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When it's too cold the pilot is shivering.

the fox stole the chick.. looked just about ready to me! :p

It has been left in the DCS files by ED and all I did with my mod was enabling it. Obviously not done yet but it's still tons better than the SFM.

There are going to be some changes regarding our servers. They'll stay up and running but we have to take the step of renaming the server and we will re-shape our internet presence. More info will follow when we're there. On another note, the Nevada server is up again. The Caucasus server won't be updated to 1.5.5 yet.

You can reach our TS at ts3.virtual-aerobatics.com at this moment.

Can confirm this is not funny. Source: I am German.

The 1.5 Caucasus server is back online and the 2.0 Nevada server will follow later. Right now, the server will not auto-restart after 4 hours, but it will probably be restarted within the next hours for further maintenance work. Our custom liveries will also be put back into place later. Sorry for any inconveniences caused.

RCtrl+L is navigation lights (red, green and white lights on the plane), not formation lights. I don't think there's a key to turn on the formation lights, but I don't know under which conditions they turn on either. Mostly flying the Su-27 which got no formation lights.

We are currently experiencing server issues and are working on fixing them. Until then, both servers will unfortunately be unavailable. Will keep you guys updated.

These are navigation lights. Anti-collision lights are blínking and I do not recall the Su-27 having those in DCS. Only statically lit navlights.

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In real life the laser code is physically set on the bomb itself. No way to modify it from inside the plane.

Yep, it's a really old netcode limitation of DCS. Damage is not always completely synced visually. Also I have a feeling many here are comparing AI damage models with player damage models. AI will be easier to take out than a real player in most cases since their damage model is not based on the real flight model (EFM/PFM/AFM) but on the SFM with a really simple damage model. They usually only know a few states: intact, slightly damaged, shit's going down. If you want to compare damage models in DCS, do so with other players and higher-fidelity planes (not Su-33 or MiG-29 with their SFM).

Great idea! +1

The VA server has dynamic weather enabled (1.5 only at this point), so the wind value shown in the briefing might not be correct for your position. So, wind speed and direction will vary from time to time. I did notice the wind effect when flying the Ka-50 on there but it was very manageable. Check the windsocks and smoke from houses to get an idea about where the wind comes from. Random failures are turned off on the server so this won't be the cause of your trouble.