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  1. Just read through this whole thread. My puny warthog now somewhat seems less awesome in comparison to what's coming.

     

    I'll happily put down the money for full A10, F-18 and Typhoon setups, stick base and everything.

     

    Will you be doing a modular throttle base as well (if you said yes, I missed it)?

     

    Given the speed at which you can design stuff and also produce it, it might be a good idea for you to keep an eye on the Star Citizen developments, there is a huuuge market emerging for spaceship input devices right now. I'd love to have a space HOTAS on top of the stuff you already announced.

     

    And please make the stick base round like the Warthog, the Obutto folks will appreciate that...

     

    Can't wait for you to start taking pre-orders! :)

     

    Uhhh, don't you already have a A-10C if you have the Warthog? Why would you need another one?

  2. Air force... You mean chair force? Lol

     

    Need a nice us army paper!

     

    Haha I've heard that one at the Air Force subreddit when I posted this as well.

     

    Very nice! thanks!

    No problem, glad you like it.

  3. I made a USAF Wallpaper, and thought I'd share it here as well. Not sure how many USAF fans we have here, but hope you enjoy it.

     

    With Text

    Flagmetal Dark - 4K Desktop: HO3Psgq.jpg

    Flagmetal Bright - 4K Desktop: 5LTmrsu.jpg

    Flagmetal Dark - Phone: HeMOVPB.jpg

    Flagmetal Bright - Phone: wXZdCg9.jpg

     

    Without Text

    Flagmetal Dark - 4K Desktop (No Text): 5dO31Bw.jpg

    Flagmetal Bright - 4K Desktop (No Text): iaG9vMr.jpg

    Flagmetal Dark - Phone (No Text): 93eUj7M.jpg

    Flagmetal Bright - Phone (No Text): yYiHgQS.jpg

     

    Album link: http://imgur.com/a/MMx2y

  4. Well, if you think about it, lots of pilots switch hands throughout their career, and I'm not just talking about military pilots.

     

    If you're in the pilot seat in a 737, you're going to be flying the yoke with your left hand primarily, and with your right hand on the throttle.

     

    If you fly an A330 in the pilot seat, you'd be with your left hand on the joystick as well. Then if you switch seat, it's opposite.

     

    I don't think it would be that extremely hard to switch hands, so I don't see left handed pilots having a problem flying in the military.

  5. So, with the cold hardened resin F-18 grip (like the real one!) being so good, is it worth it to go the metal route just to get something that might be 25% bettter? That will also be 300% more expensive, 600% more time consuming and can be produced in 1000% less quantities?

    And will be less realistic than the real thing ??

    *that's the fact that bothers me the most. All that extra work to make it less realistic :doh:

     

    I've been sold on the cold hardened resin for a while now, after you convinced me, but why would an aluminum build be 25% better if the real joystick is resin as well? I'm sure they made the decision based on quality and comfort, not price. Isn't resin perhaps better for this stick and specific aircraft?

  6. Bump.

    Im sure you are getting ready for the F14 now?

    So now i am going to need 3 grips, Eurofighter,F18 and F14, oh and throttles?, i think i wont be able to afford the throttles! Only grips:joystick:

     

    Wow, isn't it a little early to start thinking about the F-14. They just announced it, so isn't it a couple of years away?

  7. As much as I hate to admit it, I enjoyed the AF training program a lot more than Navy. Navy takes a "here's the book, learn it, every flight is an evaluation/check ride" approach with the mentality being that the people who really want to be there will learn it, and the instructor can teach beyond the basics (usually in the debrief when he's not busy screaming at you). The AF takes a much more teaching/preparing approach where you are expected to do more "busy work", but as long as you put in the time the instructors will teach you what you need to know. Additionally, not every flight is a check ride, but they are designed to build up and eventually be more difficult than the check ride, so that when the check ride finally comes it's a straight-forward evolution. Another nice thing about this philosophy is that can try new techniques without worrying about washing out on a practice sortie. Some Navy types scoff at it as being "spoon fed", but as a former instructor myself I see the merit in it.

