marchand73

thanks I'll give it a try.

My apologies if this has been covered before. Is it possible to get out of the inverted spin?

Great tips, chaps. I will keep nose in air to aerobrake and stay off of the brake key. Amazing videos you've put together there ironhand. They were tremendously helpful and well done.

I have no problem taxiing; what I meant was braking upon landing. In F15I you apply full brake no problem (although braking not as strong)but in the flanker when braking to slow down after landing in addition to parachute results in tyre blow. I am unsure what is the correct way to land this plane.

Speaking of landings guys, one thing I have noticed is that it's easy to blow tyres on the SU27 under braking. Why is this?

Yes thanks, that was the culprit. What a headache. Problem was I had never expected DCS to have an arcade mode and it doesn't make any sense to me. I was flying with 'game avionics' mode on- never saw it. I can now shoot missiles at long range!

Wow- that was it. Thanks! That was an amazing headache and so overly convoluted; a game avionics mode was enabled that meant I could not lock targets the way I had seen in all training videos. I had never seen STT mode before and could not do anything to get into it. Seemed amazingly convoluted, and all because a poxy obscure arcade option was on by default... I wonder what's the point of this mode and why it is on by default?

Thanks for all posts. Ok really need some help now- I've identified what the problem is. Guys, this is getting amazingly frustrating and convoluted. The problem lies in that I somehow can not fire a missile from BVR the normal way in STT mode. Let me explain: As I mentioned before, it seems I am doing something wrong because my VSD is different from all training videos/youtube AFELIUM videos. The problem is that I can never lock target as they do with the TD box and enter key (afelium uses tab key). I have the enter key set to missile lock but nothing happens. I slew the TD over the target and press enter but it doesn't change to STT mode. In fact, I have never seen STT mode before because it does not enter it. Also I have a strange red box that I have never seen in any videos. Wtf is going on and why is this such a headache I wonder? Here's a pic of what my screen looks like. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=401771373 Thanks guys.

I see. So what is one supposed to do against 45km effective range of R27ER? There is a massive difference in range of these 2 missiles I'm finding.

In addition, there is another problem I'm having: Can't hit much with AIM120 AMRAAM. I set up a mission in the editor with a transport plane coming straight at me to learn how to shoot these missiles and use the different radar modes, etc. The stats say the range is 45km but I don't have a hope of hitting anything unless it's at about 10 miles/16km? The missiles keep gliding on past the enemy airplane. How are you supposed to put these missiles on target at long ranges like the R27ET? I am entering BVR mode, put radar on TWS, press enter key to select the plane and then fire at will. However, I can hit every time with R27ER at 45km. It seems very short ranged compared to this missile. Thanks for all the help.

Hi everyone, New to all this. I spent a while learning how to engage planes with the F15 APG63 at long range and have come across a problem: My radar screen (left hand side, not the RWS- forgot the name) does not appear the same as in the training video lesson. On the training video he locks up a target manually with the enter key and there then appears a PDT. Once he has this PDT on screen, there is a small margin down the right hand side called a DLZ. I do not have this little DLZ bracket on my screen and can not get it to display. This DLZ bracket apparently represents the guaranteed hit range/no escape zone. Any clues as to why my plane is different from the training lesson? I can not work it out. Thanks in advance.

As a complete newcomer to this sim I use logitech 3d and have no problem landing whatsoever. Great stick. if you don't use it already then try the logitech profiler software... can make a tremendous difference.

Hear, hear! Mig29 Afm please.

Makes sense. I see now that the SU27 and F15 were released as stand-alone DCS modules, but not the Mig29 and Su33. By the way, is it perhaps that the Mach 1.225 sea level statistic for the Mig29 is a do not exceed limit, and that the real plane actually has the thrust capability to power past this level speed?

I see. That's a pity even the basic parameters such as maximum speed could not be simulated. I was quite alarmed. 1700kmh for a Mig29 on the deck- it seems far faster than the real figure, but now it appears that this Mig29 and SU33 are not 'DCS' per se. Seems rather strange to include them.