PurdueKev

I have noticed the exact same issue with the Combat Ready Panel that I just received (first Winwings product that I have purchased) - even with the latest beta software, there is noticeable stuttering with the Winwings lines active in export.lua, while performance goes back to normal smooth when I remove them and don't run the SimApp Pro software. I also found the software to be somewhat messy in terms of cleaning up leftover files and registry entries upon uninstall, and randomly just deciding not to run at times. I am very meticulous about software I install on my latest sim computer, so this (along with the need to log in and be connected to the internet for certain functionality) puts me off using the software or even keeping it installed (despite its impressive configurability). For now I am using the panel with no SimApp Pro software and removed the added lines in the export.lua - after spending 30+ years fighting with setups that run flight sims smoothly and finally getting there, I am not willing to give that back and go back to stutters.

Thank you!!! :thumbup:

Well, it is only tricky when you are first learning you have to think about everything, just like riding a bike or skiing. :smilewink: Once you have earned how to ride a bike though, the muscle memory is established and it all becomes second nature - you don't have to think anymore. What Cibit says below is true, you shouldn't necessarily need to adjust pedals and collective much once you have them set and dialed in for hover at a desired altitude, if you are in calm conditions. Most of your active adjustments will be with the cyclic. But in a real helicopter if there is wind you definitely would need to apply the anti-torque more actively to counteract variable impact of wind on yaw rate, rotor downdraft, etc. I am not sure how accurately the wind effects are modeled in DCS. And of course, if you do raise or lower collective to change your height above the ground, you have to adjust anti-torque to compensate to stay pointed in the desired direction, or if you want to pivot in place while hovering. But generally, I think one does want to practice how the three controls affect each other so you can anticipate what to do in a coordinated fashion. For example, my feet and hands are conditioned now that when I raise or lower the collective, I automatically adjust with my feet at the same time to change the anti-torque. (And if I switch from the Huey to the Gazelle, I get messed up trying to remember that the rotor is spinning the other direction and my responses have to be reversed!) Hovering practice is actually a fun game unto itself! Just use the free flight scenario in DCS 2.0, for example, and air taxi to different points around the Nellis ramp and practice getting into, holding, and getting out of a stable hover.

Just want to add some extra emphasis to these three very excellent tips... - Control setup is even more important for helicopters than for fixed wing. You really need to spend some time dialing in saturation and curve for cyclic, collective and rudder, unless you have a full-length stick extension for your cyclic. - Precise control of collective is just as important as the precision in the cyclic for holding a hover. This can be really difficult if you are using a conventional throttle rather than a purpose-built collective. I was fairly decent at hovering, but it really clicked when I invested in a proper collective... though this is a really expensive option. - Hovering is a lot like trying to balance at a stand-still with a bicycle; you must anticipate with very small but deliberate and precise movements and stay ahead of the machine. If you get behind, you are done. Your three controls should be constantly dancing with very small movements. It is like steering a taildragger aircraft with rudder pedals, only the "dance" includes two other control inputs too! - If nothing else, make sure you have proper rudder pedals for anti-torque. You need to be constantly adjusting anti-torque to compensate for raising and lowering collective, and I don't know how one can do that really smoothly without decent pedals. It is so key to remember that every input with one of your three controls will demand simultaneous compensating movements with the other two - it does take a lot of practice to internalize the responses demanded simultaneously from pedals, cyclic and collective without thinking about, but once you get it, it becomes intuitive (like riding a bike!). And yes, stick with it! Hovering is a truly humbling experience when you are trying to learn it - but so rewarding when you get it!

Yup, I tried Hercules again and followed the Bogey Dope calls instead of that first misleading "345" instruction. Awacs was able to help locate the C130 then and complete the mission. I did also get an instruction to return to base as well and let the other flights take care of the MIGs, but nearly ran out of fuel before landing :doh: I have ventured to the first practice mission in the BFM campaign (the one against the other F-5's). Between that and now being able to defeat the F-14 consistently in the Instant Action mission, I feel like I can try this campaign now. A Red Flag campaign with the F-5 (like the one with the F-15, but as a Red Force Aggressor) would be very nice, or perhaps a Caucasus campaign with ground attack thrown in.

I am wondering the same thing. Is there a point to this mission? How do you know you either have or have not accomplished the mission goals? I turn to 345 as well, and there is nothing there. Meanwhile when you request picture, you get a totally different instruction that there is a target in a different direction. Are you supposed to follow the bogey dope (which is NOT 345 degrees), or the scripted (and conflicting) instruction from Wizard in the upper right corner? And of course since you are supposed to have your radar off, you can't try find the Hercules yourself... :noexpression: This is the first of the F-5E included missions that I have tried - is this one just a dud? (I love this aircraft, so would love some decent missions to go with it... Not sure I am ready yet for the BFM campaign though I purchased it)

I am having the same problem in this mission with the TACAN. I tune the TACAN receiver to the proper 31X setting per the mission voiceover, but the highlights on the TACAN don't disappear and the mission voiceover never continues. The mission becomes impossible to continue to the TACAN tutorial. Is there a bug in this mission at this point? How do we continue past the TACAN tuning?