DmitriKozlowsky

After watching UK Westland Apache doing roll at airshows, I experimented in DCS. Fuel at 40%, center aux tank E, no weapons. Climbed to 5000 AGL, and entry speed of 120 KIAS. Left full pedal , collective down, full left cyclic. Didn't roll. At near 90 deg bank, control became mushy and helicopter would not continue roll. Left full pedal , collective middle, full left cyclic. Didn't roll. At near 90 deg bank, control became mushy and helicopter would not continue roll. Right full pedal , collective middle-down, full left cyclic. Rolled nicely, and then stabilized itself, after release of cycling. Not quite getting what is happening aerodynamically to the rotor disk, with full left cyclic, and full opposite pedal, that allows Apache to roll. Cheers

Any recent thought as to Linux OpenGL port of DCS ? Linux has grown up somewhat. Still no MS DirectX, but there is OpenGL, Nvidia Vulkan, AMD Radeon API. In my day job I use Maya, Houdini, NUke, other OpenGL. Looking at their installations, there is just Linux version, without disto-specific versions m that used to be norm.

AI AC-130 and MC-130 would be far more usefull in DCS. But , mine is but 1 opinion.

RW AC-130 or MC-130 have crews of up to 21. Depending on classified modification.

Well to those who wanted C-130J. ED+3rd party dev announced DCS: C-130J . Have no clue if this one will have any weapons short of flares and chaff.

A-10C needs a somewhat permissive environment. Air superiority, air parity with escorts, and continuous SEAD campaign. Drones appear to make good SEAD and decoy platforms. Actually drones have shown themselves to be effective loitering munition for counterbattery missions. So its possible, tactically feasible to deploy A-10C into Eastern Ukraine. But the Hawg and its crews will take losses that USAF would otherwise find unacceptable.

C-130 is a bit large. It is designed to be flown as 4 man crew. Pilot alone cannot fly it. May I suggest a more appropriate modern transport that is simmable for DCS is C-27J Spartan and its gunship variant.

On the contrary, DCS maps have a curvature. Apparent at high altitude. Unless DCS uses some lens distortion trick.

My answer to all three is that I do not know. I'add one more issue. Shadows. Sat images have burned in shadows at time of exposure. Perhaps a blend between GB DB and DCS during flight at low altitudes. Which of course would bring us back to lack of entire Earth DB by DCS. But that maybe an acceptable compromise. Or a theater jump between two adjacent theaters. Normandy and Chanel, for example. Marianas and upcoming Australia & Timor Sea .Edge jump from Sinai and Syria theaters as those overlap a little where modern day State Of Israel. But that may not be feasible.

Is this real or just internet meme. Ukrainians training on DCS: A-10CII with VR to prepare for real thing. I don't this is feasable.

I am eager to check out Kola Penninsula map, as it appears, that developers have used sat photos as ground textures. I will keep saying that the most usefull map module that potentially be deployed to DCS is one that connects DCS to Internet Google Earth, MS Bing Earth, or USGS, or NGA Earth databases . Allowing some level of operations, even if free flight only, at any place on Earth. With obvious blurred exceptions due to government's regulatuions.

And yet another sandbox with a coastline is offered. Australian territory with Timor Sea. Geopolitically, makes sense. A viable potential operations area on showdown with PRC. Looks very much like Nevada and Musandam Peninsula in PG. Sand, some highlands, elevated terrain, littoral zones, urban area (much appreciated).

If it doesn't shoot direct attack or long range guided munitions , it is inappropriate for DCS. IMHO. If we are going to split hairs, we can count infantry squad deployed from helicopter, or airborne jumpers as munitions. But that is questionable logic, IMHO. Thus: Pucara OK, EMbr. A-29A OK, AC-47 Spooky OK. AC-130 Great! Sherpa transport; questionable applicability to DCS, except as AI or static. SHORTS Skyvan same as Sherpa. Player flown or player controlled inflight refueling. Except as AI, completely unnecessary in DCS. Flying a gas station and being a boom operator is vital in real world, but boring in DCS. Unless it is used for RW training and quals. But for that Prepare3D is used in aerospace & defense. P3 Orion, P-8 Poseidon, similar: OK but as with in-flight refueling, long range anti-ship and ant-sub is high endurance and boring. But since those platforms can fire Mavericks, Harpoons, and drop bombs its OK for DCS: Multicrew. ELINT/EW this aspect of warfare is inappropriate for DCS as direct user controll and accurate simulation. #1 problem is that its all highly classified. Even stuff 50 years ago is still highly secret. As 'emulated' AI its OK, or emulated user control like we have right now. U-28 is used for ELINT and communications relay, a background task. Vital in real world. Not practical in DCS. I see DCS expanding to Multi-Domain warfighting simming by offering naval small high speed craft. High speed small missile boats, tactical highspeed light hydrofoils, perhaps a small low crew SSK as possible expansion of DCS into water domain. Technical mil term is Full Spectrum thus DCS: Full Spectrum.

U-28A only the most obscure fixed wing type in use in US military. Also some NATO and non-aligned services use it. Mostly for ELINT or VIP transport role. PC-12/U-28 is great module for MSFS , XPlane, and Prepare3D. For DCS?

You think I am suffering from oxygen narcossis. OK. There are worse fates.

The most usefull, obvious, yet ellusive mod for DCS would be a mod that connects to Google Earth or MS Bing Earth, and allows flight ops anywhere. Now that would be worth good dollars. And A DCS mod that allows placement of roads, road flight strips, and ground infrastructure by user. Which would allow user to configure operations area to user's liking or update to reflect modern or no longer existing reality.

I don't know how else to put it. We are being bombarded with cluster munition of maps and random modules. F-100s, Mirages like croissants, IDF jets, F-4, F-15E, Mig-23, new maps. Its an overload. I am expecting some silly mods. A silly mod is a module, free or commercial, that is built to DCS high standards, but simming a platform that is only tangential or inappropriate to DCS. Like Yak-52 trainer. But many would still be excited. Silly Mod ideas AN-2 'Annushka' biplane transport. First person infantry simulator for Combined Arms (maybe thats not a bad idea). STS Space Shuttle re-entry and landing simulator. AI WWII Soviet armored train. DCS: Pilatus PC-12/U-28

Let it go.

Good point!

Yes. Thats what weird. I dont have this issue in Incirlik or few mainland Syria bases I tried. Nor do I have it in any other map. Just on Cypress. At lowland fields. Could be that on Cypruss, I do have to collective a lot slower in Hind.

OK. As long as you stop the drama.

Section is called Bugs & Problems. Not just Bugs.

Dude! Its a hobby, not a job or lifestyle. I report my experience. Then I try to work through it. If I can't solve it, then I post. From experience. If problem occurs to others, someone may post a solution. Of not. Then I post. Its not a bug, and I said so. Its weird power issue, that I am experiencing.

Standard 20C/68F day.

OK. Perhaps the Nile delta terrain will make this map more interesting. I haven't checked lately, does ED still forbid placing naval units on rivers. THey allow LARC to cross rivers. Perhaps riverine units will be part of DCS soon.