Chimango

Finally! Got my first one. Was in <51> Korea 1965 which is great for learning cause you only go up against 21s, 15s, Sabres and Hawks. Followed GCI indications and got a lock on him. I lost the radar lock with the R3R and then i had a hell of a time trying to find and SPOT that MiG21, but finally i got the guy and my first online kill. As i said on previous post i know is not big deal for experienced pilots, but i'm new not only to the MiG-21 but also to radars and missiles, i flew WW2 and KTO stuff for 9 years. The guy probably didn´t know i was after him, he was busy ground pounding, IMO. Anyway, the first kill, so i'm glad. Question; did i lose contact because he hit the deck and my radar lost him or becuase the nose of mi MiG was pointing too low towards him?

Thank you very much for all the tips and help, and also the offer to go online! A lot of knowledge coming from you guys. I will join you Darkwolf, spasibo :thumbup: But i'm ver happy to tell you that...i got my first online kill today! I'm sure is not any special for the experienced ones cause the guy wasn´t defending much and probably focused on ground pounding, but it made me really happy. A combination of R60M and guns; i had him locked with R3R but as he hit the deck behind some hills i lost it, so i went IR and with the help of GCI and a bit of luck found him and got him...oh, and it was a MiG-21 too, fratricide! I find the best server for now until i get more experience is the <51> Korea 1965 server, facing Sabres/MiG15s, Hawks and MiG-21s; loving it. When you watch the video you will see a lot of mistakes probably, i will be glad to listen to any recommendations you have. I will post the video later on. :pilotfly:

Will this amazing mod work under DCS 1.5?

Thank you very much guys from all the tips and the answers, very interesting and those added to the ones i read in "MiG-21 vs modern fighters" are very helpful. Maybe my English is a bit confusing or i didn´t explain myself well: I've done all what you mention; reading posts, watching tutorials, practicing with systems, training missions in medium and hard difficulty...etc. My main problem seems to be the visuals (i'm having terrible time trying to spot anything at all in DCS unless i use label mod); and also understanding how the modern "radar n' missiles" tactics and environment works. What i'm looking for is an experienced MiG-21 pilot who is willing to take me with him to online servers so i can learn from actual action. I put it this way: when i was a teenager i went to an institute so i could learn the english language here at home in Argentina. Years later i went to London, being there i learned more English in a month than what i learned in the institute for 2 years. Ok, that's what i meant and i think scaflight got my point. You learn a lot more and faster during practice than during theory. Anyone? I promise i learn fast! :pilotfly: I'll pair attention to my PM's just in case. Thanks a lot!

I've been flying WW2 and Korea war planes for 9 years, but radars and missiles stuff is absolutely new to me and i'm clueless. So, the first plane of this kind i got is the MiG21bis...yeah i know, not the best one for beginners. It's been a frustrating week for me. After learning the basics about MiG-21 I joined online servers like 104th three times already and was killed all those times, the worse part is i never knew what hit me cause i've never been able to see an enemy plane actually (DCS sucks at this IMO, very difficult to find a plane even at 1 mile away or less). I have no idea what to do. I can´t see contacts, i don´t seem to find the best way to use the RWR, i can´t realize when a missile is shot at me or even where to go...so i'm a total rookie. Is there any experienced MiG-21 pilot willing to take a total noob under his wing and teach him the basics during combat in online servers? I need to learn and practice the best tactics and combat envelope by actually being there, not by reading or watching videos only, i've done that already and still can´t do much. If someone wants to help, i'll join TS. I speak spanish and english. Thank you!

Few more; i'm in love with the "Balalaika"

No MiG-21? I've been waiting for this sale so i could give it as a gift to a friend of mine. I can´t afford the full price. No MiG-21 Leatherneck? What a pity.

I fly MiG-15s. I wrote this to Belsimtek asking for better Sabre AI, otherwise COOP missions for MiG pilots get very boring: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=146234

You seem to be enjoying this great aircraft, congrats man and welcome to the club! Now, regarding what you wrote: 37mm I find them quite accurate, and yes, Korean pilots were not as experienced as Soviets. I agree. IMO AI Sabres are so weak that becomes boring. Now, try to face human piloted Sabres; if the F-86 jock knows what he is doing, he has a lot more chances than you to go away from a fight and survive.

