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I agree.

I have it for both modules but haven't messed with it much. It does appear to have radios like the real GPS it emulates. However, when I bring up the easy comm frequency menu, the frequency it offers (e.g., for Anapa) is something like 356 kHz, which to me seems like the incorrect band... I'd expect something more like 128.2 .... or similar...

:pilotfly: I think we are doing pretty well on flyable models, but more could be done to get other aircraft into DCS World. In a relative sense, we had a good number of AI AC in the original Su-27 Flanker sim. Seems like we could get a new one or two every month or two.

Glad to hear there is a fix in. I'm not sure the problem is negative roll instability as you suggest - At least not the problem I am seeing.. In fact, in the clean configuration I observe neutral static and positive dynamic stability with a very mild under banking tendency - even at steep bank angles. The Hornet FCS is supposed to monitor pilot input & aircraft motion and apply control laws to command control surface movements. Guess what, regardless of a given configuration, the control surfaces do not really respond at all, much less in the required manner to prevent OBT during flight in the landing configuration I would expect some type of response by the FCS to this, but it does nothing. The control surfaces do not move at all unless I move the flight controls or change speed/AoA! The exception is that if If I crank the turbulence setting up to max I will get a lot of rudder adjustments made by the system but only minor aileron adjustments and I'm not sure if they compensating displacements around the longitudinal axis, yet the Hornet seems well-damped and I would expect aileron inputs to help accomplish this. Moving back to the landing configuration... On speed at any bank angle, I have to actively incorporate opposite roll inputs to maintain the desired bank angle. The steeper the bank, the greater the opposite input required. With the correct input, I am not noticing any roll instability, only the overbanking which the control logic ignores. In summary, the problem seems to be a failure of the FCS to issue the proper control commands on its own - If I can fix the bank, the airplane should do better on its own.

