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This one is probably more useful. "Start time(r) ......... Check time(r) will give you the elapsed time since the first command. Elapsed time.vap

Yes. It is quite a treasure hunt now to find where the controls are concealed. Look for input.Mosquito.trigger_camera_bomb

Call me obsessed! For the Mosquito I have made prop rpm levers, an analog brake lever/ park brake, and added the 2 speed elevator trim mod. Nigel my Navigator also responds to my Voice Attack commands and helps with the cockpit chores. Now with the look back mod I can see in VR when I am surrounded by Mosquitos. It is getting better all the time!

I can see my wingman! Seems like the best way to fix something that ED can't be bothered about, is to fix it yourself. Go to the file <your drive>:\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\MosquitoFBMkVI\views.lua Change the Chase View lines Look back (F4) will actually look back now, but only until overwritten by the next update or repair. I suggest using OVGME or Open Mod Manager to avoid this. You can adjust the values to move the viewpoint back a bit into the cockpit, but it becomes very cluttered with the aircraft structures.

Kirk66: I managed to find the old files. These show the distance between the upper and lower faces as 53.2 mm, but I guess the grub screw takes up the difference from your 50mm measurement. Anyway, from your measurements, it looks like yo want an extra 11 mm and that is easily done. Here are the modified files. Note: Fusion360 file is now 3mf format instead of stl. It is much the same but now includes graphics. Includes a gcode file. These are both for the side clamp only as there are no changes to the other bits. Your buddy should be able to print this. Side clamp-mod61.zip ***************************************************************************************** For anyone who knows their way around in Fusion360 wants to try modifying the original designfiles - here they are. Good luck! Side clamp v8.zip

Info: Fixed all my problems with the brute force method. As I was getting the confirmation beep and the log showed the commands being recognized, I assumed something was getting screwed up further downstream in DCS. Uninstalled DCS and cleaned everything off that drive. DCS was the sole occupant of this SSD. Re-installed DCS from scratch. Probably only needed deleting the saved games folder, but what the heck - I had all day to watch the download progress bar.

Yes. Tried that. Spent most of the time bumbling around somewhere inside the structure of the wing, fuselage or the engine nacelle. Plus RALT + NUM0 does not save the view for recall if you eventually get something useful. There are plenty of other keystroke options for fancy camera positions and video editing. I just want a look back view that does what it used to do - looks back not forward

As in many other modules, in the Mosquito the Look Back (F4)view does not look back; it looks forward. It is also positioned under the wing which is a rather weird position to be looking from. This F4 bug has existed (on other modules) for several years now. It was quite useful when it actually looked back. Any chance of fixing it in the next few years? If ED can't be bothered fixing this, does anyone know where the lua code is located so we can modify it ourselves?

The standard way of describing any direction relating to the aircraft structure is with you looking forward (and upright). Left and right relate to the aircraft, not you.

Sorry, maybe I could have explained it better ... I replaced the metal ball bearings with the same size of plain bearings made of plastic. There is no axial movement possible. Since there is little movement or loading here a plain bearing works fine.

Fortunately I don't have this problem as I am using a 10cm stick extension. I also have an adapter plate that raised the palm rest 5cm so I can easily reach the trim/hat switch without moving my grip. This causes an apparent problem in that now I can't apply full brake without moving my fingers out of the way as they obstruct the lever's full travel. However, this is actually a great feature to have! I can now land the Mosquito, squish the brake lever onto my fingers, decelerate without the risk of nosing over, and have good directional control using the rudder's differential braking effect. Perfect.

