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Ahhh, thanks! :thumbup: --NoJoe

Twice now I've been flying around at 32" and 2200 RPM at about 10,000 feet and had the engine seize after about 15-20 minutes of flight. Oil temp was in the green range. I'm assuming we shouldn't do such "over-square" operation? Should our cruise power be more like 30" and 2400 RPM? --NoJoe

I like how "Su-25T" is in cyrillic in that video --NoJoe

If I look really closely at a fence, for instance, yes. There is a small difference. But I really don't notice it at all. The fps more than makes up for it, IMO. --NoJoe

I'm an NVidia user (GTX 460), and I had a major performance decrease with these new patches. HOWEVER: I had overlooked that TSAA was turned on in the options. Turning that off brought me back to my normal good performance. Might want to check on that, just in case. That little checkbox is sneaky and easy to miss if you're just passing over the settings quickly. ;) --NoJoe

By that logic, we're also probably getting: DCS: E2D Hawkeye DCS: E3 AWACS DCS: Il-76 etc... I'm with Pyroflash on this one. I want a DCS F/A-18C as much as everyone else, but I don't think this new 3D model is a "sign" or anything of that. --NoJoe

Just run the updater from the Start Menu, like c0ff already said. Worked a charm for me! :thumbup: --NoJoe

JABO2009, I'm guessing ED did not change the afterburner texture intentionally, but that this is a graphics bug instead. When I look up the tailpipe (ahem...) of an afterburning engine in 1.2.1 I see it flickering on and off. I assume this is what you're referring to? I've a GTX 460 with the 295.73 drivers. I also run a two-monitor setup on two different video cards. Curious if we can find some commonality. :) --NoJoe

Hahaha, I didn't know about these guys until now. I'm greatly enjoying that video! :D --NoJoe

No, please. PLEASE. Keep it up! :thumbup: These skins look amazing! --NoJoe

I agree completely with LawnDart's points. I also though it would be awkward to switch back and forth between right and left seats when instructing, but it turns out it's pretty seamless. I now consider myself to be interchangable. ;) I think the biggest thing to get used to, in addition to the instrument parallax, was the sight picture out the front of the plane. You get used to where the engine cowling sits on the horizon, which is different in a left or right turn. But when you switch seats, the sight picture is backwards. I kept wanting to climb in left turns and descend in right turns (usually it's the other way round). --NoJoe

Hi Xanth_ih, 1. Go to controls and select "Su-25T" in the dropdown. The Shkval controls are called "Target Designator Down" (and Left, Right, Center, and Up). Double click on one of those and press the corresponding hat switch direction that you want. 2. It sounds like no, they will not. JTAC is for player-controlled flights only. --NoJoe

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=89448 Skip ahead to the question at 6:50 (or straight to 7:24 to hear that line specifically). :) --NoJoe

Hahaha, I think the best part of that video was the narration! :thumbup: --NoJoe

Ah yes, that might be another issue, then. Paul, I don't know when you'd be around the Hawg next, but could you ask one of the pilots: When flying in MRFCS mode, if they move the trim hat on the stick to nose up, does the nose move up? Or down? 'Cause it moves down in the sim, and that's the issue Fox One was originally asking about. :D --NoJoe

Ah, Look at the last line in Yo-Yo's post in that other thread: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1282688&postcount=16 There we go, I think that answers Fox One's concern about trim operation being reversed in MRFCS mode. :) --NoJoe

