Eddie

Good to hear; thanks for feeding back.

No it doesn't (apart from KC-135) player/client only in MP. Two aircraft must set a TACAN 63 channels apart from each other (eg 01Y for lead & 64Y for wing). There's no option to set this for the AI.

Any two TACAN equipped aircraft can obtain distance from each other, this is known as TACAN Yardstick as is used for formation keeping and rejoins etc. If this isn't modelled it will be a big omission, especially as it's the only tool to assist with formation work in the F-5E. It is indeed modelled in the A-10C, not sure about other TACAN equipped modules though. As far as bearing, very few aircraft can provide that in reality (the KC-135 can't).

It'll be (subject to test & eval) the 476th's formal Aggressor jet operated by the 65th vAGRS, and possibly we'll also use it as a basic trainer again depending on test & eval results and practicality.

The flight director bars incorrectly displaying raw ILS data was fixed, the need to set the heading via the HSI course knob which was discussed at length in that thread was not changed, and won't be.

Have a read if this thread. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=115053 In short, yes it's wrong, but it's never going to change.

The A-10A -1 is available and always has been. We will not be uploading the A-10C -1 as it is a protected document.

It's in the A-10A -1 that's available on the 476th website. That's the best you'll get, for now at least.

Snoopy will be able to give a definitive A-10 specific answer, but. Generally for anything beyond a basic before/after flight turnaround service you'll need to dearm any aircraft. For pods and tanks it'll depend on what maintenance you're doing, you'll keep things on if you can. If you need access then thing will come off. If a jet is gong into maintenance (servicing) then normally everything comes off.

200 KIAS minus 1 knot per 1000 feet of altitude above MSL. So at 10K ft it's 190 KIAS and so on.

Indeed they can, it is an aircraft systems function rather than a weapon function though and only allows a max of two missiles to be targetted at once (one per station, even if LAU-88s are being used). I don't believe the A-10C supports multi missile handoff. Although I will say I'm not 100% sure on that.

Yes but not in the short term working on our threat guide and NTTR stuff primarily at the moment. If you do print it out then you can always just replace individual pages as we add the few remaining images over time.

While DCS doesn't simulate the specific reasons why the A-10C can't take out a major hardened structure, it does replicate the end result pretty well. As others have pointed out, a GBU-31v1B as is carried by the A-10C is not a hardened target penetrator. This is further compounded by the fact that, in DCS, every weapon used by the A-10C has zero delay impact fusing. Without a delay fuse it doesn't matter how much explosive is in the bombs you throw at a hardened structure, and it doesn't matter how many bombs to keep throwing at that target either. Each and every weapon will explode on the surface of the bunker allowing all it's energy to dissipate into the air without causing any significant damage. Delay fusing however allows the weapon to punch in to the concrete/earth of the structure and explode within giving a significantly higher effect for the same amount of explosive. Think of the old fire cracker in the palm of your hand example. Open palm leads to a bit of a skin surface burn, closed palm leads to no more hand. This is why weapon fusing is so important in reality, it dramatically affects the characteristics and capability of the weapon. Hard target penetrator weapons such as the GBU-31v3B have different warheads entirely than their non penetrator counterparts. While the designation of the weapon might make them sound like the same weapon, they are not, only the guidance kit is the same (mostly). The GBU-31v3B uses a BLU-109 warhead rather than a MK-84, which has a much thicker steel case allowing it to punch through a lot of concrete/earth with nothing more than it's kinetic energy, before the delay fuse detonates the explosive within. While there is truth in the statement that fast jets can deliver weapons with more energy, this isn't the main reason for them having more effect on hardened targets. The main reason is the weapons themselves. The A-10C simply isn't equipped to engage such targets in DCS, in reality some specialist weapons have been used on the A-10C in recent ops none of those weapons are present in DCS, and likely won't be as they were weapons produced in small numbers for specialist operational requirements.

In addition to these points, all INS/GPS equipped aircraft can operate on INS alone using the same manual INS update procedures as pre GPS systems in cases where GPS is not available (jamming etc.). While INS/GPS systems don't usually require manual INS updates, in some situations they may. The same is true of JDAM and other "GPS" weapons. Really looking forward to seeing this stuff implemented in a sim.

