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Thanks for the update, and keep up the good work!

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TILS is not compatible with ILS. TILS is a Ku-band (15-ish GHz IIRC) system with two sweeping antennae that transmit pulse coded signals to the aircraft, while ILS is a VHF/UHF (localizer = 108,1-111,95MHz, glide path = 329,15-335MHz) based system using CSB (Carrier and Side Bands; DSB in normal radio nomenclature) and SBO (Side Band Only; DSB-SC) signals to create space modulated AM waveforms that the aricraft detect (the aircraft receivers detect the difference in modulation depth (DDM) between the demodulated 90 and 150Hz LF tones, and generates fly right/left and up/down commands to the cockpit display). Very simplified, you could imagine that the TILS transmitter transmits morse code dashes ("-") when the antenna is pointing in one direction (for instance below the nominal glide path angle), and dots (".") when the antenna is pointing above the glide path. This will give you fly up/down indications similar to what you get from the DDM detection in the ILS receiver. The same goes for the offset localizer portion of the system.

The propellants used in the ammunition is a major factor. The Russian ammo (Barnaul) I've shot in my 30-06 K98k produces a huge muzzle flash (flames 20-30cm out of the barrel), while similar loads from GFL, Norma and PPU barely have any noticeable muzzle flash at all. I've seen similar results with with old (1950s) Norwegian 9x19, which is a mini-flamethrower compared to modern NATO spec 9mm.

Access to classified systems is always something you need to work around in some way or another. The trick is to make believable approximations of the systems without revealing sensitive or classified data. That's the way it's done with the TGP, RWR, jammer and DSMS in the A-10C (and most likely also the upcoming F/A-18C).

As a rule of thumb, if it's not in a newsletter, this monday's AMA, in the Steam ID leak or announced officially, those rumours are, well, just runours. Speaking of rumours, this video ED posted a year and a half ago is a bit interesting. It may just be an example of how to use the terrain editor, or perhaps part of something that never went any further, but I find it interesting nonetheless:

[rant] Does the soundtrack really matter? At all? I know I've said this before, but I was unaware that there was such a thing before I saw someone complaining about something soundtrack related either on the forums or on FB. It must be a gut reaction from the terrible background noise in LOMAC, but the first thing I do after reinstalling DCS is to mute the damn music. If people need some background music while messing around in the mission editor, why not use Spotify or something similar? [/rant]

It uses a combination of the air data system (which measures total pressure, static pressure, air temperature and angle of attack), a 3-axis accelerometer, the HSI and ADI. All this info is then wind compensated (either via doppler radar or forecast values), and the aircraft's ground speed in X, Y and Z axis is calculated every 103ms. By numerically integrating speed you get the distance traveled, which allows you (or the CK37 to be precise) to keep track of your current position.

You can always try LWin+Home if the 4 extra key presses are too much of a hassle.

You may be correct. It's way beyond my area of aeronautical expertise (ILS systems).

Doesn't seem like it. I don't see why an altitude conversion table would depend on the aircraft's heading. It's probably something related to some part of the radar operation.

Here's the table:

There's nothing like that in the screenshots published by LNS. Just various short checklists for in-flight procedures.

Nice to have when talking to civilian ATC. For military use you just have to remember to fly below 150m, above 30m over land and 20m over sea :P

Cobra did produce a Sabaton music video some years ago, so I guess it isn't completely unlikely, but I'd prefer the king of Swedish rockabilly:

There are two types of ground proximity warning: "Bottenvarning", or "bottom warning" directly translated: This warning is triggered if the radar altitude HR is less than 150m and less than half of the computer calculated barometric altitude HM. The warning is cancelled at altitudes below 50m if the landing gear is out. "Metspövarning", or "fishing pole warning" directly translated (did I mention that some Swedish aviation terms are a bit odd?): In ground mapping mode (A1 or A2), this warning is triggered if the radar altitude and sink rate indicate that a ground impact will occur within 7 seconds. The warning is cancelled when aiming at ground targets, or with the gear out at altitudes below 50m.

First of all: don't feed the troll. Speculation of how profits are shared between 3rd party devs and ED is beyond the scope of this thread (and probably confidential; nobody who actually knows anything about this would ever tell us). And to sum it all up: don't feed the troll.

Congrats to all the other winners, and thanks to ED for chosing one of my skins :)

He has been temporarily banned from posting twice in last couple of months. That pretty much says it all...

I always found their cars to be a bit weird, with the hand brake on the front wheels, and a reverse gear lock instead of a conventional steering lock, but their planes rock, and apparently, so does whoever controls their Twitter account. Thumbs up to SAAB!

Let's just hope there's some Eddie Meduza on the TEAC tape recorder (which the manual claims is used for recording video from the Maverick seeker, but I have my doubts...)

The left engine supplies enough bleed air to start the right if you throttle up to over 90% RPM. There's no need to connect ground air to anything once the left engine is running.

Slightly off topic, but here is some more mechanical computing wizardry: And check out the Antikythera mechanism (there is a documentary about it on the 'tube). Amazing stuff!

From the manual: The plane can carry: * 2x RB24J on hardpoint R7 and * 4 RB24/24J on hardpoint S7 and V7 or * 4 RB24J/74 on hardpoint S7 and V7