Steve Davies

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Not sure how many times we are going to have to go around this topic, but this it the last time I am going to say this: JHMCS is aligned on every sortie.

Obi Why do you think I asked ;) Hope all is well with you, mate.

Your response to me was that in real life, avionics techs did the alignment. My response was that in real life, that's not correct. To complete the triptych of real life examples, I referenced the pilot and WSO doing the alignment before each flight. Which part of that has thrown you?

Alternatively, given that you don't appear to be comprehending what's being asked, perhaps you can just stop posting?

Evidently, yes, in a simulator, too.

Thanks! I have precisely zero pull around here, but I'd certainly pay for a full-up Albino Eagle simulation. :pilotfly:

Great news!

With my setup, I can center TrackIR for either the HMS or the overall cockpit view. When I center for the HMS, i lose visibility of my DDIs.

I'm afraid that's incorrect. JHMCS has to be boresighted every time it is used, and it is done by the pilot (and WSO, as applicable) by lining up a cross in the visor with a cross in the HUD.

Getting back to Hornet after a break of many months... Any answers to the following appreciated! 1. What is Mode S in the AIM-120 stores page? 2. How do you align the JHMCS cross so that it actually corresponds to a point on the HUD that you're looking at? For my setup, the default JHMCS symbology all sits below my eye line Thanks in advance :joystick:

I suppose that's possible, but when you're strapped into the seat your ability to reach stuff is more likely to be limited by harness travel than by the closed canopy. What is mystifying me is that if the seats are fired with the canopy up, the canopy cannot be jettisoned. Assuming that is the case, then the seats are going to go up and into the canopy ("Ejection through the canopy is an automatic backup if the canopy fails to jettison or the safe and arm unit fails to fire", says the NATOPs). I am guessing that this will have fatal consequences. Perhaps the window of risk is so small as to make it a non-issue?

Well, every day's a school day! Would be interested to know from an egress guy what the rationale is for arming the seat before the canopy comes down.

Stick with it, Beach. It's a great antidote for some of the videos that have come out. I understand their intentions, and I am sure they're very popular with the younger crowd, but the more 'considered approach' works nicely for an old man like me!

Great article! Interested to learn that a) Jester calls for canopy close (perhaps one of the F-14 guys here will comment, but generally the aircraft commander calls for that and then actually does it), but more alarmingly that b) Jester calls to arm the seats while the canopy is still up. :doh:

On the one hand, I love hearing Jester talk in these videos. On the other hand, I hate some of the the things he says and some of the triggers that appear to be activating him! I've commented before about brevity, and HB have responded to say that they've exercised some creative license here. While I kind of understand that, there are some brevity terms that are written in blood and so ingrained as to be immutable: so, where Jester says "Watch your height", or "Shit, shit, shit, shit!", in reality he would instinctively say "Height!" (because one word is better than three when you're pointing at the ground!). I just hope that the balance is more towards the realistic side of the spectrum. As for the voice acting and the tone, I hope that it reflects the phase of the mission. Lighthearted during transitional and administrative phases, and professional during the combat or critical phases of flight. We'll see...

You can get some sense of the lateral g forces during rolls in this video: Go to about 30 seconds for the start of the manoeuvring.

Different RoE.

The Eagle has NCTR, EWWS and IFF as its three forms of on-board EID. I understand thaf the EID matrix during Desert Storm required at least two of these to be returning a hostile indication in order for the pilot to take a shot (contrary to an earlier post from someone else, MSIP F-15s had NCTR in 1990). It was because the F-14 had only one of these that it didn't get the front row seat it otherwise deserved during the conflict.

Probably modelling an NVG-compatible cockpit.

I suspect that in this instance, what you were experiencing was a limitation of the way that DCS models radar returns from co-airspeed contacts - it treats them the same as a target in the Doppler notch and makes them disappear from the B scope.

Thanks, YoYo!

Can anyone tell me where the manual is located? I can't see it in my M2K install folder...

Awesome! Thanks.

^^ Looked but cannot find it. Does it exist? TIA :joystick: