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Although looking at the animation of the target acquisition controller on the stick, this is actually the realistic way to use it. An interesting quirk.

This really should be a global feature in dcs input system instead of the need to reinvent the wheel for each addon. I usually add curves to axis to match my detents, but it's not ideal.

Can you make your calendar public? Sounds like it's a pretty good info on ED release schedule!

Yep, there are some edge cases where a slight reduction in RPM can eke out a bit more performance. But this cannot be used as an explanation why the aircraft does not match its published performance figures (which were measured IRL at max RPM setting, unless stated otherwise in the manual).

This is a bold assumption. Unless you are in a relatively narrow band below supercharger critical altitude and won't pull back the RPM too much, the engine will not be able to produce the same manifold pressure at lower RPM. The superchargers are gear driven and directly linked to engine speed. A small drop in RPM is a relatively large drop in boost. For example R-2800-8 from F4U-1 is rated at 2000 BHP at 2700 RPM, but only 1675 BHP at 2550 RPM. Also, just because you have the same manifold pressure at lower RPM does not mean the engine is producing the same power. On the contrary. Otherwise, it would make no sense to spin it faster. I don't have a full power table for R-2800, so here's something more meager from Lycoming. Same principles apply. Reducing RPM is a great way to reduce engine stress, wear and improve fuel economy. But not a great way to squeeze more performance out of the aircraft. The story about flying a Beech 18, while cool, has little to do with this discussion topic.

I run at 2700 (or whatever is the max rpm) and expect high speed, because this is what the real aircraft manuals tell me. You may be overthinking it a bit. While there are many factors that go into propeller design, and efficiency changes with speed and altitude, ultimately these things are considered during aircraft development. In service, the max performance is meant to be achieved at max power/max rpm setting. Even if there is some efficiency loss on the propeller, it is offset by the engine producing considerably more power at higher rpm. If a different RPM setting was required, it would at least warrant a footnote in the pilot's operating handbook. Here's an example speed chart for the Corsair, not the exact dash we have in DCS, but you get the idea:

Guys, don't waste your time submitting tracks. As you can see this thread has been marked "GFM in progress" two years ago. GFM is still in progress. Hope it won't be "in progress" two years from now in the future, but one never knows with ED. Until it's released, I wouldn't expect improvements to DCS FM.

No, thanks. Two years ago I'd have probably bought it just to support the developers, but now after Razbam debacle I'm much less enthusiastic about spending money on DCS.

It took Razbam more than 10 years to make those 4 airplanes. Sure, you could argue than a more focused and competent developer, already familiar with DCS, could make them a bit faster, but who's available? ED barely makes one aircraft a year, more like 1,5 years to early access. Heatblur takes even longer. Hope we'll all live long enough to actually see those "replacements".

Yes, haven't played dcs recently, but that was still bugged a few months ago. Come on guys, with stronger ffb hardware this becomes a real safety hazard.

It's even simpler than that. Don't touch Steam, just copy the folder from old drive to the new one, turn off PC, replace drives, turn on PC. Last but not least check if Windows assigned the same drive letter to the new drive as was used by the old drive, if not, correct that in Disk Management. That's all. No need to fiddle with 3rd party cloning or partitioning software.

You can order from amazon.com with shipping to eu for a few extra bucks.

Not only bombs but also 530 missiles are fired in a salvo now.

Compared to other DCS aircraft from ED, the dynamic glass reflections on instruments are much too strong. Also, the effect is using a low resolution map of rear headrest area to create "reflections", which gets very jarring once you start moving the head around the cockpit. Default view: Shifted view: The "reflected" area. For reference, here's how this effect looks in ED P-47 and Mi-24 aircraft parked in the same spot. Note the reflection is maybe half as strong (or less), and more blurred, avoiding the very jagged lines we have in F-5.

Licensing is one of the issues. You can't just slap the data scraped from Google maps services into your software for free.