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Awesome paint and nice video Wichid!

TAS plus wind velocity is equal to your GS which is why the chart gives you TAS. Flying the AoA is the safest bet, I doubt that even the real guys do full on landing computations when they're recovering to large runways at an AFB.

Wow, looking very promising HungaroJET

Great idea! Seems like this should be a feature request.

I remember an old flightsim forum which has a screenshot comp that worked well. It was topical but had two differerent sections. One for unedited shots and one for edited. At the end of the month a poll was posted with everyone's names as options and people voted for the picture they liked most. The award was simply to have the screenshot placed prominently on the website (unlike to happen here I realise) and that the winner could select the topic for the next months comp. Cheers.

You also mentioned phraeology. I couldn't find any direct aircraft-aircraft buddy lasing comms but here's an extract from the Joint Pub on Close Air Support. This type three engagement has a forward observer provide a laser spot for acquiring a target. Hope it helps.

A good place to start are brevity documents. Not sure if this is the most up to date AF doc but most of the brevity codes are in here: http://amax.dma.free.fr/USDoc/AFTTP%203-1V01%20%20AirForce%20BreviityCode.pdf There is also a Multiservice (NAVY/MARINES/AF/ARMY) Brevity document which is unclassified and seems to contain a few more words. Here's a quick digest, it should help give you an idea as to how the words are used in communication when it comes to buddy lasing. "STARE" (w/reference point)—Directive call to cue the targeting pod and enable the laser spot search (LSS) function in relation to the specified reference point. Reference point may include the following: INS steerpoint, GEOREF, bearing and range, TAD link, or laser mark. "TEN SECONDS" [A/S] Standby for LASER ON call in approximately 10 seconds. "LASER ON"—Directive call to start laser designation. "LASING"—Informative call indicating that the speaker is firing the laser. "SPOT" 1. [A/S] Acquisition of laser designation. 2. Platform is LST capable. "SHIFT" (w/direction)—Directive call to shift laser illumination. "TERMINATE " 1. [A/S] Stop laser illumination of a target. 2. In training, cease local engagement without affecting the overall exercise. List of all words used which can be found in the brevity doc: LASERS BUDDY LASE/GUIDE BUMP/BUMP-UP CAPTURED CEASE CONTACT DEADEYE DIAMONDS LASER ON LASING NEGATIVE LASER PULSE SHIFT SPARKLE SPLASH(ED) SPOT STARE TEN SECONDS TERMINATE

I'm a bit late to the party here so my point of view has presumably already been voiced. Anyway... I'm very happy for DCS to be giving the Su27 and F15C an AFM. I'm hanging out for the F/A-18C and I love the A-10C currently. I'm not a FC3 kinda guy but appreciate the fact that if fighting against those aircraft in a MP server, other pilots will have challenging flight models to fight with which puts all players on a level playing field. Many thanks ED!

Beautiful stuff BBall, thanks for sharing that with us.

Amazing shot Mushu! Love your sig pic also.

Whether or not aircraft need to request engine start is entirely dependent on the local procedures of the airfield from which you are departing - Regardless of whether the flight is military of civillian. It's possible that ED simulated the most accurate comms at the time, even then it's highly unlikely that the type of military aircraft we fly would actually operate out of 75% of the airfields in the current theatre. Improving the AI comms would be nice but it would always have to be a compromise between what is real world procedure and what works in our simulated environment. For example, it would be a huge task to code ATC to give accurate airways clearance and departure instructions so it's easy to see why that was omitted and perhaps the start up call was implemented instead? But yes, generally speaking, at military air bases you don't need to request engine start, only airways clearance and taxi before you manoeuvre your aircraft on the ground.

It's usually just specific to each airfield. You're correct though, at many airfields requesting engine start is not required. Commercial airliners almost always need to request startup (and of course pushback) at major airports in the US. Requesting engine start can also have to do with fitting aircraft into the air traffic sequence. I used to fly a C152 out of an airport that had domestic RPT traffic and in certain cases the tower would only clear you for engine start to deconflict with the commercial jet movements.

