NoJoe

I'd add that you should make sure you're being smooth with the stick and throttle inputs. Jerky movements just make things worse. Relax your grip, take a deep breath in and out, and be smooooooth. :thumbup: --NoJoe

Aaaaand... It's done. My pledge is in. :D Looking forward to seeing how this all turns out. :thumbup: --NoJoe

Okay, you guys get my $40 pledge as soon as I get home. :) --NoJoe

I think I'll be doing the $40 level. I've been eyeing that one ever since the announcement, but haven't done it yet. I think the reason why I haven't pulled the trigger is that money is tight, and if I was going to receive 3 DCS-level planes for free anyway, why pay? I mean, don't get me wrong, I definitely want to support this project! But I think that's what's going on in my head subconsciously. Now suddenly if I'll need to pay to get those planes, that's what'll get me off the fence and into a pledge. And I'll bet there are a bunch of people out there just like me. :) --NoJoe

I'm embarrassed to admit, but I have not pledged yet. But all this talk of making only 1 plane free to non-backers has me reaching for my wallet. So I say, do that! Make only 1 plane free to the general non-kickstarting public. That way I'll have no excuse not to pledge. :D --NoJoe

Wow...! Great sound! --NoJoe

Is ... Is that an Eagle with a GoPro on its back?!? This has now replaced "sharks with frikken' laser beams" as the coolest animal/technology combination. I love it! :D

Haha Sondo, that was awesome! :clap: --NoJoe

I just make separate profiles with the Saitek profile editor, and use the profile to assign keystrokes to each joystick button. That way all I need to do is load up the Saitek profile for the specific aircraft, and everything works fine (as long as the default keys for the aircraft don't change). It was a bit tedious, but at least this way I only had to do a tedious thing once. ;) --NoJoe

Yeah, people probably would. ;) I have huge respect for all the developers here; I think I'd lose my sanity if I had to deal with these sorts of complaints all day every day. --NoJoe

Ah geez, there's a sale on? Hmmm, I've been on the fence about buying the Mi-8, maybe this will push me to buy it. $20 is a GREAT price! :D --NoJoe

Make sure your Visibility Range isn't set to Low. That'll cause what you describe. --NoJoe

Hahaha, touche! :thumbup:

It's only 9am on the west coast. :)

Oh, there it is, probably the "new ambient sound system" or "wind/turbulence sound". Sweet. :D --NoJoe

I love the new wingtip vortices. And I just noticed the high-AoA wind sounds in the Mig and Su-27. The wind sound changes as you pull Gs, which is great! Is that new or did I just never notice it until now...? --NoJoe

Haha, I love that movie. :) Well, the airplane parts, any way. [EDIT], in response to Luthier's post above mine: Sounds like you're doing the best of both worlds.. Separate by default, but still giving us the option to combine them into one big DCS World. Sounds good to me. :thumbup:

Just gotta say, I think this sounds really good! :) I love playing with scenarios using equipment that was not meant for it (a Hornet in a WWII environment would be a fun experiment!). For that matter, I'm really looking forward to the pure WWII environment too. Thanks to everyone involved for all your hard work! :thumbup: --NoJoe

Ah, I see. I was thinking you were talking specifically about the optics capabilities of each. No prob, carry on. :joystick: --NoJoe

Wait, do you have a source for this? That's a pretty strong statement to make and just expect people to take it as fact. Plus, it'd be interesting to read about. Do you have a link or anything? :) --NoJoe [EDIT] I say this because, according to physics (and an equation on Wikipedia), you'd only need a lens diameter of 9cm to get 16cm resolution from 70,000 feet, compared to a 2.4 meter lens to get the same from a medium Earth orbit (where Hubble is, at 590km). I bet it's no problem to get fit a lens larger than 9cm in a spy plane... Here's the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagery_intelligence And here's the equation: Image resolution = 1.22 * (wavelength of light / lens diameter) * distance (all units in meters) You can do the math from there. :smartass:

Too soon! :P --NoJoe

So I'll be brave and be one of the few here to say: I'm really looking forward to a DCS Su-27S! I think it would be a fun module to learn. It's unfortunate that we won't get the SM, but oh well. The S is still a cool airplane. As a Flanker fan, I can't see how this is a bad thing! :thumbup: --NoJoe

Sounds like what happens if the collective is pulled all the way up. I guess check to make sure your collective is in the lower range of its travel. (also double-check that the axis didn't get reversed; that happened to me once and I got exactly what you're describing). :) --NoJoe

Wow, that's a great article! As a fixed-wing flight instructor myself it's always interesting to read things like that. And definitely helped my in-sim Huey flying. Gotta go take a 30 minute helicopter intro flight one of these days.. --NoJoe

Make sure the Visibility Range in your graphics setting is set to at least medium. When I set it to Low I get the same sort of thing. Took me a while to figure that one out. :) --NoJoe