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I want to be compatible to the rest of my friends who own FC2 and DCS:KA-50 Black Shark and which are not willing to "upgrade" to DCS:Warthog at the moment. ;) I already preordered DCS:A-10C Warthog and installed the current Beta 3. Yesterday night i read the guide from MadTommy http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=60815 in the Beta Forum to extract the right ( targeting ) MFCD to a second monitor. It works great ( besides the noticeable frame rate drop ) After my new hardware upgrade ( little 8" TFT behind the Cougar Pack MFD ) i also want to get the best out of it in FC2. Thank you for your fast reply Hassata.

I did only little research here in the forum and all i found was laevu2 which is able to extract the EWR, cockpit instruments, etc. to a second monitor. What i am looking for is a way to extract the MFD of the A-10A to a second Monitor, so that i can use it for AGM-65 Maverick infrared TV Monitor. Is this already possible in FC2 or do i still have to wait for DCS:A-10C to get this feature ? Thanks for any helpfull answers.

I am very happy with the new Warthog. Best peace of solid Metal Joystick ever been on the market ( i am not talking about modded Cougars ! ). And still there is always a way to improve the "out of the box" Joystick. For my personal liking the spring was still too tough and because it was not adjustable i modified the Joystick with the actual ( i call it ) SPRING MOD, which was introduced by Feuerfalke : Quoting Feuerfalke here : "I was pretty sad they didn't make the spring for the stick adjustable, but I simply removed it. Instead I moved the 4 smaller springs on top of the ring. Now the friction along the steel tubes is largely minimized and the stick is very smoothly move-able to all extends. No center play, no uneven resistance. Very comfortable." You can read the full thread with detailed Photos of the inside of the Joystick here : http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=62564 You have to disassemble the Stick until you get access to the 4 little springs on the bottom of the Joystick. You just pull the 4 springs off the metall cylinders and put the them instead on top of the ring ( not using the big central spring any longer ). After putting all screws back the stick is much smoother in any direction and does not need as much power as before.

I would propose to make a new sticky "HOTAS Warthog MOD´s" Thread and to list Feuerfalke´s Modification with the 4 little Springs on Top of it, because it is a really good Mod.

I tried what Feuerfalke proposed and i am very satisfied with this solution ! Thank you Feuerfalke ! Thats an Excellent HOTAS Warthog Mod without any extra costs or materials. On my former HOTAS Cougar i had a hardware mod which made the stick as easy to move as this new mod does to the Warthog. So i am very pleased about the Warthogs behaviour now. Thumbs up !

Well... the TARGET Software detects two different serial numbers ! ( one for the Throttle and another one for the Stick ) Serial # : 0096 Throttle ( HOTAS Warthog ) Serial # : 0116 Joystick ( HOTAS Warthog ) My Location : Essen, Germany

Sorry i meant Kts ( not mph ) its too early in the morning :-) Well, thank you GGTharos for the "correct" take off and landing procedure advices but you missed my point. I dont want to discuss my "wrong" techniques here (off topic anyway ) ! I only asked if i can turn off the auto flaps down/up thing ( which has been introduced with patch 1.2.1 ) and if DCS A-10 C will have the same automatic flaps down/up thing. Simple question right ?

Hmmm...not sure if i understand you correct. Here is my procedure : Well I put my Flaps to full down position before i take off from runway. After the lift off i put them to full up position at an airspeed of approx. 190 mph (and yes i already know that there are two different buttons for flaps up and down ) Then i do my CAS mission and whenever my airspeed gets lower than approx 160 mph the flaps extract automatically to full down position. I do not want it to be done automatically. ( any way to turn that off ? ) When i reduce my airspeed to 160 mph and lower while i do my final aproach towards runway ( i want to be as slow as possible without stalling ) the flaps go down and the plane gets an extra lift up which i dont want. This suddenly leads to a longer way until i can stop my plane ! When my runway is not damaged that wont be a problem, but it definatly might be one if you only have half of the runway after the other half has been bombed. I do not want to wreck my gear in the damaged runway areas. Hope i could explain my problem, sorry for missunderstandings

What bug ? It was officially implemented with Patch 1.2.1 ! You should know that as a ED Tester ;-) Quote from the Readme1.2.1_en.txt : " FLIGHT MODEL CHANGES + Fixed an error in the F-15 polar curves that had caused a reduction in time required to achieve sustained turn rate at reduced speeds. + For the A-10 and F-15, added automatic flaps extension/retraction based on indicated airspeed when the flaps are set in the “down” position in the cockpit. + For the Su-27 and Su-33, adjusted the flaperon mechanization logic (the indicator will blink while the flaperon is adjusting depression angles – this is not a bug). + MiG-29 flaps will move with the wind force. "

Got a few questions too : 1. ) Will the A-10C be able to carry more than four AGM 65 D ? Asking because in FC2 four is the maximum loadout for the infrared variant of the Maverick. 2. ) Will both types of the Maverick A2G Missiles will be locking more precise on targets with the A-10C ? Asking because in FC2 it´s taking several attempts to lock on the right vehicle ( Tunguska ) in a moving Tank column. This procedure often takes too long and this is responsible for SAM launches because A-10A Pilots get in critical Tunguska range . 3.) Will A-10C allow the Pilot to engage the Flaps to landing position manually ? Asking because in FC2 the Flaps are moving automatically to landing position, when reducing speed. This causes a sudden lift of the plane during final approach to the runway. This is really annoying when your runway has been bombed in the middle and you must land on the first (undestroyed) part of the runway. Thank you for answers !

Did the guy who comments the Video say "We´re now in F-18 ... sorry A-10" at minute 00:43 in the Video while they were showing the F-15 ? *hint* Awsome stick ! I will definatly buy DSC : A-10C and the HOTAS Warthog as soon as possible.

Thats my tactics too ! And its a way that definatly works ! You can spot any target with that little monitor. The bad thing : You can only take maximum 4 Infrared AGM-65 D´s in your payload. That is weird, because the AGM-65 K is heavier in real life and you can take 6 of them on a flight. Can anyone tell me why it is not possible to take 6 IR Mavericks or is it possible in real life and ED just did not implement this ? Any real life A-10 Pilots around here to answer that ?

Excellent work grandsurf ! Can´t wait for the final result :thumbup:

I had that Problem in earlier Versions of Flaming Cliffs too. Reduce the number of Aircraft in a Flight Group to maximum 2 and look if the change helps. Then rise the number one by one and check after each change. Or use two or more flight groups of each with maximum 2 planes but let them start with 1 Minute difference so they will not end up crashing into each other. I think it also depends on the Airfield you are choosing for take off. Good luck !

If you are using ATI Graphics card : Open your Catalyst Control Center. Click on "Graphics" , then click on "3D" , then on "ALL" Scroll down untill you see Anti Aliasing Mode Slider !!! DO NOT USE --> "Adaptive Multi-sample AA (middle slider position) Try the ---> "Super-sample AA" Setting and everything will be O.K. again. ( slider to full right position ! Quality ) Dont forget to click on "Apply" and "OK" after that, or the changes will not be applied when you close the Catalyst Program ! PS : Search function in Forums help to find solutions for Problems ;) http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=53010&highlight=invisible+cockpit