The_Tau

F-18 has very nice and bright AAR light... Maybe too bright, but at least night AAR is possible...

yeah i think there is something linked with firing on close flying two-ships. I just had the same during my squadron mission. 1 missile goes to space, another one tracks nicely https://we.tl/t-6Gn8GdLhWm at +01:25:39

Not really broken. Its just not implemented. Which to be clear, is a shame

Jester is just interface for radar for pilot, not advanced AI RIO. Jester doesnt do any active searching for targets or sorting, he just presses buttons. Its you as pilot that have to babysit him, tell him where to look and what target to lock. TWS prioritization is done automatically by AWG9, and following track as well in TWS Auto is also done by AWG9. If radar doesnt return a track of target then Jester WILL NOT LOCK HIM, tell Jester first where target is by telling him where to scan (radar elevation at what range), and when you got track back, then you can tell Jester to track him in TWS (by switching to TWS AUTO, then its AWG9 following the track and Jester just sits back) or STT.

i know in USAF you fire AA missiles with pickle button, and trigger is pure gun and in USN you use trigger for "shooting" weapons like missiles, rockets, guns and pickle for all "droppable" weapons like bombs, talds, illumination flares etc.

which plane use detent for bombs?

AIM 54 was never designed to fight vs AIM120. If you want realistic setup you should fight MiG-21/-23s/-29As or at most Su-27 armed with R-27Rs (VERY rarely ERs) armed with 54C, and all Blue fighters in the same time have AIM-7s. Against those threats AIM54 is still very capable weapon, by simple fact its only one which is Fox 3. Yep, it is worse, but are those players using at least 120B from 1994 or 120C-5 from 2000? Why would they stick to latter - always? mmm excellent target for 54 if you are in correct launch parameters, and you can easily outrange them. But also dont forget that AI cheats in DCS. they see missile always at 10nm (for players in 8ish nm, quite big difference) and they know exactly when to dump chaff to get best chance of defeating missile with it. And in modern setting PvP and especially in cybersport, everyone is slinging 120C at each other, which frankly i find extremely boring now.

Apparently just 10 made

Technically yes, you can hook and press STT button, but Jester already knows this with "Lock specific track" command in Jester wheel. Its really powerful and allows locking datalink targets currently outside radar scan. It was shown before what i mean It would be simply better, than for hooking tracks method, as first you need them to be inside radar scan range, and then if they flies perpendicular to you, it would be very hard for AWG9 to get lock this way without using DDD. And its not because of notch.

well treat Jester as new RIO, which need babysitting. Also i strongly recommend Voice attack and tell jester what to do. It aint perfect but it makes whole experience way more enjoyable. Also there is a RIO controls mod, IC friendly, which allows your from pilot seat to get access to RIO controls and you can use MLC switch, hook stuff or switch chaff/flares on DLC button, among other things

I dont belive that arresting gear crew would adjust anything when plane call the ball. They would have like 15s to do it. They are done adjusting way before. Recoveries are tracked even before aircraft launch. They have flight plan with number and type of aircraft, their tasking and when they are forming in the Marshall stack they land in particular order. Most often planes with lower endurance/fuel quantity will land first. So in our DCS world, with 2 official cv capable planes, Hornets will land first then tomcats. Remember that in RL, there are specific launch and recovery windows and its pilot's responsibility to fit to this timetable. Strongly recommend guide to CV landing procedures

In ziplip you dont call ball, You call "see you at 10nm" with state update at marshall and then you switch to tower freq, which ideally should stay silent, but of course tower and plane can transmit in emergency, depending on EMCOM policy

Under BVR category (combination A, A, 2, 7 for nose cold; A, A, 2, 6 for nose hot)

AIM54C will turn on its own radar if track is lost AIM54A it will be trashed 99% of time.

well, write down DDM coords and then you type that in to WCS? But it will not be accurate anyway for JTAC accuracy. You then have to slew TGP and see if coords in TGP QDES match JTAC coords