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No worries. like everything else, it's easy when you know how. At least that what my grandfather said about flying with the RFC :) Black & white is often all you get, so at a glace your left with other clues to make an identification. Like I said it's a question of orientation between the Finnish & Latvian roundels, Finnish on the flat / Latvian on the point, like the German. However the German swastika was only ever placed on the tail and although it was initially applied in a white circle on a red band, this practice ended shortly after hostilities broke out in WW2, whereas the Fins and Latvians never placed them on the tail at all, just wings and fuse only. After that the fins had a sensible habit of starting their aircraft serial numbers with letters that helped to identify the type of aircraft. Like GL-XXX for the Gladiator & MT-XXX, Messerschmitt, BL-XXX Bristol Blenheim, BW-XXX Brewster Buffalo, PE-XXX Petlyakov Pe-2, LG-XXX LaGG-3, MS-XXX Morane-Saulnier 406,407 & finaly "Mörkö-Morane" or "LaGG Morane" a local field mod running with the Klimov engine, and so on and on. It made sense as they had such a large variety of types. So with all this in mind our Latvian Gladiator was never going to be Finnish :) But ironically enough it could have been German. Some Latvian Gladiators changed hands twice, once from Latvia to the Russians then from the Russians to the Germans. Apparently ending up towing gliders in flying schools. At the risk of sounding like a WW2 plane spotter I'm gonna hang up my parka now :)

"Actually", in this case it is a Latvian one :) Latvian swastika's, while in the same orientation as the German, (ie, diamond as opposed to Finnish square orientation), were red on a white circle. Latvian Gladiator markings here : http://www.latvianaviation.com/en/?./content/airforce/LAF_Gladiator.ssi

Yes I thought this also. I just tested it with the stock subs to see if it was already a feature. I reasoned that the stock sub models a pretty dated looking at any rate and if someone was making a new one this might be something to try. That's why I posted it here in the 3d modelling section.

This is just an idea... Does anyone know if it would be possible to link an animation, in this case one that would dive the sub, to the mission editor (ME) command dictating alarm state, red/green/auto? In ME or combined arms, many land vehicles respond to a change in their alarm status with among other things model animations. Eg., radar antenna deployment/retraction. So I fugured why not do this with a sub to make it submerge. I had a look at the stock subs and while you can set their alarm state, nothing appears to happen.

No worries, your welcome :) That's it now bound to your account and you should be able to get access to it in DCS World. Let us know how you go, happy flying :)

I'd guess the reason nobody has answered this so far is that it's not possible. To be perfectly honest I don't think it should be possible. DCS is a fantastic simulator, they made entry level aircraft free like the Su-25T & TF-51 and I find that is both admirable and good business sense. The Su-25T is still a fantastic simulation some 10 years after many of us rushed out and bought it in the flaming cliffs add-on for Lomac. In fact since responding to your request for help about adding missiles to the Su-25T, I have found myself flying it more than ever and getting much pleasure from it. So back on topic. Like I said in a word no, no it's not possible. You would need the Ka-50 addon for such a mod to work. In fact I've tried the mods you mention and for me they don't meet the standards I now expect from DCS, but that's just me. I'd really like you to be able to come to your own conclusion on that. As it happens, by pure luck more than good judgement, I can help you :) I found out the other day when doing a full install that by accident I had bought the DCS black shark 2 module TWICE ! I double checked and sure enough I have two separate DCS Ka-50's. My mistake, no worries. Since I did this a few years ago and just happened to find out right when you posted this request for help, I figured it must have your name on it. So I checked with ED and they tell me it's a simple matter to transfer as a gift. So I'm offering it to you. All you need to do is provide me with your DCS World username, not your username for this forum, if you don't have one get one. And I'll do the transfer straight away.

Well I was sure I had them all, but as luck would have it I'can't find that particular one. While I try and figure out where I stashed it or inadvertantly deleted it, you could ask the guy on the that site, tell him his link is down. They are still updating stuff as the Su-24M was updated only 3 days ago.

Which link died?, please be specific as I have them all and may be able to help.

While re-installing my paid modules after doing a full new install of 1.2.15 I noticed the following; My Su-25, A-10A, F-15C & Su-27 wallpaper buttons (and therefore the option to select their corresponding wallpapers) had vanished when I installed my FC3 module. This may not seem important to some, but I don't get much immersion from the FC3 wallpaper (an F-15 painted as an Su-27) when I fly the "real" Su-27, or the others. Especially when I had (and paid for) the option prior to re-installing FC3. I hope this can be fixed properly. I could always un-stall FC3 as it offers little benefit for me at the moment, but it's not a fix I'm keen on.

Could be this you look for? http://wings-of-russia.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=10370&sid=87eaead05b96dc71beac7ccbc2987a87

FSSB-R3 eh, thanks for the info that most certainly could be an option of interest. Link for the lazy http://www.realsimulator.com/html/fssb_r3_warthog.html It sure ain't cheap, but show me something decent that is. From their sales pitch... "high-precision maneuvers that are impossible without hundreds of training hours, are now made easily, thanks to the smoothness of control in areas close to the neutral position." ...if it's true I guess I could get some joy back from my "floppy flanker (Su-27) :) Then I realised that I'd need to convert my throttle and pedals to USB as well....when bingo, looking around their site I found all I need for that and more... ...they do this conversion for the Cougar too :) http://www.realsimulator.com/html/fssb.html That would just leave my Cougar micro-stick (which while not a game breaker, would be nice to have back) and a Hall Sensor for the throttle.

According to TM website the Cougar & Warthog joystick handles are interchangeable. I'm thinking about the possibility of ordering the Warthog component that the joystick handle fits into, ie. the ball joint part & splicing that into my Cougar, somehow :) then slapping my compatible cougar handle on top. That would kill two birds with one stone, dead gimbals and pots. Other than that; 1. Do you know if the Aussie bloke still does the uber 2 gimbals? 2. Where do I get the Hall sensors from or what are the part number?

Su-24MR engine texture missing I noticed this just after a clean 1.2.15 install & it's still there after adding all the currently available modules.

Cougar parts & Mods I would like to know what the current (early 2015) situation is with Hotas Cougars spares & or Mods is? After zapping around the net and coming to many dead websites, I've sent some emails but still await response... I bought my cougar new in 2005 and it's just coming on 10 years old. I dusted it off the other day and set it up to be reminded why I had put it away in the first place. Classic cougar problems include: X & Y pots are spiking, micro-stick & the wear in the joystick gimbals is now severe. Cougar / Warthog Hybrid? I looked at replacing it with a warthog, but I'm not yet sold on the idea and really love my cougar & apart for anything else my simped f-16 pedals, which still work like new, would not work with a warthog (at least I doubt it) Does anyone know if there is much if any part commonality between the two?

Just done installing everything from scratch & gave everything a quick test. All is well again. I'm even tempted to say better in some ways... ...still testing. MiG-15 is a neat little bird :)