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The AWACS give you BRAA: Bearing, Range, Altitude and Aspect. You are perhaps not using the altitude and aspect components. You should use all four together. Before starting, to simplify things set radar scanning to 140° and 6B (6 bars) to cover the maximum amount of sky possible. 1) Move the radar cursor to the Bearing and Range given by AWACS. It doesn't have to be super precise. You can double-check it by looking at the BRA indication on the radar itself. In the picture below, the cursor is on bearing 317 and range 19 miles from my aircraft: 2) Once the cursor is in the BRA vincinity, check the cursor indication of the minimum and maximum altitude of the radar cone scan at that location of the sky: In this example, its 35 and 0, which means it will cover from 35k feet down to 0 feet. If the Altitude given by AWACS is NOT inside this range, change the radar elevation controls (NOT by moving the cursor, there are separate controls for the elevation) until at that point of the sky the cursor altitude range encompasses the target range. 3) If you still can't see the target: - Give it a few seconds so the radar can complete its scan. In the screen above it is 6B, which means it needs 6 full sweeps to cover the 35k - 0 feet range. - Perhaps the target has changed altitude drastically, so you may need to play a bit with the elevation. - The Aspect of the target may not be favorable. HOT (nose pointed at your direction) fighter-sized targets can be picked up as far as 50 miles. COLD (nose pointed away from you) will only be picked at shorter ranges, and FLANKING (moving laterally) may not be picked at all (go research "Radar Notch"). - Radar Cross-Section (RCS) of the target also influences the distance it can be detected. Roughly speaking the larger the aircraft is, the farther it will be picked by the radar. REMEMBER - Closer to you, the radar cone gets smaller and smaller. You can see it by keeping the radar elevation fixed and moving the cursor up and down the radar. The numbers on the cursor will indicate a progressively smaller volume of sky being covered closer to you, even in 6 bars. You need to operate the radar elevation more aggressively if you want to find closer targets. - RWS mode the radar is gimballed to be always fixed to the horizon. You cannot just point the nose at the ground or sky and expect the radar to cover that area. In fact you need minimum maneuvering of the aircraft itself unless the contact is completely out of the radar lateral and vertical limits . You must always pay attention to the numbers in the radar scope, especially the cursor altitude range. - The other radar modes (ACM aka close-combat modes) do not gimball the radar to the horizon. In these modes the radar is fixed in relation to the aircraft (except for the WACQ) so you must maneuver the aircraft itself to change the radar scan volume. They are only useful inside 7-miles. There are of course many more nuances to radar operation (PRF, Jamming etc), but this should get the result you need.

Master Arm ON? :noexpression: If it wasn't for this oversight on your part, would be a great trap in 100% accordance with USN guidelines and protocols. (Great job dude :lol:)

Missing this one: "I'VE LOST MY RIO" by Lt. Geoff Vickers http://www.vfp62.com/F14_RIO.html

In the Wags video about DL, the HARMs were using a smokeless motor, and Wags mentioned elsewhere that it was a bugfix. However in the version we received the HARMs still generate smoke.

R-77 in DCS is only active-radar, does not have IR guidance.

This is just pure speculation on my part. The AI aircraft share a common abstract implementation regarding to their sensor and radar functionality. Therefore the integration of that with the F/A-18C datalink is feasible. However when a human is piloting an F-15C, the data to be data-linked refer to what the human pilot is actually seeing on his cockpit, which can change due to the way he is operating his radar (elevation, azimuth, TWS vs RWS etc). Therefore it would be necessary a overhaul of the F-15C radar code on FC3, which is not something ED has plans to do. AGAIN this is speculation on my part.

Matt said in the comments section of the video that only AI F-15s will contribute data to the network. Since FC3 doesn't have datalink, human F-15 won't be able to contribute. I bet current F-16 AI will also be able. A-10C has DL, so both AI and human aircraft will be able to share data. F-18 yes. It will also display your own flight members as distinct symbols (letters inside circles). Apparently F-18 AI appears on A-10C currently, but there is no info on whether human F-18s will appear on A-10C display.

SEAD is a support mission, since you are suppressing the air defences for a reason. It may be a deep strike, interdiction or counter-air. Your success is dependent on whether the package you are defending accomplishes their mission without casualties. You do not have necessarily to destroy the air defences, but most often than not you have to, since we do not have stand-off electronic suppression available. But your munition is scarce, therefore you use any tricks available in your bag, including baiting the air defenses into firing so your wingman can quickly engage it (hard to do if you have just an AI wingman or flying alone) or to just deplete their missiles. Best SEAD missions are when you are flying in a highly coordinated group of people, trying to ensure that everyone is alive by the time you end the session. I have yet to find this fun in DCS lately though, as single-player missions miss this element, public servers are everyone-for-himself and haven't had much time to search for / engage with small groups. But I'm up for teaming up whenever schedules are aligned. EDIT - May I recommend a great book on modern SEAD - Dan Hampton's "Viper Pilot".

