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His RWR will pick your radar emissions disregarding your bearing from him. (Unless he is banking and his RWR receiver antenas are masked) If you mean if his radar can detect you when you are at his 6, no he won't. (Unless it is an awacs) STT is a different alert, and also there is another different alert for Missile Lauches

I'm having problems retracting the refueling probe on the Su33 with the latest update. I'm don't know it this is the real Su33 behavior or if it is a bug. After completing the refuel and disconnecting from the tanker, pressing Ctrl+R only disconnects the new RF autopilot. Te probe doesn't retract inmediatly. It will retract however after a bit of flying around, several minutes afterwards, haven't timed it. Anyone else is having the same problem?

It's a good read, not so much about the harrier caracteristics but about what was like flying CAS missions over Afganistán, and how mentaly taxing the situation was. Also, it was interesting to read about the effect the high altitude of the terrain in Afg. has on the jets, due to the air's lower density and the temperature. It is something that at least myself haven't got into consideration. I'm looking forward to flying the harrier

Well, I've just finished it and I really enjoyed it. It has a good storyline, a good gradual difficulty increase and a credible air environment. It is not a difficult campaign, but it is very good to understand the combat potential of the Mirage and its weak points. Excelent job baltic, looking forward to the eagle's and hog campaings. day one buyer. :pilotfly:

You do actually to change focus in your eyes with the rift. Physically the images are projected on a couple of screen at a predetermined distance and headset lenses makes it look like they are a bit farther. That is truth, there is no physical change in focus distance on the image. It is an optic trick, and it has to do with the way the images are rendered, and there is no physical change in focus distance, but it doesnt matters, by tricking the brain using different images and with the optics, the effect is just the one intended. You have to change focus your eyes. This is very noticiable on landing, for instance in the F5. You either focus on the runway or in the dashboard. You can't see both in focus. At least with a normal vision The focus distance is smaller than IRL, but it is there, and by being closer than irl the depht of field is narrower.

Yea, the rift changed the whole A/A refueling for me in all platforms, specially on the F15. It makes holding the right position much easier due to the depth perception. I think the problem you might have is that you are fighting the SAS, that works a bit different than the one in the gazelle. Also being that fatty doesn't help either. It happened to me when I transitioned from the Ka50 and UH1 to it. For me the key for stable flight is heading hold AP, and then using the rudders to command a turn. That disconnects the H-HLD until you center the pedals again and locks in the new heading. Works flawlessly. Also, decelerating requires a lot of distance, takes time to get used to it. As a pilot with RL experience in the gazelle, is that nimble in RL? I mean, it almost predicts where I want to turn before I complete the control inputs, lol. I though about reducing the curves on the controls, but if thats how the real thing flies, i wont touch them Also, AP on the huey? That's cheating lol I dont think you will have enough clearing to wear the glasses and then straping the rift on. If they make contact, you might damage the rift and your lenses... That VR lenses you posted looks like a good solution for me. I'm not sure about how they will behave with brigh lights, Oculus suffers what they call "god's rays" a kind of lens flare due to how they are built. Judging what they said in the web page, that should not be a problem, but who knows without trying them before.

Make sure you dont have your trackIR Z axis mapped to the zoom view.

:) yea, I know that feeling ... I need my daily fix of flying since I got it

use numpad key 5 to align your position with the body. it depends on the aircraft.. fc3 planes head is shifted forward. welcome to the club

Thanks mrxels!

I dont think the chandelle as a common combat manouver .. you will be a sitting duck once you roll your wings level. Also, I don't recall reading anywere that it was a prohibited manouver for the spid though. Snap-rolls where not allowed, but chandelles ... Will try doing a chandelle with it when I arrive home, but you shouldn't be stalling the plane on a chandelle ... How much boost and RPMs are "half throttle" (to have a reference point)?

Yea, I'm looking forward to this campaign too. I consider myself "seasoned" on the A10C, but it's been a while since I don't fly it seriusly and now I expend most of my time in other modules. I'm sure I've forgoten a lot of things about, let call it, "the proper way to do things on the hog". I think If the campaign follows a similar rythm as the M2K one, it will be on the proper balance of topics discused vs flight time expended. Also the hog being slower allows for more content included on each misión.

