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I like the "RPM up then MP and vice versa MP down then RPM". I also take away from the post that just below the redline on oil temp is optimal temp so the auto rad setting is working fine.The green zone should not be even looked at as its wrong in both sim and real life P51.

Great thread,thanks for posting it.Gotta study it for awhile.:thumbup:

IMO,in order to make for enticing gameplay we need a type of war server that one joins which runs a war for say a month or two.You choose a side and can only fly from your sides plane list until wars end.You have access to your stats(which is easily accessible)and which details how much of a part you have done to help your side. Your kill count drops one kill for every time you get killed yourself. Medals can be awarded for each milestone of kills you manage to achieve. If its just a server to join and fight a few then I don't think it will be a full house experience.WT maintains a high player count for its leveling system which pulls players to keep at it.

I was using auto for a long time in my video.At cruise settings on summer map and it runs hot is what I was saying.Winter map cruise settings and it runs really cold.I just think auto is not functioning properly.If I can open and close the radiators to achieve green then auto should be able to do this also as its supposed to work that way.

Your like a huge bundle of info dude!:thumbup::thumbup: What I think could be happening is the ground crew probably set the auto rad for winter.:music_whistling:

And there is the culprit......its the auto radiator that is malfunctioning.Should not the auto setting keep it mainly in the green unless you are climbing with excessive power and low speeds or diving with wrong settings?

Thanks,didn't know that the main gauge was actually the oil temp.Should I worry about keeping the line in the green or just not to exceed the redline? Also,do you agree that she runs a bit hot at cruise settings?Just now I checked up high,where super charger kicked in,and at cruise she was running hot.Colder air I would think means a cooler engine but then its also thinner air so maybe it doesn't cool as well.:book:

Thanks for the advice guys.Just now I flew a 1/2 hour with no engine seize,though I have no idea which advice is the one that helped.:D All said I still feel the P51's radiators just don't cool well enough.Here is a video I just posted that shows me at cruise settings and you will notice my temp gauge is high and the only way to bring the temps down is to lower rpm drastically.Put the settings back to optimal cruise and the temps go right back up which makes for the climb to alt always at high temps. Te thing that I wonder about is which temp gauge to read.The main gauge(?) I keep an eye on says 85deg while the actual coolant temp gauge reads 100.:huh: [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsD6tupJDpU[/ame]

I always felt that the need to apply forward stick pressure when the flaps are engaged seemed wrong.IMO a nose heavy plane when flaps applied makes more sense.

:joystick: Ok,so I am really starting to love this module except for one thing and that is I cant figure out why I seize the engine so much.Here is my technique so maybe someone can see what I am doing wrong. War emergency power as I understand degrades engine and after the wire is broken the engine will need an overhaul.After a fight with using WEP I usually blow the engine on way back to airfield,even with using the max cruise settings and engine temp at lower part of green. That said just now I blew engine with engine temp at lower part of green temp gauge with no WEP and just a minute of flying around.What I have been doing lately is to use the RPM to control engine temp and I wonder if this is a no no.Is a low RPM with max manifold pressure bad for engine? And then there is combat where I find I have to micromanage my engine so much that I have a hard time following the AI....nevermind an actual player.When in a dogfight and I am zooming up with target in my sights I notice the temps quickly go past redline and so I drop the RPM all the way down in hopes of cooling the engine as I follow the enemy down.This causes the enemy to just zoom away as I have no thrust from my low RPM settings.If I decide to leave it in higher rpm's I risk blowing the engine. Finally......I really feel that the engine needs some torture sounds to signal that you really over did it and you will need to baby the engine in order to make it home.

I have wondered about this very thing.Is the rift stable enough to allow you to choose small switches easily or rather easier than with trackir?

Thanks Shagrat.Good idea about setting correct heading in HSI.I wonder if this is fixable by ED?

I read about magnetic north changing recently but I think the airports changed their runway headings to coincide.But ILS is different as that is not based on magnetic north but rather the localizer sending false information.

Its the Caucasus map.Are you saying "adjustment for Magnetic North" that I have to make adjustments on the fly in my head?

Not sure if this is an A10c bug or a map bug or not a bug When I start a mission the runway heading does not match with my HSI.Most runways are off by exactly 10degrees and this coincides with the ILS not lining you up corrrectly dropping you 10degrees off runway center.One airfield is correct and that airfields ILS works correct. Is this a known bug?

But pointing its sensors and pressing TMS up should cause it to lock and sounds like it would be a great way to use it. Then again I always ask myself the question of is it smart to question a sim that allows me to steer down runway during takeoff with ailerons.:megalol:

Is the mavericks functioning as realistic as possible?I ask this because I have always tried maverick runs with maverick just bore sighted and this wont work.Why can't I fly the bore sighted maveick reticule over a target and it instantly locks?I also tried flying the reticule onto target and then TMS up but it will not lock.I have to first move the reticule slightly,then fly the reticule back to target and then TMS up to lock.Seems weird but as usual this could be how the real mavericks function.:joystick:

Once the TGP is tracking then the maverick will be tracking so all you need to do is make mav SOI and then TMS up short to lock......then fire.

Voice software might become a necessity with VR.As for the comma rose,IMO it forces the player to reach for the mouse which would not be needed with a two button system or even one button. Any VR users care to give some feedback as to how comms stuff is handled?

Sucks but it is what it is and we do have the TGP so.

Or even better something just hit me.DCS already has the function where buttons can have short and long press option.This could be tuned to be one single key press.Press comms key and then cycle thru the choices and long press same key to activate the highlighted option.

Thanks a bunch!:thumbup: This will hopefully also stop me from the gunsight dance when spotting an enemy AFV and stumbling to get mavericks up.

I don't have VR yet but know that comms will be a pain to use.You need to hit a key to open the comms menu at which point you look at the menu and choose the key that corresponds with your choice.So for me to contact ATC I hit ~ then F5 then F3. I posted before of this simplification and I have no idea if the devs even noticed it.Basically the comms menu would have two keys where one is select and the other is to move the highlighted option.Two buttons that you could have on a HOTAS will work much better than having to look out of your headset at the F keys put headset back on to see what the next options are etc etc.

Are mavericks not able to be ground stabilized like the TGP?

Stumped on this one.With hud as SOI and I press DMS left/right it sometimes will toggle thru weapons and sometimes it will toggle thru gun sights.Now the gun sights toggle is listed in a HOTAS chart I have but it doesn't mention that at certain times left/right DMS will toggle weapon selection. Any ideas?