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What do you mean jitters, it can't be force feedback, or I'll be pissed mine doesn't have any. Does it feel like skipping because of grit/grime or something stuck in the ball causing it? I have great grandchildren, and I'm always trying to keep them away from my office/sim room, those hands and fingers are always dirty. Once you get it cleaned/fixed get one of those Monstertech dust shields.. https://www.monstertechusa.com/product/warthog-dust-shield/ Let us know what's causing it. Cheers Hoss

There are periods of time when the boat does go into harms way where we would go full EMCON, the only RADAR's Rotating and Radiating were on board the E-2's and AWACS on station. Ships RADAR was used for search of incoming threats and returning Air Wing aircraft. Now the Ready five could of been vectored to a target, but that was usually done by the Ticonderoga class AEGIS Cruisers. The Carrier is too important of a platform to risk giving away it location. Of course that's a moot point if there are hostile subs in the area, they will hear us a continent away from the four giant screws beating the water and that Jet noise on deck carriers underwater too.

$130.00 bucks is pocket change compared to the amount of money you need to spend on RAM 32Gb, and a good GPU, $1,000.00 to $1,800.00. to get the fps on these maps with all the objects and terrain details. I have a 1TB M.2 SSD I only put games on, and since it loads straight to the MB onboard chip instead of the Sata ports, it's much faster loading to the RAM and CPU, GPU... I have my OS on another SSD (going to Sata port) and a HDD for backup storage.. You can never have too much storage. My DCS is only 185Gb, I have two installs of the "Other" Sim regular and beta that take up another `150Gb of space.... I'm really glad I have that M.2 SSD now.

After a lot of trial and error I got the thing to work, but now for some reason the throttle and joystick jump all over the place, when I spawn on free flight it rolls violently to the right. This is all new, I ensure I have the P-51D loaded in settings profile for the HOTAS. I can switch to the P-47 and it behaves like a dream. The Mustang throttle when it does almost work correctly is not linear with the movement I have from the TMWH throttle. I have no J curve set up in DCS either. it's 1 for 1. I barely push the throttle and it goes from about 20"mp to 45"mp.. very annoying.............. go back to the P-47 and it's a dream to fly again............... I'm to the point to where I'm not even sure if I want to start messing with the Spitfire or not.. And this is all on the release version. I'm afraid I'd throw my computer out the window if I even messed with the open beta.................

In the MapJoystick you have for the Trim Hat this data // -- H1 (TRIM) -------------------------------------------------------------- MapKey( &Dev, H1U, DXHATUP); MapKey( &Dev, H1R, DXHATRIGHT); MapKey( &Dev, H1D, DXHATDOWN); MapKey( &Dev, H1L, DXHATLEFT); How do I get this so I can use it for it's intended function of doing trim (Elevator/Rudder) I found this script on the JoyStick for the A-10 //Hat 1 is DirecX POV and Hardware Trim-------------------------------------------------------------- MapKey(&Joystick, H1U,REXEC(0, 100, "TrimDXAxis(DX_Y_AXIS, -5);"), //Trim Down DXHATUP); //DX POV MapKey(&Joystick, H1D,REXEC(0, 100, "TrimDXAxis(DX_Y_AXIS, 5);"), //Trim Up DXHATDOWN); //DX POV MapKey(&Joystick, H1L,REXEC(1, 100, "TrimDXAxis(DX_X_AXIS, -5);"), //Trim Left DXHATLEFT); //DX POV MapKey(&Joystick, H1R,REXEC(1, 100, "TrimDXAxis(DX_X_AXIS, 5);"), //Trim Right DXHATRIGHT); //DX POV Will something like that work?, and would I just substitute it for the H1(Trim) above? Thanks, and I did download the latest version today, and thanks for that. Hoss

