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Moin ATOM, ich versuche es mal aufzudröseln: F: Wenn ich fliege findet mein Wingman immer jede Menge Ziele, ich aber nicht?!? A: Das ging zu Anfang jedem so, keine Angst. Das finden von Zielen ist eine Mischung verschiedener Techniken, nicht zuletzt den Kopf aus dem Cockpit zu halten und die guten alten Augen zu nutzen. Wenn man ungefähr weiß wo sich Gegner befinden, gibt es auch diverse Suchtechniken mit dem TGP, oder aber man fliegt als Hunter/Killer, wobei das im Singleplayer natürlich nicht ganz so einfach ist. Jedenfalls ist das finden von Zielen in aller Regel mit viel mühevoller Suche verbunden, denn die A-10 ist nunmal eher ein Lowtech-Flieger. Wenn du da zu Anfang nicht viel Erfolg hast, dass lass dich dadurch nicht frustrieren, das hatte jeder von uns. Mit der Zeit wird das immer besser, versprochen. Was die AI angeht, so hat sie gottgleiche Augen (sprich, sie cheatet) und sieht alles und jeden, egal wie weit weg und wie gut getarnt. Nimm dir die AI nicht zum Maßstab, das schafft kein Mensch. F: Wie kann ich meinem Wingman sagen das er den Ammo-Bunker angreifen soll? A: Ich fliege so gut wie nie Singleplayer, deswegen bin ich mir jetzt nicht ganz sicher, aber kannst du dem Wingman nicht sagen, er solle dein SPI angreifen? In dem Fall musst du halt nur den Bunker zum SPI machen (TMS up long), den SPI broadcasten (DMS left long) und ihm dann sagen eben jenen anzugreifen. Wichtig ist der Schritt des broadcastens, denn sonst weiss der Wingman ja nicht, wo sich dein SPI befindet. F: Wenn ich MK82 Bomben im CCRP abwerfe, fliegt die Bombe immer ca. 30 Fuss zu weit. Egal wie hoch und schnell ich fliege. Im CCIP geht alles super. A: Denke dran dass die Mk82 alles andere als eine Präzisionswaffe ist, und dass CCIP eine wesentlich präzisere Abwurfmethode ist als CCRP. Falls du wirklich immer 30 zu weit liegst, dann versetze doch einfach den Zielpunkt entsprechend um 30 Fuß nach vorne. F: Wenn ich dem Wingman sage er soll mit gelenkten Bomben angreifen und er hat GBU 31 und GBU 38 an Bord nimmt er immer die Falsche. A: So viel ich weiss kann man dem Wingman keine exakte Waffe vorschreiben, nur eine Waffenfamilie. Hier hilft wohl nur online fliegen. F: Wie markiere ich ein Ziel wenn ich von dem Wingman z.b 11 Uhr für 14 bekomme? A: Je nachdem was dein SOI ist, setzt du den Cursor im entsprechenden SOI auf das Ziel und lässt es durch drücken von TMS up long dein SPI werden. Diesen SPI kannst du jetzt an alle im SADL-Netz schicken (per TMS left short) oder aber du kannst dir dort einen Markpoint setzen (per TMS right short), um die Stelle später im TAD leicht wiederzufinden. F: Würde gerne mal online fliegen. Wie finde ich da einen Server bei dem ich als Einsteiger zurechtkomme. A: Da kann ich dir absolut die Spare Time Pilots empfehlen: http://spare-time-pilots.de Registriere dich dort bei denen im Forum (ist auch für Nichtmitglieder uneingeschränkt möglich) und schau dich mal um. Ist ein supernetter Haufen mit diversen Servern und eigenem TS-Server. Die beantworten dir auch stundenlang Fragen, ohne genervt zu sein. Ich fliege des öfteren bei denen auf den Servern und kann sie dir wirklich uneingeschränkt empfehlen. Selten so viele nette und kompetente Leute auf einem einzigen Haufen gesehen. Ich hoffe damit sind deine Frage erstmal zumindest grob beantwortet. Falls noch irgendwas unklar ist oder ich eine deiner Fragen falsch verstanden habe, einfach nochmal nachhaken. :)

Bestanden! ;)

Your thread wasn´t removed, it is right here: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=96242

Yes, it will work just fine. Once you start your first mission it will ask you for a key. You can enter the retail one without any problems. The entire process is a little confusing for newcomers (it is due to the fact that there has recently been a switch from standalone aircraft to a module-based system where all aircraft just connect into the DCS world), but once you are up and running the auto-updater will take care of everything for you from then on.

Would just like to note that a russian user gave me a "-" for my posting in this thread and told me the following: "**** you, your grandfathers sucked uncomfortable cramped russian dick bitch" Didn´t know this is the kind of niveau I had to deal with around here. Quite sad, really.

Hi Drexal, you don´t need any patches at all. Just do the following: 1) If you have already installed anything, deinstall it completely. 2) Download DCS World 1.2.1 here 3) Download the A-10C module (version number 1.2.1) here 4) Install DCS World 5) Install the A-10C module 6) Run DCS World, it will start an autoupdater bringing all your files up to the newest level (checks for updates once a day).

Robert, I suggest checking out YouTube for tutorials on this topic, especially on entering coordinates given to you by JTAC. Sure, sometimes they will also send you the target coordinates via SADL, but what if the JTAC is not equipped for it (which is actually quite normal IRL)? In multiplayer you will never get the magic red triangle, you will always have to enter the coordinates yourself. Therefore it does make a lot of sense to learn how to enter them manually, and by watching tutorials on YouTube you can easily see what button needs to be pressed when and what to enter where. It may seem daunting at first, but with a little bit of practice it quickly becomes second nature and can be done real quick. Sometimes I am even faster manually entering the coordinates than I am slewing the cursor on the TAD to the triangle, so my advice would be to practice, practice, practice. Just as with everything when it comes to the A-10. ;) As for the 9-line, Kaiza already pointed you to the appropriate pages in the manual. The 9-line is quite simple really and mostly even self-explanatory. JTACs in real life use the 9-line for two reasons: - To enhance safety. By using a fixed formular it is being made sure no vital information is missing - To enable different partners to work together. In Afghanistan, the following would be nothing out of the ordinary for example: A german JTAC on the ground talks to a British Apache overhead, while a USMC Harrier circles over them with a Dutch F-16 providing top cover. The F-16 runs out of fuel and the replacement, a Rafale from France, is already on the way and needs to be filled in on what´s happening. To make sure in a situation like this, with multiple nations and doctrines involved, everybody is on the same page, a standardized 9-line is used. When dealing with JTACs, you also need to understand that the JTAC is the one who "buys" the weapon. He will tell you what kind of ordnance he wants, where he wants it, when and how. It is NOT up to you to decide anything here, you are just simply the means of delivery. He is the one who tells you what he wants, and he is the one and only person who clears you in hot. If you are not happy with what he is asking you to do, you can always tell him or refuse his command, but once you are commited to the strike, you cannot change a thing about it, not one! In real life, sticking to that is a matter of life and death. You will also notice that a JTAC will never give you coordinated of friendlies, just a vague description like "friendlies 2000 meters north" or some such. They will never give you exact coordinates, even though sometimes you need to be visual on friendlies before you start your attack run. This is done because in the past it happened that pilots mixed up the coordinates in the heat of the battle and actually attacked friendly troops. As you have probably already found out, from up there they all look the same. ;) So yeah, the only coordinates you will ever get are those of the bad guys. Make sure you doublecheck anyway before you start the attack run. Nothing worse than blue-on-blue. Btw, if you are interested in all this JTAC business, I recommend the book Fire Strike 7/9 by Paul Grahame, where he talks about his job as a JTAC in Afghanistan. Fascinating book, gives you an awesome insight and made me appreciate the A-10 even more.

Awesome! I´ve been dreaming about going there ever since... uh.. dunno... forever. Cool to hear you get the chance of doing it! Do you know the date yet? EDIT: Nvm, just saw that´s it´s gonna go down in December. Sweet! Looking forward to your video. Make sure you guys give each other hell! :gun_rifle:

You know, for me, unpacking that thing was already worth the money I paid for it. What an awesome packaging! I remember giggling like a girl when I opened up that package. It just oozed "okay, you better sit down and hang on tight now, because here comes QUALITY in the shape of cold, hard steel." That thing is so awesome in every conveivable way, it´s just unreal.

Can you (or anyone else who is in the know) please tell me how this is done? I tried to follow some instructions I found in these very forums (of course I can´t find them again anymore now *sigh*), but they wouldn´t work at all. Something to do with things being saved somewhere else since some current version. <- Excuse me for being technical... So yeah, if anyone could help me out here and tell me how to do it, I´d greatly appreciate it. As opposed to the poor fellas who find themselves at the business end of my GAU-8... :joystick:

Check out the attached pic in this posting, it helped me a lot when learning the switchology.

Well, I for one use the simplified radio, so....

Now that thing was a brilliant piece of genius, I´d love to discuss it all day long! :D

I gave you that very information all the way up in posting #3 already...

