DaveRindner

Has anyone experienced , muscle memory training scar, when VTOL landing AV-8B. my muscle memory, with helicopters, is that as soon as touchdown, collective FWD. Which in AV-8B, causes throttle up, and an otherwise good landing is spoiled or worse. I find that I really have to concentrate on throttle when vertically landing AV-8B, and fight the instinct. Only happens when landing Harrier vertically. In military, we called this a training scar. Practiced action from one task, interfering with practiced action of another unrelated task, when both use same limbs. If I am not paying attention, my subconscious, thinks, vertically landing Harrier is a helicopter, while my conscious mind knows its a fixed wing. Really awesome module!

OK. I guess either I am not seeing it, or my Quadro GPU is not doing what its supposed to.

Wingman crashes during rain RTB landing in Normandy. Mission attached. AV_8B_InsurgentStrike.miz

Water injection, while increasing thrust, prevents full fuel burn, which is expelled as dark smoke. I am not really seeing dark smoke from exaust vents when H20 is ON in either TO or landing modes. Is it there, and maybe by GPU is not rendering it right? It is not really a bug, just a visual que. H20 injection does work in DCS: AV-8B. I go through all 500lbs of water in under 30 seconds. One of the documentaries from way back, stated that Harrier could only hover for 90 seconds becouse of water. I am lucky if I get 30 seconds.

Holding down WEAPONS RELEASE for multiple seconds, while holding ship stable. Unguided munitions release OK. AIM-9 release OK. Mavs don't. Haven't used Sidearm yet.

Man'o'man! This module does have its quirks. My AGM-65 will not release. No matter what I do! Master Mode A-G Master Arm ON AGM-65G selected FUSE IN Seeker UNCAGED Target caret locked AGM-65G seeker view on left panel. Weapon release -NO RELEASE! Following direction on YT I cannot get mavs to launch! Bombs work fine. Mavs are stuck on rails. RAZBAM, G*d bless their hearts. Love'em. But their modules, have the most confounding problems with procedures.

Now that I am flying and not crashing , usually, I will try to post what has already happened two times. OK so in a clean airframe with internal fuel only. Nozzles fully back, and IAS at 1000' agl around 550 kias. At around 500 kias or faster do a max roll rate barrel roll. Nose slightly up and hard roll to the port (left). Bang! The either the port or stbd wing comes off with fire and fury, and world tumbles at impossible rate. Eject before scree goes dark. So I am thinking, nothing bad happens doing the same thing at 450 knt. So what is the over-stress condition?

G limits are for maintenance and butt chewing CO. Over G shortens airframe life hours, increases maintenance costs, thus increasing cost to government, and affecting combat coding of airframes. In training , Over-G is a somewhat serious infraction, as max G is part of standing orders, unit SOP, and specific mission limits. Like turbine max temp or overtemp lights, max-G can only be reset by maintenance, on the ground. All the parameters are downloaded into digital maintenance file, for airframe, engine(s), and avionics. MILSPEC, as far as I know, is minimum 9G for 30 seconds, 10G for 10 seconds. For airframe, engine, radar, critical avionics. Thats with safety margin. Actual numbers are classified, and are probably higher. MIG-MAP claims that MIG-29 aiframe can sustain 12G without failiure, and it is impossible for any pilot to overstress the Fulcrum (yea, even the Russians are using that name). They claim the pilot would pass out or suffer trauma. Indeed, the dirty little secret of Kubinka, is that attempted Kobras, tail-slides, and Kulbits have cost more aviators their lives then F-15s and F-16s.

