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In the meantime flown about 100 hours (training and mission flying) as indicated at STEAM. Earned lots of medalls and had my first promotion :smartass: Most of the time until now with the A-10C: all goes pretty well: starting, flying, navigating, landing, combatting a.s.o.; only my wingman doesn't allways do what I'am expecting him to do ................: must still find some things out here!! Like more of you (probably), the first time I do now every morning is seeing if there is news on the "ED front" because news at ED is really news: is there some news about EDGE, the F15C, F18, Hawk, MIG, F86 etc. Of the other flightsim (fsx) I have about everything there is and news is not that much news for me anymore (ok: a little bit now offcourse with LM) but, what I said: news of ED is something different!! Last weekend had some nice demonstrations at "Lowland Tiger Meets": thanks Wasserfall, Beerhunter, Joe_Curr and Liger_Zero for the demonstrations of night flying with "air refuelling" with "carrier recovery" and "formation flying": very nice to see that all :yes: @ Wasserfall: the Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog is indeed a "must have" for me for the future. @ Beerhunter: yes, first time flying with a "force joystick" and the Track IR needs to get accustomed to. Again: thanks guy's!!

I'am new in DCS, so I had never seen these video's: they are beautifull. Your words are promising!! Kuky :yes:

If these video's are indeed based on the coming EDGE, ......................... then we have here the New Flightsim :yes: If that could be true :beer: (or to good to be true????)

Well: I meant that my wife didn't plan to come with me to the meeting; with my neighbour perhaps?: you never know: life has often surprises :unsure:

I certainly will come; hope my neighbour comes with me; my wife .............. ehh: I doubt it :no_sad: About DCS: I get a little, little bit familiar with her (A-10C): what I said: it's really fantastic.

Thanks both Diemos and Rud: It was indeed the button in options: "preselect": if that is in "game mode" the simulation will be presented (of course) in "game mode" and the "training" joystick buttons are not working anymore; selecting "simulation mode" everything is fine now!!

Hello all, Done some training and now trying to do some simple missions. In these training I have made some suitable controls on my Saitek X-52 Now the same controls are still visible in "missions" (in "adjust controls": pushing the specific buttons on the stick / throttle is still working and visible) but they are not working in the mission simulation anymore. With "F2" outside view and F3 flyby, I also see the left and right MFCD "in the air". Any idea's?

1): I pushed it short sometimes (I think) 2): I remember that I saw on occasion the message "FLAPS": so that is quite an explanation (not too clever of me: it didn't come up to me that I had the flaps out) Last flight: pushed it longer, didn't see the message "Flaps": everything was fine: all 4 went like "Dutch skaters"!! Didn't realize that the flaps were out: I see now that at the start the flaps are allready 1 stage out by default: how can you win the war with this guy? ....................... . Thanks ZaltysZ: I think, that you have tackled the reasons of the failure to release the mav's.

I pay carefull attention now that the maverick is selected in the DSMS. Nevertheless, releasing the maverick is still not "fail safe": again: - the object is locked: I see the crosshair shivering (and closed), - I push the "weapon release" button .................. but I cannot be sure, that it is released: today: - try to release: no joy", trying to release again, again, and then at a minimum tolerated range: there she goes, - second turn: she went about immediately. Still not sure what I'am doing different ............

Maybe in the future we may also meet my neighbour on this forum: he is a real pilot (not so long agoo retired); flew with numerous aircraft: latest as a 767 captain. But the most he is interested in militairy aircraft: was until 1974 a F104 flyer / instructor. For me he is allready a "flightsim information well" Showed him this afternoon the "DCS World" and it got his approval :yes: Until now he is still an "Allied Force" flyer (quite interesting that a person of the real flying world is also interested in the flightsimulation) but I hope that the DCS demonstration will turn him into DCS. With for me the advantage that I can surge further flying information (in that case: also DCS) out of him .....:yes:

Thanks Hans: well: I 1:1 followed the trainers instructions: so that must be AGM, I asume ...... But, so things go: just after my post, I tried the 11* time and now the maverick was anxious to leave the A-10!! What did I now what I didn't do before? ....... don't know: the only thing was, that I opened now (just before firing) the weapons page at the TAD to be sure that the maverick was choosen ....... :hmm: (but I assume, that following the trainers instructions, this maverick had allready been choosen.....?) Resuming: I have further to learn and study and exercise (and for sure quite a lot) :yes:

Tried the Maverick training mission about 10 times, but the Maverick don't want to leave the A-10C: Followed the trainers instructions to the point (at least, so I think): at the target waypoint (3: "Range"): - I'am within the tolerated maverick range, - the object is locked: I see the crosshair shivering (and closed), - I push the "weapon release" button: the trainer says: "rifle", .................... but nothing happens. Do you have any suggestions what I did wrong / what I neglected to do?

