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Make sure you get version 1.4 1.3 fixed the feathered engine bug, but then only responded to mouse clicks and not keystroke. All of that has been fixed in 1.4.

It is available now as a mod: Autopilot for TF-51D/P51D, Spitfire and Mosquito You will find it in the User Files, or as a link in a post currently about 6 down in the Mosquito Forum posts. Give thanks to Jmossesr

Yay! Installed version 1.4 and everything works OK now. You had me worried when version 1.3 was not responding to Voice Attack. Thanks for fixing it so quickly. Much appreciated!

This might help. I am using an old Rift S VR headset and have no problems with looking at stuff on the left wall of the cockpit. The default VR viewpoint is often not satisfactory but it can easily be adjusted using the RCTL + RSHFT + Number keys. I do it by look down at the seat and adjust left/right/forward/back until it looks like my bum would be in the correct position' Then look ahead and adjust up/down to set the windscreen wiper on the horizon for a handy 3-point attitude reference for landing. Use Voice Attack to avoid the pain of trying to press keys when in VR. Here is the profile I use to adjust the position and sensitivity. The sensitivity sometimes need to be changed if DCS is working hard doing lots of other things at the time. The verbal command "Move Seat ...."is also completely incorrect as it has nothing to do with the seat but only the viewpoint. Viewpoint adjust.vap

Confirmed there is a problem here. Although in my case it is only when the right engine is feathered and shut down. Everything works OK when the left engine is feathered. Also everything goes back to normal when the right engine is unfeatheres and running again. Not fixed by restoring fuel cutoff, magnetos or radiator - the engine has to be running again.

Thank you - thank you - thank you! We can now move into the navigator's seat and do useful things with the radios.. We had been asking for this for years, but ED seems not to be bothered about finishing half the essential features on the Mosquito. Great work and a thousand thanks. EDIT: The mod works perfectly for me. However, pressing keys when in VR is always a pain but this can be avoided if you have Voice Attack. Here is my Voice Attack profile that uses the verbal commands Autopilot set /hold - Level /Orbit /Off that selects the required mode and then resets the VHF radio to default channel 1. (You can modify all of this to suit your own preferences) Mosquito Autopilot-Profile.vap Now I need to find out how to set the default centered view in VR 90° left when I move into the Nav seat. I can get there eventually with several twists, turns and re-centering, but I would like it as a default option. Any ideas? Maybe there is a way to link VR to a snap view?

Also not used in-game. However, kept handy for the occasional "Play area not found" annoyance. (A 3D printer is almost an essential accessory for DCS now ) z

Move your eye / seat position up a bit with LSHFT+LCTL+NUM8 From this ... To this ... The gunsight still points to the same position, but you can see a bit more under the nose.

Very unlikely, I would think, as there are no keybinds available to operate it. (You do get animation with mouse clicks though.)

OK. Couldn't resist doing it for you. Since you want to use one key only - Short press "G" for gear down; Long press "G" (> 1 second)for gear up You need to get a microphone or headset so you can tell the invisible navigator to do something useful. (Then you need to get the VR stuff. So what if your children need shoes - this is far more important!) This works ... Moz Gear-Profile.vap

That window for input keystrokes, although it looks identical, is slightly different to the window for output keystrokes. In the input case when you click on a selection box, you don't cycle through any other options but you have to click a key on the keyboard to make a selection. There is a helpful Options -> General box you can tick to get info about whatever your mouse cursor is over.

Read the stuff above about Voice Attack again. It doesn't have to always be a verbal command - it can react to just one key press and send off a sequence of keystrokes. eg Press your 'gear up' key and Voice Attack sends 'release lock' then 'gear up' keystrokes. If you want only one key for both gear up and gear down, then use the 'gear toggle up/down' key instead.

No. Just include any aircraft specific stuff as a profile in the Global Profile list and it will be found and used when needed. I have a lot of commands to get my Mosquito navigator to select fuel tanks, select bombs, feather an engine etc so that is in a Mosquito specific profile. The more generic game commands like adjusting seating/viewpoint, knee-board and map controls, active pause, accelerate time etc go into a game control profile. This is easy and what works for me.

It is a "Must Have" if you fly in VR. It completely eliminates trying to use the keyboard in VR

Yep, I use Voice Attack to automatically release the lock before moving the gear or flap lever if I use the switches on the warthog throttle. Alternately I can command my invisible navigator to move the lever for me. Flaps down is: null

Thanks. It can be downloaded at https://ebook-hunter.org/

In the meantime is it really so difficult to click on a few shortcuts to get started. null

Generator damaged or failimg? If so it will show on the mission debrief screen. Reflected's missions toss in all sorts of sneaky problems. There is probably some drill like turning off the generator that we should know if we were competent Mosquito pilots.

The main problem is getting an accurate magnetic heaing. The RI has a horrendous paralax error. The easiest solution I learned a long time ago on DC-3s which had similar ancient suck and blow instruments was to use the runway heading when yo lined up for takeoff. Here we are at Manston where the runway is 113°M and the RI is nowhere near corrcct. At least you can have an accurate DI for a while after takeoff.

This is where Voice Attack is perfect for a 2 crew operation. I have set mine up so I can ask the navigator for an apropriate cheklist at various times. As it is challenge and response (like in real life), the coding can be a bit tricky, but I can share it if anyone is inerested. (The actual challenge and response items can be modified to whatever you want if you don't like mine). It is also possible to select who should perform the required action. Very handy to have the navigator find and press some of the buttons and stuff for an engine fire/feather drill.

Don't forget to close the radiators. I've found out the hard way that it can cost you up to 20 mph at cruise setting 2650/7 (Sea level, dunno the weight... 240 mph vs 260 mph)

Yeah me. It was so hard to find the kneeboard controls ... (Sorry. Couldn't resist)

Remember that the Mosquito was designed to be unarmed. Its speed was to be its main weapon/defence. It was not designed as a dogfighter.

Have you increased your Gamm setting as recommended by Reflected. Increase Gamma until you can see details of the terrain outside the cockpit. 2.8 worked fine for me. *** Disregard - Not in MT ***

Yeah. That's the big problem ED needs to fix. I either set up as much as I can on the ground before takeoff, or I use VoiceAttack to ask Nigel my navigator to turn on the power and select all the required mode.. Then I can leap into the Nav seat and twiddle the knob to set the correct frequency and maybe get back into the pilot seat before the crash.