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I think "ATI Mobility Radeon HD5470 1GB" is creating a bottleneck as it is an entry level card built for laptops.

In India you can get Saitek Cyborg Evo for around Rs2500.

Yeah it works fine with the joystick. (The way it's meant to be flown :))

Please try the "Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS". It's very good.

@JSF: I also had the same problem. The pitch will not self-center itself :( On the other hand the roll axis is absolutely fine. I had searched this forum ago but didn't find anything. Now I use a cheap joystick. @EtherealN: Thanks for the explanation. I was also assuming the same. The constant G-load thing.

Congratulations ! Do you use automatic speed hold (the "J" button) ?

Found an article at wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Tolkachev Some key points from the article: Adolf Georgievich Tolkachev was a Soviet Union electronics engineer who provided key documents to the CIA over the years between 1979 and 1985. The United States considered the most advanced airborne radar among the systems Tolkachev compromised was the passive phased array radar used by the MiG-31 Foxhound fighter. The U.S. Air Force completely reversed direction on a $70 million dollar electronics package for the F-15 Eagle as a result of Tolkachev's intelligence.

@AV8R: How much FPS drop did you see when you played it on the virtual machine (compared to the FPS when you played it on "pure Windows")?

Jim Mackonochie: Coding has already started on the next aircraft in the DCS series. All I can say is that it will be a USA fixed wing aircraft! :noexpression:

Why are you sorry? I like that movie (no matter how hollywood-ish it is :D) and yeah I was pretty much incapacitated. :) @Stranger: Just for the record, I'm not gay :D. (Not that anything is wrong with it).

I re-watched Top Gun again a few days back.:)

I drive on the left hand side. Does that count ? ;)

Congrats man!! Best wishes. :)

May be you would like to learn about India.;)

Very nicely said :thumbup: Just take the example of EU. Most of the European countries are coming together. (See the Schengen Agreement). Also the Europeans do a lot of stuff together. Brazil is already a mixture of many races. Multi-ethnicity is quite popular in USA and Canada. Last but not the least. Our ED forum. People here are from different nations and treat each other nicely and respectfully. So I think the humanity is moving towards a good direction. Now some racist stuff. :D If race-A thinks race-B has not contributed enough for the betterment of human civilization and race-B is just leeching then race-A might not like race-B. At the end, there are only two kinds of people, the good people and the bad people.

R-77 test: R-77 can pull 30 Gs and it's insanely maneuverable (may be it will even take a U-turn to intercept its target :D). Yesterday I was flying mig-29s at a height of 8000m. Then I fired one R-77 on incoming F-15 (AI set to excellent) as soon as I got LA. To my surprise, it was a successful hit:). One missile, one kill. Tough I also died from the AIM-120C that the F-15 shot at me but that's my fault as I didn't take any kind of evasive action.:P

I use a Sony XD100 http://www.sony.co.uk/product/haa-home-entertainment-headphones/mdr-xd100 Fidelity and resolution all good.

One more thing I noticed today and may be you know this already. One AIM-120 was heading towards me head on. I switched to vertical scan mode and armed my R-73. And then I waited. When the AIM-120 was 2.5 KMs away from me, the vertical scan automatically locked the AIM-120. I fired my R-73 at it but it missed. May be I will get lucky next time.

Friend's request sent. :)

I have been doing this for quite some time now... Scenario: Me: SU-27 (thrust 95%) with many R-27ER/T AI: set to excellent, flying F-15C with many AIM-120C/B. Two things to keep in mind: 1) Missiles are way much inexpensive than aircrafts. Feel free to deploy them generously :D 2) F-15 is not an Air superiority fighter for no reason. I meet the AI head-on and lock him and equip my R-27ER. He also locks me up. The range of R-27ER is greater than that of the AIM-120C/B. So to scare him away I quickly fire my ER (when we are about 30 KMs apart). This missile will be a waste but will force the AI to take evasive actions. In the process the AI is unable to keep me locked. Now I continuously monitor his vector. When he is about to turn on me again, I fire my 2nd ER and I keep doing this and deny him firing his AIM-120. After deploying 3-4 missiles I see the target has disappeared from my HUD and flames from debris are rising from the ground.

It will be interesting to see Torres playing Liverpool tomorrow. :D

Did anyone see the Newcastle vs Arsenal match? It has made history. Arsenal were 4 - 0 up and somehow managed to lose the lead. :noexpression:

It seems I'm the unlucky one. I had checked their company policy and found that they won't replace a monitor if it has 1 "always-black" dead pixel.

I would suggest making a ED/DCS group on facebook and inviting all the fellow fliers there.

I have one dead pixel on my 1600x900 Samsung LCD monitor. That one dead came along when the monitor was first purchased. Can you guys tell me the number of dead pixels (if any) and the maximum resolution of your LCD monitor? Specifying the brand also will be good. Thanks.