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I think a trainer is the best way to go as I have a tendency to be HUD focused. Flying the F-5E and the Hawk have helped a ton getting me to focus on other instruments instead. It was and still is a hard habit to break. This way she won't start with that bad habit.

Okay thank you.

so after trying the mod I was having a hard time with control imputs. Do you have to have the SU-33 in order for the mods to work?

Very nice! I'll be on TS tonight lol

Sorry let me clarify what I was asking. I know I can get them from the game files on my computer, what I am asking is is there a place on the internet that I can download them. If I get them from my computer I need to email them to my iPad. It's a time consuming process. I was just wondering if there is another place I can download them straight to my iPad.

So I would agree that the Hawk is an excellent choice if you want to go that route. It'll give her some good easy training without a ton of complexity. Also the F-5 would be a good choice as well. But mind you the learning curve on navigation and landing is high at least for me it is. But it will make the A-10 feel like small potatoes with all of its bells and whistles lol.

So here's a quick question. Is there a place where the document for the campaign are available for download? I know I can get them from my desktop but I use my iPad for all the files and it is easier just to down load them. ED has the 15 red flag docs on their website, so why not the 10? Even if it's not ED's website is there a place?

How come you don't use DCS SR for your coms, if you don't mind me asking? Is it because your using a mods for the Hornet? And how often do you open recruiting?

I see people's point of having all the missions in the Caucuses,, but if we a going for realism (and I think the overwhelming majority of us playing are) then t makes more sense to have the training in a training map like the NTTR and then deploy to another map. I like that idea a ton. But I would understand if they just went and did it all in the Caucuses.

You can absolutely turn down the intensity of the NVG. Alt-Shift H and Alt-Ctrl H IIRC.

I don't think it does.

Has this issue been fix?

This is very funny to me because I'm in the 476th too Howie lol.

Also do I have to have CA to play. The post by ED said something about being a sniper in a truck.

Do you have to have CA to go with this?

This! So much This! I have to admit I like the Jet, but I hated working on it. By far the stupidest plane I worked on. But when you get blasted twice by the EPU you tend to not like the jet lol.

So here's my take. I bought the Hawk cause I wanted a trainer that was simple to use to help me with the F-5E. I was so task saturated that I was having a hard time flying it and started to not enjoy my time flying it. I was so used to having a HUD that I was using it as a crutch so I wanted to break that habit. I actually don't like the Hawk in the current format. I use VR exclusively and I find the Pit to be very badly modeled. Now that could be due the actual Pit itself and it being modeled correctly and I'm used to the A-10C Pit. But the Pit feels cheaply done and ugly. Having said that, it greatly expanded my flying capabilities and techniques. It helped me become a better sim pilot and I still use it for those reasons. Which is what a trainer is meant to do, train you so when you go to a more complex and demanding platform you are not overwhelmed. Just because you don't enjoy them doesn't mean that they aren't enjoyed or found useful by others. If you want to jump into an F-5 and hate flying it for a while until you become proficient then go for it. That's your option. But others do find a usefulness to these planes so please don't get upset because dev's choose to give players the option to have trainers.

I transitioned from F/A-18 to C-17 to F-16 and now to the F-35 and I can tell you its the best plane I've ever worked on. The biggest problem that most maintainers have is that ALIS is a pain and they hate that it has no gages. But mostly they hate that its new and the tech data is still a WIP. But if anyone has ever worked on a new platform they'll tell you that its completely normal. Once you get past "what you're used to" and move into the "this is what it is" most people find that its not as bad as they were making it out, and its better than the 16.

Is anyone else having issues with TACAN? I haven't tried it in SP or in 1.5, but on NTTR in multiplayer my squadron and I are having weird TACAN problems. We didn't get a signal until 16 miles from the tanker and all the settings were set up correctly. We were all having the same problem. Also I can't turn the volume down either.

Yeah the plane is really good. We got an update from the guys at red flag and they said they were kicking ass. The only time anyone knows they're there is when they want them to know. None had been "shot down" so that's a plus. There are some problems for sure, but if you've ever been on a new platform, it's nothing out of the ordinary.

Quick question for you Sabre. Any word on if you are going to make your Tactical campaign a DLC? I bought it through your website and never finished it. I would love having it available via DLC so that way I wouldn't have to keep all the installers and it'll update naturally.

I'm glad I didn't go but it's really cold here so I'm not sure what's worse. Cold or wet. Unless it's cold and wet and then I'm glad I stayed back.

My vFG has a section on our website/forum that we use to log all our DS flights. Complete with aircraft status (i.e. crash, damaged, eject, KIA, etc). The only thing I wish was time keeping for the flight as we have in single player. It'd be nice to see when I takeoff and land for my logbook.

Very nice Stuka

Great campaign so far, I've only done mission 1&2. But I did notice something on mission one. It's very minor. Tower says to taxi golf Charlie bravo hold short at alpha, but the IP stays on golf the whole time. Out side of that it's been awesome. I would like to see all the ATC calls on the F10 menu. I thought that was a nice touch!