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    HELP !! :)

    in DCS: AH-64D

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    14 hours ago, Ghostmaker said:

    Im not at my pc atm, how as a jet pilot ive my throttles are linked, i didnt split the throttle so ive been pusshing the throttle forward. So power and collective at the same time. Ill have a look tomorrow and reference all of these comments

    Think i may try the Huey aswell. However in life ive never learnt to walk first. Ive always ran first with most things and worked back haha

    Don't use the Rz axis for the throttle, which said previously must be at "FLY" position that is full, use the cursor of your Hotas Throttle instead and when both engines are started push it to FLY and forget it there until you come back to the parking for shut down.

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    Pilot radar indicator and AP Alt Hold

    in DCS: F-4E Phantom

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    Hi guys!

    I encounter 2 problems with the Cold & Dark start: first one, I have no radar indication in the pilot seat after "Jester" has finished his "auto" procedures just before taxi and the second(maybe I should say the first because during the preflight check it already doesn't work)the AP "Alt Hold" doesn't stay on when I engage it(it's the same if I use a mapping key or the switch itself in the cockpit). May be I do something wrong or I forget something. Help would be greatelly appreciated!

    Cheers

    Jef

    F4E Phantom cold & dark.trk dcs.log

    Fuel tank jettison

    in M-2000

    Posted

    17 hours ago, Kercheiz said:

    You might be in CAN or MAG mode, they override the selective jettison. You need to be in stores/neutral mode.

    Thank you very much for your help Kercheiz, I'll give it a try!

    Fuel tank jettison

    in M-2000

    Posted

    Hi guys!

    I'm back in the M2000 since a long time. I can't jettison the fuel tank: Master Arm on, Selective Jettison On, RP selected, I press the trigger and nothing happens! Did I do something wrong?

    Unrealistic way of flying when chased

    in Wish List

    Posted

    On 4/15/2023 at 9:37 PM, motoadve said:

    Been flying sims for 25 plus years, and DCS for the past 2 months.(only fly warbirds)

    I find DCS the most realistic WWII sim by far, I also fly real planes and one of those a warbird trainer, last week I offered here in the forums to take any DCS pilot who lives in WA state for simulated dogfight (have done the same with IL2 and taken a few people) this time no DCS pilot showed up, so took a friend.

    After flying DCS Warbirds for 2 months constantly, I have a good feel for most online dogfighting and have seen the impossible jerking maneuvers, which kills immersion. During my dogfight simulation last week, I tried to compare the real event to DCS, FMs and DM are pretty good in DCS.

    In VR checking six is pretty realistic, a bit easier than being strapped to a 4 point harness IRL, getting the head out of the cockpit is not (VR limits would be nice)

    Force feedback its something that will make things closer to real.

    And the most important is pilot fatigue, even in a simulated dogfight you start to get tired, and the speeds are between 200 and 350KPH, DCS warbirds are a lot faster and heavier, so more demanding, some sort of pilot fatigue red out blackout should be modeled to avoid those impossible jerky maneuvers, because really ruins immersion, the pilot is superhuman, blackout happens and its good, but jerking the plane  positive Gs then negatives time after time repeatedly , its not realistic,  we never see these in real WWII footage.

     

     

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    I really appreciated your "Backcountry182" vids! It would be fantastic if you could do similar vids with your simulated dogfight flights!

    Best regards

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    Engine died for no apparent reasons

    in Bugs and Problems

    Posted

    12 hours ago, Art-J said:

    @Jef Costello Took a look at your last four tracks and found the culprit I think - you've always got fuel/MW selector set to "fuel" (down) position (see page 99 of the manual), which causes slow fuel system contamination with water and methanol - thus making the engine quit after a few minutes.

    The selector by default shouldn't spawn in the wrong position in any mission (cold start / air start) unless you've got it assigned to some switch on your HOTAS, the switch sends the signal to the game all the time plus synchronize controls with HOTAS option is on. That's what most likely happens in your setup. I don't remember how this selector is called in controls, but that's what I'd check if I were you.

     

    Thank you so much Art, I'm gonna check that, may be I've a control assign to the selector and at the start of the mission it synchronizes the position of this selector to fuel.

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