mec287

F10 is my Ipad

When I have 2 Aim-9s on the rails, the release button fires both. Anyone else have this problem?

Use force correlate. It's designed like that to get a lock on large targets like buildings.

That is just bad mission making.

You need Combined Arms to give orders in-game (i.e. not in the mission editor).

If you do it with no disconnects it will take about 4-5 minutes from the time of contact. 15 minutes isn't bad. Consider that 1000 lbs of fuel will keep you flying at air-air refueling throttle for about 60 minutes. And it only takes a few seconds to get 1000lbs. On an 8 or 9 hour long mission, the 30 minutes it takes to refuel is nothing.

Coolie hat.

The TAD cursor can give you the distance and radial from bullseye. It's on the top left side of the screen.

The RWR display doubles as the MWS display. Sometimes the system will not detect a launch if you are flying over clouds or are in such a position that the cameras can't "see" the launch. As far as countermeasures, semi-auto mode is sometimes useful but it can get confused in a hostile environment. If there is a radar tracking you at the same time an IR missile is shot, the computer may believe that it is a radar guided missile and use the wrong countermeasures. Typically I will use Auto mode when in normal flight then switch to manual mode when I am running in on targets since I will probably know the battlefield threats better than the computer. The jammer isn't really useful against the AI. The jammer in DCS reduces the range a radar can get a lock. However, typically the AI will only launch when you are well inside the weapon engagement zone - and well inside the range a radar can get a lock. The missile will not lose track just because you turned on the jammer. As soon as the radar is locked, the jammer is useless. Hope that helps.

If you're on glide slope you should be able to maintain your rate of descent with just the throttle.

CBU-97 is the best free fall and best area weapons against tanks - its not even close. What playability problems?

My arm was so tired from being tense for so long! Yeah it was a good feeling. I'm going to try and pull out some SP missions and see how well those results translate.

Well I finally got a full tank after several disconnects and about 25 minutes behind the tanker. 20/20 curves. Helps to focus on the velocity vector then the boom color when connected. I still feel like the boom should have a stabilizing effect. In RL it would give you some resistance.

I don't understand how anyone does this. I can never get the plane as stable as I see in the videos. When I work the throttles a 10 knot difference can add or subtract 5 degrees of pitch which will then require me to move the stick on both the X and Y axis to steady the plane. I can hold it for maybe 30-40 seconds but there is no way I can hold it for the 6-7 minutes required to fill the tank. Is this even possible with a cheap non-FF stick?

What is TARS?

Well it's not exactly realistic for pilots to command entire battalions from the air but it's still an option on the F10 map.

Yeah that's mostly a HOF problem. With CBU 97's spread doesn't matter too much because the bomblets guide themselves to the target and it only takes 1-2 hits to kill a tank. Because of the way the 97 works the reticle will often be way below the hud. I use 3/9 mode on CCIP so I don't have to dive as steeply to deliver the bomb.

Is there a document anywhere that shows which vehicles can move while firing or what their maximum speed while firing is? I've noticed that the Stryker MGS can't fire while moving at max speed. Also, is there any way to tell which is the lead vehicle from the F10 map? Sometimes when I want to jump into battle I can't figure out which is the lead vehicle and I end up moving alone. Thanks!

Is is possible to control the JTAC from the command map while flying in the cockpit of the A-10? So I can choose what is targeted and how the target is designated?