It may not, but why dismiss the entire "other sim" that brought many of us here, and kept us glued to this hobby when there was nothing else in the market even close in terms of fidelity? And the solution was always simple: don't use the triple mavs.

Do these count? :)

Incorrect. The HARM can be fired using only its own seeker as sensor, or in Pre-briefed mode in which it targets a coordinate designated in flight planning. The HTS pod, which only the F-16 carries, enhances the ability to detect, classify and target threats on-the fly whose existence are unknown before flight.

Perhaps it is centered because the sensor is... ermmm... tracking it? :)

I challenge the notion that the license price is prohibitive. I don't see how any of the manufacturers of the planes or equipments ever worry about a niche product that won't ever create them any significant revenue. Do you think Hughes, Raytheon, LM, Boeing make big bucks with licensing their equipment for what is essentially a video game? We are not their target demographics... they don't need to promote their brands to us or increase the value of it by making it exclusive. Also, a designation like F-15C is a military designation of an airplane, and as far as I know its not a trademark. It is different when a racing game features a Lamborghini Gallardo because thats the company name and trademark. So unless there is a hard, solid evidence that licensing plays such a big role in limiting what can be developed these days, I would still think that the development speed of Eagle Dynamics is driven by: - not allocating enough resources / not caring enough about consumer products more than other projects which are potentially more profitable - not having a real competition within its segment.

I hope you mean the periscope... Radar is heavily absorbed by water.

The only FPS I tried with the Rift was Alien Isolation, and within 30 seconds I realized I wouldn't be able to go through it. The disconnect between the walking with keyboard, rotating with the mouse and looking around with your head is unbearable for me. But DCS, or racing games (iRacing) I have no problem at all, whether its chopper flying, aerobatics or whatever. I think it really is the fixed reference point (aircraft or racecar cockpit).

+1 on not having icon on F10 map, so the awesome aerodrome charts created by VFBW32 could be put to good use +1 on reducing standoff capabilities for CAS / SEAD +1 on increasing air defenses around airbases +1 on having MiG-29A as point defense for RED +1 on flying Red Side

Actually no, he is right, this airplane broke Mach 3 in 1910 due to extremely low drag: (Sorry DanielNL, couldn't resist :))

Interesting enough I have been flying the A-10C yesterday and also heard this static you mention sometimes, but not at the moment of my death to the AI Flankers, which were sudden and noiseless (except for my scream inside the helmet). I'd say it has something to do with the AWACS. Since you heard it loud, it should be the same volume as the radio messages, which by default are a bit high. I lower the radio volume in Options since that russian guy inside the A-50 likes to talk so much, and I heard this static with the same volume as the regular AWACS radio chatter.

Just revert to the stable version...

Me too, however the black screen occurs if I just enter the options screen and click OK, without changing anything. Perhaps its unable to write options.lua, because I renamed mine to something else, clicked OK, the screen went black but no file created.

Perhaps its April 1st in Russia? I don't know, they have all their dates reversed...

:rolleyes: Your definition of fun isn't his definition of fun isn't mine definition of fun. My definition of fun is having active air-to-air missiles. Everyone here has some "background", either civilian or military. You don't see everybody waving their badges all the time because it isn't necessary and, well, isn't good form. DCS has a variety of planes, ranging from Korea War to Gulf War. You can fly the F-86/MiG-15/MiG-21 if you dont like radar guided missiles. However the multiplayer servers are not owned by ED, they are owned and paid for by their owners, and the choice of aircraft is theirs. However some of them do accept feedback from the community, as long as you are respectful and polite.

I have to say you are doing one of the most unique things I have seen in the DCS scene since... ever. One question, does the state of the mission persists between restarts?

xgibbousx, tip: Put the Rift, choose your favorite aircraft, eject and walk around it.

As a long-time consumer of Eagle Dynamics, I strongly disagree. When the A-10C was introduced no effort was done to make the Frogfoots better in order to become level with the absolute beast the Warthog is against vehicles. I only hope that the RAZBAM team is asking themselves - when there will be another opportunity to model such an iconic fighter like the M2000 to this level of fidelity? No pressure guys... :)