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True, but both the Huey and Mi8 had interactive training in the first beta release, and the Huey even had a campaign.

The Sabre module is awesome, and air-to-air engagements are tons of fun. However, I have the toughest time finding other planes in the sky.:( I know that this is generally tough in DCS. However, I have also been flying P51 vs. Dora battles, and there it seems much, much easier to spot enemy planes at distance. Am I just imagining this, or could it be that the P51D and Dora have better optimized scaling with distance than the Mig-15 and F86? Or are they tougher to spot because of their higher speed, or lighter paint,.. I thought I bring up this point, since I think this puts a major damper on the Sabre module at the moment.

Both the Dora and the Sabre came out without a campaign or interactive training. Why? I hope the answer is that they will be added soon. Maybe they are holding out on making those because once EDGE comes out missions designed in the older engine will be obsolete. In any case, my point is: interactive training missions are very helpful for new pilots to learn, and campaigns are fun. Would be a bummer if future modules wouldn't come with either...

thanks guys!

How do you turn off the wingtip navigation lights?

I do this already, both for the P51 and the Dora. Hold wheel brakes, increase to as much RPM as the wheel brakes can take. Then release them, and increase throttle to full RPM smoothly but quickly (within a fraction of a second). My questions were not so much that I can't take off in the Dora (I can), but I think there are still problems with the flight model, when it comes to tail wheel locking and cross wind aerodynamic behavior when taking off (try taking off with 10 m/s crosswind and you'll see what I mean). I have to give it full aileron into the wind, full throttle, full rudder, full toe brakes just to keep her aligned, and even then it's a wobbly dance at best. I am also doubtful that the landings should require so much pull on the flight stick in addition to full elevator trim. Would be nice to know whether these things are still work in progress, or if the Dora really behaved like that.

I have a couple of questions: When I take-off it doesn't seem to make a difference whether I hold back the stick when I start rolling. Theoretically holding back the stick should lock the tail wheel and keep the plane straight. I cannot detect any difference whether I hold the stick back or not, in both cases the plane yaws drastically as soon as I release the brake. When I look at it from F2 view, the tail wheel is initially straight. As soon as I start to roll, whether or not I hold the stick back, the plane yaws to the right, and the tail wheel rotates with it. The effect of holding the stick back seems to take effect only after a second or so. After a second or so, the tail wheel indeed locks, but at that point you are already off-course. Has anyone tried crosswind take-offs (say 10 m/s). I can do those fine with the P51, but the Dora seems to be blown all over the place by the crosswind. Strangely it wants to weather vane with the wind, instead of into it (which I think is the usual response) Any tips? During landing approach, as soon as you lower flaps and gear, the plane becomes extremely nose-heavy. I have to trim her all the way and in addition pull the stick back almost all the way just to keep a proper approach attitude. :helpsmilie:

Will there be a Dora fly in, like the one you guys did on occasion of the Sabre's release?

Let me add what I found so far (has already been mentioned in other threads, but maybe would be nice if we can collect everything in this thread): - please make left/right mouse clicking action consistent throughout the cockpit. ATM left clicking moves some switches up, but others down, left clicking moves some dials counter-clockwise, but others clockwise. To make it consistent with other modules it should be that left-clicks move switches down, right-clicks move switches up. Left clicks rotate dials counter-clockwise, right clicks clockwise. - Morse code identifiers for ADF stations are messed up. - GAR-8 growls without end once missile sight selector has been engaged, an continues even after missiles were deselected. - There is no menu item in the comms menu to contact AWACs.

I can confirm this: there is no communication menu item to contact AWACS from your sabre, even if you have selected the correct frequency (i.e. you can listen to AWACS, but you can't contact them). Must be a bug.

Maybe this is off-topic, but since we are talking about switches and dials. It seems that there are inconsistencies in how left mouse clicks and right mouse clicks are implemented. Sometimes left clicking rotates a dial counter-clockwise, and for some other dial clockwise... Sometimes left clicking a switch moves it down, and up for a different switch. I end up having to randomly click and see what happens...

I'll my 2 cents to the previous post: the growl will not only not go away after rearming, but whenever you have missiles loaded and you once switch from gun to missile mode, the growl will remain on forever.

Thanks man, that did the trick.

can't get rockets to fire For the life of me I can't get the rockets to launch from my F86. I've read the quick start guide, and my loadout is HVARx2*8 Is there a trick to it. I have weapons release both mapped to ralt-space and my weapons release button on the HOTAS. I perform the following actions after take-off set gun-missile safety switch to GUNS set sight selector to rockets rocket depression angle to 30 degs Over target uncage sight mechanically cage sight electrically dive from 5k uncage electrically over target after some time depress weapons release (have tried quick push-and-release or long push, have tried HOTAS button and ralt-space) No reaction:( Will the rockets only fire if there is a sufficient lock on target, or should they fire in any case? Please help, is there a tutorial video out there?

Hi Imp, With your help I got it to work now. However, because the tick mark labels on the frequency dial are so far apart from each other (I wanted to dial in frequency 489, but the closest tick mark labels are 410 and 520), there is no way to actually know what frequency you are on, right? Any tricks that might help (since I don't know Morse code listening to the station identifier isn't very helpful) would be appreciated.

That works, thanks for figuring that out.

Yes, I've got the right frequency. Note that I am not talking about being able to contact ATC, I am simply talking about not even being able to bring up the comms menu (where you have menu items such as F5 ATC, etc)

I have encountered the following problem: I can use my HOTAS mic switch or the "\" key to bring up the comms menu when the F86 is on the ground, but as soon as I lift off, pressing the mic switch or "\" doesn't bring up the comms menu any more. Anyone experienced this problem?

radio compass not moving, ADF needle? Hi, The radio compass (lower left on the front instrument panel) does not move when I make turns, it always points in the same direction...? Is it not yet implemented yet, or is there a switch to turn in on (there is a switch labeled radio compass near the engine master switch, and it's on). Also, when I tune into an ADF beacon, I can hear its identifier, but I can't figure out where the ADF needle is. :helpsmilie:

Thanks!

ATC frequencies The regular tower ATC frequencies are outside the frequency range for the F86's radio channels, right? How do I contact ATC then?

Both DCS world and DCS open beta show version number 1.2.9.something.

Hi Ramsey, Are you trying to update DCS world or DCS world open beta. I am asking because when I tried to install F86 Sabre, it worked for DCS world, but not DCS world open beta (although I had updated both to version 1.2.9)

How did you solve the problem?

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