"NO EXCUSE NOW" :no:

Seeing Youtube instruction movies and training all the time (with A-10C) ..................

But should that also be a fact for the "fighter / militairy" submarket? What I said: when I see the total amount of actual DCS forum users ....... And I wonder what the sense is of developing a improved / advanced fighter with all the "features" for FSX. I.m.o. developers of hardcore fighters (VRS, Iris and others) might better set the target to DCS ............. ? (but probably, I am wrong: they must know better then I do).

I'am new in DCS: it's very good !! I have the X-52Pro and am doubting about a new stick: - Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog or - Saitek X-55 The Thrustmaster costs here about Eur 140.-- more (this is a lot but it will not be the end of me): What's your advice?

I'am new in DCS but when I see the amount of actual forum users, there must be a pretty large total amount of DCS users. When you realize how many aircraft there are allready developed for FSX and how few for DCS: you should say, that the "selling potention" of a new DCS aircraft is possible higher then of a new FSX aircraft. Why, also, the developers still stay (pretty much) at FSX?

@ Arthur: thanks for the bookmarks; I have a Saitek X52 Pro; no TrackIR yet ....: I understand that DCS is TrackIR compatible (also with Windows7?)? @ Robert "Psyrixx": do you make the instructions for training Robert?: they are very good: I fear that, without them, I surely may not be able to work me into the systems @ Bart: "Soon you'll be wondering where all your spare time has gone!!!": quite correct: now I allready "fear" the summertime; less time to "DCS" because of other hobby's outside :wassat: By the way: searching in the forums, I see that the there are in the pipeline: - "Su-33" : alone the carrier operations will allready be very "interesting"!! - "Su-24M" also flyable (or only AI)?

Thanks all of you for your nice welcome! Training all the time: now with the A-10C and the P-51D. I had LOCK-ON in the past: about 12 years agoo ....... ?: but all (A-10 weapon handling) has to be learned again. Black Shark (2) has to wait a bit: cannot do everything in the same time. Once, I had the "HIND" and the "LONGBOW": more than 15 years agoo ...............?? So, she is also a bit of "old times are coming back again". @ Arthur: about the SU-25: she is not "clickable" (as far as I know)? @ Weststr: I also have a lot of jets in FSX: F14, F15, F16, A7 (Iris, Milviz, Aerosoft, Razbam) but you can only fly with these and not shoot : also in DCS the aircraft is far more in details simulated ( I hope however that these jets will also be modelled for DCS in the future). @ Humbug: DCS World is a bargain: I will not specify how much money I have spent at FSX (add-ons): I even do not want to know it myself :noexpression:

That's right Emmer: living in the "Achterhoek".

Hello all, I'am new in DCS World and just have bought A-10C, P-51D and the Black Shark2; since a day experimenting with these: start up procedures, basic flights, basic weapons handling etc. and I must say: DCS World is in one word: fantastic!! Until now, I am a FSX flyer and I have combat flyed in the long distant history (about beginning with F16 combat pilot of DI). I like DCS World because of: - "real" simulation of the aircraft, - offcourse the possibility to "play" wargames, - installing with STEAM: no problems with compability, updates, drivers etc. (as far as I know), - possibility to do more with the militairy aircraft as what is possible in FSX, - super graphics and very detailed aircraft presentation, - very fast (my system is 4,5 years with an (updated) AMD 6990), - 64 bit: build for the future. I surely hope, that also third party developers will adopt DCS World: maybe, you can even make a (partly) civilian flightsim out of it. Wonder, why LM did not use DCS World for developing ............. Best Regards, Willem