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This white triangle - it's not an Angle of Attack indicator, is it? I am looking at page 499 of the Flight Manual which states, under ILS Final Approach, "maintain landing glide slope angle of attack as indicated on ADI and AoA indexer lights". If this is correct, does anyone know how to read and use it? I can't find out anything else that possibly refers.

:blush: er, I meant the ADI! The white flag is now a triangle just to the right of the glide-path scale. It is behind both the glide-path 'needle' and the red flag (when the red flag is visible). When I take off with the ILS set and selected the glide-path needle is off scale at the top, which makes sense. The red flag is not in view. But this white triangle is now there, centre scale, about 2.5 x size of glide-path needle. When I open the thrust levers this flag moves slightly upscale. There is also a white indicator behind it which occasionally moves into view. I think it would be best if I took a screen shot - can anyone explain to this tyro just how to do it?

Autotrim Button clarification Thanks for that correction - I hadn't reached p149 of the Flight Manual, or if I had, I missed that bit! :D With such a variable trim situation on the A-10C I am surprised that there is no indication of where the trim actually is. It means it is possible to take-off in a situation where the aircraft is extremely out of trim. I guess that zero trim is then a compromise, but that the pilot should expect the plane to be out of trim and ready to counter any roll at lift off. Hence the presence of :joystick: ! Thinking further, experience would then show what to expect with various armament stores loaded, and perhaps a judicious application of trim used away from the 'zero trim' condition. The advice given by so many on this thread is the importance of trimming, to which I wholly subscribe.

I hate to ask this, but you have never mentioned trimming. Quite a few replies to you have suggested trimming - have you done so? Before taking off have you pressed the 'auto trim' button on the left side panel? An out-of-trim aircraft will roll one way or the other OR pitch up/down without any apparent flight control input.

:book: What is the white flag indicating on the left of the HSI when doing an ILS approach? It appears behind the red glide-slope warning flag and the glide path chevron indicator. I can find no reference to it anywhere, but it is very distracting!

Tally Ho! :thumbup: Et voila - we have been restored to normal activity. Many thanks to the 'team' - you guys are great. Without you this simulator world would be a poorer place. Now, back to the mission ............. :pilotfly:

Thanks for the suggestions - I did all you suggested, but still the problem remains. The DCS iControl line was the only line in the folder <Export.lua> and I just left the folder empty (should I have deleted the folder itself?). There were two A-10C Virtual Cockpit Server.lua files (amongst a few other lines in the MonitorSetup folder) and I deleted both of them as suggested. I'm sure it got rid of some lurking problems but I still have the vertically compressed image on my screen. Found the answer - aspect ratio! I had been using 16:9 instead of default of 5.333333333. When I used the default value it all worked correctly and I flew a training mission to celebrate. Just to make sure, I reset the aspect ratio to 16:9 and of course got the compressed screen image again. Went back to <Options> and, whoops! The default value of 5.3333333 was not there as an option. Silly question, but how do I reset to aspect ratio of 5.33333333 ? (please be patient with me - even my wife says I can be very trying!).

Multi Screen Settings Foul-Up Cont'd :helpsmilie: Yes - I did have Bonjour loaded and I did run set up for the server as suggested. It still did not hook up. However, with a 3 screen set-up I decided that I did NOT like the 'imposition' of the MFCD screens and CDU screens onto my monitors. Therefore I decided to return to my previous set-up without any iControl programs at all. I followed the (poor) instructions to uninstall, but without luck. My problem is now the vertically 'squeezed' presentation across my 3 monitor screens. I also have a blue band at the top. I have also tried re-installing both DCS World and the A10-C module, but I still have the problem screen presentation. What I am now requesting is help with my settings to remove the squeezed effect and the blue band, and to get my flattened instruments back to circular. I am using an nVidia GTX590 graphics card with a 8 Gb RAM Windows 7 system. It worked before perfectly - I want it back! Does anyone know what settings I should use on my nVidia screen set-up? I'm sure it must be something simple that I am doing wrong. Thanks again for any help. :smilewink:

:thumbup: You are quite right - I have not used a custom 'lua' as I haven't had the nerve to try that route yet! Your suggestion sounds promising and I will try tomorrow. I did this install/uninstall before when I first tried the iControl software with the same result, but somehow managed to (accidentally) fix it. Incidentally, the iControl instructions are really bad - especially the uninstall guidance. The files they instruct you to amend are not where they say they are, and do take a bit of searching for. I never have found the < ....A10VChook> file so I am hoping your suggestion does the business. I shall let you know. Once again, many thanks for your time. :pilotfly:

:mad: Just tried iControl for iPad ($20 wasted) with a 3 monitor set-up (Nvidia GTX590 card) using Windows 7. What a foul-up! Its bad enough it leaving the extra MFCDs and CDU screens displays on the monitors but I also couldn't get the iPad to link up - yes, I did have all sofware loaded on both iPad and on PC AND I followed all the instructions as well as the threads on the subject. I therefore decided to junk it and return to my previous set-up. My problem is trying to return to my 3 screen surround set-up: I now get a blue band at the top of the screen and the aspect ratio of my 3 screens is all wrong and compressed vertically. My aspect ratio set up under the NVidia control panel is 5760 x 1180 (recommended, and previously used successfully) and this ratio is also set under the DCS World <Options> menu. I am also using TrackIRv5 as used successfully before. I think there must be something left over from the iControl software but cannot find anything. Anybody who can give some guidance will be most welcome!

In the real world does the A10-C heading cursor on the ADI do more than just move around the dial in response to inputs? On most basic auto-pilots I have used you can have 'Heading Hold' (as in the A10-C simulation) as well as slaving the auto-pilot to the heading cursor (apparently not available in the simulation). Just asking :music_whistling:

Ah, joy! The problem was that I wasn't pushing the toe brakes far enough :doh: Now that I do push them all the way they hold the a/c stationary at 90% rpm. The pedals do show full deflection on the 'Contrrol Enter' display, too. Thanks for all the inputs - much appreciated.

The reference to 75,000 lbs thrust was a reference to a previous RW a/c on which I had the pleasure of being an instructor - it was a comparison thing. ;)

Seen the profile curve under 'Options' - seems to indicate full brake per full deflection

LIne up? ;) I take the point, but the question is why am I moving at all? In another life we would never dare set 90% against the brakes, but then each engine did produce over 75,000 lbs thrust! Other Hog pilots seem to be able to stand still when applying 90% power and I was just wondering why I can't replicate (like fornicate, only less interesting!) it when I do it. The simple answer is for me to to NOT set 90%, but use a lower figure. Maybe linked, but the landing roll-out seems quite long cf. the take-off run - is it that the brakes are just not very good? :music_whistling:

:( I have set my wheel brakes correctly (Saitek Pro Pedals), so that they work according to how much toe deflection is given. The profile under 'Options' shows full braking with full toe deflection. However ......... Lining up for take-off it tells you to set 90% core RPM and check instruments. My pal can do this with brakes set full on and gets no forward movement of aircraft. If I do it I finish up sliding across the runway and generally finish up on the grass. Any ideas?

:( Set up the Mission (free flight Black Sea, runway start) took off and flew south to Baslan. Now to practice ILS at Baslan on runway 10 (inbound QDM 086 degs M !!!). After several attempts to catch the inbound I saw that the runway extended centre-line went through the cleft in the range at 15 miles out where the big river is. Turned on there and found the centre-line using the beam bar with no problem. However, after tracking steadily for about 3 miles the beam bar went to full scale fly left instantly. Hmmmm! Turned left and after a couple of miles re-established on beam bar. After about another 2 miles the beam bar went full scale fly right. Again re-established and followed beam bar to landing. Has this happened to anyone else? Is it only at Baslan? Another question - what is the fat white left-pointing arrow-head on the glide-path scale? I have found no description relating to it anywhere.:book: (I don't mean the glide-path indicator - this fat arrow-head is more than twice the size of the glide-path indicator). Crate of virtual beer to the first correct answer.

:) Really loving flying the A10-C - but still a complete beginner regarding this simulation. Question: the checklists supplied for the ED Warthog are not clear. Flight plan loading is first mentioned in Pre-Flight Checks i.e. after engine start. I would assume this is just a check that the flight plan has been loaded up, and is not a cue to begin loading? Also when are the weapons set up? My thinking would be to get the APU running and supplying electrical power, and then enter all the required navigation data and all the required weapons data, prior to engine start. Another question: waypoint elevation is new to me - where do I obtain that information? Does this refer only to the waypoints stored in the waypoint library? If I wanted to ferry an A10-C outside the DCWorld area (say) would the waypoint elevation be necessary? I used to load many waypoint flight plans in a different life :smilewink: and never used waypoint elevation. RW answers will help me understand the simulation better, so thanks to any who reply.

Is it possible to use TeamSpeak with DCS world? I have tried to use it as 'Client' but have not been able to set up a hotkey to transmit when using a Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS with my Windows 7 64 bit system. I AM able to set up a hotkey on my laptop (same system parameters), so the problem seems to lie either with the Thrustmaster hardware or the DCS World software. Any ideas? :(

As Swaty says, it is plug and play. I, too, have TrackIR 5, Thrustmaster Warthog, but I have the Saitek Pro pedals. Remember to invert the response for the toe brakes otherwise they won't work (see below). You may want to 'tune' the flying controls reponse rates: do this inside DCS World by selecting the Options from the opening menu. Page opens with columns - select 'AXIS COMMANDS' from drop down in second column. Click on assigned key and then click on AXIS TUNE box at bottom of screen. Adjust graph curve, which appears, to suit your preferred response rates. For wheel brakes do the same, but when AXIS TUNE selected make sure the 'Slider' and 'Invert' buttons are checked solid. You can then save these settings as a new profile.

I have downloaded Teamspeak, but ..... When I try and assign a hotkey it does not function as advertised in the TS YouTube tutorial. I do not get the colour bar or upper and lower limit indicators, and I can't move the slider. I have the Thrustmaster Warthog and would like to use the UP transmitter key on the right side of the throttle.

Saitek Pro Toe Brakes - If only!!! :helpsmilie: I have the Saitek Pro pedals and they work correctly in all other applications. In DCS A-10C they do not work AT ALL! Makes formation take-offs interesting (try lining up on runway as 'wing man'!), and gives everyone else a lorra, lorra laffs after landing (are all runways green and bumpy?). A solution would be very welcome.

Extension? Me, too! I, too, would like to buy the extension kit for my HOTAS stick as per the photos. Main reason would be to more accurately represent the A-10C RW stick, but almost as important, to de-sensitise the roll rate per stick deflection (:music_whistling:). My preference would be to have an extension so that I could mount the base unit of the stick between my knees, or slightly lower, on a fixed base attached to the "cockpit floor" (again, similar to RW). I have the throttle panel mounted so that with hand on throttles my forearm is horizontal, and I think that the actual stick controls should be at the same height. Please let us know if the extension is now available and how to go about placing an order. :thumbup: