BMS Other Fighters Mafia (BMSOFM) Journal
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Seb, The acdatas have been changing 'fast and furious" lately, didn’t have time to update the Files. Until now. The current f18e.dat and f18e_afm in both “1958” and “4.35 acdatas” are right out of my install, and everything is working. Tested multiple times.
All,
It looks like a fix to the FLCS BIT FAIL mentioned in the previous entry, has been found. Remove “FlcsBitRpmVar 0.00” from the f18e.dat. I have not changed the Mafia Files, yet, as I have only tested it once in one theater.what is the difference between 1958 and 4.34 acdatas folders?
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Seb, The acdatas have been changing 'fast and furious" lately, didn’t have time to update the Files. Until now. The current f18e.dat and f18e_afm in both “1958” and “4.35 acdatas” are right out of my install, and everything is working. Tested multiple times.
All,
It looks like a fix to the FLCS BIT FAIL mentioned in the previous entry, has been found. Remove “FlcsBitRpmVar 0.00” from the f18e.dat. I have not changed the Mafia Files, yet, as I have only tested it once in one theater.i tested the files you had uploaded, TOT working fine, auto flaps working all fine, but there is a bug with AFM, the plane just reaches 5.5 G and below 230 knots in a dogfight it begins to spin like a twister.
anyway thanks for the MAFIA work!
did you talk to Mav-Jp? he is a expert in AFM matter -
i tested the files you had uploaded, TOT working fine, auto flaps working all fine, but there is a bug with AFM, the plane just reaches 5.5 G and below 230 knots in a dogfight it begins to spin like a twister.
anyway thanks for the MAFIA work!
did you talk to Mav-Jp? he is a expert in AFM matterI’ve noticed a spin or 2 , myself. In fact, had a really “entertaining” one a couple of missions ago.
I have reached out to Mav-Jp, awaiting reply -
On e more quick update for today, regarding flat spins in the Rhino. Keep your speed up, it helps a lot
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Good Day, All,
Today the topic is auto throttle. I just tested the Hornet and the “Mafiaized” Rhino at 400 knots and both 4000 and 20000 AGL, set ATC, and pulled a 90 deg. level bank.
I all cases I saw airspeed bleed off, I took it down to 270knots , and relaxed the g’s. ATC came back on … I don’t know if this is a bug or not, I’ll have to research this. At this point all I can give you is my opinion, and that is that ATC is doing what it’s supposed to do.
Here are my thoughts-Since the Hornet is good at instantaneous turning rather then sustained, speed will bleed off. ATC can only give you up to MIL, after all. However, if you haven’t turned off ATC, it will come back on when you’re back in parameters( unless you’ve changed the physical throttle setting). That’s what I’m seeing. Going out of parameters doesn’t turn ATC off, it just interrupts it. I’m thinking it’s like the paddle will override autopilot, but AP will come back when it’s released.
Anyway, testing will continue. To be honest, I’ve not generally used ATC all that much. So, with time we should be able to figure out the best procedures
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One more update for today, regarding spins in the Rhino, that I noticed in ATC testing. Someone had asked me if it was a pitch or yaw departure. My first response was pitch, but now I’m not sure. It was when I came out of the 90 deg. bank and was roughly wings level at low speed when it departed. Input from anyone seeing this behavior is appreciated.
Anyway, I did notice 2 positives in testing. If my speed didn’t drop below 270 or so, it didn’t spin. The spins seem to occur when-low speed/ coming out of a bank, especially if climbing. So, definitely keep the energy up. The second positive was that when I tried to induce a spin, the jet gave both the aural low-speed warning and I actually got some visual “buffet”. So, the jet did “warn” me. If I relaxed the g as soon as I head the tone, it didn’t spin.
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Good Day, All,
The update for this morning regards spins in the Rhino, and we have good news. We’re now testing a fix Brother Smartaxe came up with! He has it so it won’t spin, but we’re still working on on g-performance The completed file(s) should be in the Files soon. -
Good Day, All,
The update for this morning regards spins in the Rhino, and we have good news. We’re now testing a fix Brother Smartaxe came up with! He has it so it won’t spin, but we’re still working on on g-performance The completed file(s) should be in the Files soon.As I told you , you can’t fix the G limiter unless you abandon the f18 dedicated flcs
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As I told you , you can’t fix the G limiter unless you abandon the f18 dedicated flcs
Hi, Mav, Noted. And as I told you, we’re not reinventing the wheel. We’re just going to get the Rhino as close to your Bug standard as we can.
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As I told you , you can’t fix the G limiter unless you abandon the f18 dedicated flcs
hello Mav, i always wanted to thank you for the amazing job you did with the Bug, thank you so much!!!
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The F18E spin testing went well. So, the F18e_afm (ver. 7.16.21) is now in the Files
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The F18E spin testing went well. So, the F18e_afm (ver. 7.16.21) is now in the Files
thanks, i will try tonight
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AFM seems good, just one more little bug, we can’t land hehe, landing gear seems to be a little retracted, when touch down the airplane explodes
EDIT: we can landing but at 175-180 knots
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AFM seems good, just one more little bug, we can’t land hehe, landing gear seems to be a little retracted, when touch down the airplane explodes
EDIT: we can landing but at 175-180 knots
Hi, Seb, Just to follow up from you Discord conversation, was this landing issue seen before or after your work with fuel flows? I’m trying to repro, but I’m seeing this at all in the Rhino, in several theaters. That is in carrier landings. Just a thought, but have you tried landing at different bases.
All, What Seb has described is that it looks like his gear is semi-retracted upon landing, and his jet blows up when he does.
Also, if anyone else wants to join the fun of “The Hunt for the Perfect Rhino” (;) ), I put the F18E Performance NATOPS in the Mafia Files. It’s the F18-EF-200 pdf -
Hi, Seb, Just to follow up from you Discord conversation, was this landing issue seen before or after your work with fuel flows? I’m trying to repro, but I’m seeing this at all in the Rhino, in several theaters. That is in carrier landings. Just a thought, but have you tried landing at different bases.
All, What Seb has described is that it looks like his gear is semi-retracted upon landing, and his jet blows up when he does.
Also, if anyone else wants to join the fun of “The Hunt for the Perfect Rhino” (;) ), I put the F18E Performance NATOPS in the Mafia Files. It’s the F18-EF-200 pdfthe problem persist with stock or modded files, Eddie is working on Rhino Fuel flow tables but with no luck until now, that means i’m not using rhino with fuel flow tables because the sim crash
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the problem persist with stock or modded files, Eddie is working on Rhino Fuel flow tables but with no luck until now, that means i’m not using rhino with fuel flow tables because the sim crash
Hi, Seb,
We’re still unable to repro what you’re seeing, and we are using the current acdatas( as are now in the Files) with the Hornet FLCS and fuel tables. Also, Mp MP Gang is flying the Rhino most of the time, and he lands at airbases, with no issues what so ever.
Thinking of you, I specifically asked my Bud how he lands the Rhino. He says, touch down around 160 CAS, and NOT at high GWT. The RL F-18 has landing weight restrictions, and it looks like ours does , too. I’m also told that you can aerobrake the Rhino, but don’t use airbrakes while doing so(it seems to slam the nose wheel down) .
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Hi, Seb,
We’re still unable to repro what you’re seeing, and we are using the current acdatas( as are now in the Files) with the Hornet FLCS and fuel tables. Also, Mp MP Gang is flying the Rhino most of the time, and he lands at airbases, with no issues what so ever.
Thinking of you, I specifically asked my Bud how he lands the Rhino. He says, touch down around 160 CAS, and NOT at high GWT. The RL F-18 has landing weight restrictions, and it looks like ours does , too. I’m also told that you can aerobrake the Rhino, but don’t use airbrakes while doing so(it seems to slam the nose wheel down) .
Another source tells me that in the RL jet don’t use wheelbrakes above 115 CAS.eddie fixed hitbox and fuel flow tables, thanks anyway
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eddie fixed hitbox and fuel flow tables, thanks anyway
The changes you mention are included in the latest .dats in the Mafia Files.
All, we are also working on further upgrades to deal with the formation lights, AAR probe, and launch bar visualizations. In external view, the lights are still somewhat a WIP, but the probe and L.bar are modeling. The cockpit view of these things is next. -
Good Day, All,
We had gotten some requests to put the Mafia Files on to Github. Attached is the link for the first attempt. https://github.com/drtbkj/Joe-Steidl-BMS-Mafia-Files-20210727-1b92 -
Good Day, All,
We had gotten some requests to put the Mafia Files on to Github. Attached is the link for the first attempt. https://github.com/drtbkj/Joe-Steidl-BMS-Mafia-Files-20210727-1b92Joe - I get a 404 Not found error on that link, even if i’m (member) signed into GitHub…