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Brunner is a very compromised product, it can not give as much force as VPForce. And the defualt brunner sofware only works with DCS, MSFS and a few others, but a a year and a half ago, they released a program that lets you change the driver to direcX, which means it works on everything that uses direcX, which is most, so now it works on all flight sims, like Il2 and Cliffs over Dover etc. And if you mostly fly rotor stuff, then the actual force isn't important, since you only need enough for the force trim effect.

Works really well with the brunner FFB base too. Much better than on the gazelle.

It's not just the MI8, according to real helo pilots (civilian and military) they all say all the DCS helicopters go into VRS to easily.

But i didn't use the slider. I tested all gun pod ammo counts from 100 to 500. And the weight slider didn't change even 1%

I would like bicolours in Warbirds too. Especially used in the Pacific

As someone with zero real life experience in a helicopter. I've always felt if real helicopters VRSed as much as DCS helicopters did. There would be far more fatal helicopter crashes then there are. Kinda same with warbirds engines if they really were that delicate. Far more allied pilots would have ended up in German POW camps because their engines would break after a 5 minute dogfight. If you fly a DCS warbird like ww2 pilots did(basically full throttle until the fight is over, based on first hand descriptions) then you'll break your engines.

Cosmo said that they often didn't take the full 500 rounds on the . 50 cal because of weight and fuel concerns. But trying the different amount of ammo on the .50 does not change the weight of the helicopter even 1%.

Too close for guns, using smaller gun.

I have no interest in using my VR controllers for anything except firing the M4, but when I start Kiowa with controllers active, the cycling flies all over the place unless I grab it with my controller. If I move to co pilot east and grab the M4, the game crashes if I hit any of the buttons on the controllers. Since it crashed I don't have a track It's specifically the grab button on the left controllers that make it crash

Remember when your parents said TV was bad for you? Turns out if you're a bridge, they were right.

Same during ww2 and also as late as Gulf War. Dan Hampton in the book Viper Pilot motions something about airwaves being flooded at times.

Anyone listened to the coms from the Gulf of Sidra thing. The plot in one of the F14s doesn't sound very professional. He sounds panicked. He also select wrong weapons etc.

Walleye II didn't work for me before the patch. I could drop one, but the second wouldn't drop(even with store jettison) and even after restarting the mission. Now even the first bomb didn't drop.

We got an update of decent size last patch. And in the next we can expect winter textures. (Just some 3 weeks away)

I had 3 SU-24s engage in a dogfight with 4 F-16s(me and 3 ace AI) and one of the Su-24s actually got a kill on a F16.

Make sure to go into FF tune in the options and test reverse x axis, reverse Y axis or reverse both axis. One of those 3 should be selected. It seems to vary from module to module which one works.(might also vary from between the different FFB sticks too.

Can you add cargo to any aircraft? Anyone actually done testing to see how to add just the right amount of cargo to get more correct performance for the old cold war stuff?

If I remember correctly when they first announced the GFM project. It would actually lead to better performance

While Norway used the F16A. After it's MLU upgrade in late 90s /early 2000. It's capability are quite close to the C block 50 we have in DCS. The F18C in game is very close to the F18 used by Finland. In both these cases weapons used are the major differences. We are missing modern Swedish aircraft. But the Viggen in DCS was used during the 90s. For cold war we have Viggen, MiG21, F5(not the exact version) F86, upcoming F104. Norway used Spitfires and Mosssies into the 50s. Bodø was also the main Nato base in the North during the Cold war. So you can use F4s(from all kinda countries), F15s, Harrier (both marine and dressed up as British) Mirage 2000, Mirage F1. F18, F16 etc.

In DCS CAS isn't just Close air support. But the general default air to ground mode. It's the most useful most of the time. But many times I've wanted a flight to attack both ground units like trucks AAA etc and also attack static objects like a bunker or especially static aircraft. Would it be possible to add static units to targets in CAS mode?

No I don't have the shake effect on. It only happens to my F-4 not AI aircraft. If I have external view the F4 shakes, If I have cockpit view the cockpit is still but the outside shakes. Also generally the F4 breaks track more than other aircraft(like the 14 does) Including short air start mission that don't involve Jester start up etc. I have no idea if the shaking shows up on the track for others but I'll give it a go. round 1 rookie.trk

With the F4 now out a lot of people who has mostly flown updated 4th Gen aircraft are now getting a taste of what the singleplayer cold war guy have experienced for years. The AI flight behaviour on the early jets, MiG15, 19, 21, F5 etc. Having an MiG21 over preform by a lot is an annoyance in an F16. But not a major problem. Having a MiG21 over preform by a lot is a major issue in the F4. Now that DCS has this high profile extremely well made 3rd Gen Aircraft. It's rather important that it's natural enemies behave somewhat realistically. It's fine for those that go online and fly against humans. But us that prefer singleplayer content, be it paid campaigns, dynamic campaign programs or our own missions. It would be nice if we don't have to fight X-Wing21s.

Can't disengage an AI with Fox 2s. Lost track of it twice and started to look for the way home. Only to find it on my ass about to get in perfect firing position.

I dropped my tanks just before a dogfight. So had full internal tanks. When they fight ended (both sides were bingo) I had a little over 2000lb left. By the time I found the airport I had to do a emergency straight in approach i lowered the gears and flaps less than a minute before touchdown I had 500lb left. But the time my wheels hit the runway I had 380. When I came to a stop I had 300.