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I think watching your videos has helped me, Holbeach. I can do at least half- way decent landings now , over half the time , although I'm starting to realize that in real life the RAF might not have granted me 2 or 3 hundred airplanes to crash while I got the technique down. I think one of the problems I had was flaring too high, misjudging my height over the runway & then having the plane drop out of the air with not enough speed. I haven't tried landing a heavily loaded Mosquito yet, but now I'm trying to slowly introduce a crosswind. This will be a test of the landing gear. The gear seems like it might be modeled to be really too fragile, but I'll never know . Anyway, I appreciate everyone's discussion here.

Holbeach, those were really decent landings! I wish I could have a landing that good. If you ever have a chance, I'd like to see a video with the right control + enter control indicator box open so I can try and copy your input procedure. What's especially been giving me a lot of trouble lately is keeping the plane straight on the runway after touchdown. I'd like to see how you do that.

Lately I've been trying landing with about 30 % flaps down instead of fully down & I think it might be better. I think it gives me a little better speed control after the flare & lets the plane settle more gradually (at least this is what I believe so far). I still have a great deal of difficulty most of the time with keeping the plane straight on the runway after touchdown though. Also, a few times the plane has nosed over just before coming to a stop even though I have the stick fully pulled back & no brakes applied. I don't understand.

Oh no, I'm talking about landing the plane , not taxiing. You're right , I never did try taxiing with one engine, I wouldn't know how to . I would like to know if other people have mastered the landings or find them extremely difficult.

Did something change in the last year with the Mosquito flight model? The last time I tried the Mosquito was quite a while ago but I was able to have pretty fair landings at least half the time. I was even able to do some good landings with one engine out. Now though, I've tried landing about a hundred times & they've all been bad. It seems utterly impossible. I try to cross the threshold at about 110-120 mph and set the plane down as gently as possible but it never seems to turn out well. 90% of the time I bend the props & gear , but if I am able to keep the props & gear in good shape , the plane doesn't want to stay straight on the runway & I end up nosing over. Could the real Mosquito have been that fragile? Any ideas about what I'm doing wrong? best one so far Mosquito landing.trk

I agree with Jmig. Because DCS is a study level sim, I've always thought that step by step training campaigns would be most helpful for all DCS aircraft. You tube videos are good, but I always feel like I'm jumping into the middle of a text book to learn one specific thing about complicated planes and their weapons systems. A structured training campaign , telling you in what order you need to learn an aircraft & its systems, and taking you through them with lessons would really be a huge help to newbies like me, or at least just me.

I have wondered the same question. I mostly fly only in single player, maybe that matters, but the P 47 shows no diving advantage in catching up to other planes, or escaping in a dive . Robert S. Johnson though , seemed to think the diving ability of the P 47 was one of its greatest advantages, he mentions it in his book "Thunderbolt" & also in this from an old interview post on the ACES High forum): CCJ: What about facing the Fw 190 and Messerschmitts? RSJ: The Focke Wulf reminded me of the Corsair. It was much smaller of course, but they both had similar maneuverability. It wasn't quite as fast, but turned well. It was unusual to find Focke Wulfs above us. Generally, we held the advantage in height. The Me 109 was another story. They could often be seen up above 35,000 feet. CCJ: What was the biggest mistake a German pilot could make? RSJ: Trying to escape in a dive or split-S. CCJ: Why? RSJ: Because they were not going to out-run the Thunderbolt in a dive. CCJ: You could catch them without a problem. RSJ: I could catch them in nothing flat. CCJ: Really? RSJ: Absolutely. One thing about the 190, if the pilot continued his dive below 7 or 8 thousand feet, he could not pull out before he hit the ground. I guess they had compressibility problems or the elevators got too stiff. Whatever the problem was, I watched several of them pancake in before they could level off. CCJ: What about the Thunderbolt? RSJ: It did not have that problem down that low. Up high, above 25,000 feet, yes, I could get into compressibility and the elevators locked up like they were in concrete. But once you got down to thicker air, you regained control.

Yes! It was the low textures not allowing me to see all the info on the HUD. Thanks, very much appreciated!

I've been trying out vertical take offs & landings but I don't know why I don't see the witch hat , slip indicator, angle of attack indicator on the HUD. I have the VSTOL mode button enabled . What do I need to do to get that on my HUD?

I would like to post the log folder, but I must be missing something in how to attach it to my post. I click on the "manage attachments" button or the attachments icon in my message, but nothing happens. Anyway, the folder has many files like this: dcs.20180329-014746.crash & dcs.20180329-014746.dmp.

Thanks for the responses. I'm wondering my computer isn't able to handle logging onto the multiplayer missions. It's an Intel i5 4670 cpu 3.40 ghz. 16 gb ram, Windows 7, 64 bit. I use a wireless router.

When I try to log onto multiplayer servers in DCS, 99% of the time my DCS program gets hung up. The task manager shows that DCS is not responding. I am able to connect to a friend's server to fly in DCS though, without any trouble. The problem seems to be connecting to the multiplayer servers on DCS. Does anybody know what could be causing this problem & how to fix it?

I'm really enjoying this plane & trying to learn some aerobatics. One thing I'm curious about though I noticed when doing a dive straight down for too long & over speeding the engine. The throttle can't be reduced after a certain point & the rpm lowered. At the very same moment the rpm locks up, the elevator locks up & can't be moved. Is it accurate that these things happen & at the exact same time?

It's really great to see & purchase the new F 15 campaign. Is Maple Flag still going to also do the Basic Flight Training campaign , with sections on emergency procedures ,navigation & ILS ?

Oh I'm embarrassed of my beginner mission building efforts. My aircraft views were restricted to my aircraft only & F 10 view restricted too in the options like you said Feefifofum. Thanks for your help. Why did you ask about late activation? I did reactivate all of my modules onto a different computer. Does that sometimes cause problems?

Oh yes, I should have mentioned that the "hidden on map " box isn't checked for any of the aircraft.

Lately , when I try to create a very simple mission with the ME, only my player plane is showing up in game. None of the AI planes I placed are present in game. I have placed them close enough to my player plane that they should be easy to see. They are not on the F 10 map or in the F2 view. They are present on the ME map though. When I tried hosting a server & changing one of the AI planes to a "client" for a friend, he was able to select & fly that plane , but could only see his plane & mine, none of the other AI. It makes an air to air refueling mission impossible when the tanker isn't visible. Does anybody know what's wrong here? I ran the repair function but it didn't help.

Whenever I increase my throttle, my F5E taxi light goes off. Then when I decrease the throttle all the way, the light comes back on. It makes taxiing in the dark really , really difficult. Is this problem common to everyone?

Thanks Grimes! Hope they're working on fixing this.

I've been experimenting with making very simple missions with the ME but I don't understand why the airports are all dark while the surrounding towns are all lit up. I'm using the Caucasus map in version 2.5. There's probably an obvious answer, but I have to ask. How do I get them to turn on the airport runway lights? Shouldn't there be beacon lights too? Thanks for any help

Many thanks!

I see in the Mission Editor that AI F15s can be equipped with smoke pods, but how do you turn them on?

thx

Did the BF 109 & FW 190 not have landing lights? I don't see them listed in the controls.

What a cool new feature! I didn't realize it existed until I saw your video. I've been trying to get more than one AI to perform maneuvers with each other as a team. So far, I haven't figured out how to do that. I can only get one AI to do a maneuver.