Asymmetrical aero when load is symmetric

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General Dynamics F-16 for Flightgear flight simulator

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Asymmetrical aero when load is symmetric #561

Open NikolaiVChr opened 1 year ago

NikolaiVChr commented 1 year ago

Reported by @JMaverick16 Need steps to reproduce and more info.

SammySkycrafts commented 1 year ago

Ive experienced similar a few times - It seems to be when relocating (Location > Select Airport), I only do this after crashing so cannot say if crashing is related though. Aircraft acts like there is an asymmetric load of at least 1000lbs. Fuel is always level in all tanks, payload is symmetric enough that there should be no impact.

Most of the time trimming it out is sufficient but I can recall a few times this wasnt the case and trim didn't help.

JMaverick16 commented 1 year ago

A way to reproduce could be:

Mount a preset or manual loadout.
Release 1 or more stores.
Crash/get shot down.
Respawn, re-arm manually via F&P dialog.
Flying should become unstable.

SammySkycrafts commented 12 months ago

Has anyone experienced this recently? I can't say I have but I haven't flown much