DmitriKozlowsky

Not certain why I got C grade. On this pass. When it looked good, on centerline, and #3 wire. FA18Case1_Grade_C_wire3_BC.trk

This is the best Case I I have done thus far. Still was centerline. Though LSO Grade did not state so. There were no Line Up (LU) remarks) Grade was (OK)_FX_WIC (BC) Fair pass with deviations ' (OK)', Fast at start '(FX)', Wings not level inclose (WIC), called Ball a little too early '(BC)'. I hope my interpretation is accurate. However I am incosistent. I cannot gurantee repeatability. FA18Case1_Grade_OK_wire3_BC.trk

We are presented with a contradiction regarding Calling The Ball. Pilot is suppoused to call the ball when he see it, then DCS ball overlay is suppouised to pop up. But I DONT SEE THE BALL LIGHT! Its too small, too dim. So I call ball just to get overlay up as I roll into final for glideslope intercept. If I do that, it appears, the LSO gives me bad grade for calling ball too early. If I don't call the ball, then LSO gives me bad grade for not calling the ball. So a loose/loose either way. Call to early so overlay pops up, get a bad grade. Delay until I can see it without overlay, then its bad grade for not calling ball. Dear Lord! How did ED beta this? Process is confusing. It should not be. It should be straightforward and mechanical. Done in rote. I think I am getting incorrect information about bow break. At 350 knots, 800 AGL, banking 35 deg with 3.5G, by the time I am on base leg with 240 knots to get gear down and flaps full, I am 2 to 2.3nm from carrier according to DME, as it displays on HUD.

Motherloving LSO in DSC has bad habit of WO'ing me at the ramp. When its too late for me to do anything. I may ttrap, I may bolter. I go to full burner, but there is a delay as engines spool up and AB lights.

When I place flighpath marker on crotch, the threshhold of landing area at bow, the hook never catches. I T/D beyond the wires and bolter. Every time. So the marker should be just short of crotch deck edge. But its so dark and greay its just about impossible to tell, regardless of zoom. You are supppoused to use meatball only. Using flightpath marker is chasing the deck, and is not the corect technique. Here is my problem. I can't trust he meatball light, becouse it disappears or turns off, unpredictably.

Yet another issue is just lack of readily findable information on ILS chanells for Hornet and Harrier. Both use ILS channels instead of frequences. In Supercarrier mod, carrier's ILS chanell is 11. But where is the list for fields? Open the Mission Editor, click on Andersen AFB, and it shows ILS frequencies in the approach arc. But no chanell # for Hornet and Harrier. I read that land based ILS is not same as Navy's CarrierILS. If so, then how Navy jets land in Cat II and CatIII ILS conditions on shore fields? So for example. Landing a Hornet on 06R at night in CATIII conditions. What ILS chanell should be set? Where is a handy list of ILS chanells for all fields?

Thats the issue. Which one? WHen ATC tells you to land runway 06 and there are 06L and 06R, you cannot get clarity from DCS ATC, as from real ATC. So I land on the one that has flashing approach lights. Seems right. But even thats not always correct. I am looking for clarity, I get little to none.

Its NOT! This whole process is confusing becouse its so badly documented without feedback. There are multiple issues happening, that are contradictory. At 150 knots, the FCS automatically sets the trim in a way that fights me , pushing the nose up, while I am tryiing to stay on glide slope. At 145, with full flaps, aircraft sinks and is mushy. At above 150, LSO is telling me I am fast. The lineup is just about impossible to get right. I have dark deck mod textures. and to me the deck stays grey until close in. ball les overlay is incosistent as to ON/OFF. It appears then disappears. Or the ball light does not appear on it. Other time it does. Or I would get cut/WO lights flash without LSO audio. Its unpredictable, so I am unable to diagnose my errors. Even if everything is smooth, I get Grade C, which means I made major deviations in close. When I don't think I did. Eventually,I may get it. Be nice to have a vitual back seat IP telling me what I am doing wrong or right, what to do and when to do it. Enter pattern at 350 knots at 800 AGL, 500 feet abeam of starboard. Bow break. When, at what angle. TO end up downwind leg at 1.2nm from carrier. at 600 feet AGL Enter base at 150 knots 600 AGL. At what angle. 45 deg (?) Intercept glideslope on final 3/4 nm at 500 AGL at 150 knots. This never happens to me. I am either too wide or too shallow. What does 3/4 nm from ramp looks like? I do not know how to correct. I have no actionable feedback. Am I too fast? Too slow? Not enough bank? Too much bank? Why is FCS fighting me at 150 knots, pushing the nose up? Why is pitch trim so far down , all of a suddenly when 10 seconds ago it was nearly neutral? Aircraft sinks at 135 knots below glide slope, and ball light disappears never to return on this pass. LSO is silent. If I rescue by placing pathmarker on #4 wire and ride that down, I may trap with #4 , 3 or 2, but will get a C grade regardless. All of the above is happening at same time. So it is not feaseable to figure out whats causing what?

So 'Call Ball" is not even a communication menu item. How lovely. But the rest is helpfull.

I like this https://dcs-docs.lordvesel.win/en/sc/04.recovery/#in-the-groove But here is the problem. I am faced with B.S.!! What is in manual is not what is in the sim. Specifically "Ball" is missing. Not there. Unavailable. Aint't there. I am unable to comm with LSO.

From docs https://dcs-docs.lordvesel.win/en/sc/04.recovery/#call-the-ball Call the Ball¶ When your aircraft is in the groove (wings level) and you have the ball in sight, you should select ‘BALL’ from the ATC carrier radio menu. You will transmit: “[SIDE NUMBER] [Ball] [FUEL STATE]” The LSO responds with: “Roger ball” The LSO may also make these calls if your aircraft is not configured for landing: “Wave off, gear” – Your landing gear is not extended. “Wave off, flaps” – Your flaps are not configured for landing. THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE! It is not in the menu. It always, in my case , results in bad grade due "Bad Communications" Curses on all guilty parties!

I have this. Does not really help. My problem is miscommunication in communications. Its so convoluted. Here is Grade OK but LSO has no feedback. All it states is Grade: OK. Wire #2 (BC). Not much use there. FA18Case1_Grade_OK_wire2_BC.trk

This is what I am talking about. lens overlay NOT showing the ball. There is NO "Request Landing"menu option There is NO "Ball" menu option, thus no LSO "Roger Ball" ack. Thus bad communications, and bad landing. I am left frustrated, and scratching my head, becouse I have no usefull actionable feed back from the sim. Observe my finals throuh LSO view. I am clearly within the scope of the lens cam, yet I get no ball lights. FA18Case1_no_comms_bad _grade.trk Attempted Case III Again bad grade due "No Communication". This is so insanely confusing. FA18CaseIII_no_comms_bad _grade.trk

Here is a point , that I don't see in manual, and dont know what to do. When I report "See you at 10", ATC acknowledges and tells me "Switch Tower". Which may mean that I am suppoused to switch frequences to LSO. What is that frequency? Where is it found? After "See you at 10" , I have no options to "Request Landing", and a before , no option to "Ball". So I have no clue how to contact LSO. This is not described in material. ED updates modules , but much poorer job in addressing documentation.

When LSO grade states WX, that mean WINGS at start of final. WIngs what? Wings not level?

