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I use a different set of button mappings specific to spooling the engines up from off position to idle.

Hmm , if you have 'detents on' then you shouldn't be able to turn on afterburners without either hitting a button mapping for afterburners, or the finger lifts mapped. I'm going off memory here, I may be mistaken.

Do you have 'detents on' in the hornet special settings screen? If so, when you use the finger lifts, then you can push forward to afterburners, or pull back to engines idle.

I really don't understand how a curve on a throttle can be a good idea. You have greater control in the middle, but then you give up control at the highs and lows. Ideally you should have a constant throttle sensitivity across the entire range.

i don't quite follow here. What does the "63 apart" rule mean? Like, if I setup my aircraft with one TACAN, and my opponent has a different TACAN channel for their aircraft, why do they need to be 63 apart?

i'm not an authoritative source, but I read in an earlier non-ED post that the helmet system can be used for this purpose. Would love to hear more on this if its indeed true

Perhaps the upcoming JHMCS update will address this. Designating by looking at the target I mean.

Perhaps autopilot is disengaging unexpectedly on you? Try setting a deadzone on your yaw and pitch to ensure there are no stick inputs happening when the stick is in the neutral position and test again.

I have it mapped to a keystroke that I activate via voiceattack with a slight pause. Actually, I also have the cat hookup on the same function after a slight delay, so both occur when I say "toggle launch bar"

Isn't the default keybind U?

that worked like a treat, thanks Alien! before and after pics after implementing overalien's change and dialing the brightness down low

Cool glad to have been helpful.

I would suggest commenting out the 5 lines inside the { } brackets, rather than the function name. As you have it right now, it is likely throwing errors in your DCS log trying to call a function that does not exist. But good find, I'm going to try this out myself.

It will say at the top of your RWR screen "Man 1" or "Man 2" up to "Man 5" if you are running with your presets. Whatever it says is the program that the aft button will activate.

you will pass integrity check fine by modifying this file. C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Cockpit\Scripts\TEWS\device\CMDS_ALE47.lua I just copy and paste in the below which is my own presets. I need to do this after every patch. -- Default manual presets -- MAN 1 - A2A Flare programs[ProgramNames.MAN_1] = {} programs[ProgramNames.MAN_1]["chaff"] = 0 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_1]["flare"] = 2 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_1]["intv"] = 0.5 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_1]["cycle"] = 2 -- MAN 2 - A2G Flare programs[ProgramNames.MAN_2] = {} programs[ProgramNames.MAN_2]["chaff"] = 0 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_2]["flare"] = 1 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_2]["intv"] = 1.5 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_2]["cycle"] = 5 -- MAN 3 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_3] = {} programs[ProgramNames.MAN_3]["chaff"] = 2 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_3]["flare"] = 2 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_3]["intv"] = 1.0 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_3]["cycle"] = 5 -- MAN 4 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_4] = {} programs[ProgramNames.MAN_4]["chaff"] = 2 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_4]["flare"] = 2 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_4]["intv"] = 0.5 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_4]["cycle"] = 10 -- MAN 5 - A2A Chaff programs[ProgramNames.MAN_5] = {} programs[ProgramNames.MAN_5]["chaff"] = 2 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_5]["flare"] = 0 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_5]["intv"] = 1.0 programs[ProgramNames.MAN_5]["cycle"] = 4

You will have an easier time seeing an IR missile streaking towards you, but I agree, visual spotting of aircraft is difficult. There are numerous threads on this topic elsewhere in the forums, it's not a unique problem to the Hornet of course.

RWR detects radar reflections, and an IR missile does not emit radar signals, so that's why you don't get a warning. You need to rely on visual scanning in order to pick up a heat seeker launched your way.

before and after:

Would you mind posting a screenshot or a link to one from the Reddit? Thanks and good find!

You are totally correct, thanks for setting me straight with your response!

Have to agree here, don't use ATC while landing, as throttle is the mechanism while on speed that you would use to control your pitch.

I know it's not realistic, but if I want to get spatial awareness over land or sea, I would not use the moving map, I would bring up the F10 view or the kneeboard instead.

I believe Formski is correct, I ran into this as well and I think it was resolved by changing my load out in my mission. Previously we could load single AIM9s on outer pylons, but this was recently changed, now you can only put dual launchers there when arming a2a. A mission with such a load out (singles) will not fire them off.

My understanding is that WACQ mode as it's implemented right now is scanning a fixed rectangle ahead of you, but sometime down the road we will be able to slew that rectangle around with the TDC, essentially being an off boresight way of scanning for your target within visual range.

LOL I wasn't the only one who noticed