Actually that's not quite right; it's more like: Normal mode: Trim input for nose Up Hydraulic "stick-feel" feedback mechanism moves to change the "center" position of the stick (resulting in elevator deflection in the nose up direction) In this mode the trim tab mechanically moves with the elevator, and does not act like a traditional trim tab. Manual Reversion Mode: Trim input for nose up Electrical trim actuators operate to move trim tab down (trim tab is now independent of elevator movement when there is no hydraulic pressure) Aerodynamic forces then move the elevators upward This pushes the tail down, moving the nose up. (operation in the sim right now is reversed compared to this) ^^ That's how I expect it to work, based on how trim tabs operate on real planes, but I don't know for certain if the A-10 does this. That's why I'm very curious to hear from someone who actually works on them. Remember that the normal trim operation and the Manual Reversion trim operation use two independent systems. According to the Dash 1, it appears that the trim tabs only operate as traditional trim tabs when in Manual Reversion mode (via the electrically operated actuators), so it seems like there's no reason for them to be reversed. That's why I feel like the operation is incorrectly reversed in the sim right now. But again, I don't know for certian, and I'm just going off my understanding of the Dash 1, and my understanding of how other planes fly. --NoJoe [EDIT] Added the last line under "Normal mode", above.

Well, I am very interested to hear what some of the devs say about this issue. It seems like we've all gone about as far as we can go by reading the Dash 1, and the MRFCS trim functionality is very unintuitive as it stands now. It kinda hits that "this seems wrong" alarm bell. :) But again, I do want to thank you, Eddie, for your input and your patient replies! I for one really appreciate it. :thumbup: --NoJoe [EDIT, I can't type]

Huh, okay. If you say that's how it is in the real plane I'll believe you. As a pilot, that just seems wrong that the system would be designed that way (especially considering that since the trim tabs are trimmable only in MRFCS mode, they would be designed cause the aircraft to respond opposite to pilot input?). I... Are you SURE? It seems so ... is it really designed that way? :helpsmilie: I would also be very interested to hear from other folks who have either actually flown the Hawg or work on them (Paul?). Anyway, thanks for your input, and thanks for your patience, Eddie! :thumbup: --NoJoe

Ah, okay. That makes sense, looking again at the system diagram. However, I think the issue we're seeing is that in MRFCS, when you move the trim hat for nose up, the aircraft's nose actually goes down. Is that the correct behavior? Because that seems wrong... Try it yourself: go into MRFCS while flying, then use the trim hat on the stick. Trim for nose up. What does the plane do? I'm curious if Fox and I are seeing different behavior than you are. :) --NoJoe

I'm with Fox One on this issue, I still don't understand why moving the elevator trim hat toward nose up causes the trim tabs to move up (and thereby move the elevators down, causing the aircraft's nose to move downward). I understand that in MRFCS the elevators are pilot-controlled by direct linkages, but when using the trim hat on the stick, it responds backward. So, if this is the correct behavior, why does the aircraft respond opposite to the trim hat inputs? Reading through the .pdf you linked, Eddie, makes me think even more that the pitch trim hat should still operate normally (see page 1-31 for a diagram of the trim system, and the Manual Reversion section on page 1-40 mentions pitch trim is still operated normally). --NoJoe Edited to add: Besides, since the elevator trim system is entirely separate from the elevator actuation system (in either normal or MRFCS modes), I see no reason why it would suddenly reverse operation when in MRFCS mode. EDit 2: To easily see this reversal, watch which way the elevator trim tabs move with nose up trim hat in Normal mode. Now switch to MRFCS, wait for the hydraulic pressure to drop, and move the trim hat to nose up again: they now move the opposite direction from before.

Sweet, never mind then! :D :thumbup: --NoJoe

Is it just me, or do the trim tabs seem to animate backwards? For example, set full nose up trim. On most airplanes this makes the trim tab deflect fully downward (thereby pushing the elevator fully upwards). But in our P-51, it results in the tabs being deflected fully upwards. This seems to be the case for the elevator, rudder, and aileron trim tabs. Anyone else seeing this? Or does the Mustang use a form of trim I'm not familiar with? --NoJoe

The "Standard" paint scheme for an Italian P-51D looks like it's one of the US paints, but with a bunch of zeros over the top. --NoJoe

Oh, hahaha! Apparently I can't math, either. :megalol: Well then. :P --NoJoe