My stalled F/A - 18
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Hello, All!
As an avid fan of US Naval Aviation, I am running many a campaign in Iron Fortress from CVN-70. In the life of every F-18 virtual jock, one must accidentally drop one’s airspeed below 190 knots at, say, 25,000 feet. At which point your faithful product of Boeing Inc. becomes a large metal object that want to become one with Mother Earth! My experience has been that the horizontal stabilizer becomes permanently locked in the Nose-Up position, causing one stall after another. I have heard that accessing a switch controlling FLCS augmentation would help me gain airspeed, thus avoiding the merging of A/C with Terra Firma! Is that correct, or am I just talking out of my posterior??
Sincerely,
Tom Mallinson, Frustrated Virtual Aviator:D
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Full flaps, no stick and let the nose drop, then Auto flaps at 200 kias and fly away?
I think the switch in question is Manual Pitch Override …. “O” key by default, iirc. However, I don’t think that is an F/A-18 option outside of BMS.
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Ill give it a shot!
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one wonders why you are at a high altitude and low airspeed
if you enter a stall below 190 kn why not just stay above 190 kt you silly goose
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…don’t touch the flaps.
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I think this document might help you carry out the correct recovery procedure for a departed F/A- 18.
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Tiffy, Thank you very much for that. I’ve read it over quickly, and it confirms my previous impression. “Feet on the floor” , release the stick, and push the spin recovery button.
The question is, how does this relate to us in BMS? To what degree is the Hornet FCS, particularly the spin gains, modeled? Also, I’ve never tried it but I don’t believe the spin switch in the Hornet pit is modeled.
Tom, I kind of agree with Cik, “speed is life” . I’ve found it another enjoyable aspect of the BMS immersion is to remain aware of your speed while you’re yanking and banking. But, to answer your question, I too would appreciate the Group’s input. Stick forward,opposite rudder, burner?Proud member of the BMS Other Fighters Mafia, join us at Discord - https://discord.gg/WDFhckSnzv
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As far as I know, it’s not … You’re not going to be getting the Recovery Arrows in the HUD or any of the other things that the F/A-18 does. It is after all, my understanding is that its basically a reskinned F-16 with a couple of tweaks. Also reading the article the guy is basically saying that it is damned near impossible to spin an F/A-18 just by going slow. It stalls, you let go the stick, it recovers. No dramas. To spin it you’ve really got to be working at it.
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I appreciate your input. I did not realize that our F/A-18 is a reskinned F-16. I have never been afraid of putting my F-16 in a stall while yanking and banking in ACM. I’m petrified of trying ACM in my F/A-18 at altitude.
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I appreciate your input. I did not realize that our F/A-18 is a reskinned F-16. I have never been afraid of putting my F-16 in a stall while yanking and banking in ACM. I’m petrified of trying ACM in my F/A-18 at altitude.
F-18 has it’s own flight model. Read Mav-jp’s comments on the topic in other threads.
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OK, So I let go of the stick doing ACM with a Mig-29. Regained control of my beautiful jet. Mig shot me down during my recovery.
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OK, So I let go of the stick doing ACM with a Mig-29. Regained control of my beautiful jet. Mig shot me down during my recovery.
Lol of course he did, you stall out in front of any enemy A/C and hes going to smoke you. Its like ringing a big fat dinner bell.
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F-18 has it’s own flight model. Read Mav-jp’s comments on the topic in other threads.
Not only it has its own flight model but it has its own FLCS as well
And this will be improved in 3 to 4 weeks
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Not only it has its own flight model but it has its own FLCS as well
And this will be improved in 3 to 4 weeks
Looking forward to it, plus any other improvements the DevGru has planned.
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Not only it has its own flight model but it has its own FLCS as well
And this will be improved in 3 to 4 weeks
Really
… oh man, can’t wait for this. You guys are just awesome. Why, for heaven’s sake, waiting for an upcoming DCS F/A-18C module, if our BMS developer maybe will do a better job :blowpar:.I really like Falcon’s FA-18C and you can truly “feel” the differences in flight dynamics compared to the F-16.
…'m pretty sure that the developer of Falcon’s Hornet was inspired by this article: http://www.72ndvfw.org/forum/m/5688083/viewthread/20557312-f16-vs-f18-from-pilot-who-drives-both
Have a lot of joy guys,
Cheers to all -
Not only it has its own flight model but it has its own FLCS as well
And this will be improved in 3 to 4 weeks
I stand corrected …
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@Udet:
Really
… oh man, can’t wait for this. You guys are just awesome. Why, for heaven’s sake, waiting for an upcoming DCS F/A-18C module, if our BMS developer maybe will do a better job :blowpar:.I really like Falcon’s FA-18C and you can truly “feel” the differences in flight dynamics compared to the F-16.
…'m pretty sure that the developer of Falcon’s Hornet was inspired by this article: http://www.72ndvfw.org/forum/m/5688083/viewthread/20557312-f16-vs-f18-from-pilot-who-drives-both
Have a lot of joy guys,
Cheers to allThe real F18 avionics is not in the hoven…DCS will be far superior in every aspect of it
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OK, So I let go of the stick doing ACM with a Mig-29. Regained control of my beautiful jet. Mig shot me down during my recovery.
Tom, another bit of YouTube goodness you might enjoy:
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Nice flight test…surprises me more people don’t do things like this.
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The real F18 avionics is not in the hoven…DCS will be far superior in every aspect of it
Of course I know it, but flight simming always had to be a way of comprosmises too; Avionics is one thing and 'm pretty shure that BMS never will change the F-16 core code in that way - likely it will stay a F-16 sim preferentially.
My annotation was just meant to be as a compliment for BMS Developer efforts trying to mimic F/A-18C flight dynamics despite its limitations.
Cheers to all
