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EDIT: You gave me the kick in the butt I needed. I reseted my user folder from scratch, now it works!!! I apologize for not thinking on this in the first place. Thanks for the answer! I use the Vanilla Version of the Mission, changed not a dot. I Run DCS with DAWS Package and Tacview and an edited missionscripting.lua for the DCE stuff, no other Mods. Version 1.08 worked just fine btw But thanks for checking, If I know its I problem on my part, I will dig further into my setup, I come again if find a solution.

Hello DeadlyFishes, I am very eager to fly your fantastic mission, but I get following game stopper (for me) right after mission start. If I select ANY Air to Air mission in the Hornet, the text message "AA Mission ACTIVATED" (or similar, I am currently at work) repeats itsel indefinetly. The "BEEP" included. I tried several changes with my configuration and changes, but I am afraid it is some loop in one of your lua's. Thanks for the work and efford!!

I just failed to post a screenshot here. Go a little bit deeper, I got M. 1.85 (clean air frame without pylons, 6000lbs fuel) at 37000 ft.

It's even better. Absolutely precise, I am flying with zero dead zone. Also it comes with 3 sets of springs to configure the stiffness of the stick, currently mine is easy going with two fingers for precise little movings and gets stiffer toward the edges. I am loving it. I am thankful to TM (and CH) for keeping high quality products on the markets on former dire simulation times, but concerning VPC, I was amazed that they could raise the bar even higher. A friend of mine purchased it complete with the T50 Stick and is very satisfied, but be aware, the T50 stick is high quality plastics. (The base has no plastic parts at all as far is I know). I live in the best of both worlds, there is nothing better than the feel of cold steel for flying. PS: Nice lancer.

My HOTAS Warthog Stick base Gimbal broke last year, I opened it up to have a look and was quite shoked about the cheap plastic parts for this high price product. The O-Ring was also in tatters, but this I expected. Anyway, O-Ring and new gimbal would have cost me something like 105 US $ without shipping, shipping time 4 weeks. In the same time I ordered and got a Virpil T50 Base, the Warthog Stick is 100% compatible and it works like a charm. To get to the point: the quality of the VPC base is top notch, delivery time was the same for me in the situation and our beloved Warthog Stick or future Hornet stick is Plug and Play compatible. Also when someday my HOTAS Throttle will leave me, I will order die Virpil one.

I dont think so. I guess if HB WILL get into all the work to bring another improved version, they would go for all and build the D. The amazing aspect for me is the cost effective way how the US Navy upgraded the Cat to a capable Strike Fighter. Compare the Budget the US Air Force had to build a complete new Strike Aircraft out of the F15 Airframe :) As far as I know, LANTIRN images could be shown on the classic TID, so the upgrades won't be needed. Same image could also be shown on Pilots HSD. If you mean the second small MFD right of the PTID you see on some Rio Cockpit Screens, this was only in the D Version. But there are some gents here on the forum who are real experts, perhaps they join in.

