SgtNickElis

I'm talking about HMCS occasionally not working with gear up during flight.

I don't know if it's realistic behavior but HMCS is off while taxiing and comes on only after wheels up. The thing is that sometimes it won't switch on during flight even if I fiddle with the brightness knob or the long press of the DMS.

Unfortunately, there is an issue with how the game tracks head movements and I'll explain: Using TrackIR, when turning on the head tracking software and testing the head movement you can tilt your head left or right however many degrees you want and, while tilted, twist your head left/right and move it up/down in this new tilted position. You can see the software tracking accordingly and correctly along the now tilted X and Y axis. If you do this in DCS (in the F-16 and F-18 cockpits at least) when you tilt your head and move up/down or swivel left/right the game does not track the tilted X and Y axis but moves your view point along the initial X and Y axis positions. This becomes very tricky and sometimes disorienting when for example you are trying to visually track a target while in a co-planar level banked turn. So, the game can track a tilted head but does not track the tilted X and Y properly. I don't know if this is a bug but I don't think this works as it's meant to. I haven't found any setting that I need to tweak for it to work properly...

I hope this is the correct thread to post this so here it goes: In the Mission Editor I load my Viper with 30 chaff and 90 flares but when I fly the mission my counters show 28 chaff and 88 flares... Is there some Counter Measures Tax or something? So, is this normal or am I doing something wrong?

Hi, a bit late but here's the deal: HUD TRP FUEL WARNING A trapped external fuel condition is indicated by flashing TRP FUEL and FUEL in the HUD. Five conditions must be met for a TRP FUEL warning to occur. Conditions are: FUEL QTY SEL knob is in NORM. Aerial refueling has not occurred within previous 30-90 seconds. Fuselage fuel has been at least 500 pounds less than fuselage capacity for 30 seconds. Total fuel has been at least 500 pounds greater than fuselage fuel for 30 seconds. Fuel flow has been less than 18,000 pph for 30 seconds Certain malfunctions can cause fuel to be trapped in the external tank(s). The tank(s) in which fuel is trapped can be detected by a periodic check of external tank fuel quantities. Accomplish steps 1 through 8 and 9 (if required) without delay: Fuel flow - Minimize. AIR REFUEL switch - Confirm in CLOSE. AIR SOURCE knob - Confirm in NORM or DUMP. TEMP knob - MAN and adjust for comfort. This action usually increases ECS air pressure for external fuel transfer. TANK INERTING switch - TANK INERTING to reduce internal tank pressurization. EXT FUEL TRANS switch - WING FIRST. NOTE Selecting WING FIRST bypasses electrical components that, if malfunctioning, can prevent fuel transfer from external wing tanks, the centerline tank, or all three external tanks. With a three tank configuration, the first indication that the centerline tank is feeding is after the external wing tanks are emptied. ENG FEED knob - NORM. A NVP TFR FAIL PFL and a fly-up can occur when NORM is reselected while operating in TFR. Stick - Pulse aircraft in pitch several times by applying differential g forces of approximately -+2g. If the AIR REFUEL switch was initially found in CLOSE (step 2), perform step 9. If the AIR REFUEL switch was initially found in OPEN (step 2), omit step 9. AIR REFUEL switch - OPEN (1 second), then CLOSE. Open or close AR door at or below 400 knots/0.85 mach. External tank fuel quantity - Monitor. The time required to observe fuel transfer if the malfunction is corrected can vary from 13 minutes (for a full centerline tank) to 1012 minutes (for three external tanks with 500 pounds fuel in each) if reservoir tanks are full (i.e., both air ejectors are off). WARNING If a trapped external fuel condition is not discovered until either reservoir tank is less than full or a fuel low light is on, sufficient fuel transfer from the external tank(s) may not occur even if the malfunction is corrected. Consider fuselage fuel to be the only usable fuel. NOTE If trapped external fuel occurs after air refueling and completion of checklist steps did not correct the malfunction, consider descending well below the freezing level to unfreeze the external pressurization and vent valve. Cycling the AR door at lower altitude may restore normal operation. Stores-Jettison (if required). Ref.: Flight Manual T.O. GR1F-16CJ-1 I recently had one occur on my aircraft after aerial refueling but didn't know the procedure.

Hi, Any news on that camera position? I am interested in making an aerial refueling video with the classic view from the boom controller's position. EDIT: No need! Found it!

Sorry to say that in the "Fighter Sweep" mission in the Instant Action section the whole Flight is not accepting radio commands and I am using realistic comms, juggling both COM channels. I do not change freqs as I expect to be in the same ones as with all other flight members at mission start.