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The night button lowers the brightness to low levels so that it does not whiteout the NVGs while looking around the cockpit IRL. This is basically what makes it a 'Night Attack'. On the left hand sidewall, the master lights switch also has a night position which in real life changes the formation lights to IR instead of the slime green lights and the anti-collision and formation lights are also dimmed considerably and IR so as to not give away your position at night. Anyone with NVGs would see you of course.

That's what I was afraid of... Sounds good Sabre, thanks for the help.

Deactivate Yes Hydrox, you must deactivate the campaign before you upgrade your hardware. I didn't... and I'm still trying to figure out how to delete the windows registry entry for the activation key.

Just recently had my mobo crap out on me and so I went ahead and replaced it along with a new CPU and some new RAM... and of course since I didn't deactivate my modules, I had to use the windows registry deletion method. The only one not listed on the FAQ section of the main DCS website is the BFT deletion file. My question is, is there a way to deactivate the BFT after a major hardware change? I tried doing the manual protect.exe for the BFT but it won't allow me to deactivate since the changes have already been made. Any ideas?

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escaner, I sent you a PM for some info on a good group to join. Reply back if you want any further information.

Are you making the MAV page the Sensor Of Interest (SOI) by pressing Coolie Hat (that's the throttle button you're thinking of) either Right or Left long (depending on what side MFCD you have the MAV page on)? If not, then try that and see if the MAV then tracks to your SPI. If you don't take control of the MAV by making it the SOI, then you're basically resetting your SOI to the steerpoint (which you would see as STPT in the HUD if you do not make the MAV SOI). Edit: You can tell which MFCD is SOI based on the green square outline around the MFCD (for either MAV or TGP).

Nomenclature I believe that the nomenclature that you are looking for is the combustion section. Looks like what is commonly referred to as a can-annular version in that picture. Quick and pointless note, the fire inside of the combustion section is actually hot enough to melt the metal that makes up the vast majority of combustion chambers (cases) and the only thing that keeps them from melting is bleed air from further up that is 'cooler' than the air that is mixed with air and jet fuel. Crazy isn't it?

Does anyone else press the gun trigger to stage one for PAC and then fire rockets? I've found that to help with my runs as it does the same stabilization as a gun run. I know the manual doesn't state to do it but I've found that it works just the same.

Wish they would model the new dual mode bombs that are currently in use. They are just as accurate as GBUs with the flexibility to use them on moving targets with the laser mode.

One thing I've always done is added a mark point on the TAD with where I wanted to start my run from and hooked it in order to always know 'where' it is in relation to where I am. This isn't needed if there is an IP of course, but most of the single player missions I use or mess around with don't have them.

Is it just me or does anyone else that uses the HOTAS TM remap all of your letters from CDU to your keyboard keys, i.e. a=a, b=b, etc., and remapping your keypad numbers to the UFC numbers?

Info This is actually not true, the AV-8B II+ variant was the original AV-8B Day Attack variant that was re-manufactured with a longer nose section to accommodate the radar. They also retooled the wing to include the 100% Leading Edge Root Extension (LERX) and also added the upgraded 408B engine along with all of the avionics upgrades. The Night Attack is still in use today and is around 40% more reliable than the II+ radar variant...

Remarky, it all depends on what you want to practice/work on. For anything not involving weapons delivery I tend to use the Virtual Aerobatics Server as weapons are not allowed and they tend to monitor that more than some other servers. For weapons practice I tend to pick the server that's open with the least amount of people in there, especially if there are fighters all over the place. For a one-on-one you'd have to get with whomever has a teamspeak channel so you two could talk. Have you looked into TeamSpeak by chance?

Multi Player Remarky, I too was hesitant to join in on any multiplayer games but there was a pretty awesome member on this board (who recently passed away - Blooze) that got me involved and did some awesome things with me to get up to speed to join real time missions on their server. I can say without a doubt it has been the best time I've had thus far and if I can offer just one piece of advice, it would be to not wait until you think you're ready to do multiplayer, that is where you should be learning the most! I don't get on multiplayer that much but would love to help out where I could (probably best time is on the weekends). Those one on one sessions are what got me really hooked and I have no doubt it will do great things for you as well. PM me if you ever want to try it out.

Classified Systems While it's more than just basic aircraft systems that seem to be discussed in this thread, there are plenty of items and systems that are not modeled as they can't be released to the public. In particular are the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) and secure (encrypted) communications, sometimes referred to as KYs. The fact that they have these systems isn't classified but how they work and what frequencies/encryption keys quite certainly are and they frequently change so just getting knowledge of certain items probably wouldn't do anyone any good. I am currently a Plane Captain (i.e. Crew Chief) on AV-8B Harriers and our jet has many of the same systems that the A-10C has. Hope this helps shed some light on what is left out.

RIP Brother This is a very sad day indeed. Blooze was a great man and was always there to train and mentor anyone in need. I flew with Blooze on many occasions and had an absolute amazing time with the Ragtag Air Corps that he put so much effort into. He taught me so much and kept me going when things got frustrating. It was my absolute pleasure to have known you and you will surely be missed. Fly high brother.

Zoom Mapping Entro, One thing I noticed when I first got my TM was using the grey dial (friction wheel) for zoom resulted in lots of shaky images. One thing to alleviate this is to use a modifier button and then the zoom wheel. I first used the paddle switch (the little lever in the front of the joystick or pinkie lever) and then the zoom wheel. Now I've gotten away from the zoom wheel and have mapped my zoom in as the paddle switch + mic switch forward and zoom out as paddle switch + mic switch aft (this way my hand never leaves the throttle to zoom in or out.) Same goes for my TIR center command, I use the push function of the slew control, and the TIR freeze, mic switch push function. Just food for thought.

Saw this on my EarlyBird news feed. Good news perhaps? http://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/2015/01/29/mcsally-a10-letter/22533095/

I just got sick watching that video...

Sorry if this has been discussed but I used what little search knowledge that I have and didn't come up with any results. :helpsmilie: Was curious if anyone else has seen this before: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cloud-Flyer-Motion-Flight-Simulator-DYI-Manual-with-Drawings-/111489918964?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item19f55127f4 Looks like a fairly simple way of getting a motion controlled home pit IF you can weld and you've got some spare aluminum/steel just sitting around. Maybe someone on here already has this in their setup? Youtube vid of latest model: Website of the designer: http://www.cloud-flyer.com/

Doesn't the wind call show the direction the wind is coming from? Therefore it would be going to (224-180=44) 044 degrees, which runway 08 is pointing more into the wind than the 260 runway? Or have I misinterpreted that altogether?

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=96116

Well after trying just about everything I said forget it and reloaded PeterP's mod and wouldn't you know it, it worked! Now time to figure this BVR and A2A stuff out...

Faith - took a look at that thread but it seems weird that I can change every view and set each snap view to the location that I want but none of them seem to change how the HUD looks. Can't figure it out. I even tried to change the default FOV but that didn't do anything at all.