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@Scooternutz, that's a nice patch in your sig... my fav was our Friday patch

Like Harker said, you don't tune a frequency to MIDS, it's an encrypted 'channel' that you select to talk to your flight or anyone else on the same 'channel' So say you're a flight of 2 Hornets for a SEAD tasking and a 2 ship for CAP. You can all have MIDS A on channel 1, then the SEAD flight can have MIDS B on channel 2 and the CAP flight can have MIDS B on channel 3. All of the Hornets can communicate on MIDS A and each separate package can have their own comms on MIDS B. That then leaves you to have COMM 1 tuned to say AWACS, and COMM 2 to common strike package. Now you essentially have four conversations on-going. All you have to do is turn your D/L ON, select the OSB next to VOC A or VOC B, press the channel you want to assign it and press enter. Ensure you have MIDS A/B assigned a control in DCS and SRS, if you use that, and you should be GTG.

Do you have a triple monitor setup? I do and am unable to see anything but black screens. Everyone else with single monitor setups are able to see the PLAT cam, AFAIK. Knowing your setup and in-game resolution might assist in trouble shooting.

This good enough?

If you're looking for realism, there is no such thing as a rolling landing on a LHD. VLs are the only authorized landing aboard ship. Unfortunately, even IRL, people try stuff like that. We had a VMA-311 jet crash trying to do a RVL (Rolling Vertical Landing), which is completely against NATOPS. They actually did it twice, the first time they got lucky and landed it, the second time the mains caught the back of the ship as it pitched up and it skidded to a stop near the island. All pilots involved were immediately removed from the deployment including the pilot of the crashed jet, the LSO, the flight lead and the Officer In Charge (OIC) of the Harrier Det. Not 100% positive but I'm almost certain none of them ever flew again.

Just perusing TrackIR threads and came across this today. For me, I found that using the mini-stick press for re-centering TrackIR and the camera view in DCS works best, although you have to make sure that you assign the command in TrackIR and in each module, i.e. F-18, F-14, etc. For freezing TrackIR, I use the mic switch press and then for Push To Talk I use mic switch up for Team Speak, SRS and Voice Activated Commands (DWVAC). I use mic switch FWD for Comm1, mic switch AFT for Comm2, and mic switch Down for Comm3.

It also switches the FOV for Mavericks from Wide/Narrow, as well as being able to cycle through targets (FWD Short) and Hand Off to the HARMs (AFT Short) in TOO (Target of Opportunity). If you don't have or aren't using Chuck's guide, might want to give it a look and find out that and much more https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=212282

Not sure what you mean by no lights for the Stennis? They work fine for me, just make sure you are calling inbound in the ATC menu option on 127.500. The first three or four landings I did were on NVGs and a PITA! Then one of the guys I fly with told me to request Inbound on the ATC menu and sure enough they turned the lights on for me. If you abort inbound the lights get turned off, did that to the same guy that told me to turn them on as he was trying to land...

Camo Helmets The reason they wear the camo helmet covers in combat is because the standard white helmet tape is extremely reflective. The last thing you want is highly reflective white helmet tape that can reflect white light for miles to give away your position. Honestly, the last thing a Marine pilot would ever need to remind them that they are Marines first and pilots second is a camouflage helmet cover. PSA, I was there when that video was made and was the Quality Assurance Chief. The reason that second pilot had white helmet tape is because he was pretty new to the squadron and hadn't deployed yet. Great guy though!

Here is probably one of my all time favorites though. Served with the pilot when he was an enlisted guy and he went to VMI and became a Harrier pilot. Crazy to work on it and learn everything about it and all the secrets behind keeping it in the air and THEN wanting to fly it!

Cool video from VMA-311 from 2003 timeframe

Similar but a lot cooler than just me throwing the throttle back and forth... RAZBAM @DECOY, check out the 2:05 mark, would be cool to replicate that!

Ha! Us Americans aren't too keen about tea parties... :music_whistling:

Turn the volume knob all the way up, it is the top, smaller, knob on the ACNIP panel on the right-hand side of the cockpit, just aft of the radio.

Sorry OB1, I tried the replay three times but it only ever shows you taxi out of the HAS and then the plane just sits there on the deck not moving, so I could not get far enough to see what happened to your radar.

Posting a track would help see what is going on, that way we can take over when it happens to see what we get. Might be a bug with the water system or the EFC system, and also to see what your JPT is when you get the hex. I did not have any damage when I was testing the Man Fuel system but I'll see if I can take some rounds and replicate if I have time.

Without seeing a track it's hard to say why but I have personally only seen a D flashing on the left side of the HUD when I left the laser on after lasing a target and either stowing the TPOD or navigating away from the TPOD on which ever MPCD I was looking at. After the bomb/missile impacts the target make sure you press the OSB to turn the laser off.

How is this the gun backup sight? Did you read that somewhere or from your own knowledge? I've always been told that it was just to ensure that the HUD combiner glasses were aligned and straight, otherwise the HUD indications would not be visible and/or be way off the line of sight. This is coming from current active duty maintainers.

Just used MPRS today on a multi-player server and it worked fine. Connected first try and all subsequent aborts and rejoins worked as well.

Ok, so after further testing in Man Fuel, the majority of the system is modeled correctly. If you are in Man Fuel water will flow in T/O around 105% (should be 102.5ish so close enough, but it will flow) and around 765°C in LDG. I had no issues maintaining limitations manually and performing a VL was doable especially if you dump fuel and keep your weight reasonable. Bold face procedures (Emergency Procedures) call for jettisoning all stores if you have to select Man Fuel anyway so keeping the weight down should be easy enough and having water to keep the JPT down helps get you back on ship if you absolutely have to do a VL. The maximum RPM is 111%, which is modeled correctly, so you will more than likely only ever see the R power hex in the HUD especially if you have your H2O in LDG.

I think it's for when they plan on doing the II+ after ED gets their ground radar working in the Hornet. The knob vs. switch is still not confirmed since my contacts aren't working this weekend. Can't remember which jet this is a picture of since I can't see the BUNO however, it was one of my last high powers in the hush house (you can see the massive doors just in front of me). It clearly has a course switch but I'm guessing it was a radar.

Gotcha, I don't use VR myself, but I can see how that would be better for that.

Is there any particular reason for that or just convenience? I usually just pop Altitude hold on and scroll to the course I need, which can sometimes be a PITA, but having the click and drag function added would be more beneficial IMO. But a keyboard mapping would make sense in case someone wanted to export it as well.

I'm not entirely certain which BUNO is modeled here, that would determine which one it had...

If memory serves me correctly (and I haven't been in a radar jet cockpit in almost 3 years now) the course knob was present in Trainer T-Birds, Day Attack, and Night Attack aircraft and it was changed to the course switch in AV-8B II+ radar jets.