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Pilot log is located in users\#name#\saved games\DCS\Mission Editor Seems that you reïnstalled DCS again, otherwise the user dir wouldn't be overwritten....

Tnx for couning me in... :smilewink:

I'm a bit in the same situation. I made a 3D IR pointmodel myself, and own a (still) unmodified PS3Eye. With Opentrack it tracks rather ok, but still not with a very stable view. I use exposed film in front of the cam to block visible daylight. Sometimes it works ok, other flights its rather unusable. I'm thinking of removing the IR filter in the cam, but will it still be usable as cam? Or only as IR device? In that case I'm thinking about using a Wiimote, that should be rather easy if I understand it correctly..

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OMG... sometimes... somedays.... Anyway, TNX!

I recently owned a X52 Pro. With that, I had a switch "engage AP" (push button on the throttle). If I selected the different modes on the LASTE panel (path, alt/hdg, alt) with the mouse, and pushed the button on the stick: it worked. I now own a TM Warthog. Great stick. However, if I select everything as should be (with the different switches the corresponding switches on the LASTE panel move as well, so no problem there), engaging AP in PATH mode somehow doesn't work. If I choose ALT/HDG and push the engage button: OK. If I choose ALT and push the button: OK. If I make a lets say 30degree bank, nose on horizon and press the button: nothing happens... What am I doing wrong here..? Plane is level (dive angle less than 5deg), bank angle set, and somehow I can't get in a nice circle to pick my targets...

It all depends on your point of view. If you (like me) flew a LOT of FSX-like simulators, flying a (full-study) plane in DCS is rather difficult. Flying around in FSX was easy in any plane, and I thought that was because I was flying FS planes for decades. However, starting with DCS and flying the A10C proved that this was quite another flight-modelling than the other sims. Yes, the A10C is easy to fly. But you have to get used to it, learn what it does. A bit too slow just before touchdown will almost certainly damage your landing gear: result of a too high vertical speed. Firing a missile will result in the need to trim the lighter wing down. And so on. A beautiful simulator with an even more beautiful flight modelling. And the most important point: it IS so easy to fly, because that is what it needs to be: the flying of the "weapon" has to become second nature: a naturally reaction to your surroundings. When one can fly the thing without too much thinking "what do I have to do next", the crucial stuff comes in: the handling of the weapon platform. That's what's it all about.

If I Recall Correctly... ;-) Opentrack download is on github, I can google for the link if you wish. It works fine with any webcam. Here it is: https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack/releases/download/opentrack-2.3-rc9/opentrack-windows-2.3-rc9.zip Smartphone (very smooth!)https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack/wiki/Smartphone-Headtracking:

IIRC for freetrack and ftnoir you need to have the facetrack.dll in the dcs/bin directory. But if you want facetracking I suggest you delete everything and install opentrack. Hassle to setup but it works. Even better with smartphone tracking.

Tip: create your own extra time by flying circkels, ap on path, 30degr wing down and you have all the time you need.

First of all: TNX!! for your settings!! I'm going to compare them to mine. Then: I doubt that you have the latest version of OpenTrack. OT certainly does have facetracking: OpenTrack is capable of, amongst others: - facetracking - IR tracking - upd/FreePie (smartphone) tracking I tested all of them. So far the smartphone tracking is the smoothest of them all.

I finally got my stuff working too. Don't know if I have everything ok, didn't fiddle with the curves yet. However, I think the facetracking of Opentrack is not worse compared to the IR tracker I made... Anybody having some hints and tips for the curve settings..??

When I land the A10C on a runway of a friendly airbase and park on the taxiway, I can rearm/refuel without stopping the engines or without opening the canopy. No arcade/game mode. FC3 planes have to be shutdown.

I had severe issues with the mouse stick on the X52 Pro: it had a very, very small dead zone and as so my cursor was flying all over the screen without even touching the thing. So, what I did was completely disable the whole mouse function: I assigned (in the profile editor) the bands so wide/small that there was no input possible and set the deadzone in the control panel to the widest possible. After reading the above posts, it seems attractive to map this thing to the slew functions for the A10C. However, if I do this, I have to remove the deadzone in the control panel. Do I have to "auto-load" the profile to prevent the cursor going berzerk again? (in other wordt: does the profile in the SST program overrule the settings of the control panel?)

Hmmm. I use a piece of exposed film for daylight filtering, but the signal is very weak and only at a distance of about 25cm pointtracker is picking up the signal... Weird thing is: if I try Freetracker, the one or two occasions that it works with the PS3Eye, it sees the points really good from a distance of about 50cm. Some kind of setting that can alter this, anyone?

I turned it around, and... IT WORKS....!!! WHOOHOO!! Now trying to get Opentrack working....!

I checked and checked and checked.. I use this: http://www.thediyworld.com/How-To-Properly-Use-LEDs.php and when I check again, I see the LED's are connected to plus and minus in the correct way... I used this: http://www.free-track.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1856&page=2#12649 When I measure just before the last LED on the +, and connect the multimeter to the -. I measure about 0,8V. When I measure just before the first LED, and ground, it measures 5V. Just after the first LED, and -: 1v.... Edit: If I check the remark on the Freetrack forum (see link above), they say: "edit 1: (If you use other type of leds, (not SFH485P) the shorter leg is almost negative ! check your datasheet)" Could this mean the SFH485P has the + on the SHORT side and minus on LONG..???? (I don't have a factsheet of the LEDs..) Edit: found this: http://www.led-eshop.de/PDF/5mm/SFH485P.pdf..... it says indeed: Flat side = cathode. Which is the other way around then normal LED's.... I'm going to try to fix this this afternoon, but... changes are big my led's are dead??

Yes, I have a phone. Checked, and they were dark. Checked it with the PS3 eye: dark. I connected one led (the SFH48 something) with a 30ohm directly to an AA battery: dark.

Mano, I assembled the device for a 5V USB power. However: if I check with the cam, the LED's do not function. With a multimeter I checked the connections, and when I measure BEFORE the first LED, and ground, I get 5V current. When I measure BEHIND the first LED and ground, I only get 1V.. I already replaced the LED, but no effect... I use a 6ohm resistor. Ledcalc said to use 5. Connection is serial: positive to resistor to posLED1 etc. What am I doing wrong...????

I'm flying the A10C for two months now. I'm beginning to improve very slightly, I take one subject at a time and try to master that in all aspects. After startup I started with mavs. And yes, I know, I should be doing the other basic stuff first.. but I LOVE the mavs. After this, I have a tremendous lot of other things to do, the CDU, the complete understanding of the HUD, CCIP, CCRP, etc. etc.. Also have the Huey (which I can fly) and the Black Shark (which I can't even start). But I love the hog more and more and will try to improve in this bird. And maybe, maybe.. after a long time.. I'll join a squad. But first things first.

If you can't find someone to fight, you're not searching. The 104th server is almost ever filled with >25 people on it. TAW pub is always over >20 people online. And if that standard is too high for you (it is, for me!), make your own mission with lots of enemies. The flight models of the AI are basic, but they DO react on threat. Adequate..!

Thats my whole point: it LOOKS like the A10A, regarding the missing antenna. The article however says something else...

or... wing-shaped antenna....? ;-) But... check this page, that must be wrong..?? http://air-attack.com/images/single/703/An-A-10C-Thunderbolt-II-practices-attack-maneuvers.html

Another question.. what's that black painted "dome" on the right wheelpod..?

Heck... even shooting a Mav and you'll notice the plane loosing weight on one side... Little, little bit too much vertical speed (towards the globe, that is...) and you stall when you try to flare above the runway, those are the things that add to reality in my opinion.