Kippy

Awesome work. This has done a great job helping me learn the F-15's radar.

Absolutely fantastic training tool! Well done.

I believe that this is one thing DCS is missing in it's quest for being an immersive sim. The environment feels empty. In a perfect virtual world, we'd have all kinds of cool stuff at airbases like ordinance loaders, an animated ground crew complete with a crew chief to blow kisses at, and maybe even some sort of dynamic air traffic system complete with randomized departing and arriving fighters and cargo aircraft. (Yes, I know scripts exist for this, but I still think it'd be neat to see it as a proper feature of the mission editor.) Sadly though, this isn't the case. But hey, a man can dream. Fantastic suggestion, but like ReconXPanzer said, it would be very low on the priority list I imagine.

Hey Maverick, I'm Kippy with the v163rd Fighter Squadron, based on the real 163rd Fighter Squadron of the 122nd Fighter Wing, IN ANG. We operate the A-10C exclusively and aim to create an immersive experience for our pilots. If you're interested in learning more, feel free to PM me and we can set up a correspondence. Thanks!

mytai01, I agree. Check out JasonXD's post towards the top-mid of page 8. However, I would much much rather have the aircraft be a little more unforgiving rather than being more forgiving than the real life counterpart. :)

Thanks for the share! Putting armor where the bullet holes aren't appearing on returning aircraft is one of those ideas that seems obvious in hindsight but never seems to cross the mind during the problem solving process..

A 3D editor would be an absolute godsend and allow for some really great stuff. Here's an example of what it would look like.

Eagle chick in tow

Huzzah! https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2742248/

Here's my default go-to loadout. It's both capable and seems to keep the weight pretty darn balanced.

The group of people, myself included, who fly single player because they have nobody else to fly with is surprisingly large. Perhaps the DCS community should take more initiative in organizing itself. But there are already fantastic squadrons out there like the 476th and the 355th vfs. What gives?

Very nice photos and a lucky spot! A cute girl behind the yoke of the aircraft with the boom, huh? Sorry Honey... I'm uh.. afraid I'm not quite sure I want to "experiment" like that...

Hey Trounce, out of curiosity, can you show me an example of what you're talking about? From what I've seen, The A-10's wings are pretty beefy and don't tend to flex much under standard G loads, as demonstrated in this gif.

Boring to fly, perhaps.. but I think it'd be nice to sit in an orbit, looking down at the ground and observing what kind of work the crew in the back of the aircraft is doing. I'm sure there's enough going on during a CAS mission to keep the pilot interested.

Spooky 2 is one heavy I'm sure nobody here would be ashamed of flying. That thing is a CAS monster. I think it'd be a great fit to DCS, whether it be a combined arms deal or a full blown module. Though I'm sure many of us prefer the latter. :)

In my time flying, I learned why we keep all that real important FAA paperwork in the plane. We keep it in the plane to judge wind speed of course! Just pop open the storm window and toss it out. Enter a left hand bank and observe the falling "paperwork" for a good gauge of wind speed.

Hey GazAce, I'm glad you're enjoying the Pig. If you can get past her looks.. she's quite the lady. As it turns out, the TAD is one of the best resources available to an A-10C pilot. The TAD does an excellent job of enhancing a pilot's situational awareness of the battlespace on the ground. The TAD cursor has many functions, but by far the most common use for me with the TAD cursor is creating markpoints, active hooking, the EXP modes, and sending taskings to other aircraft. I recommend you spend a few minutes each day sifting through the DCS A-10C manual; choose a different topic each day and read it to completion. After covering a subject, go up in a flight, and practice what you've learned in your reading session. This "small bites" approach works for a lot of guys, I've found. 681 pages of manual is tough to chomp through in one bite. Well, at least it has pretty pictures and is interesting. This is a cakewalk compared to some FAA publications... Here's the link. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/documentation/dcs_a-10c_flight_manual_en/ As for some functions I commonly use... here's active hooking. I'm going to pull an excerpt from the flight manual about hooking with the TAD. You can hook anything on the TAD, really. This includes other aircraft, waypoints, markpoints, etc. And of course, once something is hooked, you can then set the hooked object as your SPI and slave your Mav/TGP to it. For markpoints, once you have your TAD set as SOI, you can slap a markpoint on your TAD cursor by tapping TMS right short. You can then hook the markpoint and set as SPI to take a look with your sensors. Also very useful is the TAD EXP (expand) modes. By having the TAD as SOI, you can hit China Hat forward once to enter EXP Mode 1, (EXP 1) and a second time to enter EXP Mode 2. (EXP 2) Your TAD cursor will remain centered, but your entire TAD map will move whichever way you slew the cursor. This comes in handy especially during cruise towards a target area. You can just swap into EXP mode, slew over to the target area, zoom in and explore the target area on your TAD before you get there. Once your done, just blow through China hat forward until you get back to the default mode. Of course, you can slew the cursor anywhere on EXP mode, so you can take a look anywhere on the TAD map you need, whether it be the target area, a city, or an airport. And of course, you can use the EXP mode to create markpoints anywhere you need. As for taskings to other aircraft, which is a really neat feature and is great for group flights, I'll pull another excerpt from the manual. Hope this has given you a brief overview of some of the capabilities of the TAD. :book:

