LtMacGowan

I've figured out how to have my wingman go forward and perform a recce and send target info through the datalink and storing them but how do i target them to engage? my SHKVAL TV screen remains dark. The targets are blue diamonds on the ABRIS map but i can't figure out how to slave my SHKVAL to them to blow them up.

I went into the DED, set up TACAN and ILS. The DED reported ILS ON, I triple checked the ILS Freq and it was correct. I flew to the runway via TACAN and switched to the other mode on the HSI, it never picked up the ILS, that red bar remained on, and i had dashed vertical and horizontal lines on the hud, I switched runways and changed the TACAN and ILS Info triple checking again to make sure they were correct and that DED still said ILS ON, again nothing, I flew directly over the runway several times and the ILS never picked up. I tried a 3rd runway and again the same.

Silly question i just cant find the right button to lock up or bug? a target on my radar. Im trying enter for cursor/enable but that doesnt seem to be it. The controls are different than the FA-18. I need some help plz. Thanks Also is it the same to lock up targets while in ACM?

I've included the track file for the HSI bug. I noticed I can trigger it by changing the SCL from 40 to 20, the crs jumps many degrees each time I change the HUD scale hsi-crs-bug.trk

I've noticed everytime I'm RTB to the carrier this odd thing happens. I set up the TACAN, and bring up the HSI, select TACAN. The carrier this time had a BRC of 305 degrees so I set the CRS to 296, everything was set up fine, then I notice that once I'm within about 15 miles of the carrier my TACAN CRS line is over 30 degrees off target at 326 deg, this happens everytime. Whatever i set the CRS for when I'm still 25-40 miles away from the carrier, when I get close it jumps 30 degrees plus. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

"There's an old fighter pilot saying-"Don't fight the way your enemy wants you to fight"" Well what I want to know is HOW does the enemy want me to fight? Something really simple like MiG 29 at 25,000ft + Do this, 15-25,000ft do that, under 15,000 do this and never do that, vs MiG 25, MiG 21, M-2000C, etc etc. I'm getting the idea that I should not try and enter a climbing fight with the MiG 21 but what is my best altitude to engage him? Whats his best altitude to engage me? and same with other planes.

During the training mission it said i had to set the VT fuze height to the same setting the bomb was set to and in the training it was 1500ft but im flying the close air support mission and it doesn't say what the bombs fuze is set to, automatically the VT fuze is set to 300, how do i determine what the bomb is set to?

How do I employ flares and chaff? There isnt a training mission for it. I remove the joystick and click the DISPENSER to ON, not bypass, and then the ECM to RCV, then to XMT when i want to jam will that automatically deploy flare and chaff when im fired on? or do I need to do something more?

How do I jettison fuel tanks or un used weapons in the F/A-18? the F-15 had a command to do so but unless im missing it in the control panel im not seeing it. thanks

This might sound silly but there isn't much info on how to properly engage different fighters at close range say within 5 miles. I was doing the DACT MiG 21 vs F/A-18 1 on 1 and I was getting beat in a turning fight by a MiG-21 it was embarassing What are the best altitudes to engage at, and how should I engage? Turn and burn? or Climb and dive? I was trying to turn into the MiG to get on his six and He'd stay inside the turn until I was nearing stall speed.

Does the F/A-18 have a mode similiar to the F-15C where you have that dotted circle on the HUD and anyone that flies into it within like 10 miles you can just hit TDC depress and lock them up? Or are you limited to just mad dog launches? I ask because I was dogfighting and its pretty much impossible to get a radar lock when the target is within 10 miles maneuvering. I get that AC-VISUAL on my HUD but is there a way to lock up a target that flies into it? or do i just launch mad dog mode and hope?

Ok So I feel quite retarded. I forgot to set mode to A/G *facepalm* Sorry guys but I appreciate your answers and quick responses. the DCS community rocks

I'm doing the weapon qual mission for the HAARM. I select Haarm on the Left DDI, then TOO mode, I use the I button to select which radar i want to target, then do the sensor left thing and get the diamond in the upper part of the DDI, now heres where the problem is all the tutorials ive seen say to use Cage UnCage the C button and the radar selected icon will change and you can launch. I press C to the cows come home and nothing happens and I can't fire. What am I doing wrong?

the retractable gunsight for the right handside pilot, how do you turn the reticle on? M lowers the gunsight for the lefthand side pilot and the reticle is already lit up, but lowering the right side 1 it is not.

alright at the risk of sounding like a complete n00b, which when it comes helos i guess i am. the mi-8 its default settings have the joy slider assigned to the collective, and the throttle i believe set to default 100%, are you saying the default huey controls have my joy slider to throttle but not assigned to collective? if i reverse that can i leave the throttle set at 100% as with the mi-8 or do i have to control that as well?