LazyBoot

I was having the same issue, until I tapped the Collective Brake button... Then alt-hold started working for me. I assume the auto-start presses the collective brake button to account for both settings in the special options for it.

Neutral airbases will quite frequently ignore you, better to always use friendly ones.

There have been a number of skins that have similar generic names for as long as I've been flying the Mi-8 in DCS... HOWEVER, they are all (normally) locked to specific countries. But when using the Combined Joint Task Forces to get access to all liveries, the "mess" in the first post shows up.

Doesn't really help that on any mission with any complexity, it seems to use up much of the emitter slots with friendly radars. ☹

Which is also why they eventually made LJDAMs... Combining the best of both by having both GPS/INS guidance and a laser seeker.

DCS has completely separate controls for each module, so you will need to make sure all axis and buttons are set on a per-plane basis.

Make sure that: A. Volume is turned up (it starts at 0% for both radios) B. The desired preset or frequency has the asterisk/star next to it (hit the GREC C/M button to toggle)

The Norway and Sweden parts of the Kola map will certainly be UTC +1 (when DST is not in effect)

That would just make the radar cursor go the wrong way instead.

According to the IRL manual, with the loadout you mentioned, the acceleration should look something like this.

Do you have enough wind in the mission to make 09 the active? If I recall, senaki prefers 27 in low/no wind conditions (despite only 09 having ILS)

The 3 cockpit seats and the left-side gunner are indeed the available seats (those are the only ones that was playable before the multicrew update, so it makes sense) The rear door gunner is not playable.

Did you do both sets on the split knobs?

If you attack from the correct angles, you can sometimes get a hit if you fired 2, but not too frequently. However, get a buddy and launch 4 (especially if you attack from different angles) you can almost always get at least 1 hit, and quite often more.

The RB-15 in DCS also flies low enough that most ship SAMs struggle to intercept until it gets to CIWS range.

Making sure to test with a few different kinds of units could also be a good idea (and making sure they have engines running)

I believe I've successfully used it for in-air restarts in the past (though always through keybind, not pushing with the mouse)... Unless I'm completely misremembering.

Is the tank cold?

Not until we get one of the other tpods.

I would suggest getting in the habit of checking the laser code in the kneeboard, since if playing multiplayer or on missions created by others they might have changed the default code for the bombs.

The laser will always follow where the camera is looking. So the bomb should follow where the pod is looking, assuming it was released somewhere it can see the laser spot.

Are you pressing the AP button on the UFC to turn the AP back on?

Have you tried using a mark point instead of a target designation?

Make sure you're pointing at the target, and not too close to the target once you get the nose on it.

Are you jumping between master modes? Or are you staying in NAV the whole time? I can't only really remember seeing the options you mention go away when not in NAV.