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Hi all, I am using the F-16c and using the training modes at present. Can the helmet mounted sight be set to on all the time ? the training modes can be relatively short and having to reset the sight on on every time you restart or move to another training mission is a real pain. I do have head tracking but keeping it still and working the rotary switch can take a little doing. If this can de done can you explain how ? Thanks Alan

Turns of I am getting max speed. was not aware the speed was showing in Knots when I go into dog fight mode I am seeing the speed in Mack and I can get over mack 2 Thanks Alan

Hi, Yes, I want to play others, it seems a lot more fun than on your own although with so much to learn on the f-16 it would be pointless jumping in without doing the practice first. Alan

Sorry, I saved that video thinking it was the one which said you had to hold lock but it must have been one of the others I watched last night. I'm finding it seems to work pretty well anyway and have hit targets even when I have lost lock today so I am guessing it was fixed. Thanks Alan

Up to now its all been PvE, mainly the standard training modules and some I have made myself to practice. I think I am now good enough to play others and will be trying out some of the servers once I have seen a few videos on how to use them. Thanks Alan

I have to admit I almost always have missiles in slave mode in AA mode. I use boresight when in Dog fight mode. At the short ranges in AA mode I do expect the missile to go pit bull straight away so have thought that if well in the target circle it would just head straight towards the plane. Thanks Alan

Hi all, I saw the video below its from 2020. I thought it was very good but it says that in this mode you need to maintain lock to get a kill. It says its a glitch and will be fixed. Can anyone confirm if this has now been fixed or if you need to maintain the lock ?

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Next time it happens I will save the track and upload. Hopefully someone can figure it out. Thanks Alan

Hi, I just put the numbers because I was not sure what the speed was being measured in. I will try and find the tas switch and see true speed but I dont see that I problem is not indicated when I cannot pull vertical with afterburner on . I know in free flight I can pull vertical for a minute or 2 before it finally stalls. but in the practice combat modes I am struggling to pull over 45 degree nose up to get a shot off starting from a speed of around 300 with afterburner on.

Thanks I will check, I have never used flaps as far as I remember because flaps come down auto with the landing gear but its possible I could have hit something I should not have done. Thanks Alan

My shots are close range, normally 4 to 6 miles. and many times the plane I am shooting at if the only thing in the centre of the aiming circle but the amraam launches and shoots away from the target. I know the fox 2 missiles do this but they almost always come back in and head for the plane but many times the amraam fails to do this.

Hi all, even with afterburner on I can only get my f16 to do 500 to 700 in level flight. I can go faster a dive obviously but I thought these could do double that ? also if I try to climb vertical to get a shot off at a climbing bandit. I mostly cannot lift the nose high enough to get the shot. This is with afterburner but normally after doing turns which knock my basic speed down the to 300 mark. Thanks Alan

Thanks, very helpful. Alan

I can read everything ok apart from the heading. I think the box around it makes it worse and the font is smaller than the rest of the information displayed I am very new to this and have no idea what ICP , INS, HSI or DED are

Hi All, I dont wear glasses, I will not say my eyes are perfect but I do not need glasses to drive or anything. Even if I zoom I struggle to read the heading in the HUD. I can just make it out but only just. is there any way of making it a little bigger or change colour so it stands out more ? Thanks Alan

Hi all, Im the sweep training mission and have been using radar locks as practice. when I run out of missiles I switch to guns but get No rad in the hud and the gun does not fire ? I assume it does fire of my general missile fire switch ? and why no rad when I have just used radar to lock the missiles ? Thanks Alan

I am still not up to speed with the attack modes so it possible its something I am doing or not doing. mainly they work fine. I intend to buy the f-16c so I will get to grips with the finer points as I go. I have mainly been jumping and and fighting and doing take offs and landings. Thanks Alan

On this last mission all 3 just went vertical and never came down the plane just dived and they all carried on into the distance. I have had that happen to the odd one but never 3 at the same target. fired 2 while he was high and another as he dived all within 4 miles . May have just been bad luck but with me 1 in 3 or 4 just go where they please. Thanks Alan

while I do get hits with them I do find them very hit and miss. have been using them in slave mode just had an su27 in the circle and fired 3 amraam. all went vertical and nowhere near the target ? Also when jumping into a learning mission like the fighter sweep can you make the f-16 keep the settings you want on ? radar on, helmet display on full and such ? I do find it a bit of a pain to reset every time you reboot the mission. Thanks Alan

Yes I could not find it as its in the listing as SPBRK. now found thanks to Frederf and I can finally land the f-16 ! Thanks Alan

I have my head tracking working its just a case of getting used to it, just needed extra light in front of me. it was all behind. I think I still need to extend the dead zones. its mainly OK but can be a little jumpy looking straight down. I will adjust my setting, thanks Alan

I have just checked this in free flight and I can see the afterburner going on . I will have to check again in the sweep mode as I could not see it going on on that module. seems to be working fine now in the sweep I think I must have been in after burner and then hit the off button that I set so thought it was not working.

That's what I have mapped to a button, burner detent on/off but when I hit the button I see no difference. manually pushing forward I dont see the throttle go over. seems to just go to max but not afterburner. Thanks Alan

I raised a ticked and they managed to take control and get it flying by using afterburner. I cannot find afterburner in the list of controls for searched burn. I found a control but this does not seem to be afterburner. can you tell me how afterburners appear in the listings ? Thanks Alan