1.JaVA_Platypus

Is that a mini cruise-missile on the middle hardpoint? :helpsmilie:

I just blew a few P-51's out of the sky with the R-60M under the MiG-21. I just had to came in VEEERRRRYY close to get a tone. So if a P-51 (or an airplane of similar configuration) is manouevring about, it would be very hard to get a lock I think. Of course the R-60M is a bit more advanced, but you might want to try it with a GAR-8 as well. IIRC, I had no trouble locking it on the AN-30 in the "Instant mission". The Missiles didn't hit, but it locked on and it steered more or less in the direction of the target.

Just now, I was looking at some vintage MiG-21 stuff on youtube. And along came this vid: At some point (1:20) in the video, they show a HUD which looks VERY diffrent from what we have right now. Is it real or just some old style Soviet special effect HUD??

The GAR-8 is tricky to use. But at least it works for you now. But sometimes, it will fly into the sun. And it will also lock on the very first flare the target will drop. But they are great if your enemy is running away from you in a more or less straight line and has no flares. (Like superfast AI MiG-15's ;) )

The sounds are maybe not so great. But all in all, it is the most awesome DCS module to date!

Electrical cage/uncage doesn't do anything for AA missiles. You can use it with AA gunnery and bombing. But quite frankly, bombing in this jet is horrible I think. And with years of Il-2 under the belt, making deflection shots are actually harder if the aimpoint jumps all over the HUD/gunsight. Anyways, let us know if you succeed with the missiles!

I frowned a bit at first. But the AT-802U, not at all bad! Images from: http://www.802u.com/

Two weeks, be sure. :lol: Oleg time, two weeks means: "It is done when it is done, stop whining" :megalol:

Thank you Nicolas and Leatherneck!!!! Eagerly awaiting the agricultural airplane and the F-14. ;)

That should not Happen Vincent. If the groundcrew replies "Okay" or something similar, the power should be switched on. First to be sure, do the "repair DCS" thinghie. Then can you try again (in instant action) and provide us with a track?

Try again and post a track. THe GAR-8 missile tutorial video in the thread you mentioned is a good one. But don't forget that the missile is fired with the Gun trigger. Just press and HOLD it for a second or two. The sound might be diffrent. I observed the same thing. I don't know why that is, but the missile still seems to work. It should be a bit higher pitched tone when the missile has a lock. I actually had my first online kill in the F-86 versus a MiG-15 with it. :)

Curvature is a very personal subject. But controlling the Huey (and the Mi-8 ) was a great deal easier for me with the curvature set on somewhere between 20 and 25 for both the X and Y axis. Otherwise, it is simply too twitchy for me. And who uses the full range of motion of your stick in a hover anyways? Also, use trim a lot. It also resets the curvature to where you had your stick pointed. Very helpful!

I like the fact that you really don't need the gearlights. You hear three "thumps" to tell you the landinggear is retracted/extended. :D

If they reply, you should get the ground power. Some of the instruments come to life if they do. Do you have a specific mission where this occurs? If so, pls upload it so somebody can take a look at it.

Yeah Happy skinning without the template. Of course it is not really all that hard to build a template yourself. It is just a LOT of work. But I suspect a layered template is lying around somewhere on one of the HD's from the Leatherneck team. And If they should release it, the brave community member would've done everything for nothing.

Even though I tell my wingman to go home (RTB) he still ejects. Once even about 150m over the home base!!!!

Ahh well. I just added a few "Ace" F-14's to the mission with the big air-battle going on. That solved my problems. All red aircraft got destroyed! And I got two MiG-23's. But somehow I can not complete the mission even tough I landed safely!

Ow... Did you get past the large airbattle yet? I thought all Red airplanes were destroyed (28/28 ) and I landed safely on my base. Yet the mission is not completed???

Well. My guess is they let you play in a coalition of forces. But the skin they choose for your MiG isn't released to the public yet. So you are stuck with a camouflaged MiG with Red stars painted on. The only way to resolve this is to go into the mission planner every time and change the skin. This is kind of mandatory because it can happen that you encounter other MiG-21's flying on the opposite side, wearing the same camouflaged Russian skin!

Why not uploading it to the DCS user files?

Yeah. the whole englsih (or any) add-on cockpit thinghy is a bit bugged at the moment. It is not unsolveable. But now, I expect the guys at leatherneck having their holidays as well.

Thanx! ;)

Bassly beat me to it. ;)

Hi, I tried the mission. All the other aircraft are AN-30 recon planes. Most, if not all are flying at 2000m speed about 300km/h. This is considered extremly slow. Almost 'helicopter' speed. If you push the "slow" filter button (one of the 8 buttons above the radar scope) the radar sees every airplane just perfect.

Hello guys. I really enjoy the MiG-21. It is a very rewarding aircraft to fly. I am not a native Russian and I can not speak or read the language at all! That is why I clicked the "english cockpit" option in DCS. Unfortunatly, due to a small bug in the MiG-21 module, only about 60 to 70% of the texts are actually english in the cockpit. I think it is rather annoying having a hybrid english/russian cockpit. So I decided to do a full english translation. But I need a little help. Who can translate the following texts for me? There are three in this shot.