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The shaking is probably your engine detonating under high load. If you stick with the recommended settings and be vigilant with your temperature scan and use the respective cooling aids, the engine will purr nicely. I recently successfully passed carrier qualifications in the Corsair School campaign, with 5 take-offs straight into the circuit and 5 traps. The engine was working hard at low level and low airspeed. I was scanning the temps constantly and adjusting as required. The engine never missed a beat. Cheers! Sent from my SM-G998B using Tapatalk

Yes, i've had this issue intermittently for a while but now its every startup and shutdown since the last update.

thanks folks. I think I figured out the problem and it has something to do with the RPM bug. I think the whole time the "shake" was caused by being severely under powered. When I put the RPM on the setting shown in the attached (5200 up thru 7000), everything smoothed out. So I ran if for 45 minutes and am still running it now. So that can't be Combat or WEP...must be around the mark for Continuous. @Scotch75 thank you for the clarification on the fuel pump switch! It's fun again. OMG Edited to note - I was reading the damn gauge wrong from the get go. OMG. Embarrassed!!

Whoa! This became a sticky. Very humbled. Thanks to whoever was responsible I updated the mission file. Minor update. Forgot to change the briefing image in the last update. It's fixed now. Enjoy.

I recently got to look at some Westinghouse documents at a museum. On the apg-68, a block 40 (v)1 manual from 1989 and a (v)5 manual from 1995. You’re completely correct they almost look like different Radars. the (v)1 in air to air is more similar to APG-66 RANGE WHILE SEARCH UPLOOK SEARCH AIR COMBAT MANEUVERING VELOCITY SEARCH TRACK WHILE SCAN SINGLE TARGET TRACK SITUATION AWARENESS MODE Maybe VS uses HPRF but I was surprised that the modes are so different from the (V)5 which seems to reflect the DCS radar. interestingly AMRAAM was already In the manual.

Hi, I noticed that dogfighting in the T-45 seems too much easier than I expected it to be. e.g. T-45 2x LAU-68 M274 TP-SM (unguided target practice smoke rockets) vs 4x F-22a guns only. See the attached mission I checked the VNAO_T45.lua has the "Damage = ..." section (line216) commented out and "Failures = { nil" (line 411). Is it safe to uncomment/re-enable these or were they disabled for some compatibility issue ? t45.v.4xf22a.caucasus.miz

Again, engine settings for takeoff will be found in the POH. Check out the link. Scroll down to the takeoff section if you don't want to read the whole thing. You can also install my kneeboards and follow them while in cockpit. This will help get you going as well. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3345803/

For the past couple months I've been working on a utility to help people create kneeboards/mission cards for flight nights with their squadrons/friends. I call it Digital Kneeboard Simulator. While its still a ways out from what I would consider fully feature complete it has quite a few features that I think make it compelling. No install required, is entirely a totally free webapp Miz file import with corresponding import of both flight and redfor elements. Full mission planning feature set Interactive waypoint editing Per member loadout support with exports to DCS Preset creation for mission card segments for rapid mission creation Supports all theaters (that I know of) All airbases listed and displayed on maps Easily snap waypoints to airbases Automatically calculates elevation for any point and snaps waypoints to ground if desired DCS-DTC export Loadout weight calculation with automatic rotation speed calculation Flight time and ToT calcualtions with automatic CAS calculations for interstitial waypoints Parameterized popup attack calculator Many templates with more coming Ability to publish kneeboards and share a public link to in discord for easy disemination to your squad Single click setup script included in exports Installable by hand if setup script is too scary Squadron system to allow co-operative mission creation and planning Supported airframes: F-16 (Stable) Kiowa (Stable) Apache (Stable) F-18 (Beta) A10CII (Alpha) Coming in the future Support for blufor import form a miz file Native DCS DTC file support (instead of the DCS-DTC external app, which is quite excellent) More attack profiles Note that this is not a utility to make a miz file. Instead this should be thought of as a utility to create mission cards for an existing miz file or create mission cards for squadrons that reqularly fly on servers with dynamic ranges. Screenshots:

After take-off, once you have cleaned up and the engine is performing, you can bring the mixture back to auto-lean, fuel selector to main (from reserve), fuel boost pump off. The fuel boost pump is used as a bit of insurance in demanding phases of flight, i.e., take-offs and landing (and yes, for start-up). Cheers! Sent from my SM-G998B using Tapatalk

appreciate you taking a look. Some more context. I'll probably give it another shot soon, thanks again.

Thank you for the work and this magnificent map. Do you think you will work on the east of France (already visible, the Alsace region) there would be 2 superb bases to model. The Airbase132 Colmar-Meyenheim and the Airbase 124 Strasbourg Entzheim (two airbase now closed). There would also be the Airbase 901 Drachenbronn (a radar site located in the former Maginot line) also closed today.

This isn't my video but I'm reporting a bug where you can still fly with a missing tail section ...