I think we need a much broader range of aircraft. So, obviously it would be cool to fly them all, but we need a bigger variety of AI aircraft including civilian models: This would be a good start toward covering the 60's through recent times and help with many of the newer maps and possible scenarios... Aeritalia G.222 / C-27A/J Spartan Aermacchi MB-339 Aero Vodochody L-59 Super Albatros L-159 ALCA Aérospatiale Concord N 262 SA 315B Lama SA 321 Super Frelon SA 330 Puma AgustaWestland / Westland AW109 Lynx Wasp Airbus / Eurocopter A319 A320 A321 A340 A380 AS332 Super Puma AS350 AStar AS355 TwinStar AS532 Cougar AS365 Panther/Dauphin CC-150 Polaris / A310-300 EC635 Antonov An-12 Cub An-22 Cock An-24 Coke An-26 Curl An-28 Cash An-32 Cline An-72 Coaler An-124 Condor An-225 Cossack ATR ATR 42 ATR 72 Beach / Beachcraft 1900 C-12 Huron / RC-12 Guardrail Model 99 T-34 Mentor T-6 Texan II U-21 Ute Bell AH-1 Cobra / SuperCobra / SeaCobra CH-146 Griffon OH-58 Kiowa UH-1N V-22 Osprey Beriev Be-12 Mail Boeing 727 737 747 Jumbo Jet 757 767 777 A/MH-6 Little Bird AH-64 Apache B-52 Stratofortress B-1B Lancer C-17 Globemaster III CH-47 Chinook E-3 Sentry EC-135 F-15C/D Eagle F-15E Strike Eagle F/A-18C / D Hornet F/A-18E/F Superhornet T-45 Goshawk Bombardier Challenger 300 Challenger 600 CRJ100/200 CRJ700 Global 5000/6000 Learjet 45 Breguet Br.1150 Atlantic British Aerospace 146 Harrier II Hawk Hawk 200 Jetstream Sea Harrier British Aircraft Corporation One-Eleven 167 Strikemaster Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander Canadair CF-104 Starfighter CL-215 Scooper CL-415 Superscooper CT-114 Tutor Cessna A-37 Dragonfly C-208 Caravan O-2 Skymaster T-41 T-47 Dassault Falcon 10 Falcon 20 Falcon 50 Falcon 900 Falcon 2000 Falcon 7X Mirage IV Mirage 5 Mirage F1 Super Étendard Rafale de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter DHC-5 Buffalo DHC-6 Twin Otter DHC-7 (Dash 7) Dornier Do 228 Douglas AC-47 Spooky DC-9 Embraer EMB-145 EMB-190 Extra 300 Fairchild AC-119G Shadow AC-119K Stinger C-26 Metroliner F-27 General Dynamics EF-111A Raven F-111 Aardvark F-16 Fighting Falcon Grob G 115 Gulfstream C-20 C-37A Hawker Siddeley Harrier Hawker 800 HS 121 Trident HS 748 Nimrod Hughes OH-6 Cayuse TH-55 Osage Ilyushin Il-38 May Il-62 Classic Il-76 Candid Il-86 Camber Kaman SH-2 Seasprite SH-2G Super Seasprite Kamov Ka-25 Hormone Ka-26 Hoodlum Ka-27 Helix Ka-50 Hokum A Ka-52 Hokum B Kawasaki C-1 OH-1 T-4 Let L-410 Turbolet Lockheed Martin AC-130 Spectre C-130 Hercules / Super Hercules F-117 Nighthawk L-1011 TriStar P-2 Neptune P-3 Orion S-3 Viking SR-71 Blackbird LTV A-7 Corsair II McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II NA AV-8B Harrier II+ DC-10 KC-10 Extender MD-80 MD-11 MD-90 F-101 Voodoo F-4 Phantom II Mil Mi-2 Hoplite Mi-8 Hip Mi-10 Harke Mi-14 Haze Mi-24 Hind Mi-25 Hind D Mi-26 Halo MI-28 Havoc Mi-35 Hind E Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco MiG-19 MiG-21 MiG-23 Flogger MiG-25 Foxbat MiG-27 Flogger MiG-29 Fulcrum MiG-31 Foxhound Mitsubishi F-1 /T-2 MU-2 Nanchang Q-5 Fantan NAMC YS-11 North American OV-10 Bronco Northrop/Grumman A-6 Intruder C-141 Starlifter C-2 Greyhound C-5 Galaxy E-2 Hawkeye EA-6B Prowler F-14B Tomcat OV-1C Mohawk Panavia Tornado Piaggio P.180 Avanti PZL-Mielec TS-11 Iskra Shenyang J-8/II/III SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion CH-54 Tarhe H-34 SH-3 Sea King SH-60 Seahawk UH-60 / S-70 Blackhawk Short 330 360 C23A/B/B+ Sherpa Tucano SC.7 Skyvan SOCATA TB 30 Epsilon TBM Sukhoi Su-7 Fitter A Su-11 Fishpot-C Su-15 Flagon Su-17 Fitter Su-24 Fencer Su-25 Frogfoot Su-27 Flanker Su-30 Flanker-C Su-33 Flanker-D Su-34 Fullback Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire Tu-28 Fiddler Tu-124 Cookpot Tu-134 Crusty Tu-142 Bear Tu-144 Charger Tu-155 Careless Tu-160 Blackjack Vulcanair P.68 Xi'an JH-7 Flounder Yakolev Yak-28 Brewer Yak-38 Forger Yak-40 Codling Yak-42 Clobber Yak-52 Yak-130 Mitten Zivco Edge 540 Zlin Z 526 Akrobat Z-50

Understood. It was mentioned in the DCS manual on page 28 regarding the autopilot, but it wasn't clear to me that it works under autopilot only. It's too bad, because the overbanking tendency is unfortunate and surprising to me for a FBW aircraft.

AC Data page. You can box it and repeated clicks goes through multiple BLIM options.

The hornet has a pronounced overbanking tendency in landing configuration when approaching or passing thirty degrees of bank angle. I'm not sure why the FBW system doesn't properly cope with this. That said, the documentation I've read indicates that bank can be limited to 30 degrees using BLIM. I've tried setting this by boxing BLIM (and tried the various BLIM levels or settings), but none of them seem to have any effect. I must be missing some step for this. Anyone have any luck with this or might be able to tell me what I'm missing/doing wrong?

Congrats. Subjective question... How are its noise levels?

F-14B

Right on. I've never flown a sailplane, but I can tell you that I've instructed and given flight checks to those who have and they perform much better when they lose their engine.

