Kuky

I've ejected accidentally while still on the ground and noticed that canopy stayed on after the ejection, see screenshot & short track If canopy is closed or just latch open a little bit, it will be detached as it should, but if fully open, it won't Ejecting while canopy is open.trk

Oh man... just keep spending money... just ordered me this ejection handle also, I wonder how long it will take to get it (its on back order right now)

Soviets did not "invade", they were invited by the Afghan government.

heh... I managed to sort this out by using this vJoy software in combination with Joystick Gremlin. After learning how the whole thing works (not easy, took lot of trial and error ) for a whole day, I managed to create a profile in Joystick Gremlin using macros, using virtual 13 button joystick (11 buttons for 1 positions of the rotary switch = 2 more as buttons for decrease and increase inputs in DCS). It would still be easier if ED would add the additional inputs in DCS, but now at least I can use this as good workaround.

One must always use common sense too

I get your point(s) and I am thinking in the exact same way

I was thinking about this last night as I was working... Could it be this SPO15 not working when radar is on due to this blocking/blanking wire/circuit, that its because this blocking/blanking has been done/added afterwards (and not being part of original design) so to make pilots "less confused" when using radar and targeting because SPO15 would be giving them false warnings, and as they are/were guided by GCI anyway and not using their own radar, they would be using IR sensors which would not "freak out" their SPO15, but when radar was on, SPO15 was no longer reliable so they probably decided to "turn it off", and so we have this MiG-29 used by ED that has this done to it? This to me makes sense because Yugoslav MiG-29's did not have this done to them as we have multiple recollections by its pilots of SPO15 working while radar was on (edit): as well as the manual not stating anything about SPO15 not working while radar was on.

For sure its possible, the question is will they do it that way or differently

I'm all for it

See screenshots -lake east of Buckeburg has bad terrain mesh/elevation

While not 100% in right location (but still its good approximate) it does ease up workload compared to remembering many different buttons/HATs on throttle or stick, so ergonomics is easier this way. It does get little confusing to reach for right switch as they are all fairly close together when in rush to change settings when getting into the merge, I think it needs lot of practice to get it right, but also knowing which switch needs to be in what position depending on scenario, at least I do

Thanks heaps for wanting to help but that looks like to much hassle and I don't really want to install/run any more extra software, and ED will fix the inputs eventually. Cheers!

My humble button boxes for MiG-29A Fulcrum weapons and radar panel

Standard joystick button presses Each step in rotary switch sends separate/unique button press

Thank you for the offer but I really don't want to bother you with this I think its just too much hassle because most likely won't work because I am using normal rotary switch, not special one from LedoBodnar here (http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=207) which probably can be configured to do something like that. Edit: just checked his BBI-32 configuration tool and its for rotary encoders, so it can't solve my issue. I'll just have to wait for ED to hopefully add separate inputs for radio elevation knob.

Can't do it that way because the input board is not programmable and can't distinguish the direction. I am using one of the LeoBodnar's board BBI-32 I think it was, which is just button inputs only.

Isn't that being done by ED in this case? I mean you used 1 thing, this manual, to model MiG-29's SPO-15 this way while there are more than 1 thing - Yugoslav pilots (also more than 1) and other manual which contradict it.

That is just wrong. REAL WORLD events stomp your manuals/papers esp when in addition there are other manuals/papers which also contradict them. Have you not ever come across reading something, some instructions only to find that it does not function in the same way when you try it? I know I have, so pardon me for saying, you are just blindly trusting (and I can taste a hint of bias) what you are presented. As a tester, you should know to TEST the claims before you decide if something is right or wrong.

Yeah, Slovenia never had MiG-29

Sorry but witnesses of real world events, such as pilots who flew the very aircraft, are not opinions. Those pilots are also SMEs on the subject as again, they flew the aircraft as a profession. Also documents can not only be written with mistakes but can also be interpreted incorrectly, which is most likely what happened in this case, esp when manuals from other sources do not back the info from the one ED used and relied on.

Nah, its not fixed, its still there

ah, didn't see it. Thanks

dreams coming true after soooo many years.... the MiG-29, and now Yugoslavia map also... I'll be flying over my own city, country... at least I should be able to navigate easier visually

I have built 2 button boxes for the MiG-29A, one of which is for radar management, in particular the Radar Target Elevation Knob, which right now only has CW & CCW input settings which requires use of digital encoder, however as digital encoders have unlimited turns I did not use it, instead I used rotary switch which I have set to exact number of positions (-6, -4, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10 deltaH ) but I cannot use this due to lack of distinct inputs in DCS for this knob.... so... can you please add it?

I found few bugs when jettisoning weapons I have noticed, tested and saved few short tracks to show these bugs, with load of KMGU cannister/bombs on inner and B-8 rockets on outer pylons - KMGU cannisters will not jettison if the bomblets have already been dropped - they will jettison only if bomblets are still loaded in it - If KMGU bomblets and/or B-8 rockets have all been fired and no weapons are loaded, HUD will no longer display that weapon (as it should be) however if any weapons were still loaded in them at the time of drop (and HUD was showing that weapon as available), after jettisoning that weapon HUD will still display that weapon as if it were still available/loaded Weapon Jettison 1.trk Weapon Jettison 2.trk Weapon Jettison 3.trk Weapon Jettison 4.trk