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Hey ML1872 & CBStu, you are welcome, and I surely appreciate... In the thread of the "flight manual chapter-1" I pointed out some bits concerning the symbology and usage especially of the XTRK distance plus turn radius, you might want to check out. These are of great help during entry of the marshal stack... Maybe it helps. Greets

Hey everyone! I am using the G2 and had the same problem while there are either many static objects (on a carrier or even with ai aircraft being nearby). I only had the black "stain" on the right eye of the G2... This issue seems to disappear for me when I dial up the render scale in STEAM VR to or above the render pixels of the G2. Right now I dialed it up to 120% render scale and the problem seems to disappear... When running into performance issues you could dial down the pixel density in DCS on the VR tab...

Here are some rules of thumb...

maybe this helps the issue of the "marshal stack" greets

Hey everyone! Finally I updated the "kneeboard" to REV23062021. As my time was a bit bound to the job (getting back into service) and changing to a new rig (installing all the stuff on the new pc) there was some delay in updating the kneeboard. Sorry for the delay!

updated the PDF to REV 23062021 (kneeboard to follow)

It is meant the other way round: if the ENG runs up but doesn't light up correctly (e.g. hung start) you need to wait for the ENG to spool down below 30% before you reengage the starter

Hey everyone! Thanks for your replies. Sure the ATS takes the bleed air and cranks the ENG through the gear box. But there MUST be a starter limit (time) as you cannot endlessly crank the ENG, though the limit is not the ENG but the ATS. On "mine" it is for example: 2min ... ON and 10sec ... OFF. Anyway... no big deal, just thought anyone knows as NATOPS doesn't give any details. Thanks to all!!!

Hey everyone! Does anyone know the max "starter duty cycle" for the ATS? Cannot find any limitations in the manuals... just don't think you can crank it without any limit...

yep, excellent video! just go to a mission where time is no factor and don't rush things. and don't do too many things at once, until you are comfortable with this. so, reduce power (maybe only half at first), then trim and so on. think of it like you want to trim the velocity vector INTO the e-bracket, thus e.g. e-bracket above the vv --> trim nose up

Easy way to practice AOA flying... Go to the mission "free flight" for example. Go straight and level. Gear down, flaps full. Reduce thrust, so speed comes back. now... use only TRIM to reach on-speed AOA. if you get up the FCS page on the right DDI you want to reach an AOA of 7.8 to 8.1. The "E-bracket" in the HUD will give the exact value; have it aligned with the velocity vector. Don't use the stick to climb or descend. This will be done ONLY by ADDING or REDUCING power. If you are using the stick, you will change your AOA, and this is what you don't want. Just don't fight the controls!

That's the way! Good luck!

Are you flying a trainingsmission and trying to complete it successfully? Well, cage/uncage feature cages and uncages the HUD during a crosswind landing. While you are having a strong crosswind the HUD will be pretty offset to the right or left according to the crosswind component. In order to center the HUD (for better view) you will be able to cage it... Are you flying on-speed AOA, i.e. "E-bracket" is aligned and the AOA indicator ONLY shows the "donut"? and thanks!

I am not really sure what the problem is... Maybe you have a look in the manual I made. There the VFR overhead pattern is pretty thorougly discussed (p51ff) https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3316679/ Greets

Yeah, you name it. I only take bits of it for flying like checklist and so on. Just tear it down as you need it

kneeboard has been updated to REV01062021

just updated the manual to REV01062021 (kneeboard needs to updated yet) REV01062021 GENERAL: Reformatting issues… OTHER: Page 5ff highlighted advisories Page 13 added timing for “apu start” “timing” deleted on “throttle idle”; added “timing” on “crank” to observe “starter limit” timing Page 30 entry of coords procedure revised Page 54 changed format of “ldg checklist” to match rest of the manuals format Page 54ff changed headline color during vfr landing pattern for better distinction Page 78 “aoa limit due to mach” headline revised Page 88ff rules of thumb added REV 31052021 GENERAL: Reformatting issues… OTHER: Reversed colors of headlines for better recognition (thanks to “thrustvector” for input) Page 36: clarification of NOTE for „external lights MASTER SWITCH”

k... I will be playing round a bit and waiting for your feedback! And thanks again to everyone for the very positive responses! Never thought it would that positive... so, many thanks from my side

gonna try "white" section deviders... maybe you can give me a feedback as I am not sure yet...

Kneeboard can now be downloaded under... F/A-18C Hornet Flight Manual (kneeboard) (digitalcombatsimulator.com)

just for info...

It refers to the bookmarks you can set, and that they will be saved for your kneeboard individually. Saving bookmarks would be very useful

Ideas of making this better are helpful and wanted... Maybe like this?

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Thanks Bulldog! Right now I am working on chapter 2. Reformatting pages and adding each index to jump easily to the according chapters and key words. HILOK pointed out the HSI display and everyday I am fascinated in what depth the hornet is modelled. Just lately I stumbled across the display of the "XTRK distance" on the HSI indicated by "xx.xC" which either I never saw before, or was patched in and I just didn't notice. Many of you will be aware of what "XTRK distance" distance means, but for those who aren't: When you dial in a TCN with the according radial, the XTRK distance shows how far away you are at the moment from the dialed in radial, so it is the offset distance from that radial. This info gets useful when you are flying e.g. a CASE III. While you are flying perpendicular to intercept the radial, you just watch the XTRK distance decrease. Now, when do I turn in? Here comes "DISTANCE OF LEAD" which is a function of the turn radius. Turn radius is defined as 1/2% of the ground speed. Now keep it simple: you are flying about 360kts of ground speed, meaning your turn radius is 1.8NM. This applies to every aircraft: B747, A380, paraglider, whatever... So, when you hit 1.8NM XTRK distance just turn inbound the radial, and you will be perfectly aligned on the radial, without any offset...