james37611

Hello all, Been on the forum for some time just never had much time on DCS. I've been doing some practise displays with the TF-51D with the aim of eventually getting some DLC aircraft to put together my own fictious airshow. I was doing the TF-51 on the default free map, but was quite tricky as each airfield I tried there seemed to be another base with a runway near each other, so on playing the replay, I find that I ended up displaying at the other base!!! Is there any good isolated bases on the map to try, or if there's any good DLC maps that has an air base ideal for this? Being fictional there's no boundaries to what air forces are involved, so there's no country in mind so that doesn't matter, just an ideal base that I can take off/land at, and doesn't have one close by so when I eyeball the runway having done a loop or circle, I know it's the same airbase! Any help appreciated! James.

Hello all, Well I've spent some years on all sorts of simulators and settled down on Truck sim and some rail sim on the basis that was all my machine(s) could handle, I've had a few years on FSX but nothing speical. Having got a better machine I've been able to use P3D and I've been hooked with that and joined a Virtual Airline. Been using a fair amount of civil payware, but gave the basic free supplied F-16 ago on an airshow demo, wasn't impressed with the handling felt too much like a toy. I never even heard of DCS World only until Virtual RIAT came along. Watching the virtual Hornet, F-16, Rafale and the display teams I was amazed, what is this? After finding out it was DCS World I hopped online and found the base is free with two aircraft to try out, good a sort of 'demo' so I can see if it runs. Well it does, steep learning curve indeed, even setting up solo free roam missions takes some working out but some YouTube videos helped with that. Will I use if for proper missions or just for doing airshow solo displays, not sure as I am ropy as hell with bombs and all that. Naturally I've crashed on the ground loads of times, though not as much now, and not been doing so well handling the SU-25T or dropping bombs with it on the tutorials. I've managed to get a display practice in with the TF-51D Mustang Very much work in progress, needs to be a tighter spending less time from the crowdline and needs a lot of work on the takeoff and landing, but my god it feels 'real', much better than some FSX product's I've tried of tail dragger's James.