Silly me. I mistook fuel cuttoff handle ON position as OFF, or vice versa. DECS OFF, when I though it was ON, was an earlier mistake, that actually bit me in a weird way. Though , on that earlier attempt, I did have cuttoff handle properly set. Go figure! Any way, all the switches are set right, me thinks, but nothing is happening, powerplant is cold. OK, check everything, and I noticed that DECS was in OFF position. I am thinking I may have clicked on it twice by error. This gets better. In my earlier steps, I of course went off script, and released parking break on throttle. I did move the throttle a bit back and forth, and must have left it in non 10% AFT position. Then I flicked DECS ON, forgetting that I had already activated ENG ST, and canopy open. As soon as DECS flicked ON, the engine screamed . Not a gradual onset of RPM, but really fast spoolup. Engine started, but the JPT lit and stayed on for rest of mission. in RL , I supposed I would have toasted a nice Pegasus powerplant. So yeah, before turning the ignition key, make sure that DECS is ON and Fuel Cutoff handle is set DOWN position. On next mission attempt. Followed PDF, and no excitement. I have UH-1H module, and during my self-training, I must have toasted a dozen or more turbines. Makes one think , that in RL, a crew kisses their cross, or whatever faith they hold, say a prayer, go through pre-flight, and pre-start religiously, say another prayer, and press ENG ST or equivalent, then pray as they watch TOT or JPT or similar instrument. I would of thought that in modern gen 4 types, like AV-8B, or gen 3 turbine rotary, FADEC and engine governors would prevent hot starts and toasted turbines. I do not recall that in KA-50 BS2 module, with manual start, that I ever had a hot start. The procedure prevents it. Same for my A-10C, and Mig-21bis.

All good. Got it all figured out. I think. It seems that INS is already alighned as soon as a/c is started. Doesn't it take five minutes as in A-10C? Since both use EGI.

So I am going by DOC start up. On page 17, when it time comes to start the engine. Wacky s**t happens. APU Gen is ON, GEN is ON, BATTERY ON, other switches as dictated. When ENG ST is ON, APU GEN kicks to OFF automatically, and nothing else happens. Engine remains cold. Three times manual, same problem. Auto-Start cheat works. So I am scratching my head, as it is very similar to issue I have in starting Mirage , which I put off to the side becouse French cockpit and confusing manual is annoying. What is the bloody heck am I doing wrong?

Yep, I ask for landing. I'll have to check on that. I can do without ATC. I am self paced training, so sometimes I do manual start up, sometimes auto-start. For some reason, if I do manual BTB start up, I don't get nav system and EHADS is dark. I can take off and land in STOL, but pure vertical, I am a bit wonky. Hovering, or trying to, my AV-8 has all the grace of fat balerina on tiptoes, or circus elephant on a ball from Dumbo. A drunk blowing .2 at DUI probably has more stability then me hovering. I must have at least 20 kias fwd flight for decent landing. CCIP with mk bombs is easy. Guns AG is simple. I think the gun sound is weak. It should sound like GAU-12 or GAU-22 (F-35 version). Or they could just take A-10C GAU-8 sound. Airframe should also shake a little. Right now it sounds like .22LR fire underwater. For now I am just using ARBS at day time. Later on, TPOD. I like the straightforward simplicity or ARBS manual. Without any designation, the targets whatever ground point that flightvector is over. Then it can slew and autostabilizes. The aircraft can twist and turn, and ARBS keeps the aimpoint. This is nice. Remembers its position for reattack. Not as sophisticated as TPOD, but its fast, and simple, for daytime. Hard to beleive that ARBS is more or less same as it was on Marine A-4M Skyhawks in 1970's and early 80's. I recall in documentaries of old school Discovery Wings, about Marine Skyhawks over Grenada, over Lebannon after Marine Barracks bombing in 1983. By the time Panama Just Cause in '89, all the A-4M had been boneyarded. Leaving F/A-18C, and AV-8B without N/A or Plus (Radar) upgrades. I was in Artillery School at Ft.SIll in 1993,and our JTAC visiting instructors, talked to AirNG F-16C Block 15/30, A-10A, and F/A-18A (Naval Res. and USMC Res.). The Marine A/C all had ARBS,A-10A had PavePenny for ground based lasing spot, or abn. buddy lase. Not certain what F-16s had, but they could see our spot. Artillery FISTs don't play JTAC. We spot targets, punch in 8 digit coords, and send it to FDC, which then distributes missions to batteries and to JTACS or abn. FAC. Fun time, but stressful. Especially on live fire evaluations. My time was in the 1990's, before all the current nastiness.

AI and static obj parked AV-8B don't have main gear. Looks weird. Thats about all.

OK. If you are able, please run an Instant Action/Nevada-Cold and Dark with above setting. Thank you. 2560X1440

Try it with auto start cheat, and anisotropic filter set to 4X.

