Ironhand

In addition to what others have said, many of the key commands you map will be the same for multiple aircraft. So I’d suggest mapping the common key commands to the identical control on the stick and throttle. The exception will be the fine tuning of the various axes.

Unfortunately, I have no idea. But I’m envious. I measure DCS download times in days, not minutes.

As already noted by others, the "T" stands for TAS or true airspeed or, in simple terms, your speed relative to the air mass you're flying through. In the Flanker, it's the same speed that's always present on the HDD's lower right corner regardless of whether you are in a NAV, A2A, or A2G mode.

Thanks! Very interesting read.

Anytime you are experiencing a bug and want to test, it’s best to disable all mods. A mod that you would think should have no effect on what you’re seeing can be the culprit because of how various aspects of DCS interact.

Keep your chin up. This, too, will pass.

The Su-27 has been around for a long time, so a lot of content providers no longer give it much attention. Is there something in particular you’re looking for? Here are a few random things created in the past that you might find interesting (some might date back to the LOMAC/FC days but they’re still pretty relevant).

Just for fun, I ran my TRK file thru Tacview. At the start (full fuel and 2 AAMs), I was sustaining about 16°/sec turn rate. As fuel weight decreased, the turn rate slowly increased. By around 1000kg fuel remaining, I was up to 19°/sec. With 500 kg remaining, it hit 20°. I've been feeling that changes were being made to the FM for awhile now. Just wasn't positive. Seems like they're real.

I’d buy it, if they ever made it.

@AeriaGloria Just flew some circles again. Not the best but good enough. TRK file is attached. Boring to watch except for the numbers. I love how this aircraft will accelerate away from you, if you get distracted, and trash the Gs. MiG-29A--Sustained Turn Rate.trk

Around 970–980 TAS, IIRC. So lowish 900s IAS?

Yes, I know. But I get lost in the count after I’ve used all of my fingers and toes. Wait! As long as it’s north of 18/sec, I should be okay. Good thinking!

Ahhh, ok. I asked because, not long ago I was turning circles in the sky with the -A. Started with full fuel and 2 AAMs. Initially I was sustaining 8.1 Gs. By the time I was low on fuel, I was holding 9.7–9.8 Gs on the merry-go-round. I was at around 1500 m altitude. Unfortunately, I can’t find my key for the payware version of TacView. So I can’t chart the turn rate during all of this.

Out of curiosity, what fuel and missile load?

Click on the position you want to overlook—your bridge for instance. (Actually, I’m not sure you even need to click. Placing the mouse may be sufficient.) Press LCtrl-F10. You’ll be looking directly down on it. Your height above it is determined by how zoomed in you are on the F10 map.

While you’re not going to get anything close to the image you posted ( which is a time exposure, BTW) have you tried this mod? It makes quite a difference. I’ve tweaked it further to make flying at night even more to my liking. It’s fun to play around with and makes the constellations much more noticeable.

Correct. But no hypocrisy. The bug was reported and someone provided the requested TRK file.

Jeesh. The devs request that you post a TRK file, when you come here and cite a bug. Doing so shows them exactly what the poster is referring to and provides them with all the accompanying parameters. If you care enough to come and post about a bug, just honor their request.

Is this what you have in mind? I did it very slow. Hopefully not so slow that you don’t notice it. There are two commands to slow the motion down. “LCtrl-]” slows down the slew speed of the keyboard, while “LCtrl-[“ slows it down if slewing with the mouse. I find the mouse works best for me. OTOH, if you have a spare controller laying around and want to dedicate it solely to external views, that would probably give you the most control.

That’s because it’s not being panned the way you think it is. He’s using the F2 view as he slowly changes the heading of the helo. The helo stays centered, while the directional change pans the view.

Yes. The interior "floods". At night, you can see that the lighting comes from their directions, those that are turned on.

I’m sure they do. I’m also sure that implementing them is of the lowest priority.

Good find. Finally, visual proof of toe brakes rather than an assumption based on lack of brake lever on the stick.

Oh, I’ve already paid for it. And I have every confidence that it’ll arrive someday. Until it does, there’s plenty in my life for me to enjoy. So it’s not much on my mind.

Not sure, if this has anything to do with it but anyone trying to join has to be using the same version of the sim as the server. IIRC even not having a hotfix installed is enough to cause the issue.