I appreciate the replies. So instead of take off with the RPM lever set in the MAX position....just take off with the RPM no higher than 2700? As for the fuel pump switch I thought after engine start up we shut it off (?) and the pump is only for a cold start. I'm probably breaking the sh*t out of the engine. I will try these tips. Thanks again!

If you want full sim level then load the file before you get in the plane. You can set up all the things you want in the DTC and save it to a file.That simulates sticking the cartridge in where you need it. Explanation before my latest post is how to do that. Not sure how changing the original version of the DTC file to a default is any less of systematic solution or any more realistic. If you don't like what's in the default, before you hit the fly button there is an option to go in and change the file to what you want for that mission (that's what an IRL pilot would do). I'm really unclear what you are asking for that's different to the current situation?

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Couple things here: First, you are exploiting a bug that let's you go above 2700 RPM, which will be fixed soon. Don't go past 2700. Stick within the engine limits. You'll find these on placards in the virtual cockpit, as well as in the manual and actual POH. This bird requires you know the operating limits, so learn them and drill them into your head. As for everything else, it just seems that maybe you're still learning about warbirds and engine management, which is great! We've all been there and you've chosen the correct path I'll give you my observations to help out: After takeoff, set cowl, oil, and intercooler flaps as desired. You don't have to close them just because you think you need to. It all depends what is happening with your temperatures. I didn't see your engine cut in this video, but I'm willing to bet it is because you closed your oil flaps, then oil temps went into red line and you cooked the engine. Also, you don't need to do anything with the intercooler flaps unless your blower is on, which it's not for takoeff (I hope!). Leave those closed so you don't have more drag than needed. There's nothing in the checklist about setting your trims to neutral after takeoff. Leave them alone, and slowly trim as needed for hands off flight at your desired flight condition. I noticed as soon as you took out the right rudder trim, your slip indicator was showing you needed more right rudder, so you would have been better off leaving the rudder trim in, and slowly taking it out only as needed depending on what the ball was showing. As for the shaking, you may have broken something in the engine. You were at high manifold pressure and pulled your RPM back VERY quickly. This would have overstressed the engine big time. Manifold needs to be pulled back before pulling the RPM back. Very quick movements with RPM and throttle put additional stresses on the engine due to high accelerations and decelerations. Treat it gently, and she'll treat you nicely as well. Whenever you move from one setting to another, give it a full 3 second count from one endpoint to the next. This bird takes some studying, and learning the basic principles. All of the above can be found in the POH. Read the actual POH linked below, and it all applies to the DCS module as well. I've read thru this thing almost 5-6 times now. It's invaluable. Also read thru the manual included with the module, just so you know some additional DCS-specific things. https://www.vmfa251.org/pdffiles/Corsair Manual.pdf Just keep at it. You're doing great

Stop going to 5200-RPM. 2700 should be Max. Yes it's a bug as I've already told you in another thread. The engine took damage from that and most likely caused the engine driven fuel pump to fail. You're auxiliary fuel pump is off. With a damaged pump, you had no fuel going to the engine which would have caused it too stop. As for the shaking, it's most likely the cause of going to 5200-RPM and drastically dropping the engine speed to 2550.

Thanks for the JDownloader link. I can now load the F-22 & F23 mods now too.

I thought they were from the early 00s.

Getting back into DCS after almost a year off. I'm using the latest versions of VoiceAttack and Vaicom Pro which seem to work correctly on other missions/maps. However, when I fly the F-16 on either of the Marianas Proving Ground Missions, I can't get a response from ATC either on the ground or in the air. I have the main DCS menu set to Easy Comms off. I've tried initiating calls to start engines, taxi, take off, etc. from both the menu options and using Vaicom Pro. I get "my" voice repeating the command, but never get a response. I initially thought my version might be out of date so I downloaded the newest version and get the same behavior. Any ideas how to fix this?

Take a look at the attached vid. successful carrier launch. Max RPM, gear up then flaps up. Cowl flaps back down to minimum. Reset trims to neutral. I had inner cooler and oil coolers set to near closed. Then when I bring the RPM's back to about 2550 (manifold at 44) - continuous power - the plane really starts to shake. Noticed this after the last update. The shake only goes away if I take the RPM way down under 2000 or way up to like 5200. What am I doing wrong? Oh PS I thought all you "engine stopped" people were nuts, but I just had my first one. Right on take off, temps fine, gas full. I keep coming back to this thing, even though I know it's wack, I just luv it so much, LOL My Project.mp4

I posted "I want it all" by Queen as a simple reminder of how the wish list works. Please don't be the guy that Frankie was singing about in the line as funny as it may seem Some people get their kicks Stomping on a dream It's important to remember that in the virtual skies of DCS there are going to be some modules you simply don't want. That doesn't mean other people don't want it. DCS lives or dies based on ED and the other developers abbility to provide as many differnt modules in as many differnt eras as possible. I make jokes that the official DCS wishlist is published by Janes. He's passed away but the A-26 pilot I know was also a P-38 pilot. No matter which version we get I'd love to have Newt's Livery in DCS

That's good to know. I'm just sick of having to rely on outside material when a lot of stuff should be inhouse.