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I noticed remarkable improvements going from 16 up in DCS multiplayer... You fly the Challenger 300?

2x16 allows for future expansion. I was 2x8 and added matching 2x16 with no issues...maybe at some point you'll want more?

It seems like a bad time to take your hand off the stick and reach for the hook....

I'm more concerned with how latency and other network limitations might prevent a human RIO from being able to have a realistically smooth experience in a maneuvering aircraft. I think they may have made Jester more human than a human can be in a simulation.

Another option would just be to leave the lights on 24/7 until something more sophisticated gets done. They shouldn't adversely affect day time ops. Lights should also be on for certain weather conditions.

I set up a mission with 2 groups of 4 aircraft starting from the ramp. Only taxiway access to the runway is from near the middle, so all the aircraft hold short of the runway, and one by one they back taxi and take off.... this takes a long time... It would be much better if they would backtaxi as a group because there is plenty of room at the turn arounds ramps at runway end, end then depart four (or more) at a time.

SR71..... Bingo fuel? Just go faster... So cool. Our maps are too small, but it could certainly be an AI aircraft that overflies the maps and gathers intel.

Thanks!!!!

I created a mission and all the aircraft return to Gheshm Island Airport. The AV8Bs will not land, and either continue to crash or go around. Is this a known bug? They do weird things, either crash into trees or go missed and fly straight and level like this: AV8B AI cannot land.trk

Just checking out this mod... very cool. Is there a main post with FAQ and links for it? Nav lights are on when the plane has power. Strobes are generally put on when taking the runway and are always on in flight day or night unless in the clouds and causing annoyance to the pilots. Pulse lights typically go off above 10,000msl as you mention and back on when descending at 10,000. We (private GA) use FL180 for this, so some operators may have different procedures.

The Verge did a review on the card and liked it, minus the noise levels. Placed in in the 2080-1080Ti-2080Ti range depending on the benchmarks, not sure they tested any VR........

I've flown the MiG-21 in DCS recently. I just did a bunch of touch and goes and hangared it. It's harder to fly well than some other aircraft. The reality is that I'm not going to give it enough time to learn to fly it well anytime soon. I also feel that my personal flight controls (Warthog) might not be doing the 21bis any justice as I'm not sure I can convey enough finesse with them for this bird. Basco, I think you should keep in mind who the comments on the 21 handling were coming from. They were coming from F4 pilots, not F15, F16, or F18 pilots. Makes me wonder what the F-8 pilots though of the 21s handling? The F4 was by no means light and nimble.

I agree, but I think they should both come out tomorrow while I'm still snowed in.

I am hoping when they redo the communications that an option is added for pilot controlled lighting and in the case of an open ATC, the ability to request the runway lights be adjusted or the approach lights turned on.

We've been complaining about night lighting for some time. It has been improved over the last year. However, it is still not good enough. There are some cool effects where aircraft lights (e.g., strobes) light up the terrain near them, but overall they still cannot be directly observed from realistic distances (we are talking many miles under clear conditions). The good news is I think the night lighting has been improving since it went south wit deferred shading. The important parts of airports themselves are still too dim (e.g., runway and taxiway lighting) up close and where is the rotating beacon? It ought to be really simple to model this from a distance. PG map has decent looking airports at night, but the lights vanish above a certain altitude while the lights of the surrounding city are still clearly visible. The airports end up looking like greyed out areas with no lights at all. I think one of the problems is DCS has a tendency to visually prioritize eye candy over substance, because videos and screen shots sell sims. The result is a beautiful city, but the airports and airplanes are invisible in conditions where they should clearly be seen. At night there is much less to see, unless you count celestial objects, so why can't we have the sim prioritize displaying what is important over what is just background and still get good performance?

Great mission name! Waiting for Jim to respond...

Why?

