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Going off this, I switched over to the stable DCS 2.5 after the previous update put the Hornet into the stable version. According to this: http://updates.digitalcombatsimulator.com/ the new DCS update is for beta only....but the Hornet was moved to the stable version. I'm confused why today's Hornet update is going to the Beta 2.5 if we're using stable now?

There tends to be two beliefs when it comes to this: 1. Light has no mass, and therefore cannot be affected by anything (with the exception of things that have refractive properties, like the water you mentioned) 2. Speed of light CAN be affected by temperature, but through the indirect mean of temperature changing the density of the medium the light is traveling through. Either way, the difference is negligible. ***If someone has a better background in this topic, please feel free to correct me. I'm an aeronautical major, not astronautical:doh:

So the stab trim and the nose up trim listed on the trim to weight sheet are the same things, correct? Do you mean that the aircraft currently trims itself to the proper increased trim setting upon pressing the takeoff trim button (if our weight demands the increased trim, of course)?

Is there a way for me to see exactly what my nose up trim is when I am launching from the catapult? Or is this the same trim value I see of 12 degrees in the FCS when the takeoff trim button is pushed? I am trying to use the trim values from the NATOPS manual regarding the different take off weights but I can't seem to be able to identify where exactly I can see my nose up trim.

This is also highly dependent on what throttle hardware you're using. Throttles with lots of throw, such as the TM Warthog, will require more movement for an equivalent engine adjustment compared to a shorter throw throttle, such as the T16000M. I just switched to the Warthog HOTAS and I can tell you that getting used to the throttle movement per equivalent response is not easy, especially during sensitive stages like carrier recoveries.

While I wait for my 3D printed afterburner detent, I have disabled the warthog afterburner detent and am using the sticks independent of one another. RCtl+Enter and cockpit engine parameters both show symmetric thrust:huh:

It is a slight roll. This is also a new rig (Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS). I remapped each axis and each function on the rig manually as well so I'm a bit confused?:joystick:

Looks like this is almost a universal problem. I have probably properly locked, tracked, and fired over 150 7M's by now and I am having the same shoot cue not appearing until an incredible 5-8nm away, and even with the shoot cue at 15-20nm away, my kill rate has been....let's just say very low. Thanks for the link!

I noticed that my aircraft has a tendency to roll in either direction (mostly right) with zero input from the stick. At first I thought it was due to weapon deployment from one wing or the other, but it kept occurring at various and seemingly random times of flight even with perfectly neutral payload. I have a dead-zone of 4 and a curve of 15 on my Roll axis, and my stick is not registering ghost movement in either direction in the settings page (untilI physically move it) Has anyone else experienced this?

I will experiment with a mix of F and M models and report back. I have tried using the 7F before, but to be honest, I had the same results as with the M models.

I have been shooting targets such as the MiG25, Su24, and F-5. Target altitudes: anywhere from 11000' to 25000'+ Closure Rate: Anywhere from 500 to 1000+ When you say the sparrow wants to be fired at high altitude, do you mean I should be firing from a significantly higher elevation than my intended target? Or do you mean just an overall high altitude engagement?

Frustrations with the AIM7 I've been trying to get better with the sparrow and no matter what I do, I usually get these results: 1. Target locked BVR and tracking by following the green dot (20nm+ out) 2. Target begins turn and I follow lock via the green dot 3. Target turns towards me, or keeps moving approximately perpendicular to me (5-20nm) 4. I don't get the fire cue on the HUD until around 10nm or less 5. He locks me and fires instantly *target stated above ranges from small fighters to large turboprops and jets It seems obnoxiously unrealistic that I could acquire a lock from 20-40nm out and not be able to get a fire cue until below 10nm or so. I am visual by around 15nm and using ACM instead of BVR gets me an almost instant fire cue. What am I doing wrong?

When you unhook the two throttles and hit the burner detent, have you noticed any misalignment betweenthe two throttle sticks? My left throttle stick extends about 0.5-1.0cm beyond my right stick and indeed it does register a 1-2% higher engine rpm on my left engine. How should I mediate this?

Understood, I will also give this a try!

Wouldn't the use of a curvature setting (such as 6) cause a nonlinear throttle response? Hence the reason why people have been manually adjusting the user curve and slider instead? Also, my left throttle stick travels about 0.5-1cm further than my right throttle stick by the time it hits the afterburner detent (the left throttle stick is further up than the right stick). What is the best way to address this? Edit my left throttle to have a touch lower throttle increase from idle to burner?

Thank you! I will reference these settings along with the others I found to try an initial setting curve.

Good catch! I linked the wrong part, I ordered the afterburner detent one. I am a bit confused about the Rcontrol + Enter technique, it this what I'll be referencing in order to get my throttles calibrated to military power at the afterburner detent or do you mean I should be using this hotkey to get military power. Wouldn't using the hotkey for military power negate the point of using my afterburner detent to get there?

Then how can we adjust a throttle with a physical afterburner detent (in my case the TM Warthog), to always get to military power at the afterburner detent?

Fellow virtual (or real life) Hornet drivers, I have been searching for this information everywhere, and I cannot seem to be able to find it. What engine RPM exactly is military power? I have read values as low as 93% and as high as around 107% (but the Hornet only indicates up to 100% even with afterburners?) I will soon be in the process of determining what engine RPM my TM Warthog throttles will produce at the afterburner detent so that I can use new values to make sure that I am just shy of the first stage of burners prior to pushing through the detent. Another note: I will soon be receiving the 3D printed afterburner detent from Shapeways: https://www.shapeways.com/product/8ZNMV2TQV/warthog-throttle-part-center-detent?optionId=63799376 Many of the throttles curves I've seen from this forum are from people who sanded or shaved their original detent piece, but does anyone have a linear curve setting that works specifically with this product?