Snappy

Hi Alpenwolf, thank you very much for your quick and very detailed reply. Things are much clearer now and I think I will figure the rest out, just by trying and experience. It is totally fine to expect players to know the basics of their aircraft. I just asked about the radio channel, because the main radio, the R-863 , also has a number of preset channels available (which I think are also pre-set in the Editor) , you just have to toggle between manual tune or preset channels. Thats why I thought, maybe one of those preset channels is already tuned to the red frequency and this could be added to the Briefing. But manual tuning is fine too. Thanks again for your welcoming words! Hope you're well and kind regards, Snappy

Hi @Alpenwolf, I have a few questions regarding "Disturbed Pacific" : I'm relatively new to the helicopter side of things, but in this mission,( when there is no human tactical controller ), what is the best use for the troops that are transported by the Mi-8? Serious question, I just don't know. They seem to be infantry & RPG only, so they don't bring anti-Air capabilities. They can't protect the oil platforms obviously. Should I just chaffeur them to Rota Airport and deposit them somewhere in the occupation zone in order to keep/reclaim it or what? Also , as for comms, would it be possible to include in the briefing which radio channel on the 3 Mi-8 radios is set to the GCI comm frequency? I mean analogue to the Mig-21 / 19 info about which radio channel to use. One last general question for helicopter operations on cold war server: Do I need to hover taxi on the left side of the taxiway if I want to move around on an airfield to up pick up cargo or troops? or can I just fly to pick up point across the airfield straIght line? Kind regards, Snappy

This is getting OT,but. no not really, in my personal opinion .They will jam now if you overstress them yes, but they always seem to jam symmetrically and in full out position, so the turnrate is still boosted. They won’t bend or rip off it seems. The only problem arises if you want to go faster again, they produce lots of drag , reducing acceleration and top speed .But in the speed range most gun fights take place in , it’s not much of a factor. Like I said , go on any of the popular bfm servers and watch a few Tomcat or Hornet fight. Paddle switch and Flaps exploits are rampant.

The Tomcat thing likely boils down to people flying it on Dogfight servers often abuse the full flaps position, which gives it a significant boost in turnrate. It’s not a realistic procedure and the full flaps position is not meant for Dogfighting as it overstresses them, but it’s just like with the paddle switch on the the Hornet. Even in the simulation game niche many people will use any exploit to increase their stats…not much you can do about it.. Without the full flaps the Tomcat seems to match it’s charts very well as far as I know.

Hey thanks, yes very strange then . I think I might’ve flown other missions before, so can try again directly after starting DCS. Still even if it was due to this, this certainly isn’t optimal..

OT but BTW, For whatever reason both your pings didn’t work, otherwise the members names would‘ve gotten a light blue background.Maybe re-edit and try again. Had the same thing happen to me before , seems to happen when you type quickly.

Hmm, the trees are there again. Also despite an awesome landing , inching in between the trees , nothing happens after I brought back the first group. Not sure, how this is supposed to go. Kind of bad, that missions constantly seem to break with updates.. Regards, Snappy

Also have a look at this video, it shows how the mentioned panel is used. https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/286870-upcoming-feature-teleaffichage-taf-gci-datalink-complete-tutorial-and-editor-guide/ regards, snappy

Ah, thank you. I was using the search term “BROU” in the manual and didn’t find any direct reference.

Hi, I noticed this new symbology when I locked this SU-24, along with the short dashes going inwards from the corners of the target caret. The new RC 6 manual, doesn't mention it, neither does the update presentation in the forum here mention it. Does that mean the target is employing jamming ? ( assuming BROU is short for "brouillage") Kind regards, Snappy

So is the big announced November Update for the Viggen still on track? regards, Snappy

Hi, maybe you could buy this book from DACO ? Seems to have pretty detailed pictured from various angles. With luck you might find it used for a low price. http://www.dacoproducts.com/KDCB022.php Kind regards, Snappy

Very nice update presentation! Its hard to see from the screenshot, but I wanted to ask, did the radar gunsight update include a reworking of the centerdots thickness and brightness? In the current version it is not very visible on the snake. On the real aircraft HUD it seems to be brighter and slightly thicker than the snake itself. See pictures in this thread: Besides that very impressed with the work that went into this update and the new level of system simulated! Kind regards, Snappy

Yes, those two instruments can both be powered off completely, which is what I resorted to. Its not ideal. Main reason for my post was to find out if I’m doing something wrong in regards to cockpit setup for night operations or if this a bug/glitch ,from ED introducing the lighting changes (it has other odd effects on the Mi-8 too) or if this is just not a helicopter really suitable for NVG operations. The manual makes close to zero mention of them unfortunately. regards, Snappy

Ok this is basically a shot, where both the radar warning light and doppler drift indicator OFF light are on. You can see the cockpit with NVG basically becomes a bloom mess and unusable. This is with all instrument lights set to lowest possible light intensity. The only way to reduce the bloom is by reducing NVG gain.But you have to reduce it so much that the outside world is black again, so the NVG become useless. Not sure if this is a graphics issue introduced with lightning changes,or whether the MI-8 version modelled in DCS is basically not suitable for NVG operation, but then you gotta ask how are you supposed to get the campaign missions done in total darkness, where you have to find ground targets and land in obstacle rich environment.

Basically just the missions the standard campaign that comes with the Mi-8 throws at you , i.e. night search & destroy and CASEVAC. Sure you can fly initially IFR enroute, but in the target area you have to switch to VFR to find&attack the targets / identify the landