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First track was from an air start so I can't check the alignment, but to help troubleshoot I tried a cold start with both a stored heading and normal alignment and the behavior persisted. I ran a full repair, and the behavior still persists regardless of alignment or type of start. That said, I didn't do myself any favors in the last track by doing a roll in normal mode first to show it was working properly. Here's a track where I only use DRIFT C/O. First I roll right and go a bit more and less than 90 degrees of bank, then I go left and do the same. You can see the pitch ladder and flight path vector rapidly move to the top and bottom of the hud as I go to either side of 90 degrees both ways. To be clear, the ladder is oriented correctly, i.e. perpendicular to the ground. It did not used to behave this way. However, if you all are seeing the ladder remain caged as it does at all other angles of bank, I guess I have a different problem. hudladderDRIFTCO.trk Here's some pics to show what exactly I'm seeing.

After today's update, the pitch ladder and flight path indicator displace to the side of the HUD at around 90 degrees of bank in either direction when in DRIFT C/O. NORM is working normally. Track attached. hudladder.trk

I assume that it would be expanded, but I'd like to know for certain, as well. The mountains in the northeast provided some great scenery, plus Bagram, J-Bad, Kabul, and the Mez are there. And I want to provide cover to FOB Shank because it got mortared all the time.

Use Rt Ctrl + \ to open the menu for comm 2. Also input the correct frequency: 131.00 in this case.

I noticed it in the last update or two as well. You're starting the toss right at the edge of the envelope and drifting in and out of it, based on what people are saying in another thread. If you wait a few potatoes after the max toss cue, or use a lower toss angle, you'll see it doesn't happen.

The Mk 1 Eyeball.

Especially considering that ED is actually working on the DTC, according to the roadmap.

To make it easier on yourself use 3000' at 10 mi (1 deg = 100 ft/mi) since math kills lift. If you look into the 60:1 rule, there's a bunch of things you can mentally figure pretty easily if you round a bit, i.e. 1 NM = 6000' instead of 6076'. It's all close enough. Technique only.

Check out the community keybinds mod, it has slower options for you to bind.

Use the landing light for takeoff/landing, and the taxi light for taxiing.

razo+r is correct, you were looking too low with the radar. A fighter's radar isn't an all seeing eye, for want of a better term, it can only see in a cone. It won't detect anything outside that cone. This tool (https://tawdcs.org/radar-f15/) was made using the F-15's radar, but the principles are the same. Use it to practice locking contacts, and that will help your understanding of the system.

I was looking around yesterday and it looks like it's not a bug.

I just tried it in MT and ST and the NCTR worked as advertised in the training mission. The unknown IFF return did not show in either though. Have you tried a repair?

In the meantime you can also use this: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3312680/ You set up your programs under the special options tab so you don't have to mess with the CMDS pages every time.

Brick visibility was the OP's issue, but you are correct in that the terrain was not displayed by default in GMT/Sea pre-patch.