Hangon, in Wags 3rd May update he says... "Work will also accelerate on development of DCS: F-15C and DCS: Su-27. I hope to talk more about those next week." So doesn't that mean the F-15C and Su-27 will be of similar fidelity to the A-10C or am I misunderstanding? I'm more hanging out for the F/A-18C if you couldn't tell from my forum name/sig :music_whistling:

I would love to have animated windsocks also, I think it would help the realism of the sim but more importantly I think some implementation of ATIS would go very well. The reality of the planning an approach goes something like this... First of all, in the real world it's quite rare that aircraft like the fixed wing jets we fly in DCS:W would ever be flying to uncontrolled airfields (no tower/approach ATC). At controlled airfields (with Tower ATC) not only are there weather briefings available in the format of TAF/TTF and METAR (usually checked prior to departure but also available via the internet and datalink to aircraft in flight) but prior to contacting tower or approach, aircraft tune the Automated Terminal Information System (ATIS) frequency. ATIS is usually a recorded message which gives the current weather info, runway in use and any other pertinent operational information. Now, not all airfields have an ATIS but surely something like a simulation of ATIS could be modeled in DCS without to much trouble? Aircraft could get weather information prior to commencing or even selecting their approach simply by tuning the designated ATIS frequency and either see it as text or have the audio play just as if it were the AI generated ATC comms. On another note, there would be plenty of non-controlled airfields in the Georgia/Russia theater that don't have an ATIS. In these cases aircraft will usually join overhead (above circuit altitude) to check the windsock and then position from overhead to join the desired approach. At night, lit windsocks are a much more realistic aid than trying to spot the smokestacks in pitch darkness. EDIT: I just checked some of the real world approach plates for airports like Kutaisi and Batumi. Although these airfield are controlled by a tower and approach controller, they do not have ATIS. In this scenario the Approach controller would presumably give the runway in use to arriving aircraft on initial contact. Later in the approach when the aircraft has switched to the tower controller, the tower will often give a 'wind check' to aircraft as part of the landing clearance. I use the in game AI ATC so little to remember whether this actually happens in the sim already but I can't imagine it would be to hard of an addition if not. Cheers.

Sweet! Sounds like a great scenario, thankyou for releasing to the community!

Sounds interesting, definitely going to check it out. Thanks!

Awesome work. Loved the camera angles, editing and especially the description section and hilarious comments. Subscribed.

My poor crippled Hawg - Blew a tire on landing in our last mission.

+1 The D model is the sexiest looking strike fighter alive IMO.

Hmm, are you're seriously complaining that Eddie et al have not provided enough help and guidance in a public forum (taking their own time to do so)? Well with the greatest respect intended, I think you're missing the point here and should have another read of some of the posts in this thread because... 1. There is a 'real life' example from the cockpit in Eddie's video. 2. You don't need the weapon planner, the profile information is more than enough to get bombs on target accurately. 3. There is a saying that goes, "If I wanted to teach you to fish, I'd buy you a book." (okay so I made that last one up). Previously I only had a very basic understanding of propper CCIP unguided weapon delivery but after using the v476th Battle Book and the other documents also linked in this very thread, everything you need to know is here. No matter how basic your understanding. Here's a great place to start for that elusive first step. Following the guidance in the below quoted text will eliminate any need for you to worry about waypoints or distances etc. Combined with the profile information in the battle book, this is literally all you need to know to get set up for a perfect roll-in. After that you simply fly 1G wings level with the TVV set at the AOP and pickle when the pipper meets the target. Bang! If that does not make sense, see it in practice in the video posted by Eddie. at approx 0:01sec into the vid you can see the target aligned with the third rivet up from the bottom of the canopy rail which works perfectly to commence the 'roll in' - give it a try next time. Speaking of speculation, what on earth lead you to believe I'd say something like that? :huh: Again nope, last I saw the 74th youtube has them flying circuit patterns 20 miles in diametre, not sure how much you'll learn from them. Bill, I really don't want to come off as hostile or trying flame or whatever. I'm honestly just trying to help out as I found the information in this thread to be just the ticket to helping drastically improve my technique.

Uhhh mate, If you read what Eddie is writing it'll go a long way to help 'teach' you proper technique. It's not like he's making this stuff up, it's great info and I can't see why anyone would want to discard his information in favour of what seems to be ficticious and misleading information.

Was flying a two ship Razorback flight just the other day. Snapped this just after a succesful recovery. And while I'm at it, here's a shot of the sexy F/A-18C - I continue to hope that this is the next ED fast jet!

Again, just wanted to add my support for this notion. I'm not familiar with the DCS' dynamic weather engine (about to start doing some research) but after recently getting back into A-10C I'm extremely keen to fly missions where the weather changes. From RW flying (and other sims that use RW weather) it's a really neat thing to be able to have if not real time updated weather but atleast dynamic weather where you can obtain a forecast and plan a flight accordingly. Hopefully the dynamic weather is what I'm looking for but the more missions that incorporate this sort of thing, the better! Cheers!

Ahhhh the ambiguity is killing me! Oh well, at least we know for certain we're getting a Hornet sooner or later! Best ED news update ever!

Who voted no? I will track you down and Hornet you to death! Long time fan of the F/A-18 series, any variant would do but im a sucker for a legacy Hornet. It has plenty to offer the simulation community from naval operations to strike to air to air. Many, many amazing hours of flight simming would come from a DCS treatment.