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Chipwich

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  • Birthday 02/16/1957

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  • Flight Simulators
    DCS, IL-2 Great Battles, MSFS
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    KCHS
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    Flying, drones, music

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  1. I just had the issue, single player Reflected's Debden Eagles campaign. I tookoff on the left main, then switched to fuselage tank at 1000 ft AGL. I ran this until approximately 25 gallons remaining, then switched to right drop tank. I ran this for 10 mins, then switched to left drop tank, at which time the engine quit from fuel starvation. I switched to right main and pickled my drop tanks, thinking that the left was inoperative. Completed the mission without fuel issues.
  2. In the meantime, there are these converted QuickStart missions to practice what you learn in the YouTube videos. The only thing that I've had to do is edit the GBU mission to remove the training BDU-50s and add the regular GBU-12s. These missions helped me a lot https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3331854/
  3. Maybe the placebo effect, but it seems that I'm trimming less with Alt Hold and A/P engaged. Perhaps I'm just more comfortable in the a/c.
  4. The A/P seems better after the update. Anyone else notice?
  5. I'm not sure what I did last night, but after about an hour of practice dropping GBUs, the TPOD got unstable and the gimble went into some sort of random oscillation. I tried putting it into SP mode (PB17 long) and undesignating (Auto Acq Depress), but the image just kept moving around. I should have tried power-cycling it.
  6. Or long press auto acquisition fwd to get to Snow Plow mode and scroll through steerpoints, targets, and markpoints again with PB17.
  7. What works for me in the DCS Mudhen is 2 units of dead zone and +10 curve on the relevant axis. I apply it to both pitch and roll. My stick has an extension and cams that remove the center notch. I use stiff springs, but there is still enough leverage and weight that the stick will move in a light wind or by breathing I assume that someone with a short, light, stick, like a Saitek, would have shorter throws and a completely different tune than mine. One size most definitely doesn't fit all. I've noticed that there are big differences in pitch sensitivity from a light to heavy F-15E. That seems correct. For a while I didn't know to hold the trim button until light/audible warning. All these things combined, I'm in my happy place now.
  8. I find it extremely easy to land. It's very gentle in the flare. Lots of lift available. A fine flying machine.
  9. Be happy that you made it home without more holes in your meat sack than you started with DCS is imperfect and war is hell!
  10. It seems like the only time I've had an issue with ALT HLD it when trying to engage it when the VV is more than 3 to 5 units off of the horizon bar.
  11. The BRAKEHOLD switch is only needed if the alignment is interrupted. Page 62 of the manual states that the BRAKE HOLD switch is a signal to begin re-alignment after an alignment interruption. IME, if the chocks are in, the a/c doesn't move, and coordinates are either in the ME or correctly entered in the UFC, alignment will be successful. Question: with chocks in, is the BRAKEHOLD switch even needed during startup? I don't see it listed in the manual startup guide, nor in Notso's video. In the manual it's mentioned in the before takeoff checklist. In the checklist I am using, it's shown in the before start checks, but IME it doesn't work without electrical power, in other words, after engine start.
  12. For the A-10 and F/A-18C, but I haven’t seen one for the Mudhen yet. Maybe WinWing will do what they did for the Hornet.
  13. Glad that you found the solution. Can you edit your post topic title to reflect that it is not a bug? Otherwise, you are wasting everyone's time reading this. Thanks.
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