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I am quite new to DCS:f-18 (only two months) and still trying to learn the basics but I have also realized a considerable change in the flight model. It easily looses energy in dog fights and I am not even able to cope up with mig-15's in 1to1 gunnery missions:) ) (ok maybe I am not a good pilot but I wasnt that bad a week ago)

What is kneeboard? You mean the F-18 itself using magnetic heading? I measure the runway heading from F10 map with the scale on the map.

The distance to Tacan station is around 10-12 miles when I acquire the Tacan signal. I follow the course line on the HSI and around 3-4 miles, I realize that the sunway is to the right by few miles. Interestingly, the course heading for Batumi is entered az 119 in the VFR landing tutorial, but the actual measurement on the runway itself shows as 126 degrees.

I have very recently started DCS:F-18 and now only going with the training missions or free flight in instant action section. In both Nevada and BlackSea maps, I had this issue in Nellis or Batumi landings. For example, in Batumi, when landing to 13 runway, I set my course setting to 126 and acquire the tacan freq of Batumi with distance info etc. But when I keep flying along the course line, I end up 1-2 miles to the left of the runway.

Hello guys, I am sure this was discussed before but I was not able to find via the search function (or more correctly, I found hundreds of treads and I dont know which includes what amount of info on this issue). This is quite a newbee question probably: I acquire the Tacan frequency on the HSI and measure the exact course of the runway from F10 screen. I set up my HSI with the measured course line and navigate for landing. But everytime, I end up a few miles to the left or right to the runway. I believe F-18 operates with true compass headings with no need to correct for the declination. I know that Tacan stations are generally a few hundred feet away from the landing strip but the offsett I encounter is generally 2-3 miles. Thanks for the help...

Hello guys, I used to fly DCS since its Lockon days and I had played A-10 until 2012 with a certain level of seriousness for my standards. I was not into online stuff but I had a Thrustmaster Warthog Hotas, 2 monitors, TrackIR (I dont know which iteration but probably second or third) and I was able to fly relatively simple missions where I delivered every kind of bombs and missiles. Then I discovered scale modelling and stopped simming since then. Very recently I have realized that DSC has reached to an amazing level of realism and eyecandy, which I want to again give a try and learn new stuff (especially F-16). I have a couple of questions re the setup and need some advice on a new system. * I have a Dell 2711 IPS panel monitor (9 years old), which was and is performing very well so far but do you think that I should be going for a new monitor? Does refresh rates (75 or even 144hz) of current monitors really add anthing to DSC? * I want to go for a new system, where I am planning to buy a Ryzen 9 3900 (or 3950) processor and nvidia 2080 süper or 2080ti level card. Do you think I should wait for the 3000 series of nvidia? Would 2080 can be enough for me for another 5-6 years? * My monitor delivers 2560-1920 resolution at max. Do you think 2080 series video card is unnecessary for such resolutions? regards and thanks in advance for your help… salih

What does a CSO do? Is that a ground crew? Or does it actually fly in the aircraft but do the bombing and shooting? I guess even if a CSO is in charge of weapons, he should also be able to fly the aircraft, right?

Su-34 (from air show in Moscow) su-27's (I guess)

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Here is my contribution to this topic... It was an amazing show...

I have 4 HDD's on my system (other than the SSD) but I only use them as storages. No game is installed on any of the HDDs.

I have a fairly decent system, which was able to run DCS A-10 with very good frame rates at 3840*1440 resolution on two monitors. I haven't played A-10 for some months and I have uninstalled everything related to ED and reinstalled DCS World along with P-51. Now, even I try to run the game with 1280 resoultion, it is like a slide show no matter what I do. My system is as follow: Intel i7 2600k processor (no OC). MSI gtx 580 video card 8 gb Ram 128 gb SSD disk (game and windows running on the SSD) Win 7 TM Warthog MS Sidewinder FF stick What can be the problem ad the solution? Any ideas?

Other than a Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, I have a MS Sidewinder 2. When Sidewinder is plugged, the game starts to stutter. The framerates drop drastically and it becomes a slideshow. What can be the problem? Is it FF issue or something else?

I visited the show on Friday. Somehow I was able to get tickets (4 in total) for Friday and Sunday. Thinking that Sunday will be overcrowded, I visited Zhukovsky on Friday. Although some of the foreign teams (Turkish, Finnish, Italian) were not present on Friday, it was really amazing to see Russian teams and aircrafts. I dont know if the statics were displayed more closely on Sunday but on Friday, there were some barriers between the spectators and the jet aircraft, which was not really pleasent for me, as I was hoping to see the aircrafts closely. Another bad thing was the position of the spectators. I think that the visitors should have been placed on the SW side of the runway, because it was really difficult to take nice photos when the sun (light) was just behind the flying aircraft. Other then that, organization and lojistics as very well planned...

Do you guys know if there is show on Friday (august 10th) or is it only 12th for the visitors?

I just checked the official airshow site ( http://100letvvs.ru) and as far as I can tell from google translation, visitors can take free tickets (or invitations) at the entrance of the show. I sent some emails to some contact info's on the websites (probably I sent an email to commander of the air force, I dont know:), but did not receive any reply yet...

Are you sure about this, how can we get invitations? Very bad news, I was really excited about this show and got my tickets but I have no invitations or whatever is needed..

Very nice, is there printable version of this?

Hı Greg, I will be more then happy to see a fellow DCS fan in Istanbul. I live in Istanbul and have no particular plans for your honeymoon dates at the moment, so we can arrange a meeting for a drink. Drop me a pm... If you need any info or other assistance for your trip, I will be happy help you or at least give you some advice. see you...

Thanks for your help. So the accomodation should be made in Moscow and transportation should be made by train. Last year, I have been to Turkish Air Force 100th Year Airshow and it was simply amazing. Russian air force have some great aircraft, which I would like to see with my won eyes:)

I am planning to be there but never been to Moscow. How about the logistics, is the airfield close to Moscow or where should the accomodation be made?

Is there an english site for this event?