F18 on PC

[rlh1108]

This thing just falls out of the sky halfway though the flight. The throttle doesn't work and it just falls. The games doesn't end when it crashes, it bounces around. Even on a short flight it decides to fall out of the sky. Anybody else having problems or suggestions of what's going on?

[jmitchin]

F/A-18 Super Hornet worked perfectly for me. Flew from Vancouver BC to Seattle WA without a hitch. My main problem is I have no idea how to shut engines off. I Goggled it to death and found no solution.

[CallMeKen]

its a military jet. haha they wouldent put the manual for jets online

[svennoj]

Check your assistance options, the game keeps resetting everything to EASY for me. And some of them interfere with actually flying a plane.

The throttle didn't cut out for me though, weird. But it struggled getting above 42K ft, down to 130 IAS on full throttle and not speeding up while level. The A320 performs better...

Ah, that's normal for the F18, outperformed by an airbus :)

[Team Triss]

svennoj původně napsal:

Check your assistance options, the game keeps resetting everything to EASY for me. And some of them interfere with actually flying a plane.

The throttle didn't cut out for me though, weird. But it struggled getting above 42K ft, down to 130 IAS on full throttle and not speeding up while level. The A320 performs better...

Ah, that's normal for the F18, outperformed by an airbus :)

They don't call them Rhinos because they're fast and agile.

[SaxonRaider]

CallMeKen původně napsal:

its a military jet. haha they wouldent put the manual for jets online

For DCS Hornet...manual as pdf document at bottom of page.... https://www.mudspike.com/chucks-guides-dcs-f-a-18c-hornet/
Way better than this MSFS Gameboy Arcade version.

[CamoVecmin]

jmitchin původně napsal:

F/A-18 Super Hornet worked perfectly for me. Flew from Vancouver BC to Seattle WA without a hitch. My main problem is I have no idea how to shut engines off. I Goggled it to death and found no solution.

Same, I have no issue except how doesn't have a clue how to turn off the engine. I'm using HOTAS and have bind the setting to idle cut but the engine still running. Turn L/R generator and Batt does not affect anything.

I think this is a bug.

[TargetLost]

I saw a few falling from the sky during my take off with the A320. But i attributed this to normal xbox players.

[Team Triss]

TargetLost původně napsal:

I saw a few falling from the sky during my take off with the A320. But i attributed this to normal xbox players.

Those of us on PC are fully capable of stalling complex planes every bit as well as console peasants, thank you very much.

Just a few days ago I was coming into KPIT with the autopilot tuned to the localizer and glide slope in the snow and I lost SA and stalled short of the runway.

[FlexAvenue]

Im having issues not being able to go into afterburner...

[FlexAvenue]

also having issues with the f-18 not wanting to lift off the ground on takeoff.

[Spikenard]

CallMeKen původně napsal:

its a military jet. haha they wouldent put the manual for jets online

Of course it is.

the manual is A1-F18AC-NFM-000

[Redline]

I've also had the throttle stop responding mid flight (and stick becoming very sluggish), it also has very weird flight characteristics, at least compared to the FA-18C in DCS. In VR I also have this notification window that I can't get rid of. The F-18, like many things in this "sim", is all show and no go.

[catboy1982]

Spikenard původně napsal:

CallMeKen původně napsal:

its a military jet. haha they wouldent put the manual for jets online

Of course it is.

the manual is A1-F18AC-NFM-000

[Phobos548]

Compared to dcs, the aircraft is extremely light, and has some sudden reaction at low speed. I think the flight model isn't right...

To shut down the aircraft, just push the left throttle to minimum with the mouse. Keep pressing the left mouse button and press the right button for 1 to 2 seconds.
Fuel shut off should toggle to ON.
Watch the screen, bottom left on the front panel. Engine should shut down.
Same for the right engine.

Turn down of the brightness of every screen.
Turn down the alternators, and the finely the battery.
Don't forget the parking break :)

[ждун]

svennoj původně napsal:

Check your assistance options, the game keeps resetting everything to EASY for me. And some of them interfere with actually flying a plane.

The throttle didn't cut out for me though, weird. But it struggled getting above 42K ft, down to 130 IAS on full throttle and not speeding up while level. The A320 performs better...

Ah, that's normal for the F18, outperformed by an airbus :)

Are you sure that you actually used both throttle levers?

At first i was wondering about it being slow, i could barely catch up with some airliner at FL430. But then i have discovered that i only set throttle for one engine. The other was on idle all the time. I took off with basically one engine. After cranking up the other engine i could easily catch up with the airliner and bypass it with 550 kt or something.