Belisarius

Ok. I'm using the TM warthog stick and throttle....is this function automatically assigned to the hat switch on the stick or do I have to do this in the options menu? Not at home to play with it now.

Been reading a lot on this forum lately about trimming, but I can't seem to find a description of the actual procedure. So at the risk of sounding dumb ( not the first time, certainly not the last) could someone please point me to a step by step description of the procedure? Thanks

I have not paid much attention to the maps yet. How detailed are they? Might it be useful to print it out to consult during the mission, or is that what the TAD is for?

Thanks. Part of my problem with rushing in is due to some of the earlier missions I flew all targets were destroyed by the time I found them! Is there any advantage to manually entering coordinates into the cdu as opposed to hooking the red triangle after data transfer?

So I am finally familiar enough with the a10 to try flying actual missions. Started yesterday with the mission generator.contacted the JTAC who sends me after a column of tanks heading northwest. Finally was able to find them with tgp but man, those guys are really moving! Hard to spot and track them through the trees! Reflew mission several times cause I was heads down so much I kept getting shot down. Finally managed to get a maverick locked on and rifled, only to have the game immediately crash! Frustrating! I need a way to correlate what I'm doing heads down with what I can see out there. Any pointers on developing that kind of situational awareness..other than practice? Really have a new respect for the guys who do this for real!!

I am at the point where the fog is finally clearing. Took a few weeks of lots and lots of active pause,fiddling with stuff and referring to tutorials and the manual. Seems like great brain exercise! Really loving it now.

Great! Thanks! How did I miss that step in the tutorial vid?

Sorry to be a pest, but, on to the next issue. Trying to use mark points to maverick several targets on one pass. I lock each successive target with the TGP and create a mark point at each.however when I go into mark point mode and cycle between them the SPI does not move to each successive designated mark point but remains stationary. What am I missing?

I FIGURED OUT MY PROBLEM!! It's all in the details. I missed the difference between passive and active hooking. To make something SPI on the TAD must do TMS forward short to ACTIVE hook then TMS forward long. So simple . What a dope! Thanks all.

Thanks so much. Yes, I am hooking first. I will try to post track later. Unfortunately I must be off to work now.

I am not f'n crazy..(except to be up at this hour still futzing with the sim)... TMS up long does NOT work as advertised...lock target with TMS op short, then try TMS up long to make spi..nothing happens! Could the swith be defective..? Does not seem likely, especially since up short works always. Frustrating!

Thanks. I do believe I'm holding long enough but I will go back and play with it

Does any one else have this problem...TMS up long takes many tries to finally designate an spi when TAD is soi. It works consistently to go from area to point lock when TGP is soi but ths does not make the locked target the spi. Does seem to work well when HUD is soi. I am using the thrust master warthog HOTAS.

Ok. The heart of the question...do I need to "undesignate" an existing spi before I can designate a new one. And does locking a target with the tgp automatically make that target the spi?

Thanks. But I did TMS forward long to get the point lock. Shouldn't that make it the spi also? Or do I have to designate an spi with a different soi?

I'm using the sitting ducks mission to practice dropping in ccip...I decided to take out the aa unit with a mav so I could freely bomb the other units. After I confirmed the mav hit on the tgp I scrolled to another target and TMS up until point lock , then I realized the spi was still the destroyed aa unit. I fiddled a bit and created a markpoint on my new target, switched the CDU to mark mode and by selecting that mark point I was able to switch the spi to new target.but there must be an easier way. Learning this sim is a real challenge!. Lots of baby steps but at least I now can follow the lingo! Seems u must talk the talk before u can walk the walk! Thanks in advance