On cold start at Nellis, FPS drops to 1 or DCS freezes. After completing startup, manual or cheat(auto start), sitting on tarmac, DCS: AV8B drops to 1fps, or freezes. I am very new to Harrier module. Apologies of this was already posted. Happens in both beta and stable v2.5.2.18736 Does not happen in any other module I have. M2KC, Mig-21bis, F-5E, A-10C, UH-1H, FC3, KA-50

Jojo Tottally. I am on it. Well at least I think I do anyway. Freqs starting with 1 (132.550 for exp), are U/VHF for tower, ATC, and JTAC Freqs sarting 2 or 3 (251, 305) are UHF for talking with wingmen, own flight, and abn FAC. So at Nellis, U/VHF is set to 132.550, and Nellis does respond. A small bit of improvement since I posted. Radio set to MAN and freq of 132.550 punched in. Flight freq is to 305, or 251, UHF, and regardless of MAN or P(reset), wingman is not responding. Scratching my head, and looking at my switchology. I wish I could recall frequencies from my classes , from Artillery Officer Course (US Army Res), when we training with JTAC(gnd). I think those freqs started with 1, so freq of 1XXX.XX , I ,as FIST (Fire Suppourt Team) lead, would talk to JTAC, if he was remote, and he had special encryption (SINGGARS/ARC) capable radios to talk to either rotary or fixed wing. So if I had a position to call in, I'd set the 8 or 6 digit grid coord to FDC, if I 'wanted' air, that would get transmitted as a grid cord to JTAC, if FDC is down, he would get grid directly from me. SINGGARS was good in this respect. But asking for air meant jack-crap, cause every FIST wants one. 'Couse its sort of cool, seeing A-10A, and F-16's drop training smoke bombs. JTAC would prioritize. I was never in combat, so all our targets are simulated, and 'white hats' the referees and safety guys would tells us what the simulated enemy was. If it was the old, 'T-72s in the open', then it was ICM for effect, send out AIR request with 9-line (in digital format), JTAC would talk air onto those targets. If the simulated target was infantry or mechanized (BTRor BMP), then usually meant that only tube artillery firing ICM . Air was somewhat rare and not as available option to a lowly FIST Lt.

In short my AI wingman , never replies, and never follows instructions. UHF is in preset mode with 251 or 305 frequency on channel 1. Communicating through Main UHF I have yet to hear a reply from AI wingman, though the communications, in flight , appear as solid font, indicating that proper radio mode is being used. This perhaps is RTFM, but I am confused in Mirage. Which radio is used for wingmen, which one is for JTAC, and which is for tower. I thought that same radios as in A-10C, and F-5E, but like I said, I get no replies. UHF - communicate with wingmen (251, 305, etc..) frequencies, airborne FAC. V/UHF- ATC/Tower and JTAC. Either on the ground - ground crew. P.S. Does anyone think that Mirage2KC landing are very easy. For me they are very easy , and I was expecting high speed approach, and high AOA on flare for VV of about 1 m/s. Nose is very stable. Mig-21Bis nose dances a quite a bit on final, F-5E also but somewhat less. My approach speed is 250 knots IAS, slowing down to 180 knots IAS at inner marker, 150-160 at threshold depending on weight, touch down, pop chute or just use breaks. With gear down, a 'gun' cross appears on HUD stabilized at TD point. Fly the path marker into cross at landing speed and config, lands fine. No bent gear and no blown tires, assuming those are modeled in M2KC. I guess the simulated FBW is doing its job.

I got M2KC about a week ago. I also have F-5E maybe for 1/2 year. I like Mirage a lot, but I love F-5E. I say get both, but get F-5E first, learn how to fly this figher in WVR first, and air-ground using relatively simple air-ground procedures and tactics. F-5E , IMHO, is the most enjoyable of DCS high fidelity modules. Once you have licked F-5E, transition to Mirage. The avionics are sophisticated, and I am trying to learn them. To manage avionics , sensors, and weapons in Mirage, while learning how to fly and nav, is too much at same time. Mirage feels stiff in flight, and that is due to simulated FBW FCS. It is extremely precise. maybe too precise. Start-up and INS nav systems are most demanding to use, if you don't want to cheat with marker on kneepad, of F10 view. Unfortunately , in my case, Mirage manual start-up is crash prone during INS spin-up. Mirage is fast down low, and climbs crazy, when its clean. In Normandy map with standard day weather (68 deg F) QNH of 29.90, with clean Mirage and 1/2 internal fuel only. At 100 feet AGL, at 70% power, thr aircraft books at 620 knots IAS or faster. Almost speed of sound. DCS, sadly, does not model, or appears not to model, buffeting and turbulence during NOE flight. F-5E , and Mirage both are smooth and stable. Doing 500-550 knots IAS at 100 feet AGL, should buffet and shake aircraft. But I don't see this in any DCS module, and I never ever ever use Game options. I do have an issue with Mirage night time cockpit . Way too dark, IMHO. F-5E cockpit is just right at night. A little detail are mirrors. F-5E, has the best rendered mirrors that don't impact performance. The texture resolution is same as world. In other modules, mirror have this blurry, poorly anti-aliased look, that is irritating. Current DCS has a bug-feature that does not occlude beacon lights, causing very irritating epileptic seizure strobing inside cockpit. This is DCS wide issue. In F-5E it is weak. But in Mirage anti-collision beacon is bright and irritating, especially at night.

