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I meant this is aircraft made by Aero Vodochody in the Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia in past). So I wonder if it will contain the original version.

I am Czech, so take this question in a really patriotic manner. Will ED Albatros deliver with czech cockpit and with Czech skin? You know... It is Czech.

Hey, thanks! :thumbup: I found it myself some months ago at some page with dynamic preview. But I ended halfway dowloading the pages. This is much easier.

But manual we have not. :lol: If I didn't miss something.

Yes. Similar kind of uglyness as Warthog. But I really like this pure weapon holder. I am still a little disappointed by weapons capability of A10C. Ka-50 and Su-25T owns the DCS battlefield at CAS role.

It is always better to kill all unwanted inputs. The point is that DCS always uses all available devices, so it also use PPjoy, if it is not shut down. Cant say for sure. I don't have these problems with random view flashes.

Personally I recommend webcam with IR diodes. (I have this one Clip-on Lighting LED Web Camera) You can make very simple reflective model and it is not necessary to remove IR filter. It works with it. You just need to cover its light sensor to make these LEDs work when it is not as dark.

This looks pretty much like lost track for a second. It is not an issue. It happens also in Freetrack. Key is in settings. Try to find settings of losing a track. You can choose if you want to hold the point of view, or to center the view. Use this and the strange view flashes should end.

Face Track NOIR - http://facetracknoir.sourceforge.net/ After installation, you can select either face tracking filter (uses your face as tracking device) or Point track, which is similar to Freetrack and will work with your point model.

Taking off with Dora does not seems to be as difficult to me. Personally I took off at my 2. attempt (full realistic settings, assistance off). I don't even have pedals nor any curvature on rudder. There are many valuable hints how to takeoff this beast. I would like to add some of mine: • When centered on runway, lock your tail wheel with stick. Don't pull it all the way back. Just a little, but to be sure it locks the tail wheel. • Don't mess with differential braking. Braking during takeoff sound little bit silly. Dora is perfectly manageable with rudder and ailerons during takeoff. • Just advance the throttle to start moving. Then continue to max power (or little less, if you don't feel for max). • There comes the tricky part. Your aircraft will try to turn left and to roll left as you start to accelerate and your engine to roar. Use very coarse inputs of right rudder and right ailerons to keep the aircraft centered. Don't be afraid to do this at lower speeds. You will see when controls start to work better (Dora will tend to turn right) and then straighten them a little. • If you didn't push the stick too far back (or center it a little about 150-170 kmph), your tail will rise itself and the aircraft will literally get airborne on its own. These takeoff flaps are really nice.

These WW2 aircrafts in DCS are flying tanks compared to the ones I know from CoD. You took a few small hits and your radiator or oil was down in a minute. If your Mustang is hit and it screws your engine, prop or whatever, it does not really look like bug to me.

This does not seem to be bug. It is damaged propeller, which cannot hold its pitch. Engine is then running at insane RPM, because there is no force to break it. I have experienced this several times. And it is also mentioned in manual.

Who cares. Release it.

WOW, thanks, Cobra. I was not expecting your answer so fast. Some of us are just switching into forum stalkers :lol: Anyway, this is great news. If it is in progress, it doesn't matter how it could hit the release date. One reason more to buy it.

Hello, Recently I have read the review on I-cant-remember-the-page-name of this Mig and there was no Czech Air Force (or Czechoslovakian, depends on the age) in the liveries list. I know the choice of liveries is up to Leatherneck. But Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic was Mig-21 user for very log period and also was one of producers besides USSR and India. If you look at some videos with Mig-21, you will soon find out, that maybe 1/3 of them are from Czechoslovakian army. I am just curious if there is a chance to see Czech or Czechoslovak skin on your (our) Mig.

