Hello guys
I'm unsure if this is the right place to post this topic but I assume it can be moved if it's in the wrong place.
The reason I'm not asking this on the FGUK website is because I am unable to register an account on that website because the Capcha is broken on one page, and the page named "Register" is a dead link - if someone is able to inform the site owner of this then I think it would be worth doing.
Anyway, I recently downloaded Flightgear and one of the first things I did was download the EF2000 from the FGUK website. I also downloaded a different version of the Eurofighter and found them both to be quite different - the FGUK one is less sensitive with my joystick and feels much better to fly, but as someone who doesn't know very much about aircraft and especially not the Eurofighter, some things puzzled me.
The first thing thing I've noticed is that the airbrake appears to extend down into the body of the aircraft. Either this is broken, or this particular model is a top secret experimental one. On top of that, the airbrake seems to only have one setting which would appear to be its maximum setting because it's really effective at killing speed.
There also seems to be no control over the slats - I have tried everything from just mashing every button on my keyboard to reconfiguring the keys on my joystick but it just seems to be a waste of time.
The non-FGUK version gives you full control of the slats and the airbrake works and can be placed in different positions, however you can only make extremely subtle movements on the joystick which makes it rather difficult to control. Is this realistic? If so, I'll continue to use this version since it seems to have everything except a highly developed cockpit. This is as opposed to the version on the FGUK website where the joystick doesn't seem to be that sensitive (and the cockpit is well-developed) but it seems to lack the other faculties. You can also manually start the engines on this version but there's no tutorial.
So I am guessing that these things just haven't been worked on properly yet by the developer of the aircraft, but it does also lead me to have some questions about the EF2000 in real life, since I know next to nothing about it.
In a lot of videos I've seen, neither the airbrakes or the slats seem to be used by the aircraft on landing. Since this is the case, how does the pilot reduce the aircraft's speed? Is there reverse thrust on the aircraft or does he just gradually close the throttle so that his speed is low enough when he comes into land that he can actually stop the aircraft in time.
Anyway, thanks to anyone who's able to answer any of these questions, and sorry if I've posted it in the wrong place :p