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    F/A-18C/D

    Would be very nice to have a two-seat variant on the Hornet, Viper, and any future products that have the capability.
  2. Experience the same, super annoying.
  3. Not a server side only issue. Hornet was being pushed around on a local mission for me yesterday.
  4. By any chance is your saved games folder for DCS labeled something other than the default DCS or DCS.openbeta? I discovered when I renamed them, DCS had no problems knowing what was what, but apps like SSA didn't. So it would install the scripts and stuff in a non-existing saved games folder. I just would grab them from the new folder, and place them in their rightful home.
  5. I looked at my older twitch vods, and it was there for me as well.
  6. TLDR: Read it anyway :book: Hydrazine or H-70 (70% Hydrazine, 30% Water) is the propellant in the emergency power unit (EPU) on the F-16. When the aircraft loses engine power, the EPU automatically activates and provides power to the critical aircraft systems e.g. hydraulic and electrical systems. H-70 passes over a catalyst bed, which decomposes the hydrazine into a gaseous nitrogen, hydrogen and ammonia. The water helps control the decomposition temperature to prevent damage to the catalyst and the turbine. The water will evaporate into steam and aids in powering the EPU. The EPU has two modes: Bleed air mode and Augmentation. Bleed air uses the engine bleed air to maintain operating speed. If the bleed air isn't sufficient, the augmentation mode occurs automatically. The minimum engine RPM needed to prevent hydrazine use is: PW220/229 75-80% or GE100/129 82-90%. Augmentation is basically the last ditch effort. It gives roughly 10 minutes of control to the F-16 if there is a total engine failure. However that time will drastically reduce if flight control surfaces are used. Enough time to hopefully find a airport, or enough time to bail out safely. The EPU is designed to operate automatically under the following conditions: Main or Standby generator failures, dual hydraulic failures, PTO shaft or ADG failure, and engine flameout or if the engine is shutdown in flight. EPU is always activated using Hydrazine, and then will switch to which mode is needed based on engine bleed air. The system takes about 2 seconds to come up to speed. Ground crew, this is why you must treat all tripped indicators as a threat...Nellis F-16 AMU I'm looking at you. EPU spinup may not be audible from inside the cockpit, but doesn't sound the same as the EPU ground check. I personally think the ground check just sounds like air escaping the exhaust. Where as when the system activates, it sounds like a turbine being spun up at a very high rate and the pitch changes. The EPU operation can be verified in the cockpit via the EPU run light. The switch in the cockpit is a 3-position switch, with a split but raise-able guard allowing for the switch to be in NORM, but guarded from OFF and ON. Off prevents or stops the EPU operation on the ground with WOW. Key thing, Weight on Wheels only!! It does not prevent or terminate an EPU operation in flight for Main and Standby generator failures if switch was cycled or placed to NORM at anytime after WOW was removed. NORM, system is armed for automatic operation except during engine shutdown on the ground. With WOW and the throttle off, the EPU should not activate when the generators go offline. Keyword should not. ON, activates the EPU regardless if there is a need for the system to operate. Rookie pilots do this a lot, and sometimes does it at the wrong time like when ground crew walk under or near the exhaust port. The temperature at the exhaust can be 1600°F (871°C), and it smells like ammonia and will irritate the eyes, nose. When exposed, you get a bath from the ARFF crews and stripped naked. Also if you witness a F-16 crash, I highly recommend you not go near the crash site. Unless you are rendering aide to the pilot or others. If that is the case, seek medical attention from the first responders and advise them you may have been exposed to hydrazine. Try to limiting others to your exposure as well. Okay enough about that, sheesh that turned out to be a rather long response.
  7. ***Disregard, did the delete and let SSA recreate*** Everything is back to working again. What all is required in the export.lua for the jetseat to work? I updated over the weekend, and the system is working great minus no vibes from the seat. Works fine in test mode. I know it's the export.lua but I don't know what is required, and if there is some conflicts. Was working prior to getting the A-10C UFC by Buddy Fox. Needed to add a simple code for raygun. Afterwards, seat no longer vibrates, but I also took out some old code that I thought wasn't needed anymore e.g. CDU ipad app code.
  8. I use Game Capture and the following settings for DCS:
  9. It’s because those real aircraft didn’t have the update done yet. The A-10C we have in the game is no where near the A10C flying today.
  10. Nope, put it on an “X” and punt it to the flight line. :megalol:
  11. Bummer, I was hoping that would be one thing that was in this patch. Oh well, they are still progressing though so can't complain.
  12. I can give a long version or a short version. For the sake of the thread I’ll keep it short. F-16s seem to have more fuel transfer problems than any other current USAF fighter aircraft. Say a jet returns from flight with a FWD heavy condition. Basically means that his needles were not married by the end of the flight, and his FWD system had to be manually operated by selected FWD on the Fuel Panel. We as technicians would try to isolate the problem. Usually duplicate the issue on the ground and change out any component that was called out in the manual. Aircraft returns to flight and has the same problem again. How can that be we changed everything. We do the same dance again, over and over. Until the jet finally stops having the issue. F-16s with two externals typically should feed out evenly. Sometimes one can be slower than the other, other times one won’t feed until the other empties out. If the one waits on the other, the air system could be robbed from the non-feeding tank. Not allowing it to transfer until the other is done stealing all the air. Another scenario is the internal has a busted check valve and the feeding take is feeding both wings. Note a right external should only feed into the right internal wing, same for left to left. F-16s with three bags are the worse. By design the jet should feed the centerline first. If the pilot wants the wings to go, they select wings first. A lot of times, they go wings first and either all three feed, or the centerline feeds. Note the centerline feeds both internal wings. Post is getting rather long and I don’t want to get it to confusing. I can break it down more if needed just ask. The Viper is my baby and I’m excited to see it added to the lineup. Ps typed on mobile, may have typos.
  13. I gave the thread title the [solution] for a reason. I solved the problem I was experiencing. I shared what caused the a problem so others who may have the same configuration. I no longer had problem when I shared this information. By adding “don’t use it or run as admin” so it doesn’t launch isn’t a solution. There are some out there that use the core 2.0 to access the desktop while under the rift. This thread was for them.
  14. In case anyone missed it. The latest software from Elgato now allows for multiple key commands with a single button.
  15. Again, I use the features included in the core 2.0. Your post adds no value to the topic. I posted a potential solution to higher cpu usage for those with multiple monitors, if that doesn't pertain to you then move along.
  16. I use Ram Mount stuff, the X-Grip is idea for phones. Just so happens that the UFC fits in the X-Grip that was designed for the iphone 6+.
  17. Not the issue here, I discovered a potential bug with the software and decided to share. I frequently use the desktop stuff while in Rift, so I need the software running...
  18. I was doing some computer tweaks over the weekend to hunt down another issue. Along the way, I had turned on the taskbar on all monitors option. I had it on once before, not sure why I turned it off. Today, I wanted to do some carrier traps, but when launching Oculus my desktop was locked up, and the CPU spiked up to 60%. To save you the boring details what I did to chase it down, I discovered that the Rift Core 2.0 beta does not like multiple taskbars. So if you experience higher than normal CPU use with the Oculus software and you have multiple taskbars enabled, try disabling them. See screenshot below. To get to that, right click on the taskbar and open taskbar settings.
  19. Amazon Prime Day has the Elgato Stream Deck on sale.
  20. Yes, Hornet is on stable.
  21. Who needs a cockpit stopwatch? I certainly don't use the in-game stopwatch.
  22. Update the drivers for the Cougar MFDs, and select the properties in Windows to it make the third option. The option for more than two MFDs, is available in the latest drivers. Regarding Target, that option isn't available yet. It has been brought up with TM, I suspect it be in an upcoming release.
  23. In theory it is no different than using USB monitors for the Cougar MFDs. I can't see why the on-board GPU would be any different. Just remember to enable the on-board in bios, if you haven't.
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