I'm on the same page, but to push a little more, there is a lot that you cannot learn in a fly-by-wire aircraft. There is a lot you cannot learn in a turbojet aircraft. The best aviators are usually students of everything related to flying. Many in this community are students and enthusiasts of aviation. Some want to jump into a DCS plane and experience P-factor, torque, and spiraling slipstream. Some want fly airplanes that require more careful energy management. Some probably want to fly gliders. We all have our own reasons for flying in DCS and our own wish list for the next aircraft. Each time a developer puts out a properly completed new aircraft, it's a win for the community. It builds the DCS player base and opens new possibilities for the future. The community is bigger than any one of us or any subset of us.

Will it auto trim with gear down and flaps up?

Wouldn’t it make more sense for client B to determine if the Missile hits? For example, if client A launches a missile that flies 6 seconds toward client B, and 30ms before the missile hits client B maneuvers to defeat it. Client A, which may not have the info yet of the evasive maneuver, thinks it is a kill, so client B is down even though the missile was avoided?

I agree, but if you're not yet getting into VR, maybe its better to put your money elsewhere and save the GPU upgrade for when you do. Btw, big improvements for me after upgrading beyond 16Gb RAM.

I use the iPad, primarily because it has has seemed to lead other tablets in the aviation software I need, including Jepp View, Foreflight, checklists and manuals, etc. It's kind of neat that for simmers we can use the same software, for example geo synchronized approach plates, along with some of the other flight sims. It would be great to have DCS emulate an external GPS (like other flight sims do) for use in the sim cockpit. It would be even better if ED came out with its own ipad and android software that would emulate an electronic kneeboard or even provide combat flight planning tools.

I think it's important to make sure that whatever weather system we end up with, that it properly affects the airplanes operating in it. Icing and sensors are just two things affected by weather. We now have observed icing effects on perfectly clear air with at least the hornet. This is wrong, but how does it get fixed? For a weather model to be done right, we would need some kind of model that includes (for examples) the moisture present in the clouds to see how they cause things like icing and radar attenuation. These are just examples. We could have everything up to and including wind currents, hail, and SLD icing. Seems like a big task. The eye candy vs realism battle continues.

There are lights, and then there are lights. I essentially agree with metzger, but I think it is important to focus on the specific lighting areas that matter most, first, and take care of the essentials. Airplane lights and airfield lighting needs to be prioritized. For example, I think it is a lot less important what Las Vegas looks like at night than the ability to spot another airplane's anti-collision lights from realistic distances...

Correct, but it should prevent the master caution shouldn't it???

The new radio comms for the carrier might be a good place to start. With AI based ATC being a week spot in general, this could be a good place to start. Maybe some of the female actors can create a proper ATIS using the appropriate units for the US.

That’s a good chunk extra though over what may already be an excellent power supply. I’ve used both EVGA G2 and P2 supplies with no problems whatsoever.

Does anyone from ED follow these threads? My 2 cents is to agree that the ice detector should not detect ice when inlet, or ram air temperature, or total air temperature is more than a few degrees above zero. Of course, this is a dynamic environment. Fighter maneuvers may contain significant changes in airspeed (RAM temperature effect on TAT) and altitude (lapse rate effect on OAT) that occur rapidly, which means transitioning in and out of icing conditions quickly. I think the problem with the ice problem may be with DCS in general and not the module? Basing structural and inlet icing on OAT alone might be a reasonable assumption for the Huey, but it's not for any of the turbojets. Also, unlike carburetor icing, I am not aware of any evidence of ice accretion in jets in flight absent of visible moisture. It is normal to get frost on skin of the airplane after landing when the cold fuel in the tanks cool the skin to below freezing in warm humid air, but this is not what we are dealing with here. It's very feasible to have OAT below freezing and TAT above. In these conditions the ice detector should not be having water freeze and adhere to it thereby causing a caution message, so there shouldn't be any indication. Upon receiving this indication, the pilot should comply with the procedural actions and restrictions. Therefore, it follows that the ice detection and inlet ice systems should be removed from the F/A-18 sim until icing can be modeled correctly in DCS world.

The real cost of flying VR for me was the Rift and the 1080Ti. Totally worth it for me when I did it - I'd never go back. What is the R7 comparable to? I had a 390X and had to upgrade for the RIFT in DCS. If faced with the VR or not TODAY, as much as I love it I might hold off until better hardware emerges.

Can you just go to controller settings and remote be the comm keybinds for that switch on your HOTAS?

Glad to see the CE2 is being well received. I’ll have to buy this at some point. I really hope it encourages other civilian aircraft, too.