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Can't agree more with that sentiment. You guys are doing a great job.

Thank you Zaltys

I was born and raised in Germany and moved to England when I was only 10 years old, growing up in Europe I never really felt presence of gun ownership. That is until I moved to Canada where I started seriously getting interested in short range carbine drills and long range precision shooting. Time to get an RPAL! For the folks that don't live in Canada, in this country you are required to apply for a firearms license called a PAL or RPAL (Possession and Acquisition License and Restricted Possession and Acquisition License for two class of firearms, in short PAL covers rifles and shotguns and RPAL covers handguns and certain semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15). The process of attaining my RPAL took roughly one year, including two written exams and two practical exams. Once you have proof of completion of your PAL/RPAL course you are required to fill out a lengthy form that discusses your history in terms of spouses/alcohol and drug use/crimes you may have been charged for in the past and so on. Once this has been completed you may purchase firearms! But wait! You said you want to actually discharge your handgun? Not so fast. Now it's time to find a range you like and take the ATT course (Authorization to Transport course) which is essentially the RPAL all over again, once you pass their exam you are also required to go on 4 probationary shoots with the ROs at that particular range to demonstrate proficiency. I'm happy to report that I've almost jumped through all the hoops as I've successfully completed my 9mm accuracy test this past Friday. Once all probationary shoots are completed you will receive your ATT which is your permission to bring your restricted firearms to your range. Once I received my PAL I immediately purchased two rifles. One Savage bolt-action and one Daniel Defense M4 Carbine (No regrets ;)). Here they are: http://www32.speedyshare.com/RdXdU/download/IMG-0871s.JPG I finally had a change to get some practice at the range, on my first day I put around 75 rounds through the Savage and I loved every minute of it! So without further adieu here is the first grouping I ever shot after the RO helped me zero the Savage. http://www32.speedyshare.com/GVeVH/download/IMG-0864s.JPG It's somewhat hard to read but I ended up shooting just under 2MOA (1 3/4). It's safe to say that I'm officially hooked for life on long range shooting. I'd love to hear from others who are also interested in shooting and long range shooting in particular. Also if you're Canadian and are interested in shooting and you DON'T have your PAL please don't get discouraged, that is the entire idea behind all of this useless legislation, I guarantee you will not regret it and maybe even learn a few things on the way. ;)

I love how you made this video, and even a promo picture for the thread! A neat little package! Good stuff :)

Love this thing!

Bartender here :)

Yes, it will work fine :)

Can't agree with you more, After! The perfect combination indeed! :)

You're welcome, KillerSam! Welcome to the forums, I'm sure others will chime in with some more suggestions :)

I'm certainly no expert at air-to-air refueling so take this with a grain of salt. Looking at your track two things are obvious to me: One, you are in a hurry to get it done! Impatient And two, your stick inputs seem to be too aggressive. Try staying behind the tanker with the entire aircraft in your view, and trimming to level flight, then crawling up with about 1-3% throttle increase keeping your eyes always on the tanker. Once you are in position, try to keep a mental image of what the tanker should look like in your window and try to keep that. I would also suggest turning your curves to to 25-30, it makes a huge difference for the first time, as you get better you can turn it down. Some other things to think about: Always be very precise and use small amounts of input, keep in mind there is 'lag' on the throttle. Try to 'think ahead', if it feels like you're falling behind, immediately add power, but again we're talking about small amounts (1-3% as mentioned before). Also don't "chase the boom", try to keep in flight with the tanker

Thanks Wags! :)

Hey, thanks for the reply Mastiff. I know I need the FC3 module but I'm wondering if I can use the digital download in my link since the original Lock On is required to play FC3.

I want to buy FC3 to support ED, can I use this digital download instead of using a physical CD to install? http://shop.ubi.com/store/ubina/en_CA/pd/ThemeID.8605600/productID.225065800 Thanks :)

Great interview, Matt! I think I'm dreaming, though... Su-27SM, F/A-18C and an F-15C? Insanity! :megalol:

Great video!

Thank you very much! Even 15ms seems to work fine! I didn't think it would be this simple :doh:

Thanks for the heads up, FreeFall :)

Hi everyone, A couple of days ago I purchased myself a Razer Nostromo to use as an 'alternative throttle' for DCS. Basically, a keypad that I can configure for DCS that is easy to use without taking my eyes off the screen. I am really liking it so far but I've run across an issue. I am interested in binding the NV gain to the scroll wheel that is built into the Nostromo. If I bind '=' to gain up and '-' to gain down, the bind will function in the controls menu if I hit the key (it will highlight the correct bind). But as soon as I'm in-game the bind is no longer active and the scroll wheel does nothing. DCS also detects the Razer Nostromo as a device, unfortunately it does not recognize the scroll wheel when attempting to bind. My friend told me it may be related to fact that it's technically classified as a mouse wheel and the issue may be rectified with use of a program like AutoHotKey. Does anyone have a way to get this to work? Any input would be appreciated!

I admit I've been flying the Hog for more than 1.5 years now but yesterday was the first time I've ever attempted aerial refueling! Definitely a lot of fun, it took me about 2 hours and 5 new tankers to get it right! Now I can't wait to fly 'Hideout', my favorite mission, and actually use the tanker! :) Congratulations to all of you guys for completing AAR successfully!

Looks awesome! :)

Thanks for the info guys :) The only reason I use steps with my X52 PRO is that the rotary knob is very jittery

I'm about to pull the trigger on one of these beautiful joysticks myself. I have one question, though. Are you still able to assign 'steps' for zoom to the friction wheel even though it's an axis and not a slider? Or does this not matter? If anyone has an answer for this that would be awesome since I currently have my X52 Pro rotary knob on the throttle bound to zoom with steps and this is a feature I can't live without!

Hi Madone, thank you for your time and answers! I think for now I've got everything working the way I want it to. If I run into any more trouble I'll give you a shout! :)

Hi Madone, it works now! That's great! But I am confused, what exactly did I do wrong? In my mind it should have still worked even if he wasn't invisible, no? Thanks again.

Hey guys, I am having a lot of trouble setting up a very basic JTAC mission. If some of you guys can take a look at this .miz file and tell me what I'm doing wrong I'd appreciate it. JTAC tells me that there are no targets and I'm ready to depart. JTAC TEST.miz