How To: Realism in Performance

4 Jul 2022

The standard aircraft in YSFlight turn well, they turn too well. A case in point is the F-16 that can manage 13g at 200 knots, beyond the capabilities of its real life counterpart aerodynamically and structural and also beyond the limit of the pilot. Lets us assume so for now.

The easisest correction for this is the changing of the "Landing Speed" parameter in the .dat (configuration file). Several aircraft have been revised and tested for turn rates at different speeds: sustained and instantaneous. It is reported that the YSFlight flight model has been optimized for a certain altitude, and does not take altitude changes into effect.

Table: Aircraft Landing Speeds in Standard YSFlight Aircraft

The set of aircraft for air combat scenarios in YSFlight will be restricted to the following aircraft, with realism added.

1 F-16 Original settings : REFVLAND 90kt

Changes: Name: user/ysg2000/f16001/

(3D model) : Pilot, canopy, accurate colors, better landing gear

Flight Model: REFVLAND 90kt >>

2 Mirage 2000C REFVLAND 110kt 141

Changes: Name: user/ysg2000/f16001/

(3D model) : Pilot, canopy, accurate colors, better landing gear

Flight Model: REFVLAND 90kt >>

3 Kfir REFVLAND 110kt

Changes: Name: user/ysg2000/f16001/

(3D model) : Pilot, canopy, accurate colors, better landing gear

Flight Model: REFVLAND 90kt >>

4 Gripen REFVLAND 110kt

Changes: Name: user/ysg2000/f16001/

(3D model) : Pilot, canopy, accurate colors, better landing gear

Flight Model: REFVLAND 90kt >>

5 Mig21 REFVLAND 110kt 155

Changes: Name: user/ysg2000/f16001/

(3D model) : Pilot, canopy, accurate colors, better landing gear

Flight Model: REFVLAND 90kt >>

6 Hawk REFVLAND 90kt

Changes: Name: user/ysg2000/f16001/

(3D model) : Pilot, canopy, accurate colors, better landing gear

Flight Model: REFVLAND 90kt >>

7 Mig-29 REFVLAND 110kt 140

Changes: Name: user/ysg2000/f16001/

(3D model) : Pilot, canopy, accurate colors, better landing gear

Flight Model: REFVLAND 90kt >>

9 Northrop F-5 REFVLAND 110kt

Changes: Name: user/ysg2000/f16001/

(3D model) : Pilot, canopy, accurate colors, better landing gear

Flight Model: REFVLAND 90kt >>