Manhorne

From what I understand it is so the panels can be used in different aircraft in the sim. Not just the F/A-18.

Yea, I was hoping for some good news on this as well...At least a hint....Of all the potential aircraft they could do next the Phantom is the only one I am interested in seeing...

I like mine. I got it right when it first came out., I have had no problems with the quality. It still works the same as the day I first used it. The only thing I would change is that the DLC thumbwheel has a really tight spring and at least for me can be hard to use at times because of it and the weapons select switch can be difficult at times but that is mainly because I am cursed with small hands but I have the grip front offset facing a little to the left and that corrects that problem.

I had watched some of the WW2 training films on the P-47 and I know they mentioned some of that. I have found it is easy to recover from the spins. I have not tried reducing the throttle when going into a left turn but I will give that a try. It actually makes sense and I did not think about that as I was more fixated on the target I was after...

Yea, I have been playing around with them to see what works best. I had tried them at 20 for pitch and roll but it seemed real sluggish with it there. I dialed it back to 12 and currently have moved them up to 15. I may move them up just a little more and see how that works...

Yea, You are correct about that. It is going to take me some time to get a feel for turning in it to not want to pull to much. As in a previous quote about TrackIR which is what I am using when turning to the left I more often than not pull to hard and the nose pulls up without me realizing it and it goes into a bad spin even though I have not gone under 150MPH. I do not have the same issue turning to the right. I am just going to have to practice much more on my left turns in it . I would imagine it would be easier in VR as the situational awareness would be better.

So, I have been flying the P-47 for about a week now and started trying to dog fight in it for the last couple of days. I am finding it wants to go into uncontrollable spins very easily in turns. Been trying to adjust the curves on my stick to make it a little harder to over pull and put me in spins but have not yet found the best setting. I find it a easy aircraft to just fly around in and do basic stuff but in dog fighting it is very challenging to get the hang of more than any of the other WW2 aircraft in DCS that I have flown....

I am experiencing a lot of green flickering as well as heavy stuttering from time to time... I have no other problems with any of the other maps so I know it has to be some issue with this one....

Exhaust effects especially on start up would be great...

I am still getting the "Hornet Ball" call with the F-14A after the Latest Update with the SC. I know the Update notes said it was fixed but at least for me I am still getting the same issue. I was flying the F-14A Case 1 instant action mission with the Syria Map.

I am having the same issues....I believe it is seeing the F14 as the Hornet. Every time I call "Tomcat Ball" I am getting the reply back Hornet Ball"

It looks odd in Non-VR too. Its cool don't get me wrong but the effect is not blending well and that stands out a lot. I think if it was just a little more subdued it would help. At least that is the way my eyes are seeing it.

I suppose thats the reason they are dragging their feet on the F-4 Phantom II. I wish someone would do Century series aircraft. Any of them, but I see no developer that is going to be interested in doing that... I just want the Phantom at this point. We will be getting a F-8 and A-7 which will be cool but why the F-4 has been on the back burner for so long I do not understand as it is one of the most iconic fighters .....

Normally I would have expended any AG ordnance I have left just to make landing easier. I had just decided to try it to see how difficult it may be and it did not disappoint in that aspect. I was more curious about it since I have seen plenty of vids of Hornets landing back on carriers with not all their AG stores expended. I had not been able to find anything officially what the actual Navy has to say about it outside of the weight issues and limitations already talked about. I like trying new things and trying to figure it out and what the real world situations are and compare...Plus the discussions here are always enlightening....

I am going to do some landings and experiment to see. I might be over trimming . I was stable above 250 Knots but once I dropped the gear and got below 200 knots the aircraft became hard to control and keep steady. The drag effects were really heavy. Which I notice when ever you fire or drop any ordnance from the aircraft there are heavy drag effects but it is really bad at landing speeds.

Something I have not seen mentioned or at least I could not find a mention of it. What is the actual procedure for a carrier landing with expended bombs. If you have a load on one wing heavier than the other do you jettison the bombs or try and compensate for it? I am sure I have seen actual footage of Hornets returning to the carrier with bombs still on board but I have found it very difficult to land if one wing is weighed down with a load at landing speeds. the drag is very heavy as you would expect.

I updated both at the same time so I am not 100% sure. I have not tested this is any other aircraft except to Hornet since that is the one I have been flying the last couple of weeks. I am going to see if I have the same issue with the F-14 and F-16 over the weekend. The more I think about it the more I am leaning that it very well is a DCS issue and not really an Viacom issue alone.

I should also point out its just not Viacom that does this. I also use a Streamdeck and any commands I send to the aircraft through it also do not appear in the track playback and that was also working with no problem before the last update.

As I have stated many times already the Hornet is the only one I have had issues with and I dont look at the basket. that was the first thing I learned not to do...

Maybe, It just started doing it so something changed somewhere. I have not spent a lot of time troubleshooting it as it was just something I noticed. I may spend some time over the weekend looking to see if it is something on my end or see if i can narrow down where the issue is. The fact that I have not seen anyone else complain about it tends to make me think something on y end is screwed up.

Actually I have been considering that.... I have had my TMWH for a long time and from what I can see compared to the Virpil base it is not as good of a design anymore compared to what is now available as far as bases go.

I have started to have an issue where a track is played back none of the radio commands that were given using Viacom work during the track playback. For example If you call the tanker in a mission and give the command "Ready per-Contact". It works while playing the mission but when you play back the track it is like you never gave the radio command at all. This just started happening after the last update...

So I spent some time last night with it and just put myself in a new mindset and started over. I was finally able to connect and pretty much stay connected to the KC-130. Im still having an issue though of the Hornet just wanting to wobble all over the place and difficult to keep in place. Seems more unstable than it should compared to the other aircraft I fly. There is to be an issue with my axis settings on the Stick and Throttle that is causing the issue with the flight model. Its the only answer I have for the problem. I had set them up a long time ago to what was said to be the most accurate and have not messed with them. So I will adjust them somewhat and see if that helps.

I just started this past weekend giving the Hornet another go after stepping back from it for a long while because I had got so frustrated with it. I can manage every other aspect of the aircraft except that. As I stated I was able to get refueling down with no problems with the F-14 and F-16. I am going to spend some time tonight with it and try with a new mindset and maybe adjust my Axis settings some . Maybe something is off with them . I will see how it goes and post my results....

I have the Flaps set to Auto...