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Yeah, its a right PITA on the F18 and I ended up abandoning trying to use the finger slider axis (notch in the middle position) on my CM3 and just used up-down buttons instead. Having the option to map it to an axis with a centre detent would be great.

I noticed this high nose up tendency from hot starts too. Not having done a cold start as yet then I don't know if that is normal take-off trim (there is a mapping to set t/o trim I think) or a bug and a genuinely abnormal trim setting is being applied in a hot start scenario. To be honest once I knew it was set weird I just got used to trimming it back out after takeoff.

To be honest its exactly the same problem on the Hornet. The map is usually the first thing I switch off and then i'll just flick it on briefly again if I need reassurance as to where the hell I actually am.

Yeah, I fell foul of that when I changed the user aircraft in a F18 AAR mission I had set up and then was confused why the tanker ignored me on the radio. Would be nice if they actually gave you a 'not today' reply rather than blanking you.

Same. I have vague recollections of only once getting a 'show stopper' in an OB release where I rolled back a release and the problem was hot-fixed within a day or so anyway. Generally speaking OB is fine.

I've found it OK, in fact probably one of the easier modules to get back on the ground and the only time I touched down at 170 was down to me just coming in too hot on a direct approach. It also seems a lot more stable under full braking, even if it does need a bit of room to come to a stop in. It'd be interesting to see if you did it again and precisely how much weight you were carrying to get those problems.

As @Mathius_001 mentioned, they were on the list that was put out of what we should eventually expect (wing stations only with up to 3 per station on a MER for a max total of 6)

No, Open Beta is for anyone and everyone and just really setting expectations that it may contain some bugs. If a show-stopper does occur (although the serious ones generally get patched ASAP) you can just roll back to an earlier Open Beta build (which will, at worst, be no older than stable). If you want a (relatively) bug-free experience then you go with the stable branch. It has always been weeks/months behind Open Beta for entirely obvious reasons, so this really shouldn't come as any surprise.

Unlikely. As you noted yourself, squashing bugs can take time so you'll have the usual lag of at least a few weeks before the stable channel is updated.

Yes there's a 3 way switch (close/open/override) on the fuel control panel. It's called something like 'slipway switch' in the manual.

Viewing the front seat MFDs with a low-ish sun behind the aircraft can be a massive problem due to the virtual finger grease effects to the point that the screen is completely unreadable. Would it be unreasonable/too much to ask for a 'clean' screen option in settings? (or perhaps a virtual microfibre cloth option?!)

As and when the Maverick is added then isn't a TER an option for slinging 3 of those on each of the wing stations?

Its not as if the youtubers are just randoms that won a lottery. One of them is the guy writing the manual and no doubt they'll be doing a bit of closed beta work as it heads toward a releasable state. And I don't doubt that 10 minutes of final video takes quite a bit longer to throw together, so its understandable that they're sharing the load around to get content out there.

And unless bignewy is playing his hand very close to his chest I guess we can probably count this week out for release!

Not really greed. It would be a huge challenge to finance a dev team for the time it would take with no income until the product was deemed pretty much done. I assume at least some modules we have now simply wouldn't exist without the EA & pre-sales model.

This was a list from a while ago someone posted of what we should eventually get. So yes, the GBU-28 is apparently planned. It did sort-of get mentioned in that latest video. AhSoul was right that it doesn't show in the DCS payload editor lists but it is referenced in the loadout MFD at around 20:02 in the video. So at least further reassurance that it should turn up eventually.

Yeah it'd be nice to have the option given the only comparable weapon I can think of is the SLAM-ER for the Hornet. I think JASSM was mentioned for the Viper but then dropped as being out of timeframe for that Block. On the list for the F-15 SE it didn't feature, so it's more hope than expectation that it will change.

Glad to be corrected but I don't recall it ever having been promised for any module? Not even sure if one is planned for AI use.

I didn't think we were ever getting JASSM? JSOW is due to come for the SE I think, but I assume that'll be the underwhelming A version like the F16 got.

I went the opposite direction and have done virtually no binding in-game besides the axes and use stuff like Joy2Key or Joystick Gremlin instead (makes life easier as all my controller kit has been from multiple suppliers). I only tend to touch the Virpil software for very low level things like configuring detents and encoders.

According to Wiki its 69 Sqn with F-15I's at Hatzerim, 106 & 133 Sqn at Tel-Nof with regular Eagles. Can't help on the HAS question.

Can you name this elusive flight sim for which v1.0 was released feature-complete and it needed nothing fixing?

There is also at least one service road that just vanishes into the earthwork at the back of one of the shelters there too that looks a bit weird.

Ah cool, I noticed similar the other night but hadn't got around to trying to reproduce it/make a track file. Was very weird doing a (albeit unannounced) touch and go at Cairo Intl and all the field lights bar the runways being on. Then they suddenly came on as soon as I hit the tarmac.

Cheers. I went to have a look and realised i'd actually flown past it last night but because I passed it at distance and the panels aren't that visible from certain angles I just assumed it was a radar tower or similar!