The_Tau

If we talk about skins, VF-31 'Tomcatters' anyone? ^^

F-14 have very narrow scanning, so in closer ranges it got real difficulty finding targets unless pilot knows where to look. Btw in Open Range (i think it was called like that, the one mission with sling cargo to unlock 14/29), Mi8 got spawn on main Red airfield but there are no airframes there. So mi8 has to fly there from farp adding another 40 miles to flight

I kinda overruled the issue with creating new bindings using joystick. Not as conformable but it makes it work

Yes, I would love F14/mig29 combo, with some side mission to unlock them! As helo pilot I would love to test my skills more with slingloading... Maybe something about trying to cap cargo from the middle of the map? some kind of Capture the flag? :P

Its interesting, it worked before on BF Persian Gulf...

Any chance of adding older rear aspect R60s to 29 and 25 loadout for nice cold war scenarios?

Ehm, last time I checked mig 21s got R60s not R60Ms, and you need 2 crates for SA6 and not 1 (which is still much less than hawk, thats why I asked if there is any chance with Roland)

LoL you can fly this? :D

So if ASH is activated, how one does full alignment with human RIO?

Main difference between those would be RWR. 'Late' with similar to -B version, and 'Early' with Vietnam era style RWR something like this

If server allows it (and most does), Build in DCS SRS overlay allow you to check how many people are on specific frequencies.

I don't think its a bug, it is mentioned in manual, just I wasn't really sure if thats what it meant (same flight in Mission Editor). http://www.heatblur.se/F-14Manual/general.html?highlight=datalink#link-4-in-dcs

Yeah, I suspected this being an issue. Great Thanks for checking it out!

Hey alpen, what do you think about adding Rapier (used also by Iran) or Roland SAM systems for Blue, seeing how bad hawk system is (and 4 crates required?!, lol, i flew with my buddy in Mi8 one time and managed to deploy 4 Sa6 sites in the same time...). They are NATO equipment and were historically used in Cold war, so I think they can be nice addition to game. Secondly, I total agree with SRS mandatory thing. Frankly I would add GIANT welcome msg in briefing and when you spawn, greeting you and screaming at you that SRS is mandatory and you will be kicked if you dont have it. While this policy will hurt some numbers, I think its necessary. Your amazing server is the most hardcore open-for-all server in DCS, so having SRS being mandatory should reflect that. I also noticed, that while sometimes there is noone on it, other times its one of the most popular servers, competing with BlueFlag or GS servers, which is much better than 95% of other servers. I would say that this indication alone is that you Alphen found jackpot of mission design many people were looking for. Maybe adding second frequency for "other languages" (Mainly thinking of russian) is all whats needed to fix the problem for now. When it comes to Fighter to Fighter F-14 datalink https://forums.eagle.ru/forum/englis...mp#post7131056

Currently in DCS, I just drop bomb in general area while laser is on is on buddy plane all the time or on pickle (latched). No guiding cues or anything. Talk where target is, is crucial between lasing and dropping aircraft. It is hard and bomb is not always finding its mark but it works. I was buddy lasing for F-5Es on Cold War server, so if done correctly it works.

Alpen there are some issues with beacons dropped by helos, as they simply don't work. Also F-14s Fighter to Fighter don't work. Not sure if its related. F2F works on Blueflag so I am not sure what possibly is an issue... F-14 manual says something like "As the ground crew set the two most significant bits to be the same for a flight automatically the link can only be used within the same flight currently." (http://www.heatblur.se/F-14Manual/general.html#link-4a-c-data-link) so maybe its related with Mission Editor and Slots being in one flight?

Its very important to position yourself in relation to buddy lasing aircraft. If it is painting side of tank and you coming from opposite direction than obviously bomb would have very hard time tracking laser as its obscured by tank itself. In my personal experience its best to inbound from same direction as lasing aircraft. Secondly I suggest dropping slightly short (0,5 - 1 nm undershoot ) than dead on target. Bomb is capable of gliding so it can glide itself to target, while if u overshoot then it will not see it in its FOV and it will go dumb. Finally, make sure that fusing is set to tail (Nose/tail in f14). Tail fuse is a must for GBUs on F14

I totally agree, AoA indexer in daylight is extremely hard to read. But I would be far from calling F14 unflyable. Personally I use auto-throttle functionality which works very well and eases workload

On top of that -A version was the most numerous, even in 2000s when they had -Bs and -Ds. They only made 86 Bs and 55 Ds (including conversions from As) in comparison with 478 F-14A aircraft made with 79 more As for Iran

I am looking for willing RIOs for PvP, preferably with Syria, Persian Gulf and SuperCarrier. GMT+1 timezone (EU). I can be RIO myself so we can switch roles on death or something. Discord: The_Tau#9724

I am looking for RIOs for PvP, preferably with SuperCarrier, Persian Gulf and Syria. I am RIO myself too so we could switch roles on death. GMT+1 time (EU time) Discord: The_Tau#9724

If diamond blinks then you are out of range, it needs to be steady

Yeah I know, as well as keyboard combination LCtrl+tab for team and LShift + tab for all. But sometimes in heat of battle i forgot at what channel i send my msg. Thats why it would be nice if there is some notification where i send my previous msgs

+1 As well as maybe some older Aim9s for F-14?

Honestly I think ED should put some * or some other character which would signal if msg is for all or not. Sometimes I am not sure if i send msg in team or all