Ala12Rv-watermanpc

Hi guys, just wanted to ask about a particular take off procedure you can find in airshows...the Hornet makes a hard pull up with landing gear down and the plane almost touches the ground with the tail...a very nice example: As you can see, the plane starts the take off run with flaps full UP... If I do this in DCS, something is wrong with the FCS (I guess) because once there is no WoW, the plane has a pitch up attitude (no auto trim) and in the FCS page I see a +2 for the stabs instead of 0, even once the gear is up no matter the speed nor the AoA, etc...the only way to make the plane to enter in "normal" flight mode is by setting flaps to mid/down and then up again and everyting goes normal then... The question is, how am I suposed to perform this kind of take off?, I highly doubt real life pilots/hornets must take off and then change flap setting momentary in order to make the FBW/FCS to enter auto trim mode right?... At first I thought that the issue could be the take off trim button so i made a test: cold start, NO take off trim button pressed and try to make this take off but nope!, the plane still wants to go nose up (I ignore the reason) until I change flaps to mid/down and then up again... In the real life videos is clear that the horizontal stabs are NEUTRAL so no take off trim button has been pressed prior to take off but in DCS this doesnt seem to work either. All this also makes me wonder...is there any way to DISABLE the take off trim once you have pressed the take off trim button?¿?¿?...using the trim hat button in the stick is impossible as it takes literally minutes to set the stabs to 0 so...how are we supposed to perform this kind of take off? Another sample of this in the Blue Angels team (#7 is the one performing this take off): Btw, in this particular video, the #2 has the flaps mid and also NEUTRAL (or even slightly down) stabs at take off. thanks!!

I agree but a redesigned heat blur shoud be made imho first...the actual effect is not very good.

any news about the no pylons Flight Model??

+1:)

+1

Looks really nice mate!!:)

Try what Snap and Rudel_chw sugested mate :)

Looking very nice!!!:thumbup:

Awesome!:) The squares are the ones indicated by Skate...about the inversion yeah, you are correct, the main internal square is inverted.

Thanks for your support guys!!:thumbup: Yeah!, Really love your work mate!;)

Beautiful man!!!!:thumbup:

Pm answered mate!;)

So glad you like it!!!!! ;) Enjoy it! Bye guys!!

Hi guys, just wanted to share with you my last work, the Spanish A.F. Ala 15 25th Anniversary skin, probably the coolest skin ever made for the Hornet, at least to me :P... Some images: more: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3541242&postcount=15324 I made some corrections, adjustments and added more fine details, many of them very subtle and only visible when zooming in and/or at certain light angles, but i think they are worth and make a difference, so these screens are not from the last version. Hope you like it, bye and had a nice day!!:thumbup: Update v1.1: -Added correct "no step" warning stickers on horizontal stabs, flaps and borders of attack. -Added pilot custom helmet with weathering effect (also custom roughmet map for it). -Refined External tanks roughmet map. -Added dust over cockpit dashboard and improved vent holes (also included in roughmet map). -Refined and realistic for this unit engine nozzles. -Increased detail for many zones of rivets and joints (also for the roughmet map). -Added some new details. -Improved Roughmets maps with new weathering effects. Update 2.0: -Added all remaining access doors tags and their respective paint clearance. This was possible thanks to the GREAT job made by "Luft" and his improved template. Thanks mate!! -Refined some fuselage lines visibility. -Added new realistic and improved nozzles with proper customization for this unit. -Corrected some decals to better match the ones on this unit. -Corrected some decals size issues. **Note: Screens are not fully representative of the final/updated version/s. Enjoy! Download link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3301005/

Thanks mate!, Its already submitted and fine tuned.

Wow, in the latest patch the souds have been greatly improved (for planes at least)...now each sample blends smoothly and finally the distance is taken into account progresively as you change power and/or aspect from the view...GREAT improvement!!, thanks!

Hi again guys...finally, I finished my new 25th anniversary of "Ala 15" skin of the Spanish Air Force, to me, one of the coolest skins ever made for the Hornet...I put a lot of effort on this and went crazy with some little details, as much as possible, also, I made very detailed Roughmets maps in order to capture the subtle details of the paint parts or weathered places...it will be available very soon...some pics of details: Bye!!

My latest work :)

Thanks!

Nice one!, Im also making some progress on mine:

Reeeeally having a hard time with this one:

Thanks tu you mate :thumbup: ...yeah, I know about the mesh layer but even then is really painful and SLOW to make quality skins this way...also the hornet has so many cuts in the "loin" that makes it specially hard to deal with...

Looks very nice...Im amazed to see how you guys achieve such complex designs with your skins...Im trying to make an skin but Im really struggling with the "seams", I mean, the cuts between the different parts, which makes really hard to make skins with many little figures and complex forms to be correctly aligned...I have always have the feeling Im missing something here because I cant manage to make this in a barely "manageable" or confortable way...how do you guys make complex designs and manage the seams between different parts to make sure they are aligned? thanks!

Incredible work Texac!!!!!!!!!!!, thanks a lot!:thumbup:

Yeah, you are right, it behaves exctly as you described. Many thanks for the detailed info. The NATOPS manual is way too long and detailed for me right now (I have not the time to read ir I mean) so I will stick yet to the actual manual and chuck's guide...maybe in the future if I find the time...:)