It should also be noted that speedbrakes (military aircraft) and spoilers (civilian aircraft) do not work in the same way, which is why an autoarming system simply doesn´t make much sense in a military environment, while it makes very much sense in the civilian world. When you use the A-10´s speedbrakes, they create drag by forcing themselves into the slipstream. That´s all they do, and they are quite good at it. You will note that the airbrakes on fighters are usually located at the wingtips (A-6, A-10), somewhere along the rear of the fuselage (F-16, MiG-23, Tornado, F-14, F-18) or on top of the fuselage (F-15, SU-27, Typhoon), while in the civilian world they are always (yeah, I know of the BAe-146, Fokker70/100 and co, but let´s keep it simple here) on top of the wing, spanning at least half of the wingspan in most cases. They are there because their purpose is not to create drag (they are far too small for that. Just look at an airliner from head on with its spoilers extended. It makes barely a difference in its crosssection and therefore doesn´t really create much drag), but to dump the lift created by the wing by disrupting the airflow over it. Hence their official name "spoiler" instead of airbrake. When used in flight, only some panels of the spoiler system open up. They destroy enough lift to force the entire airplane to fly at a higher AOA in order to maintain the needed lift, and a higher AOA at the same powersetting (in this case idle) means less speed. When used on the ground, their job is to make sure the wing loses pretty much most of its lift immediately. If the spoilers are armed, all panels of the system are extended all the way once weight on wheels is registered. This causes the wing to stop working, putting all available weight onto the landing gear, pressing it firmly onto the ground so it can use its tremendous braking power. If you watch videos of landing airliners on YouTube and pay close attention, you can often nicely see how the wings droop once the spoilers are deployed. Thats happens because they don´t produce lift anymore once the spoilers are out, so their own weight forces them down. So yeah, that´s why it makes a lot of sense to put an autoarm system for the spoilers into airliners, while doing the same for airbrakes of fighters wouldn´t really have any benefit at all. EDIT: Yes, of course spoilers also create drag, but what I´m saying is that the little drag they do create is negligible in the grand scheme of things. Creating drag just comes with the job, it is not what they are designed to do. They are designed to dump lift.

In case you are asking how to bomb a target that is directly beneath a waypoint (that´s how I understood your question), you just need to select the appropriate waypoint using either the STEER rocker at the UFC or CDU or by using the DMS switch (in order to use the DMS switch the HUD needs to be the SOI). Once the waypoint is selected, you press China Hat Aft long. This will slave your TGP to the selected waypoint. Once you have found a target with your TGP and made it the SPI, you can press China Hat Forward long. This will slave everything to your SPI.

When I was serving I had the opportunity to check out a lot of russian-built stuff (mostly inherited from the former East Germany), and let´s just say ergonomics don´t rank high at all with russian designers and engineers. Most of their machines are downright uncomfortable, cramped and painful to look at (that green/blueish color everywhere.. ugh..), and some systems can be easily confused under stress. You wouldn´t believe how the interiors of russian tanks are designed when you are used to western tanks. It just boggles your mind. So yeah, "russian ergonomics" would be quite an oxymoron. However, the good thing is that this makes their machines easy to build in large numbers and their simplicity makes them quite rugged and easily repairable in the field. When a western tank breaks down for whatever reason, it needs to be towed to the back and specialists need to take care of it. When a russian tank breaks down, you can fix 98% of the problems with a sledge hammer, a wrench and some duct tape. Well, that´s my experience anyway.

In addition to Eddie´s answer, you can also push the CLR button on the UFC or the CDU to get rid of the NOTE message.

Same here. My standard HUD is much more readable than the purple one shown in the pic. EDIT: And just for the record, my eyes get checked annually as well, it´s necessary if I wanna keep my job. ;)

This. Absolutely this. It´s the one I have running (bought specifically for DCS), and I couldn´t be happier. Runs like hell with everything (and I do mean everything) maxed, comes with great yet simple to use configuration software and is so silent that when I first started it up, I seriously thought at first the fans must be broken because I couldn´t hear a thing. Nothing at all, totally quiet. Even when running under very heavy load is it barely discernible, and my box sits right next to my monitor, a foot away from my left ear. Totally silent! Incredible piece of hardware, and I have yet to bring it to its knees. Everything I threw at it so far it just swallowed and laughed.

Here´s the only thing I am doing different to you: I turn on the APU, wait till it is spooled up to 100% (and wait another second or two just to make sure) and then turn on the APU generator. Try this and see if it already solves the issue. :)

A helpful technique for aerial refuelling is called "walking the throttle". Unfortunately this won´t help you at all Rotareng, but users of the Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS can use this technique to their advantage. Basically, what you need to do is disconnect the two throttle levers by pulling out that little pin, then putting your hand over both levers and gently wiggle your hand left and right, moving just one throttle lever at a time a tiny little bit. That way you have just doubled the available control range for your throttle, making it very easy to make tiny adjustments. It does take a little bit of practice at first, but rewards you with the ability to finetune your speed in steps of tenths of a knot. Real pilots of multi-engined aircraft use this technique too, so you should definitely give it a shot and see if it works for you (if you own a throttle with independent levers for each engine).

That´s weird, I don´t lose it at all. What exactly are your steps when shutting the engine down?

Maybe the famous golden bullet, who knows.

They do have to suck it up, believe it or not. This is first-hand knowledge I am speaking of here. Real HUDs can be incredibly hard to read in certain conditions. Should you ever get the chance (maybe at an airshow or some such) try to look through a HUD yourself, should be easy enough to switch it on real quick by the person attending the particular aircraft.