     

    Finally, the Air Force has the best box lunches! :D

     

    Well, I guess each branch has its benefits. I'm sure there were many things you enjoyed more about the Navy as well. When my ALO asked me why not the Navy, I told him it was because I would rather not live on a ship. It made him chuckle :D

     

    I'm happy to hear that the approach is like that . The reason why I switched from Dutch public school to an International School was because the Dutch system was exactly like you described the Navy approach to be.

     

    Lastly, I also love food, so good boxed lunches will come in handy :thumbup:

     

    Thank you so much for all the advice and all. I also find it really interesting to hear about all of your experiences.

  8. First I have to say congrats. Just getting selected to a service academy is no easy feat. It is an achievement by itself.

     

    Find ways to prepare. Prepare your mind, prepare your body. Find some rigorous activities that you are not good at and/or have little interest in and go train in those. Run like a deer and swim like a fish. Do crossfit. Then do more. Preparing your mind will be harder. Probably you have mental toughness in your make-up or you do not, but find a way to prepare as much as you can. Find a way to be positive when everything sucks (it won't suck for just you, it will suck for all of you in your class/team/group/whatever).

     

     

     

     

    You aren't going to be able to 'research' that, but the main thing is to have the desire. You are going to need to observe and take in the traits that you see in others that you think are 'good officers' and try to identify and avoid the negative traits demonstrated by the clueless ones. Like Cali I worked with some real gems and some real buttheads (US Navy) and the difference is astounding. Some humility and some concern for your troops will get noticed and will serve you well.

     

    Here is where you start - use every chance you get to gleam knowledge and wisdom from your senior enlisted. Find some senior master-blaster in your squadron and pick his brains. Don't interview him, don't try to build a relationship with him, but do not dismiss what he has to say. He didn't get to be an E-9 by being a dumbass and he probably forgot more about real leadership then many Captains ever attained.

     

    I remember a day on a mission when my chief stood up for me on an important tactical discussion, when the skipper questioned my analysis of some intel and I turned out to be right. But my chief didn't waver. I want you to know that I still keep in touch with that guy, years later, and I would drive all freaking night to go help him if he ever needed it.

     

    Enjoy every single day of it man. Even if you never get to fly, you are doing a great job, and every day is a new opportunity to earn the respect you will be given. Good for you, buddy. Make us all proud.

     

    Thank you. It was indeed a very long process to get through.

     

    I have done a lot more different kinds of exercising lately. I used to do more weightlifting myself, but I've started to go out and run a lot, which I enjoy a lot now. I'm already a swimmer, so I've got that going for me! I am a pretty optimistic person, but I think it will still be hard to get through. I do know that the camaraderie in the squadrons will help me get through it.

     

    I'll be sure to look out for those traits. I will do my utmost best to make sure the US Air Force, and the US Military in general, remain as good as they are today. I really want what's best for this country, and I think I can do my part as part as the US Air Force.

     

    Thank you for the tip and the story as well. I will be sure to take your advice in the future.

     

    First Congrats not everyone is qualified and not everyone that is qualified gets accepted.

     

    Second Figure out what you want to do in the AF BEFORE you start school, this will help you out in the long run.

     

    Finally if you want to be a pilot you are on the right path, the academy is the best place for a pilot slot, they have far more than any of the other options (OTS, ROTC, etc). Work hard, don't let anybody or anything get in your way.

     

    Thanks a lot. I will be sure to work hard and get what I want.

     

    Good luck!

     

    Thank you very much

  9. For your sake I'm glad to hear it. I wouldn't expect things to be the same over 20 years later; just the services adjusting their pipelines for their immediate needs.

     

    Re: UPT, as long as you follow my advice when it turns into a grind (and it's not all fun; it can be quite tedious and stressful as well), you'll be fine.

     

    I meant to ask: do they still do joint Navy/AF flight training? They were integrating API when I went through, and I actually did my advanced flight training at Randolph.

