Los

And of course the Mig17 is bigger than the Mig15 so there's a new model to be developed as well.

I believe we have some Iranian sim pilots on the forum. So a mod could be made.

I use them with my VR rig and they are excellent. I have them mounted ala F16 or F18. The Harrier picks them up by default with no programming needed. Los

I believe you need two accounts. One for the server and one for the player. You dont have to buy any extra airplanes on the server account, but you need a separate account. Los

Just build us the SHAR and be done with it!

Don't forget this great book!

M60D model had handles, was used regularly in Helos until they switched over to M240b.

vr in BS2 is excellent, have experienced no issues with many hours of flying.

My friend and I both vr users (he Oculus me vive) are bore both dealing with chunkage. Its a step back. Starting in non vr mode, Normandy is much smoother. We'll sit out Normandy until it get sorted out.

Save yourself heartache and use Complete Transport and Logistics Deployment - CTLD for transport oprations...

TRy the VFA 113 Stingers Mod: it in 2.0

Agree with others...somewhat unuseable.

Alt Enter or drag your taskbar from the bottom to the side before starting...

If you read up thread its a snippet of info QUADG was putting out that I was refutuing. Los

I didnt have time to scrutinize them too carefully given that I was at low level at over 100 knots with my screen frozen. But nothing in the scripting errors gave me any obvious clues.

This is why AV8s use STOL for take off not VTOl...unless your are Arnold Schwarzenegger. Los

We flew three player in this mission for about an hour. As the sever I got a fair amount of scripting errors, typically over by the LZ, which locked me up, but hitting enter cleared them to prevent a full crash. Also we could not see the troops we landed on the map to send them orders to go attack stuff. Otherwise...was fun.

We are going to run this mission this afternoon. Thanks for the clarification. Los

Howdy, Question. I flew this for a few minutes. Landed in the clearing to pick troops. Nothing happens. IN the radio menu there's no pick up option and there is no message that anyone is getting in. I fly to the LZ no obvious disembark command (something about a VPA squad ) I then fly back to the PZ and when I land I get a Chalk 1 loaded message. Whats the parameters for loading troops? I want to make sure this works properly before hosting this tonight with the guys. Is the whole PZ clearing usable or do I have to land within five yards of the waiting troops. It would be good to explain some of this in the mission, esp since the only way most people are doing insertions in DCS is CTLD and your are not using it here. Thanks. Los

If you use the VFA 113 mod you are using the SU33 avionics, which means you can use it for A2A or selective A2G, (plus you have functions like Hook and autothrotlle). If you are using the VSN_FA18 you can set the avionics package you want to use. In our flying group I assessed the different mods , preselected the avionics and uploaded the 'approved" version of the AC and how to get them set up for our guys to DL. This way the lads were able to get familiar with CASE I and III recovery ala what VHA113 does. Then we were able to use the birds on various combat operations as well. If you think this is an option PM me and I'll explain things in more detail.

If your just swanning about in F15c you might as well go ahead and fly the F/A 18c mod that some of the carrier squadrons are using . Then you can get your Carrier landing procedures dialed in: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=182265

I have been able to engage auto hover in Vr without a problem. In multicrew it appears to engage at its own leisure.

