Chaffee

I've been away for awhile, so I'm wondering if anyone has experimented with un-parking cores to solve stuttering in DCS, e.g: If this is a multithreading issue, I'd guess there's a decent chance turning your parked cores on permanently via the registry might solve the issue. I haven't tried it, as I have other problems to solve right now, but I'd like to hear about it if anyone wants to give it a shot.

Prefer ATFLIR always, b/c it will display on the AMPCD.

Interesting. I never see a symbology break on mine in my normal position.

The OP is sitting too high and looking down at the glass edge, which causes the HUD line. This video is taken from a lower angle, so it's not looking through the upper edge of the nearer glass. Absolutely correct as-is. You can test this yourself by lowering your view angle.

This^ NATOPS has a lot to say about how the Hornet is particularly susceptible to departing due to nose-slice. It also has a lot to say about the systems that prevent nose-slice departures. Is the described behavior correct? NATOPS isn't specific enough RE: what the FCS does to prevent nose-slice departures, but such departures have very hard positive roll associated with them, so for all we know, negative roll is the FCS fighting you to keep the aircraft out of nose-slice. The FCS already coordinates the rudder with stick input to prevent adverse yaw. The stick already gives you a great way to roll the aircraft. Kicking rudder for fun seems like the sort of thing the FCS would frown on, since it has all kinds of ways to prevent sideslip. Note: comparing the FBW system of the Hornet to that of the F-16 is a meaningless analogy, and there seem to be a lot of myths surrounding what FBW does. Read the NATOPS manual. FBW is not what most people seem to describe, and it certainly isn't the same thing in the Hornet as the Viper. Everything from performing a pirouette maneuver to rudder travel limits at various speeds or angles of attack are very specific and are also decidedly not simply "I'm telling the aircraft to yaw and now it has to figure out where to put the control surfaces to obey my will." If that were true, the ATFLIR (or simply dropping ordnance) wouldn't cause roll asymmetry, etc. FBW isn't magic. The Hornet's FCS hates sideslip. Physics still matter. NATOPS manual says if you yaw at 50-55 AOA, you should let go of the controls and wait for the aircraft to recover because life is about to get real interesting. This is likely not the result of the same cause that's happening at low AOA, not least because your rudder deflection limits and toe-in/out are completely different.

Congrats to the team! It's a great module. Looking forward to further development.

Have a look up on YouTube, mate: "DCS F-18 ATFLIR" or "DCS F-18 Litening" Lots of good stuff, and they'll even show you how to set up controls, ripple JDAMS, use mark points, etc: Tricker, Grim Reapers, Wags, Deephack, et al. Great stuff!

This is the only factual thing I've seen posted on the topic in any forum. Thank you. The amount of "I saw someone say something in a forum on the internet so it must be true" speculation is absurd.

Haven't had the time since I posted, but I'll see if I can replicate the BALT flip-out. I was pretty light in that AA loadout. Thanks for the responses. Minor, but annoying. I can "game" wing-rock by selecting HSEL on the heading of the CPL, then going back to CPL. I'll make some vids and report it over in bugs.

Well done!

Up at 45000, full burner, I encountered some interesting autopilot behavior: 1) Coupled mode is fine until it hits the selected heading, where it oscillates, making corrections in roll back-and-forth for more than a minute before gradually settling into the heading. 2) This behavior does not exist for Heading Select, where the autopilot behaves predictably, steering to its heading accurately without oscillating in roll 3) Engaging BALT at 3 degrees nose down causes such a severe vertical oscillation, centered on the horizon, that the aircraft nearly departs. I have not tested to see the effects if left on, but I will. Structural failure seems likely. It's that violent. 1 and 3 are so extreme that, if the real aircraft were to behave in such a manner, there'd be an ops bulletin in the latter case (like, "don't engage BALT at high altitude within normal parameters") and likely a software update in the former. Ship was at half fuel, 6 AMRAAMS, 2 Sidewinders. Anyone else tried these things with the new FM? Thoughts? I'll repeat this tomorrow and attach some vids if necessary

It's close to (but not) both PF Brummel and FF Enzo, with an italic majuscule A. Start there and see where it takes you.

Nonetheless, both of you have changed my experience for the better. These target-point/autopilot interactions are gold -- completely changed the way I'm approaching LGBs for the better. Helped me understand how Mavs work differently. It's very interesting how coupled autopilot needs a steering line to work with a target point. That's a useful understanding to have that fills the gap as to why it doesn't work with Mavs. Thank you both!

This is good to know. I was recently practicing Mavs and found that the -E is much easier to use against moving armor than the -F, even if these monsters seem a bit "overkill" for tanks. This was primarily an effect of using the TPOD with the -F... Even YouTube tutorials seemed pretty nuts in terms of getting the -F to do much of anything with the TPOD vs. armor. Not my favorite weapon in the F-18, which is just fine.

Thank you. Super good to know and very interesting. Honestly, it's why I paraphrase my understanding of the process in a forum, because if there's a subtlety that's missed, someone is likely to be helpful and correct any assumptions or omissions. (It's also exactly why I'd love to see this kind of thing documented in the manual). This isn't a criticism of the current manual... I've used it to give suggestions to YouTubers making very good tutorials (but who nonetheless missed something in the official documentation). Love the module. Love getting back into serious flight simming. Love the F-18 community in general.