F-84E

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Please post any issues connected to F-84E here.

[Dash,Polder]

Master Arm split ON and OFF toggle commands are messed up in the F-84, the Master Arm ON switch turns guns off but leaves radar, the sights, and the rest of it's controlled items on, while the Master Arm OFF toggle turns all items on.  The same set up works correctly in the Mustang, turning cam, guns, and sight off with OFF and on with ON Master Arm.  

[Rails]

I don't know if it's appropriate to post here but FM issues I've noticed are the aircraft doesn't seem to respond at all to elevator trim at high speed. Seems like after 50% nose down it doesn't do anything and the aircraft still wants to pitch up. The stall seems wrong as well, from the manual it should stall straight ahead with no tendency to roll off, and reaching critical mach the aircraft should pitch up not down. I've also noticed the max range rheostat for the gunsight radar doesn't seem to move when you set it to different distances.

Edited 23 hours ago by Rails

[WarmWombat]

I tried a free flight from startup in the F-84 last night, and I suspect the startup sequence is broken. Shortly after the engine starts, it shuts itself off again, but the engine sound keeps running. Applying throttle generates no thrust (the axis is picking up correctly and showing movement in the UI). Pressing E to restart the engine has no effect.

I then tried a flight from the runway with the engine started. Flight was normal, landed and tried to do an engine shutdown. It appears to shut the engine down, but the engine sounds are still running. Pressing E to start up has no effect here as well.

[LuftManu]

8 minutes ago, WarmWombat said:

I tried a free flight from startup in the F-84 last night, and I suspect the startup sequence is broken. Shortly after the engine starts, it shuts itself off again, but the engine sound keeps running. Applying throttle generates no thrust (the axis is picking up correctly and showing movement in the UI). Pressing E to restart the engine has no effect.

I then tried a flight from the runway with the engine started. Flight was normal, landed and tried to do an engine shutdown. It appears to shut the engine down, but the engine sounds are still running. Pressing E to start up has no effect here as well.

Hello! Currently the startup is not working. You need the RPM helper on during startup.
It's reported already! 🙂

 

[AndreiTomescu]

I don't think it's a bug, it's just my fault: can't find how to operate the upper left switch that controls the gunsight aiming regrading guns/bombs // rockets different types.

I've looked in the plane chart, also.

I think i'm getting the ropes with this radar controlled gunsight (almost) , that i find awesome, but that switch eluded me.

Pls help& thank you.

[GeorgeVB]

The pitch axis of the stick in the cockpit moves with a jerk. I set the different axes of my joystick, but the jerk of the lever in the cockpit when moving the stick from the neutral position forward is present for all axes. Other planes don't have such a sudden stick movement. Has there ever been such a problem? I have a VPC CDT-AEROMAX Flightstick, and its movement is very smooth.

[Leifr]

3 hours ago, AndreiTomescu said:

I don't think it's a bug, it's just my fault: can't find how to operate the upper left switch that controls the gunsight aiming regrading guns/bombs // rockets different types.

I've looked in the plane chart, also.

I think i'm getting the ropes with this radar controlled gunsight (almost) , that i find awesome, but that switch eluded me.

Pls help& thank you.

It isn't functional yet unfortunately, it really needs to be.

 

57 minutes ago, GeorgeVB said:

The pitch axis of the stick in the cockpit moves with a jerk. I set the different axes of my joystick, but the jerk of the lever in the cockpit when moving the stick from the neutral position forward is present for all axes. Other planes don't have such a sudden stick movement. Has there ever been such a problem? I have a VPC CDT-AEROMAX Flightstick, and its movement is very smooth.

Yes, I've noticed that too. The F-84 is incredibly sensitive on pitch, and will quite violently nose-up with the most slender of movements.

[AndreiTomescu]

13 minutes ago, Leifr said:

The F-84 is incredibly sensitive on pitch, and will quite violently nose-up with the most slender of movements.

true. noticed that also. thought it's just like this, thou. also noticed that the higher and faster i go, this behaviour decreases

[GrumpyGnome]

@WarmWombat

Take a few seconds to get out of the cockpit. Then climb back in and fire the bird up.