Something could fallen down in the grooves, it's easy to take off the L/R separator between the throttles and see if anything fell in there, take a vacuum and see what you can get out of it. LOL, I'm always having to vacuum my keyboard................. messy Marvin.................... You do not need TARGET software, it ridiculously easy to use though. The 128 DX button fix would probably be more to your liking. I thought you were supposed to be able to sync the TMWH to a module so it got the full functionality like the aircraft. Getting your LONG/SHORT TEMPO presses. You will not be able to do that with TARGET, only the script editor will let you do that. The 128 button DX script will let you do that with no problems you only need to enable it in the first part of the script with either a 0= no, or a 1 = yes. define S1_LONG 1 // Enable (1) or Disable (0) Long-Press for S1 button Cheers Hoss

I was on the O2, right under the Port JBD motor room, so I got that, and the Jet engine right over my rack........... I remember when we pulled into port and it was so quiet we found it hard to go to sleep, anyone talking in the berthing lounge was a distraction. yell at them to shut up... LOL the arresting wire sounded like King Kong scratching his finger nails on a chalk board. Hoss USN 77-97 CV-64, CVN-65 (VA-94), CVN-72

I was going to Mount my Warthog under my desk, but I'm afraid when I go fully forward with it it may hit the table. Does your's? I'm getting the wall hangers to mount on the legs of my desk so I can get them off my work space when not flying. When I get them I'll send you a pick of them hanging under the desk out of the way. My stick has the 10mm extension (100cm). Cheers BW

The Midway, would be nice for the Korea, and Cold War scenarios I'm sure Razor is intimately familiar with. The Midway started with a straight deck then modified to have an angled deck, the steam catapults will handle most all jets, except maybe the Vigilante or A-3 Whale...even with a scant fuel load. The A-3's were also tankers besides VAQ later in their life span. She would be relevant up till the late 80's early 90's carrier operations. She was commissioned in 1945, she had a compliment of F/A-18's , VFA-195, VFA-192... until she was decommissioned in 92. You can do two versions of her, straight deck and angled deck. But a good WWII carrier is definitely needed for the Pacific map. I just hope there is a concerted effort to build a Japanese battle fleet and compliment of aircraft to fill it's deck, or we will have a very empty Pacific Ocean theater of operations. Hoss

Mine is on a 1TB m.2 SSD, I initially loaded it there to start with, you can try to just copy and paste the game over to the SSD, I have DCS, and the "Other Sim" on the "E" drive (SSD). The files that belong in "Saved games" always make it there, it updates/repairs just fine too. Or you can just do a fresh install of the game on the new drive and then move what you need from the old install to the new one. and delete it. Just save your custom Lua files just in case. Save you time reconfiguring things. Hoss

Seems like a common theme with the P-51 and controls mapped to a HOTAS, I got feed up and went back to the "Other" Sim to fly the Mustang, the other thing I noticed is the throttle movement is very quick, I have my TMWH throttle set to default, i.e. I did not set it for at 55% physical throttle, gives you 75% of in game throttle, it's one for one on movement, I move it just a little and the in game throttle just jumps at what appears to be 30% more than my physical movement. The Prop pitch (RPM), and Mixture settings work as they should. But as stated I can not get the Canopy to work either. I've got the Coolant and Oil Radiators mapped to sliders on a BlackHog and they work just fine. When I move the slider the switch guard moves and the switch goes in both directions on both. I have not even tried to map the P-47 yet. The jet crowd I think are the loudest "Squeaky Wheel" so they get top priority to grease the works, to quiet it/them down. Remember this all started as LOCON, Lock On Modern Air Combat........... JETS................ we Prop heads are an afterthought... I need to get out of here before I accumulate more points towards a ban or DCS JAIL... beside, COMNAVHOUSEPAC has some chores for me to do........ Cheers Hoss

LOL, well okay then, I guess you know way more about it than anyone else. So humbling, thanks! The newer RHAW receivers didn't emit a tone for Missile Activity/Missile Launch like the 45/50, there's was for a specific type of threat, nothing to do with PRF, it had to do with the platform, Air to Air missile, Air to Air gun, Ground SAM, Ground AAA/AA along with the associated symbology. The tones are for "PRIORITY" OF THE THREAT. remember the Threat library?. RADAR's fingerprint?.. It classifies them by severity of it's threat to the aircraft. Ground Search RADAR, Airborne Search Radar, Low Pri. Airborne Fire Control RADAR, Surface Fire Control RADAR higher priority. There comes a point where you just get tired of explaining things. This is just a game, so what does it matter how you model something, it's not going to function like the real world model anyway. If it were horseshoes, it would'nt be close enough to count anyway. Yeah, I know, 20 more points from the admins.. LOL DILLIGAFF.............. Fair Winds and Following Seas

