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On 3/17/2024 at 3:22 PM, SkateZilla said:
no employer or insurance company offers anything extra for covid vs influenza, there's no need to test for it, they arent even tracking the numbers like before..
I had the flu, I knew it was the flu, went to outpatient to get some things to help with the symptoms so I could function some, they immediately said it was covid, completely disregarding my statement that I took 2 covid tests before leaving my home, and without even testing me, covid, here's this and this.
covid is on par with the bad flu strains..
Reality says otherwise...
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15 hours ago, Hiob said:
Have you even read their complete statement?
I did! until I fell asleep 2 hours later...Man that was long.
But while I'm reading it I kept seeing awesome Phantoms Pic after pic after pic, and I was thinking, "Those Mother f$%T#ers " Breaking our hearts and teasing us at the SAME time. @#$@#@!
Oh well, I still have an f-15 to learn, an f-16, an f-18, and...need more time!
Happy St Patty's Day!
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1 hour ago, frostycab said:
If you feel like sharing how you get a 25% return on investing that money elsewhere in just 5 months I'm sure we'd all love to hear it!
Anyway, for everyone who's saying "I don't care if it's not all working! I just want to fly an F-4!!!" I found a solution: https://www.mobygames.com/game/108/chuck-yeagers-air-combat/
Chuck is back! I had that decades ago.
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On 2/5/2024 at 5:51 AM, Lange_666 said:
How does putting a Virpil stick on a Warthog base make it less stiff? It's the Warthog gimbal design that makes the setup stiff.
Best way is to do it the other way around, Virpil base with the Warthog stick on it and you get a super smooth experience.lol Sorry, I got that backwards. I put my WH stick on a Virpil Base.
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On 1/30/2024 at 1:58 PM, Wim Bot said:Ik hoop dat er aan gewerkt wordt dat het iets beter bewerkbaar is! Ondanks vele profiels lukt het niet deze heli met Hartog Warthog normaal de lucht in te krijgen en houden.... Wel honder keer gecrahed en het leuke is er voor mij af!!! Andere helicopters lukken wel.....akelig gewoon grrrrr...!!
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I hope they are working on making it a little more editable! Despite many profiles, it is not possible to get and keep this helicopter in the air normally with Hartog Warthog.... Crashed a hundred times and the fun is gone for me!!! Other helicopters work...just awful grrrrr...!!I have a warthog and was too stiff to fly the 64d. I had to get new pedals and a Virpil base to put on my warthog stick on and it made a BIG BIG difference. Went from spinning in circles to nice, smooth, and being able to land on moving ships overnight.
You can also buy a weaker spring for the WH (called a green spring) and that may work fine also but I've never tried it, I did at one point take the spring out of the WH and it also made a world of difference but the stick didn't stay in place so I had to always hold it.. Oh yeah, you can also get an extension that will also help.
There are a few options for you that may make it fun for you, it did for me.
Sadly they cost money. The cheapest way would be to just buy the weaker spring for your WH and see how that works and then you can add the other stuff when or if you like.
Good luck because this mod is a blast IMO.
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2 hours ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:
Last time I checked, HB was still in a crunch preparing a RC build. So that one goes to ED first, and if they approve it shortly after we will get our hands on it.
So two more YEARS?
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On 12/21/2023 at 8:58 AM, javelina1 said:
I've been doing just this, flying the Turkey a lot. Figuring it will help with learning the Rhino.
I'm getting ready by flying the Apachee I hope that f-4 can hover!
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14 hours ago, Grenadey said:
They arrived on 31st Jan. Very easy to put together, recognised by Windows/DCS with no problems.
I'm very impressed with the accuracy and having the damper is a game changer for flying helicopters. I removed the spring and replaced it with an elastic band as I found the spring was a bit too strong. I'll hunt down a weaker one to replace the elastic band.
The only real criticism I'd have is that with the damper turned up they do lift off the floor a bit when pressing the pedals. To combat this (I have a carpeted floor under my desk) I just laid a strip of heavy duty velcro and then put the hook-side of the velcro on the aluminium bar. Now they stay put and I can also put them away when not in use.
I've had Saitek, and both the TCM and TPR Thrustmaster pedals in the past and these are my favourite for helicopter flying (and I can just turn the damper down for fixed wing).
Pii, if you hadn't posted that review I wouldn't have got these. So, thank you, your service is appreciated! ;)No problem You can return the favor and let me know if you find a suitable spring.
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1 hour ago, Beirut said:
If you have to ask, it won't help.
Dude, what's with the truth bomb? Ouch!
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39 minutes ago, Beirut said:
Yes, but some are more serious than others.
Define serious?
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On 1/27/2024 at 2:25 PM, Beirut said:
But this module looks like it's going to be a serious flightsim tech-toy,
ALL DCS modules are serious flight-sim toys
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On 1/26/2024 at 7:48 PM, Victory205 said:
How long do we have to study before the written test?
6 years so kick back and relax ")
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On 1/12/2024 at 12:42 PM, FalcoGer said:
I called him and told him to "Engage ground targets" and he said "Unable". I called him and told him to RTB, he said "Copy", and proceeded to continue to follow me. I said nothing and he flew straight into a tree and said "I'm hit". AI wingman are useless.
Not if you want to kill a tree.
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On 1/12/2024 at 7:06 AM, Grenadey said:
Glad I found this thread - very hard to find much else out on the inter webs about these.
I've just ordered mine from Amazon.uk with damper for £220, which ties in with average eBay price + customs duty.
