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A-164 Poor Flight Model
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Description

I would like to see a huge improvement on the Flight model for the newly added aircraft.

I have a lot of experience and time with DCS World (Mostly A-10C) and some real world aviation experience. I find the two new aircraft, while exciting, lacking a lot of realism and general performance issues.

I mostly find the power and weight ratio very off and exaggerated with the A-164, the turn rate is much too high (especially on full load) and not nearly susceptible enough to a stall.

Going in for a gun run or a dive seem to have an odd effect. The aircraft seems to be on "rails" and not responding to how it would in real life. I would like to see realistic effects from the external environment. Pressure, altitude, wind, temperature, humidity, etc all play a role but as it stands in Arma 3, it feels as if we are flying around in a air tight bubble. Not all the effects need to be added but a lot of tuning needs to be done.

The aircraft should also reduce speed rapidly and "nose up" while firing the main cannon. The aircraft should also nose up naturally during a dive without direct input with the size of the wings on this model (large wings = lots of lift).

I hope you're willing to put some time and effort into your flight model, as it stands now this just isn't good enough for those who want to act in the fixed wing CAS pilot role.

Details

Legacy ID
70637974
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Game Physics
Steps To Reproduce
  • Enter dive (aircraft seem to be on "rails" doesn't respond realistically to external forces)
  • Enter dive, and fire cannon (aircraft should slow, and nose should lift up)
  • Turn at high rate (Speed should bleed extremely fast and begin to enter stall)
  • Full thrust, level flight (aircraft much too fast)
  • Fly various maneuvers with full loadout vs empty (flight model doesn't seem to change at all with weight difference)
Additional Information

Particularly for the A-164, please invest some time testing with DCS A-10C and get a feel for what the aircraft should do and most importantly, what the limitations are.

Event Timeline

CptGoose edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Mar 21 2014, 9:34 PM
CptGoose edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
CptGoose set Category to Game Physics.
CptGoose set Reproducibility to Always.
CptGoose set Severity to None.
CptGoose set Resolution to Open.
CptGoose set Legacy ID to 70637974.May 7 2016, 6:14 PM
Bohemia added a subscriber: AD2001.Mar 21 2014, 9:34 PM