When we pulled into Toulon, France the Foch was in port and there were three A-4 skyhawks sitting on her deck. LOL, I was in the USN Aviation community for 20 years, (77-97) You just know what an A-4 looks like. Cheers

In the mid to late 70's the F-8 was used as a photo recon plane, we had a det from VFP-63 on board, my bunk was directly under Cat 2, (O2-50-0Q)when an F-8 went into afterburner for a cat shot it sounded like a bomb went off on deck,it just went boom... so you knew it was an F-8 on the cat. For the old Oriskany, Forrestal era, don't forget the A-5 Vigilante, that will be a hoot to get on deck... for French Carriers the Foch, had A-4 Skyhawks on it too, as late as the mid 80's. Hoss

You get that way lookin at a six pack Razor............................. remember, there's no slack in light attack............. and happiness is a SLUF....................... Hoss

First press of Right Control + Pause gives me FPS counter, the second press gives me CPU, and other data, next press it's all gone. This is on the "Stable" version..

LOL, lets do A1-Skyraiders, F4U's F9F's ..... maybe even FJ-2/3 Fury's .. F2-H Banshee...... Early Naval Jets, late props.... sounds like heaven to me on an Essex carrier Cheers

There is a piece of equipment in the Hornet called a Interference Blanker, every piece of equipment in the bird that transmits & receives has a Duty Cycle........ i.e. On/Off time for TX/RX. The Interference Blanker does not let one piece of equipment transmit while another is receiving. That's why they DO NOT Self Test the Deception Repeater on the deck of the carrier, the ships radar will damage the receivers, and it would have to have Dummy Loads put on it to keep the TX signal from interfering with the ships systems. The ALQ-126B has OFF/Standby/Recieve/Repeat modes of operation. The only thing I know of that is not modeled is, what do you do when the Iranian F-14 and F-4 come out and turn on their Radars and you do not have a Prowler or Growler out there to help you?.................. You do not the have the AN/DLQ-3B slung under your wing. They are made to interfere with the F-14's Radar and the F-4's. The developers have to understand "what" it is DECM on NATO aircraft, they have to guess about the devices power (how strong the signal is) and it's effective range, Deceptions techniques which are highly classified, when it comes on (Repeat) and how long it stays on (Repeat) before it shuts down (back to Standby) so home on jam loses signal. So they are trying to get the systems to work on theories they understand, instead of real world facts about how it DOES work. So cut them some slack. Yes, I had 20 years of experience working "I" Level maintenance on the DECM systems on the A-7, A-6, EA-6B, F/A-18A/B/C/D. Which means I worked on the WRA's that came out of the Aircraft, not the plane itself. Also the KIT/KIR-1A, KY-58, all the Chaff/Flare/Jammer dispencers. When I say it's Classified, you have to have a clearance and "Need to Know". Cheers

Long/Short "TEMPO" script.

Something along the lines of how many lines does your mouse scroll down for each indent of the wheel. you can set it to 2, 3, 4, etc in windows Control Panel. Not sure how hard that would be to implement with a GUI setting in the Keyboard screen.

Thanks to the FCES.................

Roll/Pitch/Yaw........... Pitch and Yaw trim you will have the most workload with. If you are using a TMWH put it on the trim switch on the stick. I use the IN/OUT pinky switch, when it's OUT I have Pitch and Yaw at hand, if it needs Roll trim I hit the pinky switch and go to IN and what was once Yaw trim is now Roll trim L/R. WWII birds have props and internal combustion engines, every time you move that throttle for Manifold pressure, and the propeller pitch your torque changes, so there goes the nice straight and level trim you just set up. You need to watch the slip indicator ball. If it's left of center with no rudder input, use Left Yaw trim to center it, and vice versa. Pitch trim is the same the faster you go the more it pitches the nose up. All the DCS WWII birds, P-51 and P-47 have the gyro gunsight, so there is no slip/ball indicator underneath it which is always in your field of view so you can correct yaw, and watch it while you are going thru maneuvers. Find that ball and keep it in the center with rudder input while dog fighting and in the center with yaw trim while flying normally. relax the stick, does the nose lift or fall.................. trim accordingly. Never forget just like a good battle plan it all goes out the window with first contact. Good luck. Hoss

