wilbur81

What are your new TDC settings?

Just noticed that this TDC-too-slow slewing has been reported as a bug.

Man, that is a BIG difference! I just got the Super Taurus Throttle and I'm disappointed with the TDC slew range of motion/lack of sensitivity compared to my trusty old X-56's mini-stick for TDC. Having that speed/sensitivity option from the real-world video would, I think, help quite a bit for us folks with Sub-par TDC slew hardware.

Hey, fellas. I bit the bullet and bought the Super Taurus throttle. It's impressive in so many ways to say the least. However, I have found that the TDC slew controller (arguable THE most important function on a Hornet throttle next to the arms themselves) is a bit disappointing. I find that it does not have enough throw and lacks the ability to make small sensitive movements around the center. Case in point: Play the AGM-65F training mission for the Hornet where there are little groups of 3 tanks and trying to slew to the desired target, making those small, near-center, corrections is really very poor. It is almost as if the TDC slew hardware has a built in dead-zone where small physical movements do not register. Now, I should say that I'm coming from my trusty Logitech X-56 which has an AMAZING mini-stick on the throttles that gives you excellent TDC/sensor control. Since the Hornet is my primary jet, is there anyone out there with the S. Taurus having similar troubles or have you just gotten used to it? I think it reiterates for me that, given hardware variety and limitations, I REALLY REALLY wish that ED would enable TDC slew speed and sensitivity adjustments for each display/sensor! (We all know about the ridiculous slew-behavior when the TDC is in the HUD). Just disappointed that this AMAZING throttle has a mediocre TDC slew hat, which is such an important feature of the Hornet...

Yeah, TDC in the hud is pretty much unusuably too fast.

Enjoy this while you wait... https://omegataupodcast.net/297-flying-the-ah-64-apache/

Zoom view is an important compromise for a lack of realism that will always exist in DCS: namely YOU'RE NOT IN A REAL AIRCRAFT. Even VR doesn't "put you in the jet." It just presents pixels to your eyes in a novel (albeit amazing) way. I can see clarity and distances in real life that I cannot in 4K DCS because DCS is not real; throw in the currently terrible VR-clarity-to-performance ratio...

Indeed... and before the advent of modern AoA indications, g-limiters, etc., pilots used that loud rushing sound to tell them that it was time to unload/reduce back pressure.

"DCS F/A 18 HORNET worth the buy and is good simulation of the jet ?" Emphatically, "YES!" ED's DCS Hornet is spectacular! I completed mission 9 of Baltic D's "Raven One" campaign yesterday and was reminded of how special the Hornet is just because of Naval Ops alone. I own the Viper, the A-10C, Flaming Cliffs, and the P-51D.... they're all amazing too... and rarely touched.

Hey, Team. Any progress on the missiles-easily-track-on-the-APG73 bug? I'll say that this problem is really quite bad and pronounced and it is, I think, leading to the reporting of other radar bugs that many of us do not realize are just symptomatic of this one bug here in the thread. It REALLY affects the use of TWS and how it prioritizes tracks: i.e., you're trying to precisely intercept a group of 3 or more aircraft, but once they (and I) start putting the missiles in the air, my radar picture absolutely goes bonkers as it tries to say, "oh, hey... here's a priority target right in front of you now...or a new jet just flew out from under your L&S jet at mach 3... I'll start tracking that one instead."

So, does EXP work in RWS and/or TWS? And must I have L&S target designated before it (EXP) can be boxed/selected? Thanks!

But we don't currently have the EXP option in the RDR ATTK format, do we? Or have I just missed it all this time?

Cool... But if I pressed and held it for say, 20 seconds, would it not go into SPOT until after releasing the button?

Time to resurrect. Our current "Zoom in slow" option in DCS controls is nice... but it is not fast enough in many circumstances. The other zoom option goes from 0-100% without any transition. Is it possible for the Team to add a "Zoom in fast" that actually zooms progressively? I love the mouse scroll wheel zoom speed I can achieve, but since most high-end HOTAS don't have a scroll wheel, it'd be nice to have a smooth but fast zoom option.

Quick question: Something that has always bugged (pun intended) me about the Hornet's radar is found in something like this scenario: I've got a flight of 3 or 4 bandits 20 ish miles off my nose. I want to fire an Aim120 at each by stepping through the tracks in TWS with the undesignate/nws button on the stick... but the bandits are so on top of one another that I cannot tell which track is being/has been designated. So, looks like a job for RAID. I go into RAID and can now clearly see the number of bandits and the one with the L&S star that I can fire upon... but I cannot switch L&S targets in RAID. If I press the undes/nws button to step, it takes me out of RAID mode. Similarly, in RAID I can select L&S and DT2, but If I want to fire on the L&S and then swap the current L&S that I just fired on with the DT2, it doesn't swap but instead takes me out of RAID. Is this expected behavior? In conclusion, I guess I'm asking if you can't step through TWS L&S tracks while in RAID or swap L&S and DT2 in the real aircraft? I'll post a track when I get a chance. Thanks.

Good summary. Thanks, Nozzle! W

I've been kicking around the idea of nabbing a Super Taurus Throttle and I've noticed something in every video and picture I've seen: It appears the the throttle arm lengths are several inches longer than in the actual jet (see pic). Maybe I'm wrong here, but in this picture in particular the actual throttle handles seem so high above the switch panel below. Anyone find this a problem/distracting when reaching from the throttles down to switches WAY below? People are mounting these things so that the handles are equal in height or higher than the top of the stick, which in the real jet is not the case. (The stick's top is several inches higher than the throttle handles in the real jet). In the real jet pic at the bottom, the switch panel below the throttle handles appears a good deal closer than the WinWing.

Hey, Mustang.... Sorry for the additional inquiries Question about the thumb and TDC 4-ways with button press: Do you find that the button presses on those is positive without engaging one of the other directions of the Hat unintentionally? In other words, when utilizing the down press, do you get a bunch of unintentional inputs on any of the 4-ways?

Nice... good to hear. Are you a "finger-lifter" or a "pusher" when it it comes to engaging the AB, just out of curiosity? And... did you have any trouble getting the AB detent to match DCS's AB engagement range accurately? Thanks!

Hey, Gents. I've been thinking about grabbing the Super Taurus throttle. Any of you that have had yours (I'm not interested in the stick) for a while now have good/bad to say about the quality and how it's holding up over time? Thanks in advance!

I think, as stated above, that it is related to the Hornet radar being SUPER sensitive to missiles. If you set up a simple BVR, head to head encounter with 3 or 4 bandits off your nose around 45 miles, using TWS/HI PRF... and try to step through the tracks with NWS HOTAS command, the locks are 'jumpy'.

I get this same behavior very frequently...

Agreed.

100% agree

Hear, HEAR!! My sim journey highlights: Sopwith for monochrome IBM Microprose F-15 Strike Eagle II Falcon 3.0 Hornet 3.0 Hornet Korea Falcon 4.0 Lomac/FC 1,2,&3 DCS After Lomac, I never turned back to anything else. DCS is on a completely different level.