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North America, more specifically New Jersey :)

Apologies in advance if this is considered a post in the wrong forums. I wasn't really sure where to put it. So, I've decided to buy the TM Warthog. I was wondering if anyone could point me to a reliable and a reasonably priced supplier where I can purchase the product. I'd rather buy from a store that has shipped to players in the community and that has been proven to be reliable and trusted. Thanks in advance and sorry again if this is in the wrong forums.

You can alternatively do what I usually do. My original "Steerpoint" flight plan is usually #1. In a rich target area and tasked with JDAM's I usually create a secondary flight plan. Add all my "target" markpoints (taken from the TGP) into the flight plan in the sequence I intend to engage them. Once over the combat zone and before initiating the engagement I switch my active flight plan from #1 to #2 and then I am able to see all the targets I marked in my TAD as steerpoints. This method is also usuful to quickly switch between targets (Slave TGP to Steerpoint, make HUD SOI and DMS UP/DOWN short to cycle between targets). If you need a full rundown on the procedures of setting up an alternative flight plan and setting up markpoints, I suggest you watch ExcessiveHeadspace excellent video

According to the manual, the TAD will only show flight plan steerpoints.

Ironhand gave the best tip ever for aerial refuel. "Think the stick, don't move it." Works like a charm (with the right curvatures of course :))

Awesome != Realistic You are playing a study sim. Realism is everything.

Just like carrots make your eyesight much better.

I think Sparkling will be used only at night and only when employing a direct nose-to-target weapon like the gun or rockets. I might be mistaken tho.

Wrong. TMS Up Short designates both AREA and POINT modes depending on the image of the sensor. TMS Up Long makes that point SPI.

I'd say making the next DCS module an F-16 will be both a good strategic and financial decision. By making an F-16 module they will essentially put a hammer down on the entire FalconAF/OpenFalcon/FreeFalcon community, in turn it will bring much more serious simmers to the community and also the sales will be higher by a mile. After doing the Ka-50 and the A-10 i can safely say that an ED F-16 module will be the best in the market for decades to come. And will always be remembered as the golden egg that marked the next step in simming for all those who fly the old generation stuff. My 2 cents :)

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=58943

dnme, I have to disagree with you. You continue pointing out how "weak" ED manuals are. No beginning middle or end. I completely disagree. Flight Sim manuals are not supposed to be in certain order. Due to the immense amount of information required to understand and operate the systems there will never be a way to "properly" write a manual. First, you need to know what you WANT to do. When I first started with DCS-A10 the manual looked daunting. I didn't think "Ow, ill read the whole thing". I thought to myself "Okay, so I don't know how to start up, let's read up the procedures" After that, I thought "Ok, I want to learn how to use the TAD". Went to the corresponding page in the manual (using the table of content of course) and it was wonderfully explained there. Every time I wanted to learn something which I didn't know how to do, I opened the manual, found the "section" I needed to read. Read it, practiced it in-game, made adjustments and tried again. I think the manual, while having some errors, Is concise and clear. When I reached the weapons deployment step, Deploying the Mavericks was one of the better explained portion. With step by step instructions. You will always be flooded with acronyms and jargon you will not understand at first. When you run across it in the manual, Search it, it will most likely be explained. I too, did not know what SPI, SOI, Hooks, Ownship and all that kind of stuff. But a quick search in the manual backed up by posts in these very forums completed the entire picture for me. Be patient, you will not learn EVERYTHING that quick. Reading and understanding is one thing. Implementing what you have learned is another, and doing it under "combat" situations is another. These things take time but most importantly they require your dedication. Don't expect everything will be handed to you on a silver plate. My 2 cents, Good luck with your learning. I'm sure in no time everything will make much more sense.

You can create a new WAYPOINT from the CDU/UFC (Check the corresponding manual instructions). Instead of entering LON/LAT you'll switch to UTM coordinates and enter that data. After that you can either add that waypoint to a flight plan to display on the TAD or you can select it as steerpoint and slave the TGP to it.

TYPING IN BIG LETTERS DOESNT MAKE YOU COOL.

Helios Airways flt #522 crashed into a mountain for the same reason. Just imagine 140 people getting hypoxia...Terrifying http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522

Just look down and woop! You see the pilot! :music_whistling:

Would be nice to know if its a known issue with B2 or if we're doing something fundamentally wrong :)

(Its ClearDark on the beta enabled forum account) I have set the bottom VHF FM panel to 30.000mhz but nowhere during the mission I could contact the JTAC. The knobs were set to MAN, and on TRN mode. What am I doing wrong?