captain_dalan

The same is true for the F-14A as well. Above mach 1.4 it accelerates like crazy. Long standing bug, but I guess not considered important enough to fix, just like the manual override for wing sweep.

As a demographic group we've fallen low from what we used to be. I mean, many don't understand the differences between indicated, calibrated and true airspeed, even less so ground speed. How can we expect them to understand engine variants and management. The tragic thing is, the confidence that ignorance manifests itself with.

My 20000ft test run from this afternoon. 75% internal fuel (11700lbs gross). 2550 RPM, water injection on, fuel mix lever all the way back, blower to high, manifold pressure 57. Managed almost 350 knots true speed and about 260 indicated before the water light went on. That's 646km/h. Pretty close to the cheat card numbers. Only 5 knots or 10km/h short. Might need to play a bit with it some more.

Eh, I never treat them as instructors. But then again, I am usually self taught, and like to learn by doing as much as possible

Aye, had some miles to drop on it as well!

Ah, good to know, THANKS! I guess that's next on the shopping list

Thanks mate, great stuff!

While trying to run the instant actions on this maps I get the errors WWII Armour and Technics module missing error. Usually, if a module is missing, the missions aren't there at all to begin with. Is there an official module or a non-official mod that I am missing? Thanks in advance. Screenshot below!

Had this baby since launch, but only last night did I get enough free time to map the controls and take her for a spin. Without reading any manuals, just by feel and playing with mixture, throttle and propeller governor, managed 320 knots on the deck, without water injection. This was the default free flight instant action on the Caucasus map. I am yet to try 50% fuel clean runs at 100ft, 10000ft and 20000ft and to take a good look at the cheat sheets for engine management. I get the feeling many people just aren't used to these levels of manual engine management yet. Spent the rest of the night fine tuning the controls and dogfighting "Zeros" ..... with ONLY the CENTER guns! Because I (repeat I) was too dumb to select the inboard and outboard .50 cals!!!! Anyone knows any good recommended climb and acceleration profiles for this baby? She flies like a charm, even without curves (maybe a bit of curves for the rudders, as my feet are clumsy as all hell)! As long as you stay fast that is. You take her too slow, and she will flip a wing on you in no time! null Man, don't let the pencil/button pushers tell you anything! The Grim Rippers are great, and probably one of the few last remaining DCS channels on YouTube that are actually FUN to watch. They don't take themselves seriously, and neither should you. It's all in good fun!

More importantly, is it an African or European!? But of course, the African ones are non migratory!!!

Looking forward to them! Needless to say, alongside the VF-1, VF-213 and VF-143, all of which are already present in one form or another, the AIM/ACEVAL jets are by far my favorite F-14A paint schemes. These birds had the TCS (or an early form of it) as well, so that should be one thing less to worry about regarding externals.

@IronMike@Silhou Routine bump!

Because I like repeating myself..... anyone else a fan of these babies?

Way too many variables. You need specific launch conditions for both aircraft AND their timelines to even begin using it as a performance benchmark.

Pushovers... Go fight a MiG-15 if you dare!

Try the Persian Gulf, BVR instant action. There's no friendly AWACS there at all. Does the issue still arise?

Such is the case with most government spending!

Solved it! Turns out, it was an installer thing. The updater failed for some reason and created duplicates of the files, but after the fail, even though the window closed, the updater was still running and 'using'/referencing the files, not allowing them to be changed in any way. A restart solved the issue, after which I manually deleted them, and reinstalled the Apache. Serves me right for not shutting down the PC for day at times I guess

Found it! Thanks for the info mate!

The entire DCS folder is in my exclusion/exception list already.

Always a pleasure mate!

It wasn't always so though. The image below was taken sometimes last year. When were these changes made, and based on what documentation? null

With the latest update I started receiving the following error that prohibits me from completing the update process OR removing the Apache module. When I try to delete the file manually I also get this report. The antivirus is set to exclude the DCS folder at all. What could be the problem? null null

Hey guys, can you double check this? Cause on my machine the bug is still there. Switching from F1 to F2, in the video below, causes the right after burner in the F-14A to always light up with delay. Both engines in ZONE 5. Latest version of DCS.

It's all a matter of practice. Reading on good material helps, but you still need to be able to implement it in an actual fight. Start with AI's and then switch to MP dogfighting servers when you feel comfortable. NOTE: Many of the AI controlled planes cheat big time and have infinite energy reserves. Notable example are MiG-21 and F-5, but there are others as well.