F/A-18 high altitude flight

Is there a guide, tutorial or something on how you fly this jet at high altitudes and speeds?

Whenever I start to go above like 20K feet the automated flaps start going down until they’re at the full 40 percent. So the plane just slows down to almost stall speeds and pointed up like 20 degrees up so it barely stays flying. How do you fly this high up and at high speeds like any normal jet? I don’t get it.

I don’t think I’ve encountered this (on PC anyway). What speed are you going when the auto flaps start going down?

When climbing you want keep your airspeed around 350 on the HUD until you reach an altitude where your airspeed of 350 is equal to M0.85, then continue to climb at M0.85.

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Ok, that worked better. Was able to get up to 30K+ altitude and get good speed this time.

Thanks.

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