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Cool :). Great work everybody :thumbup:.

AFAIK, Sirena is a radar warning receiver, not a radar and it was only tested on the MiG-15 but not put into production aircraft.

The draft of the English manual is actually available for download since December: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=134795

Nope. The upper (air) valve is open when you start the simulation. Forward position is open. Leave it there during normal operations. Mixing of air and pure oxygen according to altitude is done automatically. You really don't need to do anything beyond what I told you in my first post unless something goes bad :). I'll try to write a more detailed explanation when I have more time.

Open up the Quick Start manual and go to page 12. There are two valves shown and labelled on the two pictures. Open only those two valves during ramp start. Don't touch in particular the air valve which is visible (but not labelled in the manual) in the top part of the left picture.

As for the other non-trivial controls: 7. Loop L - R switch. When held in either the L or R position, this switch manually moves the loop antenna left or right. It has two purposes - to test the proper operation of the device in КОМП mode (you deflect the antenna and see if it comes back when you release the switch) and to manually find the direction to the NDB in РАМКА mode, described below. 8. Four position mode selector. ВЫКЛ - Off КОМП - Compass mode. This is the normal operating mode that does the automatic direction finding :). АНТ - Antenna mode. In this mode only the sense antenna is operating (loop antenna is disabled). You may get a clearer signal from the NDB in this mode but direction finding is not possible. РАМКА - Loop mode. This is a back up mode. The sense antenna is disabled and you manually rotate the loop antenna with the (7) switch until you minimize the signal indication. That'll mean your ADF needle is pointing either directly towards or away from the NDB. This ambiguity cannot be resolved without the sense antenna.

ТЛГ - ТЛФ stands for Telegraphy - Telephony. In Telegraphy (ТЛГ) mode, a beat frequency oscillator (BFO) is used. It is needed to identify (hear the Morse code of) some NDBs in real life. AFAIK, none of the beacons in DCS require it, so in the game you will want to keep that switch in telephony (ТЛФ) mode. In Western ADFs this switch is usually called "BFO mode".

I'd say a 2-pack for a small discount is probably a better idea. Call it a "Maverick and Goose Bundle" or something ;).

Yes, I'm such a filthy casual for choosing convenience over realism sometimes. I'm sure you guys at UVP would never ever do that ;). Any other tips how I should properly enjoy my game? ;)

Well, unless someone promises to be my ground controller at whatever stupid hour I feel like taking the MiG for a spin, I still want my AI ground controller ;).

Yup, the instrument under the baro altimeter is the radio altimeter.

That, or we DDoSed it ;).

No pressure. None at all ;).

The Su-33 has the older Standard Flight Model, while most of the land based planes (A-10, F-15, Su-25, Su-27) have Advanced/Professional Flight Models, which can be more tricky. Maybe that's the problem?

I have the same problem - both the helper and hints are off in my options. I get only one hint - "decrease engine RPM" when I push the throttle forward to 5000 RPM to get the generator going. I think it goes away once the battery is turned on.

This might also help: http://www.foto-kwidzyn.pl/showpano,lim2.html You can zoom with -/+. The configuration of the cockpit is slightly different, but many of the instruments are the same. Also, if I may offer some suggestions: PRZEŁADOWANIE instead of PRZEŁADOWYWARKA http://www.philsaeronauticalstuff.com/lim-2/images/cockpitlim_2_17.jpg AWAR KLAP and AWAR PODW: http://www.philsaeronauticalstuff.com/lim-2/images/cockpitlim_2_32.jpg ARK instead of ADF. I don't have a picture to support this, but ARK as in automatyczny radiokompas makes more sense than imperialist ADF ;). Not trying to be a nitpicker, just helping out. I really appreciate your effort!

No, this is not needed. The АРК position lets you listen to BOTH the radio and the ADF. In the ПРИЕМ position, you'll only hear the RSI-6. The RV10 switch in the MiG-21bis works the same way - for some reason people get that one wrong as well.

Open Beta doesn't seem to have an effect, I had similar experiences in both versions of the game. I tried the mission again today and it took some 40 23mm rounds and 20 37mm rounds to take it down. Most of the hits were on the fuselage and that might be the problem. Damage to that antenna and all the electronics in the back would certainly be very expensive to repair but nonetheless unlikely to compromise the plane's ability to fly...

Keep 'em coming, Bunyap :)

I've had some mixed experience. Sometimes I had debriefings like the one above, sometimes the plane fell after just a few rounds. I guess it depends on shot placement.

I think it's more the E-2D being very durable, than the cannons being weak. Sabres go down nicely after just a few hits. Most of the time one good burst is all it takes.

This looks awesome, thanks! :)

Works fine in my game. You are aware there's a separate trigger for it?

I believe you are the first person on this forum who actually got my name right - it's LMP, not IMP ;). For some reason everybody calls me IMP. Not that I mind, I just think it's noteworthy to mention that ;). Glad you're appreciating my little research.

Ok, here's what I learned... Be warned though, I'll probably get something wrong, I'm no expert on the inner workings of radios nor the Russian language. There are two things that set the RSI-6 radio apart in DCS - the odd naming of frequencies and the fact that you can tune the receiver, transmitter and antenna separately. The frequency range of the RSI-6 is 3.750 MHz to 5.000 MHz, but you won't read that off any of the scales. Instead frequencies are referred to by their "fixed numbers" or "wave numbers", whatever that is. 3.750 MHz is called 150, 5.000 MHz is 200 and each "fixed number" is a 20 kHz increment. So frequency 151 is 3.775 MHz, 152 is 3.800 MHz and so on. There's a conversion table in the Russian manual available here on page 159. Let's look at the RSI-6M1 receiver controls. There's a panel on the left side of the cockpit: which has a tuning knob and a volume knob, and over your left shoulder you'll find the receiver frequency "fixed number" indicator: You tune the receiver with the tuning knob and adjust the volume with the volume knob, no surprises here ;). The transmitter is a little more tricky to use. Over your right shoulder you'll find this panel: There are two tuning knobs - for the antenna and the transmitter. These should both be set to the same frequency. The best way to do this is to set the (left) transmitter knob to the desired number, and then manipulate the (right) antenna knob to "max out" the indicator needle. Besides that there are two switches to lock the knobs in place. The reason why I marked them with a (?) on the pictures is I believe they may be mixed up. The manual says the right switch should lock the right knob and the left switch - the left knob, but in game it's reversed. On the right side of the cockpit there's also a "forced mode" switch. In the up position the transmitter will operate in "forced" mode, which will give it some extra range at the risk of damaging the electronics. It's not recommended to use this mode in normal operation. Because tuning the radio is so complex and, well, a PITA if you need to do it in flight - since a lot of the controls are in the back of the cockpit - BST gave us a few options to streamline it: 1) if you don't lock the antenna and transmitter knobs (which you would normally do to protect them from accidentally moving due to aircraft vibrations), turning the receiver knob will also turn the other two. 2) on the kneebord you have a page which shows you the current position of the receiver and transmitter knobs in "fixed numbers" and in MHz. I hope I didn't make any big mistakes in my description :). Feel free to correct it!