The problem is that the default viewpoint is way off the correct position. As mentioned by other posters the default position needs adjusting because it is way too high and way too far back. Get yourself into the correct position and you can see at least the left half of the vsi which is the needly bit and all that you need. This is what I see on the approach, and I can easily see my sink rate although it is only the left half of the dial You need to move your viewpoint down quite a lot as well as considerably more forward. Adjust it down while on the ground and the windscreen wiper is the perfect indicator for thre correct 3 point attitude Here is my quick and dirty Voice Attack profile to incrementally adjust the viewpoint so I don't have to use the keyboard while in VR. Adjust seating position-Profile.vap Although the command are " move seat ..." the seat does not move ,it is only your viewpoint. but you get the idea.

OK. Commands now being recognized after the latest update. Trouble is most take about 30 seconds before the action happens. Better, but still pretty much still unusable for me. Any ideas on speeding up the response time? *** DISREGARD *** Fixed by deleting the export.lua files. Now seems to be working OK. *** IT IS STILL BUGGERED *** Works perfectly at start of a mission, but when into the mission some commands (options. kneeboard, wingman etc) are delayed by over a minute.

Me too! Thanks for providing all the Fusion360 files so any changes or modifications can be made easily.

Great design! Everyone with the Spitfire or Mosquito module should have one. Half a day's 3D printing produced this. Somme comments: I am impressed with the Hall sensor mechanism being so small. I'll be using that setup in future projects. The ball bearings are probably design overkill. I did not have any of the specified size handy, so just printed and fitted the plastic bodies used in the design layout. Plastic bearing work fine for me and they should be quite adequate for the purpose here. To avoid using supports, I split the handle design in two so they could be printed flat and then glued them together after printing. No problems making the spring. I used 1mm piano wire wrapped around the 8mm diameter of an Exacto knife handle and it finished up at 10.5mm diameter and fitted perfectly. I'm thinking that version 2 should have a spring loaded pin to hold the parking brake on, as in the real thing. This is not an easy "just print and assemble" type project, but it is well worth the effort if you have the equipment available (drills and other stuff as well as knowing your way around in the Fusion360 and Cura programs) .

Thank you! That is something I really need. I made some RPM levers for the Mosquito and feel a bit ashamed for using only two of all the available inputs on the BU0836 board. This will be an easy drop-in connection to make.

Try Voice Atack. Voice Attack can be used to tell you the actual time, elapsed time, count up or down stopwatch type functions. It is perfect for using in VR. Here is what I have for timing the P-51 bombing profile I use where the bombs are released 16 seconds after starting the dive.

Thanks for that. I was not aware how good were the capabilities of those programs and you has opened up a whole new world for me. I think one of the obvious things Mosquito needs is a two speed elevator trim; short pov button press for a slow and very small increment longer press for the default movement which is way too fast for fine adjustments. This should be possible, so I'm off to try and learn some new stuff today.

Sure, I agree that it is possible. I think the point being made though is that any realism gets completely lost. Another poster made the point that if there was a tail gunner position you would not expect to have to fly the aircraft as well as shooting.

The Mosquito has two engines, so the proper Mosquito pilot should have two RPM levers to fiddle with. Since I had a joystick controller / USB interface lying about and a 3D printer, the obvious thing to do was to make something to stick onto the side of my Warthog throttle. Like this … There are only three electronic components · One of Leo Bodnar’s BU0836 joystick controller · Two linear potentiometers The design of the 3D printed stuff was done on Fusion 360 (That knob/bolt thing on the top right tightens the levers against the right side of the enclosure as a friction adjuster). If anyone wants the files, here they are. Fusion 360 now prefers output in the 3mf format instead of stl. The fusion360 design file is a dog's breakfast as I just kept adding things until it worked with no thought of design elegance or efficiency. It is included so you can make your own modifications if required. Pitch levers.zip Pitch levers.zip

Yeah. That almost works. However, when in the navigator's seat you should not have to also fly the aircraft while doing navigator things. I think we need some sort of basic attitude hold mode when we move to the nav's seat.

How do you keep the aircraft upright while adjusting knobs and stuff on the radio?. I can't. (Without using active pause which screws up the relative positions of other aircraft in a mission).

Thanks, I'll just wait hopefully the.