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On a couple of occasions where I've left the flaps down during a touch and go irl you certainly know you've left them down :)

Is there any plans to implement (via ground crew) to pull the prop through 7 rotations? We also allow oil temp to be 40 degrees before we do our run ups and certainly before take off (we have an oil pre-heater in our YAK for the winter months). Interestingly, if the cowl flaps friction is not set strong enough the cowl flaps will eventually close in flight resulting in a quick rise in Cylinder Head Temp (and a lovely hot smell). Is it planned to have this feature in DCS? Yesterday I closed the cowl flaps and the CHT got to 300 degrees, nothing happens to the engine at all. Flew around for 20 mins with maxed out CHT.

Ivan, how have you found it so far? I flew a few times today and feel the engine performance at 70/70 and 80/80 is a little off with the engine sound? Feels like at 80% its like it is at 70% irl. The amount of left rudder needed in the sim on take off at full power feels a little small. A lot more rudder needed irl. Is there a smoke switch in the cockpit? I couldn't find it.

Or maybe the CFI has lockwired them up :)

Not a major but the YAK has air activated flaps and there is no air noise in the sim when lowering or raising the flaps. (should sound the same as the gear). Also the speed in which the gear poles raise (when gear down) seems a little fast.

Hopefully this link works. This was a flight where I took a friend of a friend for a little trip around our area. This is Tauranga NZ.

Wow Lynx, you've done a fantastic job. Can't wait to see the rest of your panels. Any chance you will make working landing and hook panels? These I would most certainly buy off you.

Hmm what country are you in Crab? It's till 23rd here in NZ

F-111 over the 104 (dump and burn anyone?) But Tornado GR4 over F-111 (Alarms and JP233)

The gazelle has multi-seat and the initially it was planned for the Iroquois but I cannot find if this is actually going to be a thing. I certainly believe it would be good to have a friend sitting next to you going for a fly, even if he has no controls to hold on to. Would be great for situation awareness in combat missions. Also for rescue missions in calling out clearance distances

After the last Oculus update mine ran slow like yours. I updated to the latest Nvidia drivers for my 1080ti and presto... back to normal.

Hey SageOT, Have you got your production underway? I see hornetstore.com is parked.

There are also businesses that use the Rift to demo software to customers / investors / shareholders etc and were affected. That was a real impact that cost time and money but I do get your point in that it is primarily an entertainment device. :thumbup:

Thanks Stang, have sent you a PM.

Since Stang's comments have all been deleted, does anyone remember what measurement or percentage we should blow the drawing up to? Was 390% accurate or 400%? Appreciate any help / guidance.

Sad news and way too early, rest in peace young man.

Nice vids Ivan. I've got a share in a Yak but considering buying own or a CEII. Why did you (upgrade) to the Chang, is the performance better for the smaller engine?

well done GA, that is one of if not the best video you have done, totally top notch.

Nice formation Ivan, you in that one? When are you upgrading to the YAK:) Now DCS is getting the Christian Eagle II I am torn as I am looking for a YAK52 but all confused with the CE - what to do, what to do!

NZ here so around 4am on the 1st. Just hoping it won't be a 6 hour download as I am going to get up real early for this one.

Hi Bbrz 30 Mins reserve is law here so safe we allow for 40 litres plus there is 12 litres for unusable. Then possible 4 litres for start, taxi and engine runup/ (it can take time to get the oil temp up for takeoff temperatures) and 4 litres for the take off climb to altitude. So maximum SAFE endurance is really only 60 litres and at 130NM / Hr at maximum endurance settings is 195NM \ 361km (depending on wind). But what do I know :P

The standard yak has 2 x 60 litre tanks for a total of 120 litres. My last flight this week was a 0.5 with a little aerobatics and used 40 litres. With 30 mins reserve for divert (and unusable) you have around 0.9 hours safe fuel. At 130 knots that's 117 NM. Not very long legs my friend.

Just removed open beta last week so time to reinstall, I do like how it copies as much as it can from 1.5.8 release version though rather than redownloading. Now, is there enough space on the SSD :)

I fly one here in NZ, from an affordability perspective, they are cheap to run at around 60 litres per hour in the cruise and 80-100 litres per hour during aeros. I'm interested in how well ED recreates the sound of the M14P radial engine which is just beautiful. Question 1: Where do we host photos now to post here, have a couple to show the group. Question 2: This game mode they talk about, I do hope they are not talking about downgrading the flight dynamics for the DCS version. Anyone know?

Prowler, I've got access to a serviceable A37 if you need any motivation to do the tweetybird.