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    So, Victory

    in DCS: F-14A & B

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    Confucius said:

    «I hear and i forget,

    I see and I rememeber,

    I do and I understand.»

     

    First of all, personally, I think that, in order to learn procedures, it's instrumental to practise them.

    I can read a manual or watch a video, but usually, unless it's something simple, I need to practise what I'm trying to learn in order to understand it and learn it properly.

    Of course you need a source of info to know what to do...

    I think that video has its pros and cons. One of the pros you guys haven't mentioned is that you see the buttons and knobs being activated in the cockpit and so, even if you didn't know/remember where the doohickey to control something is located, you can learn it fast.

    Honestly, when I read manuals sometimes I struggle because I don't know what they are talking about and I have to go back to the controls/instrument list chapter to see where the doohickey is located and maybe there is a picture showing a cockpit with numbers aside each dial and the list of descriptions doesn't fit the page and so I have to read the descriprion in the following page, go back to look at the picture and then go back to the chapter where they mentioned the dial.

    I see mainly two ways of learning an aircraft for myself:

    •I study the manual like I were about to have an examination and move to the next chapter only when I know what I've studied by heart. This feels more like a professional approach to me.

    •I watch videos and familiarize with the airplane; I just learn some reference values like rotation speed etc., then, after I've got a decent grasp of it, I read the manual to find out details.

    And, in either case, I practise.

     

    EDIT: And thanks @Victory for his work.

     

     

    This is pretty similar to my approach. I read the manual, to get an idea of each new area to learn, then I try to find a video demonstrating it. After that, I go into DCS and practice the hell out of it, using either the documentation, or videos as reference.

     

     

     

    Also, making your own kneeboards for whatever you're practicing can go a long way, too.

    Walkman music tracks

    in DCS: F-14A & B

    Posted

    Are you able to add additional tracks without replacing the originals?

     

     

    I think there is a limit on the number of songs, so you have to put them in a folder in the walkman folder, so you can switch them out.

     

     

     

    I have a few "mixtape" folders in my main walkman folder. When I want to listen to something else, I "swap out the tape" and then go fly. It's a great little system.

    Am I dumb?

    in DCS: F-14A & B

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    If you break it down into different systems, and learn things one at a time, it becomes immensely easier.

     

     

    Real life pilots don't start out doing a start-up, get into a dogfight, bomb a target, circumnavigate the globe, and then land on their first flights, do they?

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