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I also want to note that every other menu item works...instant action, campaign, multiplayer, training, etc. Just not single missions. Thanks. v6, boNes

Here you are, thanks.: dcs.log

Attached, thanks dcs.log

I cannot get the single mission menu to open. From the initial splash page, if I click on "Mission" it goes to the splash screen of the carrier and says loading, but hangs. No list of single missions appear. Only way to get out is to ctrl alt del. It was fine yesterday after beta patch. It is the Steam version; I did an integrity check and it cleaned up/replaced 7 files but the problem still happened afterwards. Any ideas? Thanks. v6, boNes

Yup, I use that as a backup sometimes. Thanks! v6, boNes

Thanks for pointing out the EADI. I've seen it but liek someone else said, it looked more like a turn/slip indicator, which in the Tomcat I have used as such...it never occurred to me that it could indicate turn rate either. So is it that when the indicator fills one of the boxes on the left or right, then it is saying that you are in a 2 minute turn or otherwise standard rate turn then? Thanks. v6, boNes

Exactly, thanks. Why are you making snide comments about a legitimate question and response? But thanks to those of you who helped me with your useful thoughts and input. It's been very informative, I appreciate it v6, boNes

Yes, I think you are right about my confusion. I'm finding that the solid/dashed line in the HUD and VDI are independent of the CDI in the HSD. It may very well be that the solid/dashed line in the HUD and VDI only show if you are heading generally toward or away from the TACAN, and have nothing to do with the course you selected in the HSD. In fact, it seems as if the indicators in the HUD and VSI basically act like the TACAN arrow in the HSD (the triangle for the head and the x for the tail). Now in terms of tracking a radial for navigation, then the HSD is the only instrument to be used for this purpose, using the course selection arrow and the CDI arrows/indicator. To test this I put myself in various positions around the TACAN and guessed where I would be on the F10 map based on what the HUD/VDI and HSD were showing me. AFter I made this distinction, I guessed right every time. So in short, the civilian to military equivalents are the HUD and VSI indicators are like the civilian ADF pointers. The HSD with its CDI and to and from arrows are equivalent to a civilian HSI and/or VOR. If that makes sense...it does to me anyway, in my own noggin. Thanks! v6, boNes

Yes, I read that but what about the arrow in the HSD? According to the page you referenced: If you look at the picture I posted, the HUD and VDI show solid green (TO indication) but the HSI arrow is pointing in the opposite direction of the selected course (FROM indication). This contradicts the HUD and the VDI. v6, boNes

And also, if you are in the pattern in formation, the wings swept back allow you to be in a tighter formation until you kiss off. v6, boNes

Any thoughts on this? I come from a VOR navigation type and apply it to this TACAN which is basically the same so I'm trying to wrap my head around itr. Maybe I'm not getting the HSI symbology right? v6, boNes

I'm thinking the timer post drop must be based on the data at the time of the drop, not just a generic timer otherwise how would it know when the bomb will hit at 0 seconds? For example, if it was a simple timer, and the bomb impacts at 0 seconfs if you dropped at angels 10, it wouldn't impact at 0 seconds if you dropped again at angels 20. The bomb always seems to hit at right around 0 seconds no matter what altitude you dropped at. Thanks! v6, boNes

Had that happen once too but unlike you I couldn’t find another target in time haha. Thanks

Yeah that has been what I have experienced as well. Thanks! v6, boNes

Also, the e-bracket, both in real life and in the sim, is also useless. It is ratchety and not very functional. The VV on the other hand, IRL is very accurate in the sim while IRL it is not. Funny how that works, eh? v6, boNes

Thanks. So what I was doing after a while was designating, dropping the bomb, then if I saw it was off, area track, slew/adjust the laser, then designate again. This seemed to work but then I lose my TTI info as it changes to TTG. That makes sense from your post since re-designating caused it to change delivery info. I would as a safeguard manually lase the target even if it was set to auto because since TTI turned to TTG, I don't think the computer knows to start lasing automatically at 10 seconds to impact...so I have to do it for the LANTIRN. Another time I dropped, then area designated, slewed/adjusted, but did not redesignate. I still had TTI, and the LANTIRN knew to auto lase. Usually both ways I would still hit the target. The danger was that sometimes if I slew/adjusted the laser, it would lose track and drift away, and I wouldn't be able to catch it on time to put it back on target. Hence why as I safeguard I would area tack before slewing/adjusting. v6, boNes

OK, so let's say you find a target, and you designate it with LANTIRN. Then as you get closer and get a better image int he LANTIRN you see you're designation is off target a bit. If you move the crosshairs to where you want to correct, but do not designate again, when you fire the laser, is the laser firing at the new undesignated point in your crosshairs, or at the last designated point? I've tried correcting without redesignation and with and both seem to yield the same result, whether I use manual or auto lasing. Any thoughts? Thanks. v6, boNes

Your AOA indexer is working---it just has lousy visibility. There is discussion back and forth ranging from how there's no point to fix it right now just so ED will change something that will mess it up again, to well, IRL you might have the sun on it and you can't see it or you just have to deal with it but until they have a keybind for "shield sunglare with hand over instrument" you're screwed. It used to be that you could see it pretty well, but now it's practically useless which is too bad because it's an important instrument. I also find that the IFLOLS never seems to match what the ship's IFLOLS indicates...nor the ILS needles--and the LSO calls contradict these things too...but OK so someone said the LSO isn't compatible with the Tomcat yet, so OK, that explains that. v6, boNes

Sometimes when I am headed toward a TACAN station, the HSI CDI needle shows a TO indication, but the HUD TACAN bearing needles are dashed, indicating FROM. Or vice verse. Is this a bug? I would think that the bearing needle in the HUD and VDI should correspond to what the HSI indicates (or vice versa). v6, boNes

OK, thanks. But I also was still getting no response. We finally got a response when my pilot transmitted on the UHF freq on the AN/ARC-159 instead. I think on a separate time I had a freq tuned in but when I transmitted, it automatically went to guard. Just been acting weird lately. v6, boNes

So I was tuning the radio in the RIO seat to 128.500. It changed fine, but when I transmitted, the display showed 128.501 and no one responded. Anyone know what’s up with that? v6, boNes

Oh, HiFlyer, I found it, thanks: https://www.flightliteracy.com/turns-part-one-standard-rate-turns/ v6, boNes

Oh, that sounds easy enough, thanks! I'll try it out. Where did you get that formula? Maybe I was shown that in flight school but don't remember since I had a turn coordinator to use anyhow. v6, boNes

OK, I ll check it out, thanks. BUt the Tomcat doesn't have an EADI so what then? Also (I don't know who GB is) but GB says "you can do any shape pattern you like" which might be fine in the open air over the ocean in a military setting but ashore, say coming into a civilian US airport, the FAA isn't going to want you to do any shape pattern you like when they tell you to do a hold. v6, boNes

So in the MArshall you are to have 2 minute turns and 1 minute legs. Which is to say for the turn that it should take you 2 minutes to make a complete circle. Which means in terms of the Marshall you should turn for 1 minute to turn around 180 degrees of heading. Now in a civilian airplane, you have a turn coordinator to indicate that you are doing a two minute turn. But you have no such instrument in say the Tomcat or Hornet. So, how do you measure a two minute turn in aircraft such as this? By angle of bank? Or something else? Maybe it doesn't matter since it is military and you will be out in the middle of the ocean--but what if you are flying ashore under civilian ATC and you are told to do a hold at such and such fix? How do you measure a two minute turn in aircraft without turn coordinators? Thanks! v6, boNes