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Now that would be nice... :)

Remember, the offset only gets significant when you get close in, and in practice, it hard enough to keep the CI lined, without having to worry about an offset which changes with distance. It's (TCN station) only gonna be a couple of hundred feet off the runway, and from a distance of say 5 miles, its as good as on the runway!. If u got no other navaids, as JaBoG32_Laud said use the offset rule (but u need to do the math based on the actual tacan station location. When your on the flight line, use ILS aids or Mark 1 eyeball for the final phase.

Great Video. Only thing missing is a 'disconnect' 'reconnect' procedure, because you held on to the boom so well!! (you did cover it in the text). :thumbup:

Well, Pit shadows, and HDR are disabled by default for 32bit systems.

Cheers Cibit, Was in the process of ILS vid, but not happy until ILS is fixed. In the meantime BBQ has produced an exellent Vid (BBQ's Vid) of ILS as it is working now. Points made about ILS are well covered in other threads. My view, is in Real Life an ILS as it currently works would not be 'safe' enough to recover an aircraft in zero or near zero visibility conditions. Such an approach would have to incorporate a minimum visibility restriction for landing. BBQ did a fine job, but imagine the complications with wind and turbulence thrown in!! :pilotfly:

Way I look at it is this. Get yourself on the threshold of the runway and find out what the heading is when you are ready to take off. That's what your compass should be showing when you are on approach. To get this accurately, while waiting to takeoff (make sure you are aligned perfectly down the runway.), turn the course heading knob, so that the big arrow inside the compass rose, points at 12oclock. Now read the course digital heading above it. That's the 'course heading' you need to be on on approach. You can use the same course indicator to help with your approach. But its not the whole story, You need to be 'pointing' to the runway, while on that heading. Cause like you said, lots of people may be looking or heading in the same direction, but few will also be pointing to the threshold of the runway you wish to land on. Your mark 1 eyeball is good for this if you are close enough, or you could setup the approach using tacan, or ILS, if you can't eyeball it.

Great it will help with my series of navigation videos. Cheers

Cheers for the feedback. Leaving out the CDI was deliberate. Trying to bed in basic principles. Hope to address the CDI functionality in a different video.

Yeah felt like it too. Problem is at 3.5deg glide, 130knots descent rate is 800fpm,(its higher with a full load out). and this will give a fair bump. I suspect a safe touch is more like <300f/m (5ft/sec). With the AOA fixed, its necessary to throttle up to reduce the VV, and this pushes touch down further down the runway. Flare increases AOA, with risk of tail damage. What I find myself doing now, is making sure the VVT is just off the end of threshold, and then when i power up a little, the VV goes down, and i get wheels down close to threshold. I suspect this is unsafe, and a combination of a 'little' flare, and power is a safe compromise. I too would like to know the AOA limit for touch down.

Brilliant. So simple yet so effective. Will be especially great for the MP mission builders.

Cheers Bluepoint, Your point is well made, and I should have remembered the significance of the FPM from my Falcon days. I have redone the track, and from about 4 miles out kept the FPM on the threshold. (much easier!!), with green doughnut all the way!! The point of the track, for the poster, is to demonstrate the 'properly trimmed' approach. I.E. from the 4 mile point, there is little or no adjustment of the 'pitch' through the stick (like yours). The FPM is kept correct by increase / decrease of throttle, and the AOA is constant throughout, once trimmed correctly. The track is best viewed with the stick and throttle visible as well as the HUD. VFR Landing

If you're gonna 'bump', then change the mav slew rate to something like 2.0 or less. That way you don't bump too far off the target. Also easier to re-acquire. And don't be afraid to approach from a decent alt. You don't have to have the wagon wheel in the hud for good release.

Check this trk out if it works for you. Look at the stick and throttle movement for the last 4 miles. (ignore touch down, i was descending too guickly so had to flare too much) VFR Landing Clean VFR Landing Laden Not sure how many pilots will do this way from 5 miles. Its generally very slow cause you are just a little over stall speed for the finals. I generally come in at maybe 160, and slow for last mile or less, and get AOA. Wrong way. But quicker. But I guess if you learn the 'the right way' from the start its better. Updated. Better track, with a more accurate decent path!

Just noticed this. Maybe was there before 1.08. I like it. :thumbup:

Hi Blaze, I really like this feature, and used it to good effect in 1.07. Any chance of getting it working for 1.08 ? Cheers.

Im on 32 bit, so fugged the HDR with a setting of 2 in the options file (C:\Users\...\Saved Games\DCS Warthog\Config\options.lua). Anyone know what number for soft, normal, hard in this setup. Cheers

Changed AA and AF to 'use application settings'. and it solved the green screen for me. But don't see the 'ON' option for HDR, and the cockpit shadows option is greyed out ?

No discussion HOTAS for DCS A10. Otherwise don't bother. If you don't have one. Start saving! :cry:

Not sure about the Hud, But when in TGP SOI, i expect you look at the TGP. The Little white spot on the edge of the screen shows where its pointing. If its at 12 O'clock position then your TGP is looking dead ahead. Remember the TGP is a very fine adjustment, and the Hud is a very coarse adjustment for target caret. From what i remember, TGP shows as diamond on TAD.

Ive had all versions from V2. :director: If you don't have one, get V5. No brainer. If you have spare cash, then get the pro clip. If you got V3, then consider upgrade to V5. If you got V4, then upgrade to the Pro clip. And if u got lots of cash and V4, then get V5 and the clip.

:( I feel soooo much better now.... :megalol:

I'm sorry I know it is probably simple, but a still don't understand the difference. ? For say the localiser, currently the yellow line is a measure of the actual distance from the approach line, and thats why its so techy?. But it should only be directing the pilot in what heading he should turn to to intercept the line. Is that correct ? So the deflection is based on angle off, rather than distance.? Or some combination of the two.