DCS AERGES MIRAGE F1, Flight Manual

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DCS: Mirage F1 Flight Manual Version 1.0
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8. FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS
Rolling the aircraft at high incidence (angle of attack), induces a sideslip and turn reversal that
can even end up in a spin.
The pilot should relax the pressure on the control stick when there is a tendency to refuse to
turn.
Turns at high angle of attack should be done with rudder only, and avoid using the roll control
as much as possible.
Spin recovery procedure:
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Release the control stick and rudder pedals
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Cut power
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Retract airbrakes
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Roll out
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Start pulling out above 200 kt IAS
Flat spin recovery procedure:

Release the control stick (pitch and roll neutral)

Cut power

Retract airbrakes

Apply full rudder opposite to the direction of the aircraft nose movement on the
landscape

Roll out
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Start pulling out above 200 kt IAS
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Restart engine if required
Both pitch and roll are sensitive in this aircraft. This effect is increased in the simulation when
using conventional joysticks available in the market. The real control stick is usually longer than
most joysticks, and the force applied in the real stick, which can be near 20 Kg at full deflection
with Arthur in "high ratio" configuration, can be hardly reproduced in a joystick.
For this reason, the user might consider using the control input curves available in DCS options.