Los

You should speak to someone who actually owns one like me. I have one for a few years. It works perfectly fine with DCS and every other Flight sim I've come across. No downside if you can afford it. And its not fragile. its made of metal and the knobs and levers are functional and not fragile either. I suppose if you are some sort of ape you could snap something off but that goes for any controller. Los

In other words RTFM

Shimmergloom is correct

I concur she flies nice out of the box and anyone who's flown the other sim transitions over easily. Good job in early access.

Looks great for me. Vive here. Los

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Its getting to be harder to strategically release aircraft in DCS that have no counterpart enemies.....

The F8 crusader needs an adversary....

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Upon entering a spin, key acronym PARE: Power idle Ailerons neutral Rudder opposite direction of spin Elevator forward

BTW the average life expectancy of a non-instrument trained pilot that flies into full IMC conditions was less than three minutes. One absolutely can not rely on visual or physical sensations while flying in clouds. This is why current FAA standards for even private pilot license require at least 3 hours of instrument experience. BTW if you do get disoriented in flight at night turn on your autopilot (like barihold) until you get you shit together. So its not that there is something wrong with you if you have difficulty flying at night without looking at instruments, that's just how it is. Flying on instruments is not just some optional thing that you guess you'll have to do because its hard to fly your simulator at night. BTW flying on instruments mean they are your sole visual reference, not that you look at them every once in a while you stare outside. Do his simple experiment. Create a simple mission with the plane of your choice at night with 100% overcast say ceiling is 3000'. It should be pitch black. (Add snow to make it even more fun) Then just do a normal take off. See how long after take off it takes you to get into a crash if you are not focusing on your instruments. Any monkey can fly around in an F18 in normal visual conditions. That's hardly an accomplishment. One should be getting to the point where they can fly on instruments comfortably. It will actually make your normal flying more precise and reliable. Los

Having just received my taildragger certification... Put your control stick over into the direction of the crosswind (Eg if wind is coming from your direct left then put the stick over to the left) after you land to avoid any unpleasant issues with crosswind. And keep the stick back after landing to keep the tail down. Of course a Mustang is a lot heavier than say an A1c husky so ymmv. :joystick: Los

You should adjust your trim when entering the pattern and then typicality leave it alone. On final its power, stick and rudder. In crosswinds that are significant for the ac you are flying, (lighter ac being more susceptible to lighter crosswinds), you apply aileron to dip the upwind wing in the direction of the crosswind and you use rudder to keep your longitudinal axis centered on the runway center line. Or at least that's how it works in real flying. Crosswind landings in DCS are kind of underwhelming. hope that helps... Los

Dropping JDAMs is not all its cracked up to be...

I flew partial panel a few weeks ago (No AI). Los

One of the challenges would be guys just getting into flight sims without even the benefit of having worked on steam gauge instruments on prior sims or aircraft now trying to do advanced activities like CAT 3 on fighter jets. If it wast difficult then the sim itself would be suspect. It might help to get the hands on basic instrument flying down on one of the trainers (I recommend C-101) if you have the cash or just continual practice with lots of swims in the F14. But one of the key skills to instrument rating is a good instrument scan. With instrument training we went many hours without looking outside the cockpit. So you are going to have to acquire that skill. Los

When you want to reset the trim. Not trying to be funny about it but its pretty self explanatory. Unless of course you are not trimming the huey while flying it? Los

While you are at it please make the F14 vtol as well.:pilotfly:

BY the time we get UH1 Multicrew DCS will be flying these:

This is all part of the pussification of modern of flight simmers... :joystick:

Taxing in crosswinds as described above (e.g. climb into a tailwind dive away from a tailwind) is a basic flying school skill taught in (in the US at least), General aviation right from the get go. Demonstration of this skill on every taxiing maneuver during your checkrides or examination are required per US FAA airman certification standards. Los

If you are in a dogfight consider dropping your tanks

It's called working with tools.....

"I'm sure even the most experienced RIO still would have had to say "correction" on the intercom a couple of times per flight." Thanks for spelling out something that should be self evident to anyone that's spent more than a few minutes around Humans....:pilotfly:

In the cockpit, the device is intuitive to use right from the get go. There's not a terrible amount of thought required to use it, which is nice when you are screaming along at under 100' feet setting things for the final pop up. Los