Ordered 12th Jan - Estimated delivery 25th Jan - 1st Feb.
I'll report back if delivery estimate was accurate and my initial feelings also.
Oh, and here's the link on Amazon.UK if anyone is considering these.
GEST SN-1 Rudder Pedals w DamperI couldn't find anything on them when I was looking so I wrote that small review Glad it helped! I'm still using mine and with no regrets. Happy flying!
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On 12/31/2023 at 9:31 PM, NineGzuz said:
I'm not suggesting DCS is changed in any way that takes away from how you're already flying. That's the core of what makes DCS so great. I'm asking for options that people like yourself wouldn't use (since you've already got the input gear needed to simulate flying in a realistic way).
What I'm after is a full simulator with some options to allow me to fly with standard/common PC inputs (enjoyably).
There's already a "Game Mode" flight mode for some modules, and the Apache would benefit from it too as a start. But also some tweaks to make it key/mouse/xbox controller friendly.While I have the gear now it wasn't always that way (and I could still use a little more). I bought it one piece at a time but I never ever would have considered an Xbox controller. It's just not right Good luck in your search.
FYI I just saw an ad for an xbox like controller made for flight sims sorry can't, think of the name.
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On 12/26/2023 at 4:53 PM, corbu1 said:
I can confirm that Hover with Att hold and Alt Hold is much mor stable now. Seems to me, that Helo also gets faster in a stable hover position than in previous version.
The entire Flight Model is greatly improved.
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On 1/3/2024 at 6:31 AM, FalcoGer said:
Try it in the air, it's very funny. Unless they fixed the superman like powers for the pilots in the last few patches. Probably not, very low priority.
did a ground bail out next will be a jump out from higher up.
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8 hours ago, Bunzy said:
Yeah apparently....though more like "Bail out"
Have to give a try!
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On 12/12/2023 at 5:49 AM, jonfog said:
Hi, I have a problem with this when hovering. It seems that there is a dead band around the center position where this Mode thinks "okay he returned the joystick to center" and immediately applies the joystick input to the newly trimmed position.
When I try to get a stable hover and apply trim, I can see that I really don't move my joystick much and after releasing the trim it makes a small jump in the direction I had may joystick in. So it's really hard to get to a point where I can apply the "Trim left button" hover hold mode without it jumping around quite a bit before it settles.
I have a Virpil joystick on an CM-2 base with an extension, so it's is really stable and accurate. I don't need any deadzone and just a small touch of curvature.
Go to the special option under Ah-64d and set your trim type.
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On 12/27/2023 at 6:01 PM, Bunzy said:
Yup. I knew about that one. I should have specified SP.
There is a Get new plane - respawn keybind but it doesn't seem to work.
Ah, that's strange because I am unable to bind the Eject keybind to any of my HOTAS controls at all. When I saw that I assumed the Eject just didn't work. I wonder if that's a bug.
So I tried "Ejecting" as you described and for anyone reading this looking for a solution, Both the Pilot and Gunner need to "Eject" before you can respawn.
I appreciate the help @FalcoGerYou can eject from the AH-64d?
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On 12/19/2023 at 8:04 PM, RangerGav said:
I have the same question (sort of). I've rewatched the videos to make sure I'm doing things correctly. I get set up in a hot-start Apache - FCR on and active, FCR screen selected, master arm on, trigger guard off, get in position, hover, scan - nothing shows up (except for one time - one vehicle out of several appeared for while then was gone in subsequent scans). I've tried adjusting elevation - no luck (so set it back to auto). Since then nothing has shown up on FCR in two different missions with different vehicle types (Russian armour and SAMs).
What am I missing please?
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EDIT: Just hopped in a MP server and tried it out - all working as expected (as per Wag's videos). Not sure what was happening with my SP training missions - some setting missing or wrong somewhere I assume.
I had the same issue, it turned out the radar couldn't detect the targets I had placed on the map, in an area with a little too many trees. Moved them out into the open and I became a death-dealing machine.I think I'm firing George
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On 12/23/2023 at 7:12 AM, Nereid said:
Because it wasn't working so well in some aspects and still isn't. Just today DCS was completely unresponsive in MT for no obvious reason until I restarted my whole system. The performance in flights without many AI units isn't that much better in my experience either. I'm still changing between ST and MT sometimes. And in MT we still get stuttering every then and now (even on my rig with 64 GB of RAM and a RTX 3070). This is not the case in ST (and one of my biggest complaints about MT).
Currently I'm using MT - until the stuttering bothers me too much.
What's your CPU?
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On 12/17/2023 at 2:43 PM, Nereid said:
Just to check DLAA I have tested the current (rather old) update in multithreading and there was no drift in ATT Hold. It worked like a charm - and as bradmick said "rock solid". In my last flight a few weeks ago before the last update it didn't work and always crashed me but I was using the single threaded binary. Maybe there is a difference between ST and MT?
But it was a short flight in my test. So, maybe the issue is still there even in MT.
BTW: I got only 40 fps in DLAA and my graphics card was at 90% but it felt extremely smooth and controllable - even without any practise for weeks. Unfortunately my time is a bit limited at the moment.
Why aren't you using MT exe? You would have MUCH better performance. It's also needed to get the new landing animations where the helo kicks up dust and blows the grass and trees around.
Final release date prediction
in DCS: F-4 Phantom
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Sorry, I have this thing about speaking up against misinformation wherever I see or hear it. My bad. nuff said
Now, back to the Phantom.