Its just a pain in the rear, to reprogramme controls for all the modules I have. A-10C, KA-50, FC3+J11A+SU-25T, Mig-21Bis. F-5E, UH-1H, Av-8B N/A, M2KC.

2.5.2.18736 So both DCS and DCS beta have same revision 18736. So does that mean all updates from now on will apply only to 2.5.2 Stable ?

I am one of those who prefers a detailed study sim. with real world flight model, and systems. The break in period takes me longer, as I have a career to look after. What I would to see from ED and their partners is LOD style flight model for a given AI aircraft. Especially if that AI unit is a type that possesses an PFM. For adversaries far away, from player's flight a simple A-> B transform flight model. As adversary and player get closer prior to merge, advanced or professional flight model takes over. This applies to enemy aircraft engaged by blue team's missiles. PFM is turned on for targeted unit. So a player F/A-18C , or any PFM enabled type,fighting AI SU-27 has a more accurate experience. SU-27 inclose guns range or WVR (less then 10 nm in DCS) AI wpuld use PFM. Farther then 10nm, AI SU-27 would switch standard flight model. Farther then 20nm AI Flanker would use simplest possible model.

I love all the buttons and switches and sliders inside cockpits of DCS: modules. That is on hi fidelity PFM/ASM and detailed working controls. The clutter is pretty. One of my favorite cockpits, not yet in DCS , is Sepecat jaguar. https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=gzXEBnmh&id=CA31D39078362183DA17E1C858FDF5959A2C9B62&thid=OIP.gzXEBnmh_IKBFJSnACO_sgHaE8&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fc1.staticflickr.com%2f9%2f8056%2f8128878207_4e2815b3a3_b.jpg&exph=683&expw=1024&q=Sepecat+Jaguar+cockpit&simid=608011713331334063&selectedIndex=5&ajaxhist=0 AV-8B cockpit https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=TY22mIf%2f&id=896BA4C3219AD31CD720A0C57290F3904C38DB57&thid=OIP.TY22mIf_ZbtLAXSFUIpy0QHaHe&mediaurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.boeingimages.com%2fDocs%2fBOE%2fMedia%2fTR3_WATERMARKED%2f6%2f3%2f5%2f0%2fBI46645.jpg&exph=1024&expw=1014&q=AV-8B+Night+Attack+cockpit&simid=608053486121651515&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0 Looks insanely complex in real world. Then there is F-35 cockpit. https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=mTbgpooW&id=2DDC9C953DAE4CFF8D1C50D6EE3EC2765BD977C0&thid=OIP.mTbgpooW3uvyhkSaC1UF1AHaE_&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F99%2F36%2Fe0%2F9936e0a68a16deebf286449a0b5505d4.jpg&exph=416&expw=618&q=F-35+Instruments&simid=607989495459352149&selectedindex=2&ajaxhist=0 Nice and clean, I thought. Then realized that the side panels of cockpit are covered , for security.

A combat loaded AV-8B with tanks, gunpod, center ECM or LITENING pod, bombs, and two AIM-9Ms, looks about as aerodynamic as a washing machine with jetpipe. How exactly does it stay in air with cold and hot nozzles pointed to the rear? Don't get me wrong, it is a 'pretty' mean looking aircraft

Thank you for the link. If set speed in YT to .5, narrator sounds like Lurch. At .25 Lurch is drunk, and high on weed, LSD, and shrooms at same time.