Hello to everyone, Since I watch tendencies in headtracking devices I found myself some problems and solutions in it. And I found this section on forum fitting for this theme. There are, as far as I know two main softwares (or devices if you want) used for headtracking - TrackIR and Freetrack followed by TrackNOIR. I would like to share my experiences with the last two freeware ones. TrackIR is widely supported and often working without problems. But there is main problem with availibility and price. Freetrack, on the other hand is very cheap alternative. Buy some IR led camera, make some reflective model and you are there. I think it was equal 15-20$ to make it First issue you could encounter in DCS is that the program just cannot use Freetrack's TrackIR protocol. There is a fix for it. I my case it unfortunately caused major input error of actually everything. For those who don't like modifying DCS files, I have priceless advice - Don't try to make TrackIR protocol functional. Use virtual joystick. You will have to assign each axis manually and check, but it is really easy way to use it without any fear of screwing your DCS input config files. The attached PPjoy maybe won't work. But I believe in each one's Google skill to find installation files working on your system. It works for Track NOIR too! With the difference that it arrives with functional Vjoys. So you don't have to be mad about any mystery disfunction of free tracking software. Freetrack has two main point models you could use. It is cap or clip 3 point model. 4 point cap model looks pretty much same as the simpler one and works the same way. Then why to complicate it? Cap model is reliable in angles and transitions. Only problem comes to light when you want to look up. There is a chance that rear point hide behind the peak of a cap. I personally use headphone clip model now. I just cannot imagine myself sitting at PC with headphones (headset) on and with cap on my head. I found this to be very accurate in angular view. But it is just sooooo bad in transitions. Calibration of clip central offset just kills most of transition outputs. Maybe in latest it is better. But the newest version just won't start on my platform, so I must use the older one. But now let's compare it to Track NOIR. It main task is to track player's face. It can be even cheaper alternative than Freetrack. Face tracking is cheap, quite usable and not very accurate. It is why I find it very unappreciated by simmers. Actually I started on with this software since I was not able to buy TrackIR system and didn't know about alternatives. I was great in transitions, unstable in angles, but my Cliffs of Dover was flyable enough. And even in DCS I used it to a point when I was tired of my mouse cursor constantly dodging every buttons to click. Now, when I have much better webcam, I should try face tracking again and see the results. Setting, curves, everything is much simplier than in Freetrack case. It doesn't mean less detailed, just easier to adjust. What recently came to my mind when I was thinking about this software was: "Weren't there some other tracking filters?" And yes. There are some I don't know. And there is point tracker as in Freetrack. It uses pretty much same engine I think. But slightly improved. So I entered dimensions of my headphone clip model and then I looked for offset calibration. Button "Calibrate" was pressed and after some head-dancing it calculated offset dimensions itself. They can be saved by pressing "Calibrate" again. When I tried it in DCS I found it much better and more accurate than Freetrack. Suddenly I can move my head in cockpit just everywhere. No clip calibration restriction, no strange transitions. It made my day, I must tell you. If you are in for some experiments and have point model, try this program in point tracking mode. It is pretty much the same in some functions and in some aspects even better than Freetrack. All settings are pretty easy to adjust. Including curves which you can watch in action while tracking. As far as I know, Freetrack is currently not in development. The newest version is just too old. Maybe 2008 or so? Track NOIR is continually improving. Maybe I am just missing information but I didn't see any sign of people using it nor the ones mentioning it anywhere nowadays. Track NOIR is not only face track, it can also point track and surely even more which I still didn't discover. So, that's why I wanted to share my thoughts here.

Thanks for info too.

Nice one. Trims seem to be some kind of magic for some pilots here. Dora was built like this and we have it like this. Its autorotation can be managed by throttle when cruising. And for combat and aerobatics? Just learn how to manage it with stick. It is almost instruments attention free compared to many other WW2 fighters. And I dont speak about older ones. So I personally kinda like the raw feeling of this machine. It is very powerfull, but requires more sense.

Hey, I have watched ED forum for about 6-8 months now and didnt even know about this: http://dcs-l39.com/ Anyway, looking forward to L-39. There will really be Czech version of cockpit?

Well, it was released. I havent prepurchased anything. I seems pretty much like released module to me.

Manual for Mi-8 again. Everytime this thread lights up, I am more and more angry. Even saying it is beta doesnt apogise them. As far as I remember it was and still is the most expensive module.

I have experienced this bug since I started to fly Georgian Oil War campaign. And it is not as much new. Rabbit mentioned it. It could be about six months, but I didnt have the idea to report it. They were indestructible even with vikhrs. Often one of them survived which didnt stopped him to shoot at me even due to fact that manpads needs 2 guys to deploy missiles. Anyway, good to hear their armored bodies are prone to dying again :lol:

That should do it :lol:

I have never used labels. I play DCS for more than a year. I am also not new to WW2 dogfighting. I know how to fly a know where to look. Still I hate DCS's amazingly bad unit visibility. Realism and simulation is nice, but sitting next to monitor with some resolution and limited field of view makes the difference to a real life.

We dont blame you. You must be surprised how this thread is misunderstood. BST ask us, BST will change it for us... Blah blah...