Small winglifts during AP turn
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Didn’t pay much attention because i was noting IVC errors. But there was no HUD reading, no STORES CONFIG, empty PFD nor other indication whats wrong.
Tried then the Fuel QTY SEL, external tanks WNG and CTR showed zero lbs. I didn’t fall out of the sky, AP kept working and i had to continue monitor the comms so i gave it a shrug and let the AP do his work and did mine too
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If you fly over airplanes you’ll notice lots of extraneous banking because the values aren’t tuned for non-F-16s. You might have found a particular fuel distribution that isn’t well tuned even for the F-16.
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If you fly over airplanes you’ll notice lots of extraneous banking because the values aren’t tuned for non-F-16s. You might have found a particular fuel distribution that isn’t well tuned even for the F-16.
non sense
other aircrafts do not share one single line of. code with the f16….
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OK, maybe they don’t share autopilot tuning parameters but it does show that autopilot smoothness depends on those parameters. Perhaps he found a configuration for the F-16 which the normally smooth autopilot has trouble.
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Just a shot in the dark, but by “wing lifts” do you mean a small quick bend of the wing? If so, what you may be seeing is the wing flexing due to load or stress at points in your turn.
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OK, maybe they don’t share autopilot tuning parameters but it does show that autopilot smoothness depends on those parameters. Perhaps he found a configuration for the F-16 which the normally smooth autopilot has trouble.
could be just turbulences !
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If it’s wing flex/osculation then yeah, it’s not the AP. I’m assuming an awful lot based on the super technical words “wing lifts” and the fact he mentions it under AP which I hope suggests that this happens under AP and not while not. So I rack my brain to think of the only logical explanation. As the saying goes, a video is worth a thousand words.
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To bring this up: yesterday we had our next online mission. Still documenting IVC problems, so again i flew circles with AP on over Kunsan AB.
This time i had small wingDROPS every second. Definitivly no wingflex as the whole plane banked, no Joystick spikes as the jet flew stable on straights. I saw the ailerons make small movements on every wingdrop, i could stop the oszillation with small counter-input on the stick.
I can provide an tape if someone wants to take a look at it …
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It can still be wingflex if by “whole plane banked” you mean you saw the entire wing bank. Especially if you saw the control surfaces move. If possible, next time you see this, check via the hud if the waterline is moving on the banks.
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Done that, the whole plane banked, not just the wing. Could see the movement in HUD and ADI also.