Cat

I was gifted an X52 and it works fine. I need to remap it and set up a trim hat.

So the A2A radar fix inspired me to buy the MiG and after ten years out of the cockpit I got back in. I have this ancient Thrustmaster Fox 2 Pro, right. So I roll with an instant action takeoff mission, and there I am at the end of the runway, flaps in takeoff position, ready to go. Release brakes, throttle up, v1...v2...rotate...splat. Hard left yaw/roll right into the ground. Tried again, same thing. Okay, must be too slow. Violate Soviet protocol and select afterburner. Rocket into the air, gear up, out of control, roll and yaw, right into the ground. Booted up again and went to external view...centered stick, hands off. Tailerons are jerking all over the place. Yup, stick is old and cans are shot to hell. So. Guys. Recommendations? I prefer a stick with a twist axis for rudder so I don’t have to get pedals.

That is good news. When it’s released I’m likely to try the module :)

While I agree with that sentiment, there is no projected timeline for release of that upgrade. It could be next month...it could be next year, or several years.

Yes, I’m aware of that. There is a version of DCS 1.5 still available for download. One wonders whether things work properly in it. Ramsay takes position that it does, and that’s certainly of interest. One then could maintain multiple copies of the client for different purposes. An imperfect workaround, but one does what one needs to do.

Indeed, I’ve seen that, but there is no timeline for that. So, presently they’re nonfunctional across both 2.5 versions, I take it? Thanks for the info, I very much appreciate it. I’m certainly not purchasing while the radar functionality isn’t properly working but I will keep my eyes on the forums for new releases.

It looks like the SPO-10 has been replaced. Is there any information on the system the Croatians are using? Fascinating to see original 21s still in service! Thank you for the video!

Are the lights for the RP22 indicating launch, missile head ready, ECM, and Overheat working in the stable version of DCS World 2.5? If so, do they work in the legacy 1.5 version that’s available? I’ve seen posts indicating that those features have been nonfunctional for a considerable amount of time. I’m considering a purchase; I was interested in and reported on the module back when I was into sims and on staff at SimHQ, and if I re-enter digital aviation the MiG-21 is one of the certain purchases I’ll make...but not til the radar is indicating properly. I’m interested in the functionality changes to the SPO-10 as well. Is there any information on precisely what they are? A search of the forum has not revealed much there.

Ah...realism :) The things we sacrifice for it! Frankly, I still like the new radars better. I don't know why, but they seem more ...intuitive to me than the American radars do. Isn't that weird? Hey, looks like I made the 1.2 test group! That'll be an interesting experience! Miao, Cat

1.1 is a great product for mud-movers. In 2000, we'd have all paid fifty bucks plus for a stand-alone study sim featuring this level of detail that is now present in the Su-25 and Su-25T. A lot of people in the West don't know that it is not the MiG-29 or Su-27 that is the Red Air Force's favorite aircraft. If you ask a Russian pilot which is their best fighting airframe, he or she will tell you the Rook every time. I'm enjoying the full D/L and I think it's a good value for the money I paid for it. Miao, Cat

All- Thank you! I appreciate the feedback. I write the articles I write for folks like you all. Another Sacha will be in progress shortly. Also, she's going to show up in Bones's Operation Persian freedom Phase III story arc on our F/A-18 forum. Miao, Cat

I'm taking notes on this stuff as you all bring it up. That's why it keeps improving over time. :) Miao, Cat

You can get an awesome set of Su-27 1024x1024 skins from the Check Six gang. I use them for all the Su-27 shots in my previews of 1.1, and when they show up in my mission stories. The MiG-29 Ukrainian splinter camo I use for Sacha and Vasily was done by EricJ . It's based on the Russian blue splinter camo sometimes seen on the Su-30 demonstrators. Miao, Cat

I wasn't offended, trust me :) You won't even BELIEVE where I got the whole vodka thing. I read this book by a guy writing under the pseudonym Viktor Suvorov called "The Liberators: My Life in the Red Army." He's allegedly this guy who defected back in the Cold War and he was an officer in 3rd Shock Army on the Group of Soviet Troops in Germany. The book dealt with his experience in the "Glasshouse", a military jail while he was a trainee, and with the Czechoslovakia invasion in 1968, and with the 50th anniversary of Soviet Power military displays in 1967. It's a fascinating read. The vodka scene in my Sacha missions comes from a meeting between a Major Zhuravlev of the 6th Guards Tank Division and a Major Rogovoy from the 35th Tank Division when Zhuravlev takes over a bank in the center of Prague. It's the best military black comedy I've ever read. I'm sort of plagiarizing Suvorov and paying him a little tribute at the same time :D .... I'm really pleased that you all are enjoying Sacha's adventures. Miao, Cat

I had to vote "no" too. If Eagle models an Su-27SM or SMK, then the R-77 would be required, I think. But for the pre-1989 Su-27S, which is what we have now (since in 1.1 it can carry unguided ordnance, unlike the Su-27P) it's wrong. I don't even add them in with LOPE, although I could. It is VERY difficult to engage a Western AMRAAM equipped fighter with the R-27RE. I tend to go mutual-assured-destruction. I get first shot, but the AIM-120 he launches shortly before his death kills me after I kill him. I have to work on my f-pole technique. The secret is to kill him BEFORE the AMRAAM goes active. Miao, Cat

A lot of that comes from the fact that I'm not a Russian speaker. I'm faking it like mad, with a little help from my Russian friends like you and Valery 8) . Some of the rest of it is that I'm having her sort of speak in dialect, and I'm trying to convey a certain lack of fluidity when she's trying to make points in English. It's not easy for a writer with only the vaguest clue of her character's native language to do this and not be comedic in the process. I'm pleased that you all have taken to her. We see a lot of American, British, and German heroes in air-war fiction. We don't see Russians-Eric and I are the only ones I know that do it regularly other than fans of the IL-2 series. And I see Sacha as carrying on a tradition of great Russian aviatrixes, like Lidiia Litvyak or Marina Raskova. If Sacha's at all authentic, I think it is because there are constants with every young person who loves her country and is a member of the armed forces of that country fighting under difficult circumstances. Sacha loves Russia and her whole family is or has been involved in the armed forces or the government. I'm not sure what her mother is doing-I haven't done much with that side of the family-but on her father's side her dad, grandmother, and grandfather all were in the air force. Her brother is a tanker, and her uncle is a submariner. Miao, Cat

Grazi, Lock On fliers! I am now working on the technical preview, and I'm getting some insights from some of the beta team and the avionics programmer to add to the mix. After that, the next Sacha misson will feature the new radars, I think. Ask away-I'll be happy to answer as I can. Happy Thanksgiving, all- Miao, Cat