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Could someone help me understand the pitch trim and the autopilot of the F-18C? I'm reading the "Pitch and roll trim switch" section in the manual (page 73) and it said that: The FCS will auto trim to 1G when in AUTO flap mode. Disengaging the autopilot in a level 2G, 60° bank angle turn will leave the stick trimmed for 2G. Re-engaging either Altitude Hold or Attitude Hold with wings level should reset the trim back to 1G. However, after testing this, I found that it's not working that way, these are the scenarios: I engaged the Baro Altitude autopilot mode and bank it near 60 degrees, maintian a 1.9G turn, after disengage the AP using the paddle switch, the pitch trim returns to maintain a 1G load instead of 2G like the manual said. I used the pitch trim switch to either push or pull the nose (1.2G or 0.8G), then engaged the Baro Altitude or Attitude autopilot, after it's stable at 1G, disengaged the autopilot and the pitch trim doesn't reset to maintain 1G load like the manual. Both scenarios have the flap in AUTO mode. I also read somewhere that flipping the flap out of and then back to AUTO mode should also reset the pitch trim, but no joy either. Is there something I misunderstand from the manual or something else I miss? Happy to include the track file if needed.

Sorry for digging this up, but for future reference, you can use the Delta TOS functionality to increase / decrease the TOS of the whole flight plan. I normally use this to increase 15 - 20 minutes to all TOS on startup for this campaign.

I also think that could be the pull up cue, is this happening to you? Maybe you can upload a track so we can see it? I also think that changing the release angle settings should get rid of the pull up cue, but apparently it doesn't. I raised a question here but it's inconclusive.

In A2G mode with a low drag only bomb selected, the default release angle is 45 degrees, so I think it makes sense to have the vertical steering cue and the max toss anticipation cue appear. But then when I set it to 0 degree, they still appear, and the real solution cue with the release timer only appear after that. I would imagine if the release angle set to 0, then those would not appear since it doesn't provide any useful info, kind of like when the high drag bomb is selected. I can't find any info regarding this in the official manual or chuck's guide so hopefully someone can provide more insight here.

Thank you. In the mean time, I've been able to continue with the mission by intercepting the helicopter when I'm on the way to the AO. The rest of the mission works fine. Great experience!

Hi, I've enjoyed the campaign and it's working great so far! However I think there is a bug with mission 5. The Mi-8 (first target) flies off and lands in Senaki-Kolkhi when I'm on the way to the target, so when I'm on the target there are only a truck and several guys there at the coordinate. DCS Version is 2.5.6.49798 (Stable) I can't upload the track file because it exceeds the upload size limitation. I have a Tacview file as well but I don't know how to upload it (invalid file type).