I've found through flying the 109 that there is no better substitute than experience when it comes to using the gunsight and making predictions. I much prefer fixed sights. I know some guys who are crazy good with the 30mm on the 109.. beware the mighty Grizz!.... I wonder what ever happened to that guy.

Justificus, those are some awesome pictures dude! I wish I could've taken more. But hey, I'm a firm believer in the idea that when you experience something like that, it's time to put the devices down. No pictures, no videos.. just memories. There was a guy on my flight who spent more time looking at the aircraft and outside the windows on his phone's camera screen than actually using his good ol' Mk.I Eyeballs. flyingdutchy, If it's on your bucket list, get out and do it man. Trust me, the prices are steep.. but it was the best money I've spent in my life, I do think. To fly aboard such an iconic piece of American history... you can't assign a monetary value to that. I have one regret through the flight. I spent so much time grinning ear to ear gawking out the window, laughing to myself in pure joy, that I never took the time to stop and think about the brave heroes that once flew these graceful machines of war. Crewmen that knew once they went gear up over England, that up to 1/4th of the formation wouldn't come back, especially during the earlier raids in the war. Thankfully was the war continued over time, loss rates diminished. It's important we never forget those American boys.

I recently completed a long time life goal of mine - to fly aboard a B-17 over the beautiful American midwest. I only had my mobile phone with me at the time, which did not have much storage left, but please do enjoy the pictures I did take.

From what I've seen, it looks to be that the bungee cords have been retired in favor of more "advanced" tech. Pretty common in the A-10 fleet now. You can buy document holders like these here that you can put on top of your glareshield. I don't use them when flying - I don't like losing even an inch of visibility out the front. When they're packed full they can be pretty bulky, as seen below.

As far as my knowledge goes, The A-10C actually uses the Scorpion HMD, an entirely separate and [i think] slightly more advanced system that is more geared for CAS and Air to Ground than the JHMCS. At the Fort Wayne airshow last fall I had a great opportunity to speak with some A-10C pilots about the HMD. I don't know for myself what the JHMCS can do, but according to Revelation on page 3, "There's also the ability to designate points on the ground just by looking at it via the JHMCS," So I assume the JHMCS can in fact designate points on the ground for sensors. A quick google search reveals what looks like some example symbology from the Scorpion HMD. As for comparison, here's what the JHMCS looks like.

The fact that the NTC will not be modeled as was said it would be is absolutely heartbreaking. Being an A-10 driver, I was looking forward to flying some Exercise Green Flag missions there. Guess not..

Awesome videos guys, thanks for the share. Though... it is very heartbreaking to see these beautiful machines waste away in the desert.. B-1s especially. I hear their fleet is having some serious issues keeping jets airborne and is having to cannibalize other aircraft. I wonder how much I'd have to pay the Air Force to let me run through that place with a crowbar and take home some souvenirs.. I'd sure like to have some instruments like an altimeter or something on my desk :)

Sweep is right, I don't think there's been any solid source who said it was an AIM-9X and that it missed. However, if RUMINT is to be believed, then the AIM-9X in fact missed and it was a 120 that scored the killing blow. When I first heard this, I was totally scratching my head as to how the 9X could've missed. But then again, we don't know the juicy such as the angle it was shot from for example. Who knows, maybe the Su-22 pilot jettisoned his entire flare payload when he realized a heater from a much more advanced jet was come at him. I would've blown my entire flare package at once if I knew it was an AIM-9X in the Su-22 pilot's shoes.. and pray to god he only had one! But in most pics I've seen, F-18s carry two AIM-9Xs on the wingtip pylons, right? Making the big assumption that the RUMINT is true, it does make you wonder if the AIM-9X is what it's chalked up to be.