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Battleships Bismark. Anyone remember TF1942 - the night battles were pretty good for their time... Spent many hours with that sim and computers of the day had a hard time keeping up with tracking all the projectiles... Definitely into WWII naval combat... Superb work on the model ! Regards, Scott Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Maryanne ! :) Regards, Scott Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

DCS: Uboats Hi Folks, While I'm an ex US Fast Attack sailor - and - certainly appreciate submarine combat - I really don't think DCS is the proper venue - or at least everything required for true naval combat would have to be built from the ground up... If you want a taste of what real modern submarine combat is like - there is only one sim to try - Sonalysts Dangerous Waters... It captures many aspects quite well... Regards, Scott Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

How to land with crosswind? Hi... I don't have the plane but there are two methods to compensate for crosswind... To crab or slip... The crab is where you keep the plane level but turn the nose into the wind a bit to arrest your lateral drift... This is fairly simple and easy to do - but you can't touch down this way as you'd probably blow out a tire - so you have to use the rudder to kick the nose straight down he runway when a few feet off the ground... It's a timing issue - in a strong wind - do it too soon and you'll drift off the runway before touchdown - too late and your tires may rupture due to lateral force... The second method is a slip where you cross control (ailerons turned one way - rudder turned the opposite) the aircraft - you bank the aircraft into the wind and use the rudder in the opposite direction to keep from actually turning... Typically you find the right amount of rudder early on and just hold the pressure constant while you use the ailerons for fine adjustment... The idea is to land banked with your upwind main touching first.. Hope this helps... Regards, Scott Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

1989 Gulf of Sidra incident, pilots never rescued? Accidental post - sorry... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Robinson helicopters had serious issues with this in real life in the early years... Bunch of fatalities... Regards, Scott

Hah - I'm just the opposite - in MSFS I spend all my time in the 737-200, 727-200, and the MD-80... The Phantom would be high on my list and a good adversary for the Mig-21... Regards, Scott

A hundred bucks - bargain - took a ride in a helo over the Grand Canyon in the 90's - was way more than that... A small single engine plane burns about $60 an hour - a helo must burn far more than that - yep - bargain to me... Enjoy the flight... Regards, Scott

Hi Folks, I've got an i7-2700k overclocked to 4.5 on air and it was a substantial increase in performance... Question - any opinions on memory speed ? I've read on other forums of the potential improvements in performance from going from 1600 to 2666... Any similar experiences with DCS ? Seems like a relatively inexpensive boost if it works... Regards, Scott

Hi Folks, While not a gaming machine - my HP laptop got mangled by the upgrade - there are no suitable drivers for the AMD/ATI Mobility video card - I've spent the last week or so trying everything I can think of to recover - it's common problem and there are posts all over the place... Granted - it's not a true Windows 10 problem - AMD and HP are the ones who dropped the ball - therefore - I have purchased my last AMD or HP product... I haven't tried my desktop yet - but - I have a pair of Samsung SSD's in it - thanks for the heads up... Regards, Scott

LOL - good point...

LOL - back when Tom Cruise was actually cool... ;)

Hi Folks, Thanks for the responses - I know I've upgraded my Logitech software - but it may have been a couple years ago... I'll make sure I have the latest software and try again... Appreciate the help - sorry for the delay - I've been traveling... Regards, Scott

Hi LeCuvier, Given your supplied parameters - if I'm doing my math correctly (converted to US and back again) on a standard day - your indicated airspeed (IAS) should be around 537 k/hr to have a true airspeed (TAS) of 600km/h... Regards, Scott

Yeah - the mini stick works well for a rudder - I flew that way for many years - now I have to unlearn that now that I have the pedals - my thumb still moves every time I move the rudder though.... Yeah - CH hasn't really changed anything in a while - I don't think they've developed anything in a long time - just sell what they have... Still - their products work well for me and I prefer the Spartan utilitarian look of their product over the tacky new designs most companies seem to favor... CH stuff is built like a tank and even though the software is old - the programing you can do is pretty sophisticated compared to other products I've tried... Regards, Scott

