum. In the real world an aircraft course takes about three months from the ground school, fix based trainer, simulator to operational flying. I was previously on an aircraft for seven years then I changed aircraft for five years and came back to the airplane I flew for seven and I had to repeat the whole course again, the full three months. This way you get all the updates and changes and aren’t trying to learn on the fly or saying “why isn’t it doing what I told it, stupid plane”

I know because it’s a simulator on somebody’s computer you feel like you want to get in there as quick as possible and you can because there is no structure and it all has to be your own self discipline. I’m not saying you can’t or shouldn’t, but before you say something derogatory about it you should try to find an answer whether it be in the manuals tab as soon as you launch Falcon or in the Docs folder within the Falcon directory. If you read that you are doing it the way the manual says and it’s still not working then post about it.

The easy way is to just post to the forums. We’re lucky in that there are forums and YouTube tutorials now which can accelerate the learning process which are awesome. When I got Falcon 3 when it first came out, you only had the manual to get the answers and surprisingly it worked.

This post is not made to offend anyone just to give food for thought. The Devs put a huge amount of effort to give you the knowledge, the greatest accolades would be to take avantage of that work.

Last I want to thank the Devs that volunteer the countless hours to bring us the continuation of Falcon without whom most would be saying “remember Falcon, that was a great game in the day”:bowd::bowd: