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Didnt know the F4 had an autopilot though, thats new to me...

From my understanding, a radial is the TACAN station. Radial 185, 15 miles would be bearing 185, 15 miles from aforementioned TACAN station, correct? Am I accurate with what I think of the radials? Same thing with the VOR? How would I go about seeing that on the HSI? I guess that would be the question of the day. How would I get that radial dialed in on the HSI with the TACAN station tuned in? I cant really visualize something like this on a map, Id have to physically have the map in hand to see which direction I would need to turn in order to keep an accurate plotted course. That alone sounds like a handful of work to do. The way I have my sim set up makes it hard to read the kneeboards on the fly since my monitor is like 5 feet away from me. I just got done doing the F-14 navigation tutorial and for some reason it wasnt all this difficult...so why does it seem so hard to do in the F4?? See, in the F14 the HSI moves directly to wp3 when I ask Jester to do so. Pressing the TACAN button swings the HSI towards the transmitter. The HSI doesnt do that in the F4 when I ask Jester to select any waypoint....unless I am missing something. Ill do the training mission again and triple check my settings.

I dont know what I am looking for, quite honestly. A little more clarification in the tutorial would help, quite frankly. What is the back seater using to navigate to the next waypoint if its not TACAN? Im asking for what to do to get to wp2 or 3. TACAN? Outer or inner beacon? The flight plan has coordinates for the waypoints, not any radio stations. I spent a few minutes looking for the actual training mission to cross reference in the F10 map and possibly find the kneeboards and charts so I can review them outside of the simulator. Any idea where they would be at? I am definitely missing something, and Im trying to find out what. The navigation tutorial is not located in the missions/training folder. Specifically looking for the kneeboards, but the mission as well. and to add on, the only thing Im not familiar with even remotely would the the INS. Even in the F18, Ive no idea how to use it. If the GPS goes out, Im skrood.

Im not looking for the answer of "how it works" or "why it works", Im looking for the answer of "how do I get it to do what I want it to do". This is what impression I get when I do tutorials; you are taught how to work said system, not already being expected to know it already. Isnt that what a tutorial is? Tutorial literally translates to being a tutor to teach a point of instruction and to help you out with the problem until you can come up with the solution on your own. noun Something that provides special, often individual instruction, especially. A book or class that provides instruction in a particular area. A program that provides instruction for the use of a system or of software. I do know the HSI has multiple points of input like radio direction finding, measuring equipment, precision instruments...Inertial guidance, wind drift and dead reckoning is the only thing Ive never really studied. And yes, I understand the best method of instruction is to join a squadron and learn from people who know. Heres another question, where can I find the F-4E_pilot_and_takeoff_navigation.miz at? I dont see it in the missions/training folder in the mods/F-4E folder or in the saved games directory, nor is it listed on the lessons.lua file.

Yes, HSI in modern aircraft with glass cockpits do drift but have a lot more behind the wheel to keep it accurate. Matter of fact, I think only the backup HSI is mechanical as everything else is GPS updated, the Garmin 1000 system is a great example. I mean I could be wrong on that, Im not an avionics tech, but what little I do know is that its mostly computer driven nowadays. Im going to work on my navigation skills in the F4E as this reflects heavily in other aircraft...even the TACAN is strange to me when it shouldnt be. Matter of fact, I cant remember the last time I simuflown an aircraft with a VOR/DME navigation equipment must have been right when FSX was just coming out. Shiny new airplanes spoil people today.

youre supposed to keep it on your desktop or somewhere relatively close by. You're also supposed to point the thing to the correct path by right clicking in the build slots.

and yes I used it in the video. Dude, Im not trying to crap on your work Im just trying to help. You can take my word for it that I am doing things correctly or we can keep just..whatever this is, ok? I think its just an animation issue. I dont know what else to do to prove to you that its happening. I started recording this while I was already started and troubleshot the first 5 minutes, this video is only 5 minutes of me testing for 15.

Yes, youll see it in the video...if youtube ever allows me to upload it. edit: youtube doesnt want to upload it for some reason, so Ill post a link to it from my google drive when its ready. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KyzJXsFu_R1KBBjBeXXeGsEznWkU5qFU/view?usp=sharing no idea why youtube wont upload it.