If you are using your computer only for DCS (+ other games), surfing internet and MSOffice, then yea, its a no brainer: grab the i5 and save some bucks. DCS will not use all the cores of the processor, so you won't notice a big difference between an i5 and an i7 at similar speeds (Cache, and temp throttling are usually better on i7) On multicore optimized games, i7 will perform better *Edit: also, DCS depends more on CPU than on GPU, it does not use the GFX to their max capabilities, so there is a level where a better GFX wont make a lot of difference in this game. If you are planning to use it for other applications ... Video editing, Programing, Image editing, 3d design, MathLabs, complex calculations... or you tend to have a lot of apps running at the same time, i7 is the answer. It depends how much you value your time ... a 10% difference in a process that takes hours to complete, its a lot of difference. Compressing videos for instance, compiling huge applications (as a developer). In those cases, for me the answer is yes. For gaming only, I'm not sure...

+1 Having a pilot body is nice when flying VR

You go to the runway header where the 30 is painted. You will take-off on heading 300. Edit: The same applies on landing, when ATC vectors you to runway 30, you will land in that heading. 300.

If you are looking for a book reference, then the manual should be your main reference. But in my experience, a seasoned IP is worth a 100 books ... Also, take a look at this post: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=165469 Their SOP manual is very good Edit: Also you will find a lot of info on the sticky threads on this section DCS A-10C QUESTIONS 476TTP 3-3.A10 Combat Aircraft Fundamentals - Public Release A-10C manuals and documents collection / DCS: A-10C Tutorial Collection (PDF´s and Videos)

You should have the airport as a waypoint, either by misión design, or accesing it via nav system... anyway lets go to the basics. As Xavven said, do the training missions, you'll learn a lot. Also, i want to stress that the A10C is a complex A/C. You MUST read the manual in order to be proficient with it Also, I'll suggest that you don't go for a straight in approach, try flying a standard VFR pattern, overfly the runway, and start the circuit. Keep the pattern work until you feel confident with your landing technique. If you find you are all over the place on the final approach (unstable), just apply power, go arround and reset. There is no shame in going arround and trying again. A trk/vid of your landings will be great so we can help you polishing your flying skills. Just dont give up, with a bit of practice landings will be second nature for you, trust me. We all have been there...

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Oh mon petit clo-clo ... Yea, I memorized that mnemotecnic rule from the book also :) We just need his wing-mate scarf, you know, the one with "climb up here and you'll se Montmartre"

IMHO I think your curves are too shallow. I use 15% curve on the Y axis mainly because the Warthog's "bump" in the middle ... of course everything is down to personal preference. The spit is very sensitive, but I think is better learning to be gentle with the Joy's inputs than reducing the airplanes responsivenes.. The truth is that I feel more confident doing 3-pointers with all the tail draggers. This forces me to focus on an stable glideslope, and keeping the correct landing speeds. They just feel more safe I have made several 2 wheelers, a couple of them fairly decent. The key I think is having the plane trimmed nose heavy ... at least thats what Works for me. If you're going for a touch and go, rember to apply power gently and be ready for a bit of rudder dance, nothing dramatic, you know the drill :pilotfly:

Just take a look at the FAA regulations (or JAR, they're the same in this regard AFAIK), section 4-3-23. Use of Aircraft Lights http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/media/aim_basic_4-03-14.pdf In my case, I turn The pos light ON as soon as I power up the aicraft, and change to strobe once I receive clearance to enter de runway and takeoff. On landing I turn them to Steady once I vacate the runway.

Of course it can be done, provided you are able to detect the Vampires ... the sooner the better. Also, nowadays ships do have chaff dispensers and the ship will manouver to make the best use of them, jamming them, placing the countermeasures between them and the incoming missile, trying to lower their radar profile... all the above while giving their defenses the best firing arc and % of intercept.

I'm afraid to report that on M03 (refueling), a radio trigger might be not working as intended. (after updating today) I have flown the mission 2 times and the same happens: On the final phase, just short to arriving to WP6, when you are receiving the final instructions for final approach after confirming with F10 that you have contacted approach. There were a lot of custom messages (some from the begining of the mission) playing at the same time. Maybe a flag that has gone berserk? Can anyone confirm if he has the same problem? It might be only happening on my system... By the way Baltic, nice job. I'm enjoying my return to DCS after a long leave thanks to the M2K and the campaign.

She doesn't need to know, does she? :lol:

Overspeeding may be also de cause, were you past VNE?