I am retired from 25 years in the army. I was not a Helicopter crewman, but many many hours flying in helicopters all over the world on numerous operations, including as a Master parachutist (jumpmaster). My brother-in-law just retired last month from 25 years in the Army as a Helicopter mechanic/crewchief/maintenance supervisor, and two of the guys I fly with in DCS..best friends, are current helicopter pilots (including one ex UH1 pilot). So from my observation of crew chiefs and to augment whats been said above I'll pitch in the following. (And by the way what I am saying likely goes for every flying machine as well) The Huey like any other piece of military equipment, had at the time a number of levels of maintenance, this was known as -10 (unit) -20 (direct Support) -30 (General Support) -40 (depot). The army today has consolidated this into two levels of maintenance. Crew chiefs would be responsible for -10 maintenance and seeing their birds up to -20 or above when necessary. In the field on a mission: First off, the fact that the helicopter even works, is fueled and armed, and is ready to go flying is completely the responsibility of the crew chief. The crew chief owns the aircraft, and oversees anything done to the bird by other sections of the maintenance team (Avionics power plant etc). He maintains the critical -10 logbook that has the record of everything the helicopter ever did or had done to it. Without this logbook present, the helicopter is Not going anywhere regardless of the situation. During the mission briefing the crew chief receives the mission and configures the helicopter for the mission. Ensure serviceability per the manual checklists. Mount the appropriate armament. Remove doors or Seats, add a winch, or sling loading equipment, etc etc. He does that himself or supervises the guys that are doing it, checking all the work done to makes sure everything is operational and safe. Even little touches like ensure that there extra water, rations, ammo, toilet paper, whatever. HE makes sure the windows are clean. He preflights the bird. If a pilot comes out to preflight the bird, and finds something wrong it is literally the crew chiefs ass. When troops or supplies are loaded, he oversees this, ensuring proper CG and avoiding dangerous overloaded conditions. He makes sure that Joe Snuffy is not doing something unsafe in the back of the AC such as fingering f**king his trigger or has his rifle off safe. He communicates with the pilot when everything is set for take off. In the air the crew chief is another set of eyes and calls out aerial contacts, direction and distance to the crew so there are no midair collisions. They help navigate. They pass info on to the passengers including the jumpmaster if its an airborne operation. They also man the door guns if they are on. They look out for obstacles on landing especially in directions the pilot cant see like below the airframe and the tail rotor. Upon landing they ensure the load gets out, supplies or personnel. they inspect new personnel coming in to ensure everything is safe..".hey you what the f are you doing with a grenade attached to your vest by a pin, get off my bird!" etc. If the aircraft lands at a FARP, the crew chief gets out, ensure everything is safe and oversees refueling or other rearmament. Its his plane, no one does anything to it unless he says they can. If the bird shuts down he does the after flight check list, which depending on length of stay may include tieing down the ac rotors, covering intakes etc. He gets the manual out and conducts PMCS (Preventive maintenance checks and services ) on the bird to ensure it ready to take off again when the word comes down. He recleans the windscreen After all this is done, then the can grab something to eat. By this time, the pilots have long ago gone somewhere to chill out while he is still working. If there is any problem with the helicopter, he determines what it is, and fixes it if he can, if not he contacts company maintenance to coordinate to have tools or the maintenance bird sent out to fix it. He coordinates the recovery of his damaged aircraft it can be recovered. If they decide to pull off the crew and are going to fix the bird later in the day, he stays with the bird even if the pilots are sent back to base on another helo. This is what I have observed crew chiefs doing in my 25 years. Its what crew chiefs have told me they do, and it is what I have read that they do (Honestly read Chicken Hawk!) The crew chief knows all the quirks of his bird. I witnessed this scene once on an AC130. We were doing training with them and half our team stayed on the ground to practice calling in strikes while the other half got a rare treat to ride in the bird. The relevant bit to this thread: The pilots were having a hard time starting the bird, this one was at the time AC130a and the oldest gunship in the air force. They couldn't get one of the engines started, it kept on "fogging" which is laymans terms I think is something akin to flooding. When this happens you have to shut down and wait x amount of minutes before retrying. If it happens again you have to wait double the time to try again, if it happens three time you are not going flying that day. The senior crew chief was not on the AC at the time he had given up his slot to make room for us, and there was an air show starting that weekend so planes were starting to come in and he was hanging out at the airfield. The crewchief was a gruff and barrel chester senior NCO, maybe 25 years experience, and he was quite annoyed at the pilots...giving his opinion over the intercom on what they were doing wrong. He finally told them on the last attempt to jiggle a certain throttle a certain way . They followed his direction exactly and the engine finally started. He then proceeded back to the NCO club for a beer with some old friends while we went flying. That's the level of knowledge a crew chief has for his aircraft...all the little quirks! None of this is stuff a DCS pilot has to worry about, but without it, there is no flying. Los

"We have to compensate for the sim as opposed to real life. If you have a helicopter overhead firing a 12.7mm at you, you'd duck and take cover even if his fire wasn't close." I think Looney makes a good point. In real combat you see about 1 % of the targets you see in DCS. And you dont have the infantry standing around waiting to get mowed down. So it all evens out...