Hey Guys, doesn't concern us future virtual Pilots and RIOs, but I thought it might be interesting. In the spring of 1992, the F-14B Upgrade (F-14B(U)) program was started to replace the F-14B.s old architecture with this modern digital bus system. The main objectives of the F-14B Upgrade program were to incorporate digital technology to gain computing, growth, reliably and maintainability improvements to this still capable, 20 year old aircraft design. Operational Flight Program 317 The hardware and software configuration for the first phase of the upgrade program would be called Operational Flight Program 317 (OFP 317). The F-14B(U) was created with three new digital data buses: Avionics, Armament, and Electronic Warfare (EW). The basic foundation of the MIL-STD-1553B data bus was the requirement for a bus controller (BC) to run the bus. The new F-14 Mission Computer would accomplish this task. The FMC, the 5400B computer, contained two subsystems with a common memory. These were the Weapons Control Processor (WCP) and the Mission Data Processor (MDP). The WCP, interfaced with the other subsystems and correlated the information, and it had twice the speed and about three times as much memory compared to the old 5400 computer. The MDP incorporated a very high speed-processing moduleand provided the bus control for the avionics bus. Next, to display information in the cockpit, the aircraft needed new displays, which would act as remote terminals (RT.s) on the bus. The new displays included: the RIO.s main tactical display, the 8 inch by 8 Inch PTID; the PMDIG components of the pilot.s Vertical Display Indicator (VDI); and the Electronic Counter Measures Display (ECMD) in each cockpit. To integrate with the armament bus, hardware was required to accomplish two roles, one as an RT on the avionics bus and another to act as a BC on the armament bus. The new weapons computer, the AWG-15H FCS, provided control and interface for the selection, preparation, release, firing and jettisoning of all weapons. The AWG-15H would be the key to future weapons expansion in the F-14, as it would provide the functions and distribution processing for the weapons system and weapons stations. To tie all of these systems together, each piece of new hardware had to be programmed with it.s own software and then integrated to function on the bus. In June 1997, testing was complete on OFP 317 and delivered to the fleet. On a separate test and evaluation path, precision strike on the F-14 was now being provided through the LANTIRN targeting pod. Previously the F-14 could deliver LGB.s, but only with the aid of a ground based laser or a laser emitted by another aircraft. Now the F-14 could autonomously deliver LGB.s and it had a digital backbone to allow for future expansion. Operational Flight Program 320 Prior to the completion of OFP 317, planning began for the next hardware and software configuration, called OFP 320. The next cycle in the upgrade of the F-14B, would outfit the aircraft with GPS navigation and expand the digital architecture to the aircraft weapons stations. Building on the MIL-STD-1553B data bus structure, an Embedded GPS / Inertial Navigation System (INS), called EGI, replaced the unreliable F-14 navigation system. The EGI was a strap-down navigation system that combined a ring laser gyro INS with GPS capability. The three selectable navigation solutions were GPS and INS information blended through a Kalman filter, an INS-only solution, and a GPS-only solution. Additionally, the Controls and Displays Navigation Unit (CDNU), was added to the bus and was the RIO.s main EGI input keypad for navigation control and display. The CDNU acted as the BC for the MIL-STD-1553B Navigation Bus (NAVBUS), linking the EGI, Computer Signal Data Converter (Replacement) (CSDC®), and CDNU. The CSDC® provided the interface between the Navigation System and the F-14 Mission Computer [15]. In addition, the F-14 was modified to provide aircraft data bus information to the aircraft.s four underbelly weapons stations through a common MIL-STD-1760 interface. This alteration, known as Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 329, would also provide GPS satellite signal information to both the new navigation system and to the LANTIRN targeting pod, through the use of a splitter/amplifier [16]. For OFP 320, the weapons stations wiring was installed then capped and stowed, for future use in the next phase of the upgrade program. OFP320 entered the Fleet in 1999, after an expeditious operational test and evaluation in order to support the Navy.s involvement in the conflict in Kosovo. Operational Flight Program 321 Before OFP320 testing was completed in 1999, planning was underway for the next round of improvements to the F-14B(U). These hardware and software Upgrades would be called OFP 321, and included the GPS-guided weapon, JDAM, and a new Head Up Display (HUD) for the pilot. The modifications were: new software in eight of the 16 processors and new MIL-STD-1760 wiring to four of the F-14.s four weapons stations - those used to carry and support JDAM. OFP 321 and JDAM testing began in 1999 with the developmental flight-testing complete by December 2000. In 2001, dedicated operational testing began and by the end of year, the F-14B(U) with JDAM was introduced into the fleet. Source and full article: http://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3487&context=utk_gradthes

Thank you very much, Sir!

Good day Gentleman, I currently fly the DCS World Tour with the Harrier and following issue puzzles me, I don't know if its a bug so I post it here. Checked forums and manual for answers, no luck. Conveniently I set the map to winter, MINUS 20° Celsius temperature. Harrier weights between 17- and 21000 lbs. Happens with and without water Injection. After several times transitioning between hover and normal flight, JPT gets high and doesn't seem to recover. Usually I detect this by the following hover attempt, where the JPT Hexagon appears, the JPT Limiter kicks in and tries to kill me :) I abort the transition and return to normal flight. Afterwards I land at an nearby airport conventional or short, put the engine at Idle. JPT is around 450-550°C, doesn't go down. I stop the engine, RPM zero. JPT still shows around 75 - 250°C. Waited with Time Acc for an hour ingame time, doesn't go down at all. Although reparing the aircraft via ground crew does reset it to zero. So my question is: Did I damage the engine in some way and/or does the DECS/JPTL or some other software after exceeding JPT once reglement it down afterwards until ground crew checked and reset it. Or should the Jet Pipe cool down and this is a bug? Thanks in advance for your expertise, if you guys think it is a bug I repost it at the bug section and provide a track. To RAZBAM: I LOVE THIS MODULE, alone flying around the last days was a blast, didn't have so much flying fun for a long time.