Going through Supercarrier manual. One or two things seems inconsistent. They dont reflect whats actually happening in sim. I am confused on calling the ball. 1. Inbound communication 2. See you at 10 communication 3. REQUEST LANDING .. THis communication command is MISSING, when I am in Hornet landing on Stennis. AINT THERE! 4. When IFOLS overlay pops up as I am rollijg into final, I am suppoused to call the ball. THere is no "Ball" menu item! Where is it? I get a "Clara" option, meaning I cant see the ball. Is it now assumed that player sees the ball? So I never get "Roger Ball" ack from LSO. From that point things get inconsistent for me. Either I get LSO calls talking me down, and I ALWAYS, ALWAYS get "C" grade. Meaning it was unsafe, as no 'Ball" communication is issued by me. But I have no way of doing it! Maybe my memory is hazy. I recall that early in 2020, I saw LSO menu option . But I never get that anymore. Nor do I get Reuqest Landing menu option for Stennis, and of course no "Ball" menu option in communication. I have multiple issues all stacked up on top of each other, really wrecking the experience with Supercarrier module. Its confusing and frustrating, becouse it is not consistent with manual. There are few things in life more infuriating then learning something with outdated or incorrect documentation. I watched Wag's Case 1 landing video, and I am left with few questions "WHERE IS THIS IN MY GAME"?

Thank you. In my Case 1. Stennis has TACAN of 74X. I have TACAN ON, and enabled in HSI. But I don't see STN 'DIST' on HUD. Thats the only difference for HUD symbology I see. Also , on my 2560X1440 panel, unless IFOLS overlay is ON, I do not see ball lights. They are either too dark or too small or both. Same for Kuz. My RTX has a tendency to darken view through HUD a bit. In Wag's demo, his Stennis's landing area textures are clearly seen from distance. Mine don't resolve until I am between mid and in-close, and my aniso filter is 8X. Higher then that and it hits my FPS. Obvious that people wh find line up easy have a superior sight pcture then I do.

Track recording and playblack needs an ACMI style GUI and playback. With rewind, fwd, and trajectory of aircraft.

Here is me struggling with line up and altitude control, while in pattern. Also I am less confused about sequence of actions at catapult. Point of 'what should I do now' at catapult, when hook up greenshirt is below the plane and spinning his hand. Is that a signal to pilot or to someone else? If I don't do anything, he just sits there spinning his hand. I don't get why I am getting such large excursion, to starboard when coming on to final. I bank at same 45 or so angle at same or so speed as bow break/ FA18CCQl.trk

OK thank you

How does one bring ILS bars onto HUD? For Stennis ILS Chanell : 11 ON. TACAN 74X: ON Mode: NAV Is there a HUD submode for NAV landing?

How does one bring ILS bars onto HUD? For Stennis ILS Chanell : 11 ON. TACAN 74X: ON Mode: NAV Is there a HUD submode for NAV landing?

Why am I getting LSO grade in Harrier landing on LHA Tarawa? Usually it is "No Grade, improper communications" I have Supercarrier module and it works with F/A-18. In AV-8B with Tarawa, I only have "Inbound and Request Landing" options. There is no ILS overlay of approach lights that LHA uses. Which are different from CVN. There is no LSO communications. So what gives? What am I missing?

At some times, on final. LSO would go quiet, no communications at all, and ball overlay would loose the light. I appear to be on some glideslope, but with no ball light, I cannot tell. Does that mean that something went wrong? I have deviated so much off glideslope that OLS and LSO just ignore me, when I am on final. No wave off. Just silence. But then I trap, and I get a C or '___' grade. So it is confusing. I still have lineup issues. I am not sure why. I fly upwind leg of case 1 at 800 AGL at 250 knots, 800 feet off stbd beam of carrier. Then enter base leg at 650-700 feet at 200knots , gear down, flaps, hook down. Baseleg is continuous turn into downwind leg at 600 feet at 150 knots, then enter into continious crosswind leg turn into final to line and intercept slope. But despite best efforts, turning 170 deg to final from upwind leg, I dont get a line up. I end up far off beam, and have to fly at angle to inter. All my turns are between 30 and 40 degrees of bank.

USS Shangri-La CVA of 1950's and 1960's. For Vietnam Era A-4, F-8, S-2 Tracker. I really like those small Cold War CVA-ASW carriers. Fast, wooden decks, two cats, extra-small landing area. Perhaps Royal Navy angled decks of 1960's and 1970's for future F-4K and Buccanner modules. H.M.S. Eagle for example. With primitive mirror Optical Landing System.