Hawk T1/A First Impressions

Good steady 50 - 60 FPS.

I agree I was hoping to fly without errors and i was frustrated the firs time but yep i like it and wait for the service pack to released.  I am sure it's going to be a great product just like the tornado .So stay positive about this product. And yep the manual need some work

Also, I think the failures occur too often. Have turned them all off, had to get to them via the following path (FSX) as my installer did not install correct shortcuts under Windows 10:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\JF_Hawk_T1\panel

Just to address the comment about the aircraft's response to 'Real Weather' (of whichever type you have enabled). The turbulence effects and wind are massively overdone - they are designed for stock FS aircraft, the ones that 'run on rails', they are so steady! This Hawk has been developed using real-world coefficients, along the lines of many high-end products recently released by other developers. Therefore, it will get battered about if you run the weather in its 'standard' settings. I have turned my AS Next down to about 10% and find the result is quite okay.

Now, the need for doing this - the difference between the 'stock' aircraft and aircraft developed with real co-efficients - is that generally the stock aircraft are over damped, they are less responsive to external inputs. However, they are also less responsive to stick input and if you wish to do any decent formation flying or aerobatics you need far greater responsiveness than they are able to provide. You also need to use more care when flying them - our Hawk pilot told me "In flying aeros in the thing in real life, I probably never went past about 2/3 control deflection. Above that was the fighter jockey arena." so if you're pulling full aft stick you can expect some problems.

That said, I will admit to some pitch issues! Unfortunately, personal situations and a couple of other things got in the way during development and I did not get the chance to finish it as much as I wanted. I'm still working on it, many minor fixes have already been done and it certainly flies a lot nicer now on my computer and hopefully will on yours in the very near future.

Cheers,
Paul.

Thanks for the response Paul; yes all that does make sense, spent the whole day getting more used to the 'feel' and enjoying it more and more ...

Maybe, if Just Flight hadn't pushed this out late on a Friday there would be a little less frustration on this forum. But most people are trying to help, even if letting off a little steam at the same time.
I have just discovered that moving all the FSX difficulty sliders to between 50-70% percent helps a lot, especially with aileron control. If fact it makes it flyable. If only I could get more pitch control it might be landable.

bigfatron wrote: that is pretty much why i'm not being an early adopter of the Hawk.

But you want to really ...

;)

cornish123 wrote: bigfatron wrote: that is pretty much why i'm not being an early adopter of the Hawk. But you want to really ... ;)