Oh yes, it's proving quite useful. Always happy to help.

Varies for each aircraft type. Generally somewhere in the 20 - 30 knot region Who's going to know, other than the pilot themselves? Like everything else, it's something that pilots themselves monitor. Varies for each aircraft type and operator nation. Often lead will position on the downwind side for a flight lineup, otherwise for single aircraft it'd be centreline. Varies for each aircraft type and operator nation, and by time of day etc. Althought generally in the 150-500 feet region.

Yeah phosphorus based incendiary weapon. Possibly ZAB-100.

The first question is do you NEED to take out the air defence? I mean really, do you? Can you employ stand off weapons against your actual target while remaining out the WEZ of any air defence protecting the target/airspace around the target? In a low threat environment can you remain above the WEZ of low level systems? And in a high threat environment can you remain in terrain masking to approach the target? The SA-19 for example has a max range of 4 NM for its missile and 2NM for its guns. You can stay well outside of that distance. If you are fired upon by an SA-19s missile system, its very easy to evade being a SACLOS system (put it on the beam and maximise LOSR). Your job in the A-10C is Air Interdiction and/or Close Air Support to enable friendly ground forces to compete their objectives with minimal losses. Air defence units don't prevent them doing that, but they do prevent you doing your job (either by engaging you directly, or forcing you to use time and ordnance on them. As for countermeasures, ECM is entirely ineffective against surface threats in DCS, don't concern yourself with it; also Semi-Auto and Auto modes of the CMDS are also ineffective (the threat sorting and prioritisation logic is not correct, which can actually result in improper CM dispense), so stick with manual. The most important thing is to maintain SA of both your location and the known/expected threat location. Plan you attack(s) with the known/expected threat in mind and don't deviate from that plan. Plan a specific number of attacks from specific directions, and execute the minimum number of attacks possible to have the desired effect on target. Each attack you perform allows the enemy to also attack you, don't give them more chances than you have to. In SP you're pretty much limited there. In MP there is much more you can do in terms of mutual support and tactical employment.

Ok so what you're saying is that the RADAR in the mirage is displaying multiple "targets" simultaneously both false and true over the scope, and not the single line of targets on the scope? If that is case then yes, you're right and I misread your point. Are you saying you've seen RGPO effects as well? I've not seen either false targets or RGPO effects shown on the scope, only jamming strobes with a very long burn through distance which apparently had no impact on my ability to hold a lock and employ weapons (that is to say, no worse than normal at present). However I've only flown against the A-10C.

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What do you think "noise jamming" is?

Indeed, SUU-25 is an illum flare dispenser, not a countermeasures dispenser.

Well at 110 NM it could well be simply terrain masking. You must have line of sight to receive and transmit a signal to/from the TACAN station. At that range and altitude there a slant angle of just ~2.5 degrees from the station to your aircraft. Certainly shallow enough for it to be masked by the mountains in Nevada.

Just to add to this a bit, it can often be used for flight comms as it is he shortest range radio and is KY-58 capable in the A-10, but not always. VHF/AM is really used only for flight comms in any aircraft, the A-10 included. As jojo says, FMis present in the A-10 primarily to communicate with ground forces, and the A-10 role meant having a third radio just for that job was valuable. Obviously like most fighters the Mirage doesn't have the need for a third radio, or the VHF/FM range in general. And like most fighters it only has the two radios. Although I will add that multi role fighters can in most cases tune the FM range on at least one of their radios.

Forget wind correction, it's one of the biggest red herrings in DCS. Wind will only have a noticeable effect if your delivery is already bad from the start, unless you're employing is very bad weather and/or from high altitude. This will almost certainly not be your prime issue. If your delivery is sound from the outset, the the standard IFFCC wind correction will be more than adequate. And why are you doing that, where did you hear that it was necessary? It isn't. Aim at the target/desired munition point of impact. All ordnance is affected by aircraft Gz/Gy and aircraft attitude at release. However all will have more noticeable affects on some ordnance and less on others.