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I don’t know of any way to prevent NWS from engaging on landing apart from trying to stop the nose gear from touching the ground using aero braking, which isn’t standard technique for USN landings. As has been mentioned above, you can disable NWS once engaged using the paddle switch. This modeling appears to be correct as the F/A-18C NATOPS dated September 2008 has the following statement in Paragraph 2.10.2 - “ During landing, nosewheel steering is automatically engaged in the low mode with weight on the nose gear.” If you’re having problems with over correcting on the rudder during landing then you might want to try adjusting the curves and dead zone, Chuck’s guide has a recommendation that works well for me, even with NWS on. If the issue is oscillations under braking then make sure you have anti-skid on when landing on a runway.

It isn’t in the user guide. It mentions to avoid Waterloo Red in the Mission One briefing but I didn’t see an explanation for what it was anywhere. Thanks for clearing it up.

The campaign mentions avoiding Waterloo Red in Mission 1 but I can’t see where that is. I’ve checked all the briefing material but can’t find anything. Is it detailed anywhere?

Mover, who was an F-16 Pilot, has made it clear that F-16 pilots can sustain 9g: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4071238&postcount=5 He also briefed the centrifuge 9g profile for F-16 pilots (same as Bies stated), which could be considered by ED as the minimum sustained 9g profile in the DCS F-16 before the onset of significant visual G effects. https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4071348&postcount=9 Edit: interesting video Mover made about pulling G -

Agreed, you can work some of it out though. For example, DI=0 for F/A-18C (source is -200) includes 2x wingtip mounted AIM-9 so this is where they would be. If ED have the reference data then hopefully they will confirm if there is an issue with sustained turn rate.

Although not an official source, an interesting data point in this post from 2015: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2391689&postcount=385 States a sustained turn rate at 10,000ft of 13.2degrees/second. That config is 2 Sparrows (as opposed to 2 AIM-120 in the above config), 2 Sidewinders and 60% internal fuel, for a total gross weight of 33700lbs. Post states that data is from A1-F18AC-NFM-210, so 402 engines, same as the F/A-18C in DCS.

It is in the footnote at the bottom of Page 30.

Open Source Reference Points for F/A18-C Sustained Turn Rate There isn’t much open source data on F/A-18C E-M but there is an official US Government open source document with two reference points for sustained turn rate: At sea level, the F/A-18C’s sustained turn rate is 19.2 degrees per second. At 15,000 feet, the F/A-18C’s sustained turn rate is 12.3 degrees per second. Configuration - Weapons load is 2 AIM-9 and 2 AIM-120 carried externally, no external fuel tanks and 60 percent fuel remaining. While it doesn’t explicitly state it, I assume the sustained turn rate is derived using Standard Atmosphere as it is taken from official Navy data. They use U.S. Standard Day, 1962. Source - U.S. General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Committees. Navy Aviation. F/A-18E/F will Provide Marginal Operational Improvement at High Cost. Dated June 1996. Page 30 of Report, page 32 of pdf. Not sure if ED rules prevent linking. Shouldn’t do as this is an open source Government report not a Flight Manual but I’ll refrain from posting link just in case. It can easily be found with a quick Google search.

Please could you add me to the list.

The Aries radio comms system will work with the in-cockpit radios on the A-10C, KA-50 and P-51D plus using a pop-up box on the FC3 aircraft, CA and Su-25T in DCS World: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=104800

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Have tested in MP 1.1.0.9 and can confirm it works exactly as SlackerD explained with the 63 channel split on Y and it provides range but no bearing information. Multiple aircraft can simultaneously set the same receiver frequency and get distance to the receiver aircraft (in our test this was lead). This feature has very limited functionality without bearing information but I continue to be amazed at the depth of modelling in this sim.

SlackerD, thank you for your excellent response. Rep inbound. Will try this in MP and see if it works. Am aware you can get this information by hooking on the TAD but was looking to see if TACAN could be used in the sim to always provide range and bearing information to Lead in a MP flight. Regarding range but not bearing information, can I just confirm if this applies to the real A-10 or is a limitation of the sim.

Is it possible in DCS: A-10C for a human controlled A-10C to broadcast their position using TACAN in order to provide range and bearing information for other aircraft in a MP?

If the book is being shipped from inside the UK to a UK address, the £5.41 for shipping is very high. A package of between 500-750g would be £2.24 second class and £2.65 first class. The high price appears to be because the only two shipping options offered are inside and outside of Europe. For those who want to order direct from TFC in the UK is it possible to get a UK shipping option added as a Paypal link?