Thorough testing is encouraged. Only the most serious of test pilots could dream up such rigorous test procedures.
For example, landing the Yak is akin to the FSX mission of landing a Grand Caravan on a US carrier. We cannot allow a civilian emergency landing gap!
I think I have the Homeland Security Badge for that one… 
No, no you’re doing it right!
Can any plane use the hold back chocks in the Kuz now?
While it looks better for screenshots, I personally prefer midday for my flying. I HATE the glare of the sun in my eyes or over my shoulder into my pit instruments. Might come from living decades in Florida, where the best time to go outside is either around noon or after the sun has already dropped out of sight.
I’d tend to agree with you, the variance in lighting also means I have to play with the HUD & MFD day/night modes as well as brightness, contrast and symbology settings for the Warthog anyway throughout my flight as the sun angle changes over time but also directional changes in your flight play into it.
Have you tried with the Cockpit Lighting turned off - its in the settings somewhere. With it turned off the cockpit assumes a general overall level of brightness that can be adjusted (a bit) with the Game setting.
Some SU-27 shots, had this issue with rotating to late and exploding tires…
Some random F-16 and A-10 shots from Area 51…
Had some foggy weather in the Black Sea region,
About the exploding tires thing. From (more than enough) personal experience, that occurs from excessive speed on take off. For our RL pilots, is that really a thing? Or more technically put, “Is the typical rotation speed, even for a heavily loaded aircraft, that close to the VR that you run the risk of bursting a tire if you go a few knots faster before rotating?”
Inquiring minds want to know. 
My guess is while burst tires on landings aren’t uncommon, on take off they are extremely rare. Probably happens due to defects more often than anything else, and honestly, if the plane is going that fast and you’re trying to takeoff, why wouldn’t you? You would have to be grossly overloaded for the weather conditions.
Landing too fast/hard/whatever makes a lot more sense as far as circumstances where it could happen.
I am only talking DCS experience and mainly with the MiG-21 which is easy to get to max TO weight with a few munitions/tank(s) and a full bag of gas. I have had a tire blow and as soon as rotated got a stall warning so…try near Max Weight with some hot and high airfields, like you can and in Iran on the PG map (if you use realistic weather for the area…temps in the high 30s to 40s C…it gets dicey.
I’ve also blown tires in the A-10 and Mirage but both of those were just me not paying close enough attention to airspeed.
But still…even just about 10 KIAS (or CAS) it seems you can blow a tire…which I am thinking is not so realistic.
I guess max tire speeds will vary greatly with different brands and uses. And, naturally a worn tire will probably burst at lower speeds than a new one.
In the Dash8 you come close to max tire speed when doing a no flap landing. The touchdown speed is just a few knots below max tire speed. But will it burst if exceeded? There’s bound to be a margin. But I’d guess, since it can become an issue in the small turboprops I fly, it’s probably a bigger issue in the go fast and heavy aircraft.
Not a pilot but I am known to be a vigorous tire fondler, the answer is. It depends. Really boring, but you have to take tire condition, age, directional load, side load, local worn spots etc in consideration. Aircraft tires wear down quickly but they often go from a minor rotation with no load to carry in any axis to having to sustain the whole weight of the aircraft and provide friction for the aircraft to slow down. Then you get to factor in wind, runway conditions and all the other fun things an aircraft experiences when landing.
So yeah, it depends…
Huh? 
………TMI? 
Well someone has to fondle em off the axle! They don’t come loose themself you see 
Are aircraft tires manufactured like auto tires?
steel belts face
plies sidewall
max air pressure,gvw and speed?
I just did a quick sortie in the Viggen. Went super well. Even gave the target a glancing blow but didnt kill it. On landing I stopped beautifully and reversed up to the taxi way I just passed and a KC135 smashed into me destroying us both.
Check. Your. Mirrors…
The A-10 of WW2. The P-47 cockpit is like the P-51, only roomier. Looks great in the Reverb VR.
The channel map is pretty as well.
(Pics are non-VR)
Decided to give the new updated 120’s a go. Went into the night intercept instant action mission to give them a try.
I think they brought further updates to the night lighting! It was already looking heaps better in the last big patch in the first place. It seems that now it got even better! The exhaust is looking positively hot with all that glow, and the moon now really looks like the moon rather than a grey disc in the sky.
It looks like the lofting got a lot better. It pulled a beatiful and fairly constant 3 - 4.5g through the loft. No crazy AoA stunts as it came out of the loft, either.
Coming in on the targets. You can spot their burners pretty far out now.
The missile went pitbull with at a healthy Mach 3.0 despite a 25nm launch. It still lost about 1.2 mach doing the dance with this flanker, but still had enough energy to pull north of 20g in the terminal stages.
Those flames are looking really great!
