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The hook is of no use unless there is an arrester wire (RHAG) on the runway for a start. Are any of the DCS runways equipped with one, or a barrier for that matter. Nevada? That would certainly make things interesting. The Lightweight hooks on A/C like the Mirage, Tornado, F-15, f-16, and just about every combat A/C can usually only take the stress of a slow speed grab near the far end of the runway, (although this depends on circumstances, aircraft, and RHAG settings), and then it pays out a LOT of cable compared to a carrier, maybe 100m+, and is a bit underwhelming to watch. Energy is bled off slowly compared to a carrier system which is a high speed (equivalent to a RHAG at the touchdown point set to max), and absorbs the energy of the fwd speed much faster and in a shorter distance, which I'm sure is much more 'exciting'. It certainly would be exciting for the pilot of one of the A/C mentioned, because he might wonder why he wasn't slowing down much.... The reason being that his rear fuselage was sitting on the runway while he carried on without it. ;) I'm no expert, but here is an nteresting thread on this matter:- http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=82463&start=0 As for the chute... [OT] I once watched a German F-4 take off at RAF Bruggen that we had just Serviced, and just after rotation, at about 50ft off the deck, he decided that it would be a great idea to pop his brake chute. me and the guys were waiting for a bang, but he just kept on piling on the thrust, but seemed to be getting nowhere fast. It seemed to me like he was hovering. After what seemed like ages, he obviously realised what he had done, popped it and shot off like a rocket. he didn't come back for a new one. We didn't get blamed, but I can't see how you could accidentally deply the chute in an F-4. it's a lever much like the M2000 Parking brake on the LH side of the seat.

Quite a few years ago, when I worked for a UK games company, we were going to make a Rafale sim, and started work on it, (although it eventually got canned), with collaboration from Dassault, who were very keen to help us publicise their new baby. I visited their HQ in Paris with the game designer, and they gave us research material including hard bound volumes of the History of Dassault, so it seems unlikely that they are unwilling to help. Maybe just when work goes ahead without their blessing perhaps?

Same problem here if saturation is changed, TDC stops working completely. However, with my TM, just setting the throttle joy_x/joy_y curves to 100% makes it work nicely.

If everything is working, could the magnet be the one from the left throttle that snaps the 'Bolt' out of the way when you disconnect them?

Yes. When did you last see a bonedome without a dark visor? I suppose It could work like the NVG Overlay, although a full screen darkening would be just as good. Also, IMO The Sun Flare is far too large. Even civilian aircraft have sunshields and / or a pair of RayBans available.

Open your canopy fully once stopped so they can hear you. You can do it on the runway, but you might find that an a-10 is going to land on you, so park it up first. For some reason, this doesn't seem to be necessary when you first start the mission on the runway, and you can rearm at will. Refuel/rearm can be done "hot", but repairs are different, and require engine shutdown. One thing that I have noticed is that chaff/flares don't always get reloaded unless you alter the settings for quantity. Also, note that unless you load the same weapons as at mission start, you will have to reprogram the DSMS Inventory page for each store marked in red. Just select each one in turn, go to the inv page, select the correct weapon, and if necessary, number of stores on that pylon, then hit the Load button.

A separate monitor config (for mfd export) that is loaded for each module would be good. ATM, it is tricky to configure each one so my mfds appear correctly on a second monitor without manually loading a different file from the MonitorSetup folder. I did have it set up so the su25t, Ka50 and A10 were catered for in one file, using Easy Monitor Configurator, but updates mean you have to redo the config.

I don't know the answer to that, but like most things, I would assume that available resources would be a big factor. jets can certainly get in and out much faster. As for the vtol/taxi question, when I was working on RAF helicopters many years ago (Wessex, Puma & Chinook), the 2 smaller types would usually take off directly from the pan in front of the hangars. The part of the base I first worked on was a single hangar with 4 small frying pan shaped pads in front of the hangar, and the aircraft would go directly to & from those after being towed or pushed there. Chinooks being much bigger and heavier used a new bigger pan, and would sometimes taxi to the runway, but often landed on the edge of the pan (apron) and taxied into their slots. Chinooks make MUCH more downdraught and could make it pretty difficult to stand if they decided to land or takeoff too close, especially if they have a heavy load. Generally ground equipment and refuelling trucks are not left lying around on the pan for helicopters to hit, so that isn't a problem. If they are, then the helicoper is taxied into it's slot to avoid collisions. Quite often we would operate off base, and there usually being no runway, the things just went where we waved them to. In the Falklands, each one just had a bit of a field that it operated from. No runway there. As for skids, on a visit to a luftwaffe base, (Alhorn I believe) we visited 64 Staffel, then operating Hueys and they were hover taxying all over the place. Quite a sight - and noise.