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I fly the DCS Mossie often and IMHO, the landing gear horn is a non issue. As a post mentioned earlier, the trick is to set boost just above the horn, then modulate your airspeed with small movements of the RPM/propeller pitch controls. When flying single player, it seems that that AI are flying at or just below an airspeed that induces the horn, but again, a simple drop in RPM, lets you fly in formation with the AI horn free until the tanks run dry. Not a problem in multiplayer unless your flight lead is damaged or asleep. During approach to landing, you are going to have to deal with it until you get the gear down, but that's pretty comparable to a friend's Arrow that I fly IRL. And although the horn is annoying (it's meant to be), there is no damage going on. Piper installing that horn in the Arrow was a good thing and has saved many an owner some embarrassment and needless expenditure. That is not to say that the DCS Mosquito is perfect, but it hits the mark in so many places that you do yourself a disservice allowing something as simple as the gear horn interfere with your enjoyment. And watching in cockpit videos of flying Mosquitos, I'm not sure that it's wrong.

I know that this is an old topic, but in case someone is interested, some of the guys at Mudspike have reported that the hypoxia doesn't seem to be a factor in the Mossie. I came over here to find if it had been reported as a bug. Maybe let this one lie if it helps with some high altitude mission ops approaching 2 hours.

Have the files been moved? None of the links work in either the .PDF or those above. Thanks.

I think that you are correct about the drop tanks not having enough pressure at idle. On page 21 (PDF22) of the pilot's training manual that is included in both the BNB and Debden Eagles campaigns, there is a mention of the drop tanks being pressurized to 5 PSI by venting to the vacuum pump exhaust. Regardless, the drop tanks are a nice thing to have for realism sake, but not really needed for this campaign as I recall, since you aren't going to Berlin. The aux tank usually hits 25 gallons about the time you go feet dry on the continent, at which time you switch to drop tanks. But those get pickled at first contact, or before if you have lagged behind your flight. Then, I usually go 10 mins a side on the main tanks, beginning with the RHS, since the LHS was used for takeoff. YMMV. I think that I read that there was 10 degrees magnetic declination on the Channel map. I'm not sure about the Normandy maps, but expect something similar. My favorite book for the 4th FG (Debden Eagles) is '1000 Destroyed: The Life and Times of the 4th Fighter Group' by Grover Cleveland. It's out of print, but there are many second-hand copies available online. The book was recommended by my uncle, who was a B-17G toggler on a few of the missions escorted by the 4th, including the shuttle missions that are discussed. Cleveland does an excellent job of documenting not only the 4th's WW2 operations in England, but also of the pilots' personalities, victories, and losses. Reflected's Debden Eagles doc page 15 lists this book and others as recommended reading.

I was flying mission 7 this morning and when switching from the left to right drop tank, it refused to feed. I have noticed this before, so think that it's a bug in the module, unless there is some procedure that I missing to switch tanks. The booster pump was on. Fortunately, since we weren't going to Berlin, they weren't needed

I'm sure that there are many here who don't subscribe to Spotify. If anyone who has both Spotify and either Apple or YouTube Music cares to recreate the playlist in one of those services, I'll copy and share it to the other. This way people flying the campaign, but who don't subscribe to Spotify, can enjoy it.

If I had to guess, roll stab aug could compensate for a rigging problem. But that's the sail trimmer in me . It's in the Heat Blur F-4E manual in the Takeoff section and more importantly, in the USAF Test Pilot School Phantom Guide, sec 7.1 page 20.

I mostly use the 2850 number for rpm, and push MP into the upper 50s if needed. But I keep an eye on the temps and try to stay away from redline. Once I’ve caught up, I reduce RPM to 4600. If I stay with lead and never let him get more than 50-100 yds away during most travel phases of the mission, including takeoff, I’m good. Keeping the ball centered (it changes with MP changes) and the airspeed at best rate of climb (165 Kts IAS) are also critical. Lastly, bind an axis to the carburetor ram air control, as I don’t think that a button binding will actually open it. Worth a few hundred rpm at critical altitude, or when the turbo supercharger kicks in.

Dad flew the F-4C, D, and E during my teenage years. They always used a drag chute that I remember.

@Reflected, the atmosphere in MiG Killers is really fantastic, especially the skins and the coms, which don't sound scripted. Really looking forward to all that lies ahead. The first time through the intro mission, the scenario did not end well for my RIO and I. Let's just say that our fuel management could have been better, which resulted in a very long walk to the O club. I chose to refly the mission, landed, parked at Alpha in what was the obvious spot, and used the checklist for shutdown. But when I chose End Mission, received a 50% score and could fly the mission again or Skip. Do you think that this because I chose to refly without ending the mission first time through, or did I miss a task the second time through?

Other than frame rate, at higher altitudes (say above 25k feet) the P-51, like most aircraft, will feel sluggish and need very subtle input. This is because the air is thinner and the control surfaces don't have as much air molecules to bite. It's the same with jets, but less noticeable at the same altitude due to their higher airspeed. The same goes for engine performance.

Very much appreciated. I wondered why the FPS picked up as the missions progressed.

MiG Killers can't get here soon enough! Really looking forward to that one.

It looks Loach v1.2 has been released and reports are that it is much more stable than v1.1. A 600 hr MD500 pilot is giving it thumbs up on their Discord.

Not challenging enough? Go fly Tobsen and @Eight Ball's excellent OH-6A for a month. You'll be begging for a little SCAS or force trim

Fixed with today's update.

I know ED is working hard to get all of us Oculus users back in the air. I'm just hoping that it's soon, because I'm in the middle of the Debden Eagles campaign and feeling pretty rusty in the Mustang at the moment. Never mind that Happy New Phantom day is near! Come on team!

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.

Some much needed airfields. Thank you!

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/

Random for me as well.

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.

The A/P seems better after the update. Anyone else notice?

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.

Or long press auto acquisition fwd to get to Snow Plow mode and scroll through steerpoints, targets, and markpoints again with PB17.