@okayasugf - Affirmative - yes!

Here’s a shot of some additional details on the aft end of the jet…

@okayasugf - whoa - triple up those backups!

@drtbkj - A Harrier should have three Flap switch positions:

1. UP/AUTO
2. CRUISE
3. STOL

As I recall, CRUISE Flaps actually reflex a bit - i.e.; trailing edge slightly elevated.

@Icarus said in Thrustmaster TQS:

I wish they stuck to the real grip and didn’t put the zoom dial. Kinda ruins it for my liking.

Ditto. I figure I’lll find a way to remove that, and possibly 3D print a replacement upper shell without the hole. Otherwise, I can already think of a few ways to fill that hole in.

Depends on what you are building, really. Most of us cockpit builders are using 640 x 480 (which is the resolution of a RL MFD, BTW) 6 or 7" 4:3 panels from Chinatobby on Ebay - I have sets of these, but can’t recall if they are 6" or 7". 8" is too big, unless you want to make a CPD - then I think the true size is actually 10".

If you look hard, you may be able to find 6" square LCD panels that would work even better - AliExpress is a good place to look for those.

@Mower - I very much doubt it…trying to do Hornet avionics is a serious task, and trying to do Super Hornet avionics is a step yet again.

@okayasugf - the gear actually are gloss white, and tend to stay that way over years…they get dirty, but the gloss seems to never come off.

@Aragorn - and that’s actually quite understandable.

…but as for me, I’ve already spent the $$$.

@Sabre - So, yes. In RL an aircraft FCR can and is affected by chaff, and so are RF guided missiles. To what effect varies with winds (which affect the density and hang time of the chaff cloud), geometry, type of chaff employed, etc. As for effects of chaff being reflected in the HUD - no. They are reflected in the radar display, and you have to learn how to read that from the display…which is a bit of an “art” in itself, and depends on what radar you have.

Chaff can have effects ranging from complete obscuration of the target to deception of, or interference with, targeting parameters…and these effects hold for any radar - an FCR, a weapon/missile radar, datalink, etc. Any RF signal to or from any source. Note that there are specific types of chaff for specific effect…so the question isn’t really a simple one.

But again, the forgoing also still holds - ownship chaff will not affect ownship operations.

@drtbkj - it should be based on Height Above Target…

Read the manual closely - the missiles will tell you. Keep your eye on the FCR page…

I found LOTS of pictures of RMAF F-16s out there - leave the word “livery” out of your search…

https://flightsim.to/file/25667/sc-designs-f-16c-royal-moroccan-air-force-rmaf

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rmaf+f+16&t=chromentp&ia=images&iax=images

@Mongoose - Coolness! I also hold a Private Pilot’s Certificate, and am an Aeronautical Engineer.

There are a lot of little HOTAS tricks you can do with the proper utilities. I have/had a utility for my Mac setup that allowed me to program/redirect controller inputs at will called ControllerMate. VERY powerful input programer with a graphical, flow-chart interface.

https://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/

I did a lot of stuff with it - like swap my Trim hat between POV and Trim by double clicking my NWS button…or commanding Eject by press/hold of NWS and Paddle. And that thing I mentioned about proportional toe Brakes.

Unfortunately, something Apple did to Mac OS broke ControllerMate some time ago, though for some reason it still works on this Macbook Pro and none of my other machines. I’f I could figure out why I’d go “break” the installs on my other machines and get it back…I REALLY miss it, and I have yet to find anything as powerful for the PC - the developer says that Win architecture won’t allow it.

@oakdesign - “usually”…which means it is not impossible to bind the buttons to keyboard commands, or to use a mix of assignments on any controller.

I had setup on my Mac install of Falcon 4.0 where I implemented proportional wheel brakes on my CH rudder pedals - I used the keyboard “k” tto toggle the Brakes, and the toe brake pots to modulate the key repeat rate base on position. The rudders was left to the Setup assignment. Worked great, and I wish I could find such an app I could use on a PC to do this.

The key is to learn not to press and hold it - treat it as a momentary input and just “click” it, unless you really do need a gross input. This is what RL pilots do and is the most realistic way.

Another thing you could try is to change the repeat rate of your keyboard - make it slower. You’d do this at the Windows level.

Nice work on the Supers!

@Carbide - with a jet there’s another way of doing this - my Test Pilots call it a “Navy flare”, but it works very nicely with any jet instead of a traditional flare, which relies on manipulating AOA with your nose.

What you do is to hold attitude and push the power up just before touchdown to arrest the sink rate, and snap it to idle as soon as the wheels are on the deck. Aerobrake during rollout as usual.

It took me a little practice to get it, but now that I have it’s the only way I land the Viper.

@lixus - slight subtlety…you can still have a “valid” solution, in this case. Which may or may not be “correct”. You are left to employ your airmanship to judge and take a valid shot. Or not.

@Arty - we had this sort of an issue with two of the fighter/attack Platforms I’ve done Integration work on - it manifested when strafing or bombing uphill…like delivering a free fall bomb bomb from a valley onto the top of a plateau.

We solved it…and it ended up looking very much like what I see here in BMS. So I don’t think there’s anything “wrong” with BMS from what I can see.

@The_Fish - Yes. I think it’s a matter of Training to the new sight picture, but you could also be right about how BMS is boresighted.

I’d been gunning in Hornet Trainers for a couple decades with great success and had some real trouble learning to strafe in the Viper - but once I figured it out I got it. i would imagine that the Viper and the Eagle would feel similar as far as knowing where your nose is wrt the cannon.

…I had the same problem in the Harrier Trainer…further aggravated by the off-axis reaction of the recoil. Of all the Trainers I’ve flown, the Hornet has the easiest gun to use.