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I don't think this is a bug. Just a lesson, I guess. I set up a short SAM training mission with 2 Iranian TORs. For added complexity I put a Chinese frigate next to the seaport where the TORs were and made sure to say that the attack should NOT involve the Chinese. (Ref: Russian ships in Hanoi seaport, circa 1960's) I was fumble-fingered and made an attack run anyway only to get launched on. I failed to get the TOO Harm lock, quickly switched to SP mode, and fired. Magnum! Boom went the Chinese frigate (listed as "u" on the RWR.) Ooops! Got shot down, anyway. I'm in a Chinese POW camp now. Fortunately, I'm wearing a Huawei watch...:music_whistling:
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YES! you got that right. I don't like things broken in OB, but I DO KNOW what I'm getting. If I say something, it's "Hey ED: the landing gear won't come up."
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In the Western aircraft, you don't use Sparrows in TWS. There's a reason for that. If you recall, in TWS, bandits (or anyone else) do not get a lock alarm (the spike). Which is why TWS was so nice. The Sparrow, however, depends on reflected radar energy off the target. That reflected radar signal IS the lock signal and is quite powerful. If you go into STT mode, they get a spike alarm. (So does everyone near him. Nobody gets a "launch" signal because the Sparrow is not emitting anything; just listening.) That spike is what the Sparrow is guiding on. It needs a direct spike to track. Locking in TWS is nothing more than a normal scan signal which everyone with an RWR can see and is referred to as "nails" as opposed to "spike". The TWS signal is a normal RWS signal and is just what the scanning aircraft's computer is keeping track of, NOT a true lock signal.
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In the settings of DCS (game play?) there is a selection to allow for the different DDM/DMS settings. Then, in the FA-18, I think on the HSI DATA page you must select the format.
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What about dead stick landing at an air field? Hydraulics are gone, no way to control the flight surfaces? Eject?
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Just for the heck of it, I tried a ground start (versus powering up the apu) and watched the right engine start to spool on the DDI. There was temperature but no rpm to determine when to come off the throttle detent. Is this normal or am I missing something?
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You cannot switch from torrenting the Deltas. If you cancel, you don't go to the http connection. You just cancel the update. Wait until the Deltas are finished, THEN you can switch from torrenting to http. Unfortunately, I found that out the hard way. Four hours into the 2 GB Delta download yesterday, I gave up and tried to cancel into the http connection. (I only know 7 cuss words so I yelled them until I cried.)
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The heck with all this. I want to go back to LoMac (pre-Flaming Cliffs)! Ha ha, and ha ha!:P
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How will the Super Carrier be used in existing Missions?
=Mac= replied to speed-of-heat's topic in DCS: Supercarrier
Just some idle thinking here. (For me, I have ordered the SC so I don't care how things go.) But... What if there is NO SC Stennis? Just the other carriers and, to make up for the missing Stennis SC, perhaps a USS Trump? :megalol:. In MP, what if a non-owner CAN approach the new SC but can't trap nor launch -- just bolter or fly off into the drink. If somehow, someone manages to stay safely on the SC, the MP server can just boot the errant player. Otherwise, the owners of the SC can trap and launch. In some of the current MP servers, they have some sort of code that penalizes errant pilots who overspeed on taxiways. The same could be applied to pilots touching the SC without ownership (being warned if in the groove at the right speed with needles.) -
If it flies, I got it. (Except the FW-190 repeat and the I-16). But, I only fly the Hornet, Huey, and P-51. Just a personal choice. I fly EA and put up with the bugs as they get worked out. There's just too much going for the Hornet compared to any of the other aircraft. Try a Case III on the Stennis. Then, when the SuperCarrier comes out, Try Case III again. Nothing except the giant "Turkey" can match the thrills.
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Not sure if there is any more recent footage.
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If I don't own a copy of the Harrier or Hornet (or whatever), can I create a mission for my squadron mates who do have the aircraft? I have all the modules, so I have never tried. But if that's the case, then shouldn't the Super Carrier be handled the same way? I don't know. Having paid for modules along side non-paid modules poses some interesting coding, eh? I just never thought about it.
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So, have to buy CA to take helm of the Carrier?
=Mac= replied to Sonoda Umi's topic in DCS: Supercarrier
Bought. Paid for. Urgently dreaming of the day I can land on the boat... PLEASE tell me it's being EA tomorrow morning. Tonight would be even better! -
It's on your DDI page. I'm not in my aircraft at the moment and I don't have it memorized. But it's in there somewhere. If you are KEYing in Lat/Lon, then you key in the DD MM SS (enter) then two more digits for the decimal seconds, then (enter).
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Yeah, I had guessed that but wanted confirmation. Thanks.
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I'm just now getting into the C-101 and have very little idea what I'm doing. I took off from Batumi with cloud ceiling around 2,000 ft, headed for Tbilisi and began to climb about 200 fpm full throttle. I watched the temp gauge closely (due to fire in the previous 5 or 6 attempts). I got on top around 10,000 feet and pulled the throttle back just to make sure the temp gauge dropped a bit. I focused on the compass and keeping the altitude and attitude steady. I look at the other gauges only to hear the fire alarm go off. Is the temperature that sensitive? Or have I just pushed the engines too much in the climb out? I have finally gotten to land at Tbilisi a couple times and she is sweet on the VFR approach. Just to be sure, all that ALT and HDG stuff lower right isn't really an autopilot, right?