Weapons Gun description Sticky the space between 20 and mm so it stays on the same line. “To fire the gun no input is needed from the WCS, the gun can be fired manually by the trigger on the pilot stick when selected by the weapons selector on the same stick, provided master arm is on.” Tweaked -> “The gun can be fired manually using the trigger on the pilot stick with the weapons select hat in the GUN position and master arm ON. Firing the gun does not require WCS input.” “The gun rate is selected by the GUN RATE switch on the ACM which also indicates selected mode, the mode normally being set automatically for respective type of engagement.” I think this is better? “The gun rate is normally set automatically based on the type of engagement, but may be modified by the GUN RATE switch on the ACM <panel?> which also annunciates the selected rate.” “The WCS can however provide symbology on the HUD to increase gun accuracy. For both air-to-air and air-to-ground modes the gun has two sights available. For air-to-air it’s the manual sight and the RTGS (real-time gun sight).” “The WCS can provide symbology on the HUD to increase gun accuracy. For both air-to-air and air-to-ground modes the gun has two distinct sights available.” Show the standard gun mode first? The section on the gun sighting is a little rougher than the other sections: “If target data is available from the WCS (target tracked in an STT mode) the pipper instead shows bullet location at the target’s current range out to 4 000 feet and the diamond show radar line of sight to the target (target location). This means that when having a target track the pilot should fly the aircraft to place the pipper over the target to hit it. In addition to computing the solution to put bullets at the targets location the RTGS sight is also able to show a hit indication. When the bullets fired are computed to be at the target’s location the diamond switches from target indication to indicating bullet position at target range. This is also indicated by the diamond blinking. Using this it’s possible to see where the target would have needed to be to be hit by the fired bullets. If the gun engagement was executed successfully this means that the diamond should still be on top of the target, blinking, indicating that the bullets passed through the target’s location.” I’d recommend giving this section some love. It’s a little rough. Missing punctuation and I’m thinking 20mm canon projectiles should be called “rounds” rather than “bullets”? I’m no expert here…. What the heck here’s a stab, but I’m not sure I have this right: “If target data is available from the WCS (i.e., target tracked in an STT mode), the pipper predicts a firing solution for the target’s current range out to 4 000 feet. The diamond indicates radar line of sight to the target. In this case, the pilot should fly the aircraft to place the pipper over the target and fire. In addition to computing the firing solution, the RTGS sight is also able to show a hit indication. When firing the gun, the diamond indication switches to bullet position at target range. A successfully executed engagement will result in a blinking diamond still over the target, indicating that fired rounds are computed to be passing through the target’s location.” Sparrow “This means that the seeker of the Sparrow relies on the AN/AWG-9 painting the targets for it and following the radar emissions being reflected off the target.” Change to “This means that the Sparrow tracks by following radar reflections returning from a target painted by the AN/AWG-9. If the F-14 stops painting the target, there will be no signal for the Sparrow’s seeker to follow.” “Apart from the various improvements to the missile range, seeker and warhead, the major difference between the different versions is that the AIM-7E is only capable of being guided via continous-wave (CW) illumination while the AIM-7F and AIM-7M can also be guided via pulse doppler illumination in addition to CW.” Change to “Whereas The AIM-7E can only guide via continuous-wave (CW) illumination, the AIM AIM-7F and AIM-7M can be guided via CW or pulse doppler illumination. These newer versions also offer various improvements in range, seeker and warhead.” “It is not possible to select which sparrow to be launched, this is done automatically by the WCS.” Change to “Selection of the specific sparrow to be launched is accomplished automatically by the WCS and cannot be manually overridden.” “The AIM-54 is available in two different versions, the AIM-54A and the AIM-54C. The Heatblur Simulations F-14B Tomcat is modelled with both versions as well as modelling the AIM-54A with both mk47 and mk60 rocket motors. The two motors on the AIM-54A differing in effective range and the AIM-54C differing from the AIM-54A by having a digital seeker instead of an analog one, increasing its performance.” Fixed … ”The Heatblur Simulations F-14B Tomcat can carry both the AIM-54A and AIM-54C versions of the Phoenix. The “A” version includes those with the original mk47 motor as well as the extended range mk60 rocket motor. The “C” version is only available with the mk47 motor, but enhances performance by swapping out analog seeker of the “A” for an improved digital version. “VT - Sets air-burst mode at preset burst heigh for compatible stores.” … typo height? “When the pilot designate the IP visually on the HUD the WCS recalculates the target location using the data set under the IP TO TGT function on the CAP, moves the target diamond to that location and instead displays guidance towards the real target location”…. When the pilot DESIGNATES Checklist Tacan…… Shoulde be TACAN in all caps?