Thank you very much gents! I will take notice of your advices; coming from propellers after nine years, it's a whole new world these jets, systems and missiles witchcraft :D Gavagai, i have it turned on, thx for the tip anyway. Now if you ppl don´t mind, i have a great campaign to attend. Chima out! :pilotfly:

Hi MBboat thank you for your great work! This is the first campaign i install in DCS and i'm sorry for a couple of rookie questions i have. 1. I don´t know where should i install it. Is it in User/Saved Games/xxxxxxxx; or in Mods/Mig21/Missions/Campaigns. The last option is the one where i installed, but: 2. When i go to the first mission is not a single player one but i get 6 slot options. I chose one of them but then when i take off i'm the only one up there trying to defend the airfield from an insanely number of attackers, and i'm not braveheart! I edited the mission.lua in the scripts area, so i don´t know what im doing wrong. Thanks you in advance.

Gracias Rush, me anoté pero me salió un trabajo el sábado y no pude estar. Espero poder participar la próxima. Nosotros cada tanto hosteamos servers de Corea, entornos históricos de MiG-15 vs F-86 y P-51; cuando lo vean arriba metanse, siempre bienvenidos! Voy a ver si la próxima lo publicamos acá así se prende mas gente. Saludos y gracias x la invitación!

I love cold war era soviet planes; i had the "15" and got the "21" last sale...i'm so happy with it i feel like i'm 12 years old again! Thank you Leatherneck, i'm looking forward to the Tomcat now, you did an amazing job with the "21". S!

ECV56_Caje won´t be able to participate, RL issues.

Oh nice pair of birds Bart, keep them coming! :D Sergeiev and uboats thanks guys, i'm glad you like them. Everytime i have new pics from the campaign we are flying, i will share them here. New ones from last wednesday. Mission 10 - Protecting the Uiju bridges Mig's home Antung AF during NATO bombings Sad images from war

Hi guys, i would like to ask to any good Mi-8 skin artist a skin for a KTO campaign: Or also could be like these I hope is possible; thank you in advance!

Interesting! I see blue coalition has mainly spanish speaking ppl so: Me anoto con un MiG-15. Tal vez el "15" que queda libre lo puede ocupar mi compañero ECV56_Caje; pero lo confirmo más tarde. Ah! What about the mission settings? Where can we check that? Thank you y gracias colegas!

It's a very personal decision, like "who do you love the most? Your dad or your mom?" :D I think you should go for the Sabre, cause i need more targets to shoot down :megalol: Now seriously; i love the MiG but Sabre is more versatile; it had more roles than just intercepting enemy aircraft and same thing in this SIM. You have more systems, more weapons with a wider selection of armament for specific tasks. Lack of an official manual? Not so important IMO, there are very good guides like the one you mentioned from Chuck and a couple of real life manuals on the web.

And two more

Wednesday evening was campaign day again, and these screenies came out of it: Kozhedub's Boys (mission #9) - First Patrol

Algunos crecen y otros solo se hacen viejos...espero ser de los primeros! :music_whistling: Saludos Charrua! :thumbup:

Muchas gracias por la invitación Rush; yo por ahora solo vuelo el MiG-15 pero está en mis planes darle al BS en un futuro próximo o aprender a volar el MiG-21 ya que tengo el modulo, pero lleva tiempo aprenderlo. Cuando lo haga, me mando a compartir algún vuelo con Uds. Por otro lado, todos los miércoles a las 22.15 hora Argentina volamos una campaña online con el MiG-15 basada en Corea. Te dejo el enlace al hilo de la misma, en ella tenes briefings, debriefings, videos, screenshots, historia, etc. Estan invitados a participar cuando quieran. Abrazo! http://www.ecv56condor.com.ar/Foro/viewtopic.php?TopicID=45768

Nice screenshots! Specially the one in formation with the "21"; and the one under that. Here one from last night's mission