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Absolutely! Great times we had, eh? You know, I still have the video edit of that Canyon Run from Batumi we did. I think I can post it in YouTube if you want to download it. <S> MegOhm!
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Sure! On top of an overcast, compass heading, timer, RTB and drop back down to see if you're still on the same planet that you left from. Then, watch Tacview to see the surprise unfold. A fun project!
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I'm going to spend some quality time to cross train into the C101. I've flown it before, but that was a couple years ago. I've been happy with the Hornet since it came out. I am seriously considering joining the fight to get into the DCS Academy but I want a good fit into the C101 first. I'll check out their Discord in a few weeks. Girlfriend in the barracks WITH you? Well, sure wish we had THAT when I was there. And, yes, the chow hall had some great chow and a pretty Icelandic girl serving.
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About a week ago, I drew up a mission that put a very active Pyotr Velikiy at a dock in Novorossiysk along with everything air defense that I could think of, from the runway, around the docks and all the way down to Kabardinka. To simulate a preemptive SEAD strike on the other side of the mountains following the valley, up to Afonka, I exploded various air defenses to get them burning, visually. In a Hornet, I pulled a short popup with 4 GBU-31's, crested the mountains, got lit up by a gazillion radars, launched on by a gazillion SAM's, and then pickled four times, pulled hard to break some windows at the little town of Afonka, set AP to Baro, punched up the bomb view and watched four direct hits on Peter The Great. Of course, smoke and fire was fascinating to watch until.... it all went out and Pyotr Velikiy began firing on my inexperienced wingman making his run... who then went on to grab himself a refreshing beer to mull over why he got hit. Pyotr Velikiy did not sink. Why? Of course, my wingy and I complained to each other about flimsy bombs in DCS but flew the mission again. Eight hits got the target to sink. But... Eight???? It turns out that six will sink Pyotr Velikiy. (If you can get six onto him!) Today, I wish to apologize to anyone who heard me bad-mouth the 2,000 pound bomb. I submit the following photo of what a (practice) target looks like after four of these hit. It, too, did not sink. I felt bad enough to sit down and type this apology and explanation.
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Hi Ddaddy! I was there in 73 when the Edlfell volcano popped up (Heimaey Island, Vestmannaeyjar) and began making a mess there. I did a week long tour there twice. Loved shoveling black pumice off roofs! (Not.) Crazy Jarhead Lieutenant worked us to death. Rode over there and back the first time in a C-47 (had no heat in the cabin!) and a C-130 the second time. I don't think they had ILS there at Keflavik at the time because, I got to watch and listen to a GCA in the C-47 when we returned to Kef. I was in the AIMD hydraulics lab there, not the AE shop. (Did they still have that electronic lock on their door? I cracked the code one day.) I did some quick repair work on the back door of an Air Force C-130 who had limped in, one day. Tested lots of P-3 brake assemblies, actuators, pumped up tires, sandblasted wheel assemblies and did some wing riveting in that shop. Stood many a watch at the OMD hangar (that huge one that used to hold a B-36.) I can certainly understand extending a tour there. The summer was wonderful and I got to see Gulfoss, Black Beach, and share some fun time with Icelandic ladies who would put up with me. There were lots of car accidents back then because Iceland had just switched from left side drive to right side drive. The city people made the switch but the rural people visiting the cities still had reactions from driving the old way. I never got up to Akureyri but lots of my buddies did it for the skiing. There were lots of Air Force cargo flights to some northeast station(s?) that I had assumed were radar installations. Got to do some IGDF training out (somewhere) with the Marines. I carried a backpack radio and did nothing but listen to dead air for a couple hours then recall a distant squad to RTB. Surprisingly, Google Maps has street view there! You can see the AMD hangar from the edge of a roadway. Sure does bring back memories! Before Keflavik, I was at Pax River for FRAMP training on the P-3A with VP-30. The new "Charlies" had just come out. I understand that P-8's are at Kef now and VP-30 is down at NAS Jacksonville.
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I was on carrier quals for a month or so. We had an A7 trap but blew out his nose gear, ingested the chin pieces and fodded the fantail horribly. And, an F-4 turned for a cat and blew a crew's pin bag away from him and into my face. Broke my glasses under my flight deck helmet's goggles. Two separate fires in the galley. Apparently, that was normal for CVA-59. One of them spooked me when the frame number called out was similar to the bomb locker. Anchored just a couple miles offshore of Fort Lauderdale, the liberty call line in the hangar deck was several miles long. Two mess cooks decided to swim for it. Got "rescued" and returned to the boat. /end sea stories/
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the really disappointing thing about Combined Arms is the M1A1. I got in one to attempt to take on a T55 only to realize that the targeting gun (with radar?) bounces up and down and up and down. There is no ground stabilizing on it. That should be a very easy fix but... I just play in the sky anyway.