Guys, you are kewl. Thanks a lot for time and effort (and sparing me same).

YES!!! ...and quite capable! Thank you very much!

To our subject matter experts here: I am trying for some time now to find something about the INS panel on our Tomcat versions! I think its located on the RIOs left side panel, BUT -does anybody know where to find photos/shematics? -is it possible to entry lat/lon coordinates during flight? -concerning the drift are there any precautions to correct these? visual fixes ? did the tomcats ground doppler radar update the INS? Further more, Bio Baranek talked in his X-tended interview about having backup possibilities, if INS failed... Eg in an CAP over the middle of the vast ocean, what can we imagine to do? manual time/speed/course plotting? did he have a sextant and took a fix from the position of stars? a pair of dices?

If you fly the Viggen you die with 100% probability the first few seconds you go low (and fast). Utterly useless, sadly. The point that this faulty tracks count to your score/logbook statistics is indeed frustrating.

It was great, like the style... Thanks for all the work!!

Well, I guess the US wasn't big friends with Sweden either, otherwise Austria for sure and probably some other European countries would have bought them. I guarantee you, if we had, we would still fly them today... Merry Christmas everyone! Frohe Weihnacht!

Thanks a lot guys! I'm looking forward to the manual... ...and the plane itself of course!

Request to the experts: At 3.06 Cobra checks the "AFK Lever", back on the left side of the seat! What is it for? Parking brake? Or AFK for the Automatik Fart Kontroll? In the translated cockpit charts of BY (Big Thanks BTW) he thought of an emergency brake, but was not sure...

As the granted would-be importer Nation for the mighty Viggen and longest user of the mighty old Draken I humbly request an Austrian "fictional" Skin First! Once when I was wandering around in night two of these skimmed over me head, AWESOME PREDATOR ... well, at the end a bit outdated maybe ;)

27 : 19 to Team TIGGEN 24 : 14 to Team FISHBED

Great! Thanks a lot!

I found the NATOPS F14B manual: http://www.drydensims.com/free-cool-stuff.html (yeah, it is really there) Enjoy!

Thank you and Grimes very much for the effort! It works like a charm. I am sorry for bothering you both because of my mistake, I updated mist only 1 month ago, but I missed the latest version!

Hello Guys, I am quite surprised of your support :) ... I attached the .miz of the base version of my current mission. This is my second mission with your script, the first version (which worked just at first try, thx to your fine documentation btw) Turkey, as a NATO member, was allied... then the enemy side/red coalition also spawned friendly planes. As mentioned, my solution was to scrap this and make a new mission with enemy turkish forces. Thanks very much for the effort! KM_SoF_base.miz

Stonehouse and Snafu, thanks a lot for this Script. REEEEEEEP income!! It is no show-stopper, but I have an issue. We fly in my mission against a coalition of Russia and Turkey. All enemy plane templates are Russian, but all planes in game are spawned Turkish? As I said, it doesn't bother the mission, but I am curious why this happens...

MBot, it is genius. ~3,5MB .miz file and it makes my life in virtual air happier!! Thanks a lot for the work and for sharing. I fought through the original single player campaign, which was well done, but ... just a standard campaign. But this made a dream come through, a big step closer to what I hope to see in the future. I've been through my first three missions (11 Days to go), I play it right out the Mission Editor and can't wait for the next assignment. I hope ED provides you with your interfaces needed, I tell you, wouldn't be the manual changes in the ME needed I would pay € 20,- right away for this dynamic scenario as it is. So I hope sooner or later you get the means to get an additional income from your great effort, in the meantime my rep for you!