Fakaro

Your control settings could be overly sensitive. You might want to check that first. It sounds like you're generating too much pitch rate, causing an accelerated stall. As for the real P-51, at low altitudes, at around 350mph, it should easily reach it's design load limits of 6.4G at max gross weight. I have 5 hours in Crazy Horse (working on my P-51 LOA), and have had no trouble flying it to the design limits.

I actually found it pretty easy to hook up. Got gas on my 2nd approach to the tanker. Had a bit of a rough time getting in sync with the tanker initially, but it worked out ok. It would certainly be easier if I had rudder pedals. Trying to adjust position to the tanker without fine yaw control is tough.

What class ILS approach do these airbases have? Decision Height for a Class 1 approach is 200' AGL. Sounds like your 30 seconds time would put you at about a 250' cloud base, or perfect for this mission :)

No doubt! I really like how stable a platform the A-10 is in the pattern.

Yeah, I read your post. My reply was more to Geskes who quoted the DCS manual. I apologize for not being more clear on that. FWIW - a 60 degree banked, level turn @ 2G raises the aircraft stall speed by more than 41%. The actual A-10C manual is very interesting to read.

I still disagree with the intent that a turn to final should be at 60 degrees. While the DCS manual says this is correct, nowhere in the ACTUAL 1A-10C1 - A-10C Flight Manual does it say this. Page 237 of the actual flight manual for the aircraft states you should maintain an on-speed AoA indication, but no slower than computer airspeed (135/145 KIAS, flaps down/up). This is all based upon a 30,000lb gross weight, adding 2 KIAS per 1,000 pounds of additional weight. NO mention of bank angle is ever specified in any section of any type of approach or landing for the A-10C in the actual USAF issued flight manual.

I respectfully disagree. In a 360 degree overhead landing pattern, your initial turn from upwind leg to downwind will likely be 60-80 degrees of bank depending upon your entry speed, but after that with gear down, flaps down, and likely boards open, there's no way in the world you're going to use that much bank angle for a turn from downwind to final. This is an A-10 landing at Leeuwarden AFB. The 180 degree turn from downwind to final is MAYBE 30 degrees, and more like 20 degrees. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dulJdOOAPo

What an absolutely brilliant idea for a campaign! I can't wait to see how this develops/unfolds. I'd love to help out, but man I'm SO overwhelmed by this sim still. I'm just now to the point where I can get the aircraft started, configured, and cleared through takeoff without the manual or prompting.

Just because I'm curious, and I'm NOT trying to criticize or belittle the work you've done here in any way, but why 60 degrees of roll? Nobody in their right mind would turn base to final with 60 degrees of bank. I get that you want it to be a challenge, and I think that's fantastic, but if you want this to be a training mission, I think it might be better to emphasize moderate, smooth, and accurate while in the pattern. Just my 2 cents.

Quick question guys.. How long do you think it takes to become acclimated to using TrackIR? I don't have it yet but it's high on my list along with a Warthog HOTAS setup.

8 hours bottle to throttle sir! :D Just sayin... :)