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Chris, By “engagement force”, do you mean it takes 140lbs of pressure to seat the probe in the basket?

Who said anything about a basket or hose stopping a jet?

It doesn’t matter. the basket and hose all have mass and will resist any imposing force like say, a jet and I’ll bet that once that jet is hooked up it is pretty stable as a result of this resistance.

Physics don’t lie pal. Anything with mass will resist an imposing force until that force overcomes it and even then, it is still imposing a force unless it’s in a weightless vacuum. As for Storm, lol 4000 hours and he still got it wrong.

Where is it?

Thanks for the clarification :thumbup:

The force pushing back against the jet *is* small and negligible but I'm sure pilots use this as a tiny tiny brace. If it wasn't there at all I'd assume there would be more throttle inputs just to keep the jet on speed. I think of it this way. You can lean a hammer up against a book if the hammer is not tilted as much. Seems to make sense to me.

Lol, I can live with that as long as I get a little push back when I hit it at 0.5kph so I don't fly right through it and get the panicky "break off" warning on the radio.

I'm not saying the pilots depend on the drag to hold the jet in place I'm saying they use the little resistance there is, even if it's a teeny tiny minuscule amount of resistance, to *help* them hold the jet in place, that's all.

I think you're right. The force pushing back against the jet *is* small and negligible but I'm sure pilots use this as a tiny tiny brace. If it wasn't there at all I'd assume there would be more throttle inputs just to keep the jet on speed. I think of it this way. You can lean a hammer up against a book if the hammer is not tilted as much. Seems to make sense to me.

So you’re not a real pilot then. Keep trying

Interesting because what I see in videos is the pilot mating with the basket and then using the drag of the basket to brace the jet and help the pilot hold it in position while he refuels. This makes more sense given the fact that at 200-300 knots the bow wave most likely won’t extend past the engines (KC-135). Obviously this is a guess but based on what I’ve seen in wind tunnels during Mach 1 speed tests, the bow wave will extend pretty far out so I’m guessing at much lower speeds it is relatively smaller. Also there are a lot of factors influencing the drag the basket creates. Bow wave, Wing vortices, low and high pressures exerted on or around the drogue as a result of jet wash. One thing is certain though. The way it’s modeled in DCS is nowhere near as accurate enough. It would be nice to make contact and then feel a slight push back to simulate the drag on the basket.

Thanks... This will make AAR much easier so storm, maybe you should uninstall when they implement the change since it will make AAR easier. :megalol::megalol::megalol::megalol:

And you know this how????

Doing AAR and noticing real life footage where the jet hooks up and the basket acts as a brake once connected. Does this happen in DCS? Is there at least *some* resistance to slow the jet down once it connects?

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Thanks paradox, I’ll try it. :thumbup:

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I'm not sure but I think you can set the pull up cue in the hornet. Don't know how to do it but I'm sure someone here does lol

So here goes... Gonna try the advice in post #65 of this thread with 2 GTX 980's in SLI. I'll be updating the post as I go. Doing this using Nvidia Profile Inspector version 2.1.3.20 Geforce 418.81 So..... After a series of DCS restarts using a variety of incrimental changes it seems that DCS really doesn't like SLI. Forcing DCS to use it involves making the change in "SLI compatibility bits (DX10 + DX11)" DCS WILL use SLI but it will cause a performance DECREASE with a lot of flickering and delay in rendering. I didn't have a look at the FPS because I figured, what's the point if the performance dropped. That said,because "SLI compatibility bits (DX10 + DX11)" has a vast list of profile changes then it may be that one of them will force DCS to use SLI and actually *increase* performance but the question remains which profile change will do it. so far I haven't found one :( P.S. I did all the testing in a fast mission on Caucasus > F-18 Lot20 > Start from runway > Summer > Storm > 12:00 and went through F1 > F2 circled the jet twice in each test > pressed F7 ten times and pressed F10 once zoomed in and out and Quit to Destop. Last update for now. I set the "SLI compatibility bits (DX10 + DX11)" to “0x080600F5 (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat)” as per the instructions and did the one thing I forgot to do which was press L-Alt-Enter to go full screen mode and it flickered FAR LESS but the flickering was still there. Then I disabled "rain drops" and it was far better but the clouds are crappy and evewn though the FPS is better it still feels like it's running worse. Bottom line here is that there are so many variables at play not to mention my current CPU which is not as beefy as many of you. running an i5 with 4 cores Oc'd to 4.5 Ghz

B- earing R- ange A- ltitude in that order And like Emmy said: “Hot” … Bandit coming toward you “Cold” … Bandit flying away from you “Flanking” … Bandit flying generally perpendicular to you It's really not subject to much interpretation so I hope this helps. I was a little confused by it as well whne I first started. Everytime I'd hear "BRA" I'm thinking BOOBIES!!!! and get distracted :megalol:

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