Very nice thread, I see you guys are an East Coast CVW, VFA-97 is out of NAS Lemoore though, is your second one going to be VFA-147, they are transitioning too.. USS Gerald Ford is going to be awhile before they make a deployment. The reason I ask is I spent 20 years in the USN, 04/77 to 04/97, eleven of it at NAS Lemoore, at AIMD, VA-94 (CVN-65) and NAMTRAGRUDET teaching DECM. July of 93 I went to the USS Abraham Lincoln as ships company (twilight tour, two cruises). I did three WestPacs on the USS Constellation as ships company late 78 to July 82, with VA-94 I made two cruises on the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) same hull as the Connie, my shop was in the same place too 02-69-0Q. It was in the tunnel on the Lincoln. After I retired from the Navy I came back to Lemoore, the wife and kids were here, the wife worked in Supply bldg. 140 at the base. I got a nineteen day vacation from work when I started with Boeing's Avionics Repair Facility in VFA-125's Rough Raider's hanger MOD, (VFA-122 is in it now F/A-18E/F) So I've been around US Naval Aviation for 43 years now.. I retired June 30th of this year, COMNAVHOUSEPAC keeps me busy, she's retired too.. Future manning of carriers will be two squadrons of F/A-18's, and two squadrons of F-35's, wonder how long it will take to get that module in game. Some highlights, as we transited the Straights of Malacca (CV-64) going into the IO they tried the hostage rescue in Iran, we spent 110 days at sea on that one. When the Ranger was rammed coming thru to relieve us we were later hit by a Liberian Oil tanker too. I was with VA-94 on the Enterprise April 18, 1988 for Operation Preying Mantis. We (CVN-72) were in the gulf when Somalia blew up with black hawk down, we went down and flew really fast very low over the city to let them know we were there. On the Lincoln we went into the Persian Gulf both cruises, heat and humidity was aweful. When they bombed Khadafi in Libya, we were in the IO, when two carriers left we went thru the Suez Canal into the Med, so I have done an abreviated Med Cruise, went out the straights of Gibralter and around the Cape of Africa............. in June........ roughest ride I've ever been on in a Carrier, was a blast. Ended it all in the yards in Bermerton, then Everrett, with the Lincoln. Sorry for hijacking the thread. Fair Winds and Following Seas gentleman. Cheers Hoss AT1(AW/SW) USN ret.

Did the original solder joints look gray and mealy?........... Care needs to be taken that you do not use too high a wattage iron, use one designed for fine electronic circuitry. I've seen crap loads of videos online of guys soldering new parts into their warthog, I wanted to cringe at what I saw. If you have some type of magnification device inspect your solder joints, for that dull gray finish, with a mealy texture. You would hope from the factory they would be nice bright, shiny, concave fillets that last a good long time. Also if you use any type of liquid flux to assist in soldering clean it all up with alcohol, FLUX is your friend when soldering, and your enemy if you don't get it all off. and a little dab will do you. Your computer should be on a very good surge protector or UPS. Power companies are not the most stable electrical sources, power spikes in the summer when they switch loads will fry electronics if strong enough. I have one of these on both of my Entertainment set ups if you can't afford a really good UPS. https://www.showmecables.com/10-outlet-home-theater-surge-protector-7-ft-cord?gclid=Cj0KCQjwg7KJBhDyARIsAHrAXaFlHZd-fwgyHoB_LVf4rzGHpdc-deqaNXD16Xufz2feQrepedB2oTsaAkGkEALw_wcB And I have a UPS on my computer. Cheers and good luck Hoss

ESWAP?................................. quick change modules?