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That was really cool to watch. Nice work!

I'll also add that the pedals are very well worth both the wait and the price. Very customizable, comfortable, and absolutely precision inputs...Best pedals there are IMHO.

We must have ordered in the same batch as my dates were the same :) There's definitely no need to worry, I'm sure Milan has a good reason for the delay. He owns and runs two businesses, has a family, etc. I get that the delay is frustrating but he does say that the dates are approximate.

Practice is really the only thing that will get you to where you want to be. Muscles memory will develop over time and you'll develop a sense of what inputs are needed to maintain stability.

^That's the best there is IMO. It also helps to get the POH for whatever airplane you're going to be flying in to brush up on performance and limitation details, normal and emergency procs, etc. Good luck! You might hit some rough patches but stick with it. DaVinci's statement holds true to this day...once you experience flying an airplane you'll almost always wish you were up there instead of down here :)

No worries dude, I'm still new to the Huey and your current mission is still enough to keep me busy for a long time.

Thanks Eight Ball, this is exactly the type of flying I've been hoping to do in the Huey! I'm very much looking forward to your updated mission.

Texture issues resolved on my end with the latest installers from your Dropbox.

I'm noticing a common theme among these bug reports...known for months (or even years), no resolution. :thumbdown:

Yes.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=141956&highlight=dispersion

That's a real shame about the rope and weight issues, sling loading is the main reason I wanted the Huey in the first place. :(

I've had the same experience. I found a dispersion mod somewhere here on the forums that mostly resolved it for me. It's an old tweak and will require some manual editing of files because the DCSW file structure has changed slightly since the mod was created.

The F-35 (and many other military assets) aren't about being realistically useful. It has always been and always will be about having the bigger stick.

I misunderstood the OP. I mostly agree with this. Reference my previous post. As stated, one of the AFI's (I'm looking for it) dictates that WVR combat at night should not occur. Perhaps that will be (or already has been) revised in an F-35 specific instruction or supplement, otherwise they are required to adhere to published AF rules and regs. I'm sure that over time the capability to fight WVR at night will be obtained, but I personally doubt it will be at the hands of a human being with an inner ear lying to them about the location of the horizon.

Well for starters, as stated before the NVGs will not remain mounted to the helmet above ~3Gs and they WILL detach and will most likely hit the pilot right in the baby-maker. Not really a good thing to happen at TC entry, or as you're accelerating into the WEZ. Now even if you are one of the lucky few (i.e. F-35 pilots) that have NVGs built into your helmet, vertigo and spatial disorientation are much more likely at night (even with NVGs on and flying straight and level), and it's almost guaranteed if you add BFM to the mix. It's also important to note the distinction between BFM (the maneuvers used in a fight between two aircraft) and ACM (the contracts between FL/EL and their wingmen, and the maneuvers used to maintain two-ship mutual support). ACM can absolutely be done at night provided that an element does not fly banzai flows and remains BVR. In the event of an accidental merge at night, one of the AFIs (can't remember which off the top of my head) directs a blow-through while maintaining elemental integrity.

I fail to see anything logically sound about this statement/argument. I'm assuming you meant in a contested environment? Nightime visibility is completely irrelevant in terms of BFM. It has never and likely will never occur at night for a slew of reasons. Furthermore, ask any real world fighter pilot what happens when you're wearing NVGs and you pull more than ~3 Gs. I'll give you a hint...it's the worst pain a man can feel. :cry: I was quite pleased to see the LM/Boeing joint venture lose the LRSB contract for this very reason.

Oh sorry, I misread the OP and I can't view the picture at work. No clue what that other number is.

I'm sure the DAS will be a helpful tool but the pair of Mk 1 optical receivers will remain the best sensors for BFM and ACM IMO. Reference what I prefaced my statements with: In current operations there really aren't high threat environments. It's not like skinnies are cruising the streets in Shilkas or Sparkas, they're using unguided .50 cal and 20mm guns mounted in the back of some Toyota truck. So while the F-35 has all this cool tech, it's not really any sort of an advantage in a realistic theater of operations.

I worked on the 10, 11, and 12 birds but I didn't participate in their launch activities. I try to avoid CCAFS like the plague. Per diem sucks, facilities suck, humidity sucks...I could go on for days about everything that sucks about working out there. The ONLY plus side IMO is that LM owns several condos on Cocoa Beach and we stay there instead of in a hotel. Good point that I completely forgot about. Also just FYI, SCAR has pretty much been buried and replaced with XINT (airborne alert interdiction) and XATK (airborne alert attack). AFAIK the SCAR acronym isn't even listed anymore in the latest AFDD 1-2.

None of the above. I'm in the Space Systems LOB. I specifically work on satellite communication subsystems (both ground and orbital). I've worked GPS IIF, GOES-R, GOES-S, SBIRS, and a few others. I also do the majority of the pre-launch ground umbilical characterizations for Vandenberg SLC-3 launches. IIAAIAS! First I'll preface it with the fact that in a high threat environment you likely wouldn't be flying CAS sorties anyway because the FLOT is usually several miles behind where the fighters/strikers are operating. Warfare changes with time though, so in the future perhaps that won't be the case. F-16 isn't necessarily superior in the CAS role, I think they would perform quite similarly aside from the Viper having more (albeit smaller) rounds for the gun. F-15E is superior in terms of payload capacity and pilot workload. The GIB can offer a lot of assistance in this role in finding targets, working the radios, prepping weapons, etc., leaving the pilot to "do some of that pilot sh!t." Some of that may be negated by the increased SA in the F-35, but that remains to be seen. As for the A-10...you've got to be joking right? The Hog was designed specifically to do two things: kill tanks pouring through Fulda Gap, and provide CAS. It has incredibly long loiter times, fantastic payload capabilities, the Avenger is arguably the best CAS weapon available in today's most common combat theater, it's incredibly robust and has extreme survivability, the best pilot protection of any allied aircraft, and fighting low and slow is where it excels most. IMO, the only real advantage the F-35, F-15, or F-16 have over the Hog is the speed at which it can get to the TIC.

Isn't it slant range? I'm not particularly familiar with the Litening yet, just a guess based on what I know of the Sniper XR/ATP.

Sorry, got busy with real life and forgot. Face, name, and employee ID blurred for privacy.

With only 180 or so operational Raptors this is sorely needed IMO. http://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/boeing-unveils-commercial-for-eagle-2040c

If DCS becomes a true air, land, and sea sim, it'll be a wet dream come true. :thumbup: