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I'll add a little bit more - I had finally decided to buy a set this summer and found out I was about a month late, you had just stopped making them. I can now say for certain that I am both sorry I didn't order them sooner and happy you made another batch!

Covers received and installed, thank you very much!

I think this would be great . . . Maybe we'd finally get a high fidelity, late 50's - early 60's all out World War III sim. Strike Fighters is fun but I love the systems fidelity as well as the flight model in DCS and its hard to go back to 'lite' once you get used to it! Who wouldn't love a Mig-21 intercept of a B-52 or an F-104 nuclear toss-bombing mission with DCS fidelity?

I was reading (yet another) thread over in SimHQ about how poorly the hog handles when loaded down, and someone brought up that for airshow performances the not only remove fuel but also a great deal of equipment, which is why when you see them at airshows they are much livelier. As one who spends a fair amount of time just flying the plane and doing aerobatics, I was thinking if we could get a list of what is removed we could get an 'airshow' stripped bird with the equipment weight reductions in addition to the fuel. It would probably also make the people that do video demonstrations happy as well. We'd finally get a chance to go 'hog-wild'!

I have a better holiday for you to go for - International Talk Like A Pirate Day is September 19th, and it even works with the product! 'Honey, get me a Track-IaRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!'

If I am not engaging it, that is exactly what I do . . . in my original post I was saying specifically when I decide to engage the Shilka with the GAU. Since I already have my pointy end pointed towards him, and we usually have the bead on each other, we both end up shooting. Its just easier for me to get out of the way of the shots (if I'm quick enough)! Would I do this if it were 'for real'? No way in hell unless I was forced to, however since in this case death can easily be cured by a reload, it is great fun to have some quick draw MgGraw wild west type shootouts once in a while. I know, shame on me for injecting some unrealistic 'fun' into a SERIOUS STUDY SIM! :smilewink:

I installed the new patch, loaded a quick mission to check it out, and I must say the new cockpit shadows are really cool. So cool, in fact, that as I was rolling around in my laden hog with my head down, watching the shadows play over the instruments, I flew straight into the ground and crashed! :pilotfly: Great job as always, ED!

That is really something . . . you know the reason I picked that particular image, other than being a big fan of old photographs in general, was the fact that he just looked totally and completely on top of the world - he just has life licked and its all going to be roses from here on out. I've always wondered what was really going on at that time, what his life was like, if it all panned out the way he looks like he thought it would. I wondered if someone would pick up on where the picture came from. I never would think in a million years I would ever run into one of his descendants! And a hog driver to boot! What are the odds?

I am totally with you on the sun Munny, really outstandingly amazing, almost jolting in its reality. What else . . . sounds I really like. Not just the GAU-8 but the other ambient noises that immerse you. Like how sounds travel at the speed of sound and not instantly in external view, the doppler effect . . . the other night I blew a tire from turning too hard while taxiing, and I heard it go! Immersion-wise, just the feeling of being in the cockpit. Flying a mission the other night I took a missile hit and while my head was down (Track IR) trying to see what was broke another missile went off just safely out of range in my peripheral vision. That probably isn't something new, but because I was so immersed in the airplane and systems that event just left me totally awestruck at the feeling of 'being there.' Things sure have come a long way since Hellcat Ace!

I finally got to fly this one with Bahger last night, first time online with A-10, and we had a blast. I did find listening to my own voice a bit odd though. I was also a bit rusty on some of the procedures but Bahger walked me through them and I found even bringing the beast alive was enjoyable! Things went a bit downhill once I moved away from the ramp though. First I blew a tire during taxi, although I still made it into the air. Then, while Bahger expertly disposed of his SA-19, I somehow blundered straight into the one I was looking for. The first shot took out my CICU, RWR and left MFD. While I turned away from that and as I was surveying the pretty blinkenlights another SAM went off at about 2 O'clock, the first time I saw one do that. Needless to say, even though it was just out of danger range I found it quite immersive. Shortly after that, another salvo of missiles came up. The first one took off my right wing, which I found a bit of a nuisance, being as how even with full rudder and opposite aileron I couldn't quite keep my Hog from wanting to roll over into the mud. Fortunately a few seconds later another SAM took off my left wing and both elevators, which had the positive effect of fixing the unwanted roll. I did find the mass of flames as well as the irresistible nose down attitude a bit of a drag, and since I was now relieved of any burden of responsibility to try and control the thing and also since it was kind of late to start a BBQ, I caught a ride on the silk elevator to safety. I spent the rest of the mission as a spectator, watching as Bahger disposed of 'my' SA-19 as well as CBU'd the tanks. Overall a splendid time!

Is it just me or does there seem to be a fair number of people being blown away recently? Welcome to the forum!

1st rule of software engineering - its always easy to have someone else modify their code.

I kind of like the game of 'chicken' you get into with the Shilka . . . zoomed in and ready to fire you see the smoke and tracers coming up . . . usually just barely enough time to get a killing burst squeezed off then jink like hell and hopefully watch the tracers whiz past . . . quite the thrill! For some reason I find the BMPs harder too, although I think its because I let my guard down since its 'just a BMP' and get too close, therefore I don't have time to jink when they start squirting off rounds.

You could buy the stick and then teach them how to fly with it! :joystick: Just think of the bonding you could have with them flying co-op over hostile armor!

Yeah I don't buy the 'because it is perfect for one sim it is useless in all others' argument either, especially since no other stick on the market even comes close to matching even one plane. Its perfect for DCS Warthog, yes, but from there a button is a button is a button and you can map them however you want, exactly as you have to with every other stick on the market. One viable argument you could make would be lack of FF, but that doesn't bother me to be honest. The Warthog is bar none the most accurate controller of any kind I have plugged into a computer. Oh, and I use the throttle/mixture thing for RoF too, along with the Incr-Decr slider for radiator. Love it!