Hi... I'm really new around here - but what keys are your rudder (tail rotor) mapped to ? Are they a single key press or does it include a modifier (alt, ctrl, shift)... Regards, Scott

Hi Folks, Anyone have a G11 keyboard and found away around programming the Left and Right key modifiers ? The keyboard doesn't seem to differentiate - while DCS does - so I'm having difficulty programming many of the keystrokes.. Thanks... Regards, Scott

Hi... One of the most underrated companies in the joystick market seems to be CH Products... I've used there products for years and found them far superior than any of the other plastic products out there... While still plastic - their plastic and components seem to be industrial strength... I just picked up a pair of new CH Rudder Pedals on eBay for $50.00... A steal in my book... Previously I had been using my micro joystick in my CH Pro Throttle for a rudder - but for the A-10 I wanted to free that up for my radar cursor... I think they are worth it - simply because they free up other controls on my HOTAS to be assigned to other functions - and to fight effectively you need lots of buttons... Best of luck... Regards, Scott

Hi Folks, Goose also did the absolute best mocking laugh ever done in a movie... Regards, Scott

Hi Folks, Yeah - I'll echo SFC's statement - while very new to DCS - I've used MSFS since its inception - and - I am a pilot. While there may be some deficiencies - the F86 has given me unparalleled pleasure in learning to fly it... It's just a hoot to fly... She's a work of art in my book - and so far the plane I enjoy most... Regards, Scott

Hi Icarus, Yeah - OC have almost been a necessity in the MSFS community... It is a little intimidating when you first try it... So - I'd include this caveat - if you can't afford to replace hardware - maybe it's best not to try... That said - I am far from an expert and have been doing it for a decade and haven't lost any components yet... Basically I find something that works - then set it and forget it... Most modern motherboards shutdown your PC before damage occurs... I'm only really familiar with Gigabyte mobo's - but a couple of changes in the bios - and you're overclocked... They really make it pretty easy... If your running the stock fan - that came with your CPU - you may want to consider an upgrade to the fan - as I'm running one of those massive heat sinks that barely fit in my case and did add an extra fan to the case as well... It's all about the temps... Download CPU-Z and some CPU temp monitoring program and you should be good to go... I guess my philosophy is if you are going to spend the extra money for a "K" processor - you might as well use it... The OC has made a significant improvement in performance over the stock clock... Anyway - best of luck... I've only been running DCS a few weeks - and I have yet to kill my first MIG-15 in a battle - I hit them a bunch but they seem pretty tough... Good hunting... Regards, Scott

Hi Icarus, Our systems are not that different - yet I've been very happy with the frame rates in DCS... The Sandy's overclocked nicely and I'm running mine at 4.5 Ghz on air... Is yours OC'd ? I haven't been watching the frames as everything has been very smooth - the only time I've noticed any hesitation - which was minimal - is when using a large number of rockets in a salvo... Other than that - very smooth... I'm pretty new at DCS but I've been using MSFS since its inception... I've really been enjoying dogfighting the F86... Intel Core i7-2700K Sandy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623i72700K GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 EVGA 025-P3-1579-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) HD 2560MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Noctua NH-C12P SE14 140mm SSO CPU Cooler PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 750W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply (2) SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC256B/WW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Regards, Scott

Navigation - how do YOU do it Hi... This is an OLD site - but for the basics of aircraft navigation - it's the best one I've ever come across - it got me started on my path with navigating in MSFS - then on to my real world private and instrument ratings... It's not specific to the Mig-21 - but - you will learn all the navigation principals from the era that Mig-21's flew in... http://www.navfltsm.addr.com/ Regards, Scott

Well done - sir ! Regards, Scott

Hi... Just another suggestion CH is very responsive to customer requests - I would suggest it might be worth an email to them... Regards, Scott