Cobra, What a great manual… so much to it….It's kind of difficult giving feedback based on a web form, but here are some feedback of the edits I'd make from the beginning through the section on communications.... I went through it pretty quick this is as far as I’ve gotten so far. In general, you've done a good job of using the full version of a term and then using its associated acronym, but there are some examples where the acronym is used first. Always use the full term first. Examples include TID, PTID, PMDIG, JDAM, etc.... Specific items: Service life upgrades Change "General Electrics" to "General Electric" AIM54 Phoenix "Outstanding features of the AIM-54 missiles were their long range as well as their ability to launch at and track up to six simultaneous targets" I'd be a little more clear here and say some like "The Tomcat was able to simultaneously launch six AIM-54 missiles at six independent targets." The ability to do this was an ability of the F-14, as each Phoenix could only enage one target at a time. Under controls I would change the general structure to say a control "selects", "controls", or "initiates" a function rather than "selecting", "controlling", or "initiating". The structure jumps around and you should stay with parallel construction. For example, "Outer dial selects first two digits and inner dial selects last digit for TACAN channel selection." is better than "Knob selecting which amplifier to use for pilot’s headset audio." The latter would be better if you just wrote, "Knob selects amplifier for the pilot’s headset audio. Speed Brake Control "Speed brake remains in position it’s at when released." Change to "Speed brake remains in position when released." "RET - Toggle position retracting speed brake." Change to "RET - Fully retracts speed brake." "READ button- Button toggling display of selected channel while held." For this and many others, the second "button" is redundant, so it would be better as: "READ button - HOLD to toggle selected channel display" "BRT knob - Knob controlling display brightness." change to "BRT knob - Adjusts display brightness." There are a bunch of these like these that could be cleaned up and simplified. "Refuelling probe indicator light - Transition light lit when refuelling probe is not in extended or retracted position." A better convention is to use "Illuminated or extinguished" rather than "lit". I think you go with this later for other items. Also, I think it is refueling with one 'L'. "BOTH - Engages both anti-skid and spoiler brake function with weight on wheels." change function to functions. Is it engage or enable? "Resets CADC failure detection system, resetting associated fault displays." change to "...system and associated fault displays" "Displays control surface positions, see below." change to "Displays control surface positions. See below. under Spoiler, "Up-arrow - Extended above wing." Down-arrow - Drooped below wing surface." Why is one wing and the other wing surface? Down lock ORide More explanation would be good. "Used to indicate indicated airspeed up to 200 knots." change to "For airspeeds up to 200KIAS" and so on... Maybe a paragraph before explaining a littler more on the various scales. Also, the inner scale covered until relevant so maybe change "Used to indicate indicated airspeed from 200 knots to 850 knots. Covered by airspeed dial until relevant." to "An inner scale for the range of 200-800 KIAS appears when appropriate" Left engine fuel shutoff handle Change "pulled out" and "press in" to PULL and PUSH "Tape showing angle of attack (AOA) on a scale of 0 to 30 units. (Equivalent to -10° to +40° rotation of the AoA probe.)” Change to “Tape displays angle of attack (AOA) on a scale of 0 to 30 units, which corresponds to -10° to +40° rotation of the AoA probe. “These lights are also repeated” Change to “These lights are repeated“ For the HUD left side indicators, Change flashing to flashes. The green lights are advisory, not caution, right? If they were caution wouldn’t they be yellow? HUD Night mode is available… “Also has two engine stall warning lights (L STALL & R STALL) mounted on the left and right sides respectively. They indicate the presence of an engine stall condition in their respective engine.” Change to “Engine stall warning lights (L STALL & R STALL) are mounted on the corresponding sides of the HUD. Illumination indicates a compressor stall condition in the associated engine.” Now that I think of it, it would be good to go with color coded descriptions of warning, caution, and advisory messages to match the indicator in the airplane throughout the manual. So, for example on the main pilot caution panel, use yellow text for PITCH STAB 1 & 2 and green text for RATS and MACH TRIM. For “HOOK BYPASS – Sets AOA lights to either FIELD or CARRIER mode, with the switch in CARRIER and wheels down the AOA lights flash if the hook isn’t down.” Change to “Sets AOA lights to FIELD or CARRIER mode. In CARRIER mode with gear down, FLASHING AOA lights indicate HOOK not down.” … many more cases of “controlling” vs “controls”….. “The HYD TRANSFER PUMP switch has two positions, SHUTOFF and NORMAL (guarded position). The NORMAL position (also the standard setting) will make the hydraulic transfer pump try to pressurize a failed hydraulic system from the other when it drops below 2,100 psi. The SHUTOFF position (which can be accessed by lifting the guard) is used when the transfer pump can’t supply enough pressure to the failed system making the operational system also fail. This setting turns of the transfer pump.” If I understand correctly, change to “The HYD TRANSFER PUMP switch has two positions, SHUTOFF and NORMAL (guarded position). In the NORMAL position (also the standard setting) the hydraulic transfer pump cross pressurizes either side of the system when the pressure in that loop drops below 2,100 psi. When sufficient pressure cannot be maintained in both systems due to failures or damage, the SHUTOFF position can be accessed by lifting the guard). In certain cases, SHUTOFF should be used to deactivate the transfer pump and isolate the failed system from the operative one.” Similar fixes for RIO position….. TEST light “OFF - Turns of power to the AN/APX-72.” Change of to off General Design and Systems Overview “In addition both engines also drive separate fuel, hydraulic and electric generators to create redundancy.” I think you are trying to say that each engine has its own fuel pump, hydraulic pump, and electrical generator? How about “Each engine drives accessory fuel and hydraulic pumps and an electric generator to provide redundancy.” “In case of a failure in the AFTC the MEC (Main engine control) is capable of assuming control of the engines to provide a fall-back mechanical control of them. The normal mode, AFTC, is the primary mode (PRI) and called as such while the fall-back MEC is the secondary (SEC) mode. The selection of primary or secondary is automatic in case of a failure in the AFTC but can also be selected manually. Of note is that in secondary mode the engine nozzles are fully closed and disabled in addition to the afterburners being disabled with a corresponding loss of engine performance.” Change to “In case of a failure in the AFTC, the Main engine control (MEC) is capable of assuming fall-back mechanical control. The normal mode, AFTC, is primary (PRI) and called as such while the fall-back MEC is secondary (SEC). The selection of primary or secondary is automatic in case of a failure in the AFTC but can also be selected manually. Note that in secondary mode the afterburners and engine nozzles are disabled with the nozzles in the fully closed position with a corresponding loss of performance. Fire suppression system “The advisory lights will both light after a successfull application of the system and might also light if an error drains the pressure in the bottles.” Change light to]” The advisory lights will both illuminate after a successful application of the system and may also illuminate if bottle pressure is low.“ I think thing following uses of “light” should be change to illuminate as before follow this… “External power is automatically disconnected from the aircraft power system when one of the interal generators come online.” Typo, should be INTERNAL “As long as both main hydraulic systems are functioning the maximum wing-sweep change rate is about 15°.” I am thinking you mean 15 degrees per second??? In general, things look pretty sharp once you get to the systems descriptions. “The system does not allow pilot-only ejection because it would be undesirable for the RIO to remain in the aircraft alone.” This one made me smile! “The formation lights are dim green lights used for formation flight which can be dimmed gradually. They are located on the aircraft nose (behind the radome), the wing tips, on the fuselage aft of the wings and on the top edge of the vertical stabilizers. All duplicated on both sides of the aircraft.” Change last to “all are duplicated” “CADC Central Air Data Computer The Central Air Data Computer or CADC is the…” Change to “Central Air Data Computer (CADC) The CADC is the..” There is no need to explain the acronym in the title and the details… just do it once for each…. I’m seeing this for some of the following systems, too. “In whichever case, with the MLC filter off, the target can not notch the AN/AWG-9 if it is above the radar.” Change to “In whichever case, with the MLC filter off, the target cannot notch the AN/AWG-9 if it is above the radar.” “This blind area is a hardware limitation as being a doppler radar mode it can not detect targets without a doppler shift.” Change to “This blind area is a hardware limitation. Doppler radar modes cannot detect targets without a doppler shift.” “The resulting blind area is 200 knots wide at, as mentioned, negative own groundspeed (100 knots slower to 100 knots faster).” Maybe rewrite this sentence for clarity….. something like a blind spot around the F14’s relative vectot heading and speed +-100 knots…? I think the rest is explained well afterwards. “On later F-14B aircraft incorporating the PTID upgrade the AN/ALR-67 was also integrated into the MDIG diplays system, allowing for a more detailed threat display on the ECMD.” Which is implemented in the heatblur version? “The TACAN system indicates a slant range of up to 0.1 nm and a bearing of 0.5° to any surface station selected.’ NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN HERE… IS THIS THE ACCURACY? The figures for volume, amplifier selector and function selector are labeled incorrectly, i.e., there is no #4 in the figure.

ok, thank you both.

The obvious one is cerebral hypoxia -> g-loc

Instead of doing a stick, why not do an air-to-air focused throttle set up based on the F-22 throttle that can be used for both twin and single engine fighters? Given we have the F-15E, F-16, etc coming I'd prefer a functional solution than a cosmetic one. I kind of miss my TM Cougar throttle with the radar knobs.

I've heard the campaign is great, but before I buy a couple questions.... Does the instructor speak english? Are the units measured in the proper feet, nautical miles, etc? Does this match the default cockpit units for speed and altitude? I think the L-39 flies like the gem of the ED collection, but the english subtitles to russian voice training missions are unacceptable.

I fly on that server too, and sometimes the TACAN signal from CVN74 simply vanishes, even within a few miles from the ship. Not sure what the deal is, but sometimes it just stops or doesn't work.

Actually thinking of getting this campaign on the sale, bu if it still doesn't work? Does this bug ruin the whole campaign?