Yes it is. No throttle axis, used pg up and pg down. I can produce a video if you want, but this is at full throttle. Does the exact same thing with the throttle. Around 80% the needles start fluctuating mildly just as N2 is starting to get into the green band. Matter of fact, Ill post a video using the keyboard specifically. Give it a few. Its fairly large, so itll take a bit.

Ive read that part of the manual and it doesnt mention anything I didnt already know about it. My problem is I dont know where its pulling the information from and where to find the correct course I would need to plant on the HSI. I know how the HSI works, its essentially the same in all the aircraft but far less accurate due to drift. So if I put it to navcomp, the HSI should swing to the INS coordinates, right? Im sorry but this is where it gets confusing for me. Where do I get the course and heading set other than a map? In the kneeboards there are no course callouts or a flight plan that I can follow. There are no VORTAC freqs written down, which ADF radios do I need to listen to...I dunno, to me theres not enough information to process, so this is where I get stuck at. The manual seems to be more of a "what it does" manual rather than a "how to use it" manual if that makes sense. Edit: now I do see it is via TACAN. That makes it a tad easier...

I was under the impression that the mission was to navigate to waypoints via INS, not VOR or TACAN. Im familiar with instrument navigation, but damn if INS doesnt kick my ass in any aircraft with it. Navigating via INS is tricky for people that never done it before, not really sure where to start with it. Im under the impression that the gyro would point to the waypoint when entered properly, but Im fairly certain thats not how it works...

Yes it is. Just reinstalled it (the heli) prior to testing this as well, tried it with 3 different axes too and got the same results. Throttling up to 100% gives me a fluctuating tach. Rolling it back a percentage or two straightens the animation out, so its only happening at the end of the axis. Yes, these were separate axes with the first one being removed so no conflict.

not adjusting, just searching. So you're setting this as an on/off function for button presses? nvm, think I understand now, Ill give it a shot. Thanks again!

Now is this in DCS or the VPC tool?

Can you point to a tutorial on how to do this? Ive actually been looking for that specifically and havent been able to find any references to it. I see that in the VPC config tool, but nothing else. Thanks! edit: I have the hold modifier profile loaded, but not sure what its supposed to do.

I just have another quick question in how to navigate from the front seat. During the training mission, Im asking Jester to plug in any waypoint, Im not seeing any needles swinging on the HSI. What should I be looking for? This would be just after takeoff, but I asked for other waypoints too without much luck. Jester doesnt say much in what to do next aftertakeoff.

the controller doesnt have any twitches or uncommanded input in either roll on or roll off. I dont have an issue with any other helicopter either. Ill just try to reinstall this again and go with a fresh copy instead of overwriting the old one and see if that worked.

Not sure what you want me to check, once I get the throttle to 100% its all over the place. Its not the throttle and the engine performance isnt affected. It looks to be merely an animation issue. On a side note, I also noticed that it hot starts. Right over 40% it exceeds the maximum TOT.

Anyone find a work around for the chop and jettison switch covers? Im curious if its possible, really annoyed that these things have to be mapped.

I did that just to show you what its doing when I touch the throttle. I know how to work the governor and I know to keep the engine at 100% while in operation. I know the governor is used to fine tune engine power and trimming engine speed.

its how my throttle works. To lock it in place I have to roll it towards me while holding the button down and then itll push the button in. I have to continue rotating it to lock. Its wonky to me Ill change my throttle axis too and check it out further. Ill upload the new video momentarily. Yes, its doing the same thing. Notice I took my time with the throttle. You can see I made certain the throttle was working correctly before I started up.

It did the same thing when I had it rolled all the way to idle. Coincidentally, this training mission doesnt get past the 60% I did this method just to get the video out and the gauges still do this. When I roll it to 100% you can see the gauge just drop 20% or more, and barely just rolling it left or right throws the needle all over the place. Just to clarify something, my throttle acts strangely when I start to throttle up. The throttle lock on my collective doesnt act normally and Im still trying to get used to how it works.

Give it a minute to upload. I just noticed the torque gauge fluctuating as well. Didnt notice that last night...

Coming up. GIve me a few and Ill have a link.

Not sure if its been reported or not, but Im seeing the engine tach all over the place when I throttle up to 100%. Its just the tach itself, not the rotor rpm or any other gauge. I checked my bindings to make sure its not a conflict and there wasnt...and the aircraft flies and handles just fine so I think its an animation or something else problem. Using the latest version. I can post a track if needed, I can replicate it easily.