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[S3231541]

F-4 discussion going to space! Whoohooo! LOL 

[coenoo1]

Ah thank you, wikipedia told me it was something with satelites or something. Not really my interest.

Aerobraking (in spaceflight) is a non-propulsive maneuver, usually performed in order to lower a spacecraft's apoapsis (the point on its orbit which is farthest from the body it is orbiting). The spacecraft is oriented in a way that its maximum aerodynamic cross-section is facing in the direction of its velocity vector. Its flight path then needs to intersect the upper atmosphere of a celestial body, to a degree that the spacecraft is being slowed down by aerodynamic friction, while at the same time the heat developing during this procedure remains within tolerable limits. Since aerobraking is usually done by spacecraft which do not have TPS (thermal protection systems/heatshields), the amount of deceleration is little, and the procedure needs to be repeated for a number of revolutions until the desired (usually nearly circular) orbit is reached. The benefit however is that while it takes a long time, it also uses zero fuel (except for the tiny amounts needed for trajectory corrections and spacecraft orientation changes). Aerocapture on the other hand can be done if TPS is available, and is basically the same procedure as aerobraking, but achieved in just one go. You dive deeper into the atmosphere, loose a lot of speed, gain alot of heat, and do it in a way that you don't slow down enough for re-entry, but rather leave the atmosphere again on a dramatically altered orbit.

Sorry for the OT, but as my username suggests, I had to answer this.

yes I get it now, but doesn't aerobraking mean flaring in flight but not seconds before landing then? (very cryptic description I know)

F-4 discussion going to space! Whoohooo! LOL 

NF-104 type rockets !!

[brett16]

lol welp i would love to rate this but i cant yous it ive been modding il2 for years backtracked every thing and did my research on the forms i just cant get this sucker to work so if eney 1 can help my that would be great lol its probably sumthing small that ime missing or a corrupt file lol

[brett16]

lol nm i was right it was something very very small lol o and this is a super awesome plane good job 

[US_GRANT]

Hey fellas. Was doing some missile testing and I ran into a strange problem. When I first get into a fight and use an AIM-7, no problem if it hits a target or just blows up (75%+ fail rate historically). The problem happens when the missile misses and just keeps going into the wild blue yonder. After about 30 seconds to a minute my game turns into a slide show and I have to quit the game to get it to stop. Has anyone else run into this?

[BT~wasted]

hmmm....strange issue. can you send me your log file?

[Razgriz_37]

I have a Similar problem regarding the L-139 variants, and the AIM-9s. I can use the AGMs no problem, I switch armament to R-55, fired, game crash. OK... Reload and uses the L-139 and AIM-9, crashes. Reload fired an AIM-9 on a Sabre... another crash.

I will also compile a logfile, just for more detailed information, but it's good to know I'm not entirely alone on the issue.

Logfile
https://www.mediafire.com/?uuqop3ycthyugbs

[Roger Smith]

I have a Similar problem regarding the L-139 variants, and the AIM-9s. I can use the AGMs no problem, I switch armament to R-55, fired, game crash. OK... Reload and uses the L-139 and AIM-9, crashes. Reload fired an AIM-9 on a Sabre... another crash.

I will also compile a logfile, just for more detailed information, but it's good to know I'm not entirely alone on the issue.

Logfile
https://www.mediafire.com/?uuqop3ycthyugbs

Nothing I see in that file that would tell me what happened. I think it has to do with some sort of conflict with visual effect mods. look for classfile 8CFCD632574D5B72 within the visual mod and put a "--" in front of the name to disable that part. what's weird is that is should have affected the AGMs too

[BT~wasted]

its not the log. it is an eventlog. look for 'log.lst' in your directory, and post it here or send via PM 

[S3231541]

Hi,

I would like to solve the problem with your L-139 but please post your L-139 problem here and keep this post to the F-4, please:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=20426.0
If you're using the Jetwar 1.2, please go to the end of this post: @edit: Dead link removed and download a version that is compatible with jetwar 1.2

Regarding how to use your logfile, please see it here, you should only recieve a file name log.lst and please upload the entire file and post here a link.
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=13457.0

Thank you,

s3

[coenoo1]

Could someone tell me what I have to do to see the chaff countermeasures deploy?
I have a key assigned "Shift /"  in Controls.

Are they even implemented yet in the F-4? It is still a beta so they will probably do that later.

[Razgriz_37]

Understood I will delete the above post...