     

    Thanks for the advice. I have no idea whether Navy & AF still train together. I don't believe that is still the case, but I have no clue. Pretty cool that you got to train together though. I imagine that was interesting. What was your experience from it?

     

    Amazing. After reading through this thread I can only wish you the best of luck!

     

    My dream has been the same for years now. I have to finish school first, though. I won't be able to join the USAF because of my nationality.. But hey, civil aviation is also fun :)

     

    Thank you for the kind words. Also good luck to you. Civil aviation is indeed very fun. It used to be my dream as well. My father is a 737 pilot, and he loves his job. Good luck to you in the future, and work hard in school!

  10. I know the AFA used to guarantee a pilot/navigator slot for graduates who were physically qualified, but I thought that they pulled back on that in the early 1990s. When I was looking at the academies, AFA did offer that, but by the time I was commissioned (Navy) I had better odds getting Naval Aviation from NROTC than an AFA grad would have getting a pilot slot.

     

    That was also the post Desert Storm drawdown, so the pendulum may have swung since then.

     

    USAFA does not guarantee pilot slots anymore, that is correct. However, chances are high that you can get a pilot slot, as long as you are medically qualified.

     

    This is a direct quote from USAFA.

    If you are interested in flying high tech, high performance aircraft, then you'll be interested in the following. The

    majority of each class will have the opportunity to attend Undergraduate Flight Training. This means that virtually

    every cadet who wants to fly and is medically qualified to do so will have that opportunity upon graduation.

     

    I've heard this from many recent USAFA graduates as well. Of course, getting through UPT is a completely different story. I've talked to a few people who also dropped out of UPT, but this was mostly because it wasn't really what they wanted to do, they just chose it because it seemed fun. I'm pretty sure that for someone who's dream it is to become a pilot would not drop out so easily.

     

    What you said about NROTC vs USAFA, I doubt that applies today as well.

     

    Thank you for the motivating words!

     

    You're welcome, and good luck!

  11. That's a false statement. When using OTS, you know your job before signing your life away with acceptance rate (at times) of 80%.

     

    Only option I had was either ROTC or Academy. Can't afford to go to college without scholarships. I would have to pay out of state fees for all colleges as well.

     

    In the Academy, as long as you're medically qualified, you basically get a pilot slot, even when you're one of the worst in your class (which I don't intend to be). I'll take what I've been offered and be happy with it. It's been my dream for years, and I wont give up.

     

    Thanks for the good luck and I'll be sure not to suck :thumbup:

     

    Weirdly enough a few years back I didn't wanted to be a pilot as much as I now want to. When I started to earn (good) money I got a bit lazy, I'm now 24 and I feel it's too late.

     

    But never too late to learn flying small civil planes (klein maar fijn) :pilotfly:I'll get myself in the air, some day..

     

    Heel veel plezier en vooral succes!

    Have fun and above all success!

     

    Het is inderdaad nooit te laat om nog te gaan vliegen. Mijn vader is pas toen hij 33 was bij KLM gaan vliegen. 24 is nog heel jong. Op de defensie website staat dat je voor de opleiding minimaal 17 moet zijn, en maximaal 26 jaar en 11 maanden mag zijn.

     

    Als dat je droom is, zou ik het nog gewoon proberen. Als je het niet probeert weet je het nooit.

     

    Bedankt, en ik wens u ook veel succes met uw carriere.

  12. Definitely a tough road, but any opportunity that special is bound to be challenging.

     

    I offer you some seemingly contradictory advice: keep your eye on the prize (commission), but stay focused on your immediate goals and tasks. What this means is that it will become a grind: stay focused on what you are doing one step at a time, but use your ultimate goals as motivation to stay the course.

     

    Finally, you'll be tempted to take off or loosen the proverbial pack once your goal is in sight, or once you reach a significant milestone (e.g. commission, selection, winging). Truth is that the only time you take off the pack is when you go on leave!

     

    Thank you. This is actually what I've been doing for the past years that I switched schools. Becoming a pilot has been my life long dream, and when joining the Air Force became an option for me, I set my course for that goal.

     

    I've been focused on that ever since, but I've been going at it step by step. That's how I got into the Academy, something I never thought I was able to do. I never look too far into the future, but look what I need to do to achieve my dreams, and so far, that has worked out pretty well.

     

    Thanks for the kind advice, and I certainly agree with what you said towards the end there: "the only time you take off the pack is when you go on leave!"

  13. How exactly does one from the netherlands get accepted into the USAFA?

     

    I was born and raised in the Netherlands, and attended Dutch public school for most of my life. Now I attend an International School, and since my mother is American, I have dual nationality.

     

    As a person living abroad, it was hard to get a congressional nomination.

     

    Thanks for all the congrats and tips!

     

    Hey brother you need any advice or what not about Colorado Springs hit me up. Stationed at Fort Carson

     

     

    Rich

     

    Thanks a lot. I'm coming a week early to get used to altitude, so I might message you closer to that date. Thanks

  14. Good luck and please don't be a clueless officer, we have too many of them in right now. I don't know what you plan on doing, but it's a tough road, but stick with it. I'm enlisted and will be retired before you graduate. The air force is changing and I liked it much better 5-10 years ago. If you want to be a pilot....go for it! Might want to look up what they have to go through and start reading up on things like that.

     

    Thanks. I'll be sure to not be one of those clueless officers. I did lots of research on what it means to be an officer, and one of the things that stuck out for me was that you are always an officer first. I want to be the best possible officer I can be, and have a good & long career in the Air Force.

     

    I was also fortunate enough to have talked to many USAFA graduates, Class of 1980 (knows the superintendent), Class of 2013 and Class of 2014. They have given me lots of advice, and so has my ALO.

     

    Attending USAFA is one thing I really want, although I've heard it's really hard. When I visited USAFA a year ago, I immediately got a good vibe. I really like it there and certainly hope to become a military aviator someday.

     

    I have read about the process of becoming a pilot in the USAF. USAFA graduates can get a pilot slot quite easily, as long as they're medically qualified. Then I need to perform well in UPT, and I know what kind of tests are required.

     

    Thank you for your service & your advice!

  15. Since I have played DCS for years, and have been part of the DCS forums for a couple of years now as well, I wanted to just share this bit of news.

     

    I got into the US Air Force Academy last week! Class of 2019, here I come!

     

    I know no one on the forums knows me, but DCS, ED and this community are very special to me, and have been a great source of inspiration, so thank you for if anyone actually reads this.

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  16. not mean to be rude but , to be honest , I do not give a damn for DirectX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 :D

    I want to see AMD mantle in dcs.

    see the tests this link

    :pilotfly:

     

    Seeing as most people in the flight sim community have Nvidia cards (because most sims are better optimized for Nvidia), DirextX 12 will be very good for ED to put some time into. Most people would benefit from DirectX 12.

     

    We'll see if DX12 actually brings real world improvements, not just on microsofts powerpoint slides.

    DX10 brought a few new features but was mainly a hoax to force gamers to get Vista.

     

    Someone hacked Crysis to use DX9 and it looked almost exactly like the DX10 version.

     

    Ryan Smith from Anandtech actually compared DX12 vs Mantle. Mantle still is faster on AMD cards, however, DX12 is still in a very early stage, and most cards tested were still AMD cards, so naturally will benefit more from an AMD optimized Mantle.

     

    Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8962/the-directx-12-performance-preview-amd-nvidia-star-swarm/6

     

    Give DX12 some time. I'm not saying to trust on DX12, but DX12 will probably be the best thing to implement in DCS rather than Mantle. Nevertheless, DX12 is not here yet, it will take a while before it's finished. Then it could still take ages before ED implement it in DCS 2 (perhaps even DCS 3, who knows)

     

    As for the topic question, I believe it's only DX11, which is why I think ED posted that poll about everyone's graphics card and whether they support DX11. So far, only 3.4% of those who polled had an older graphics card, so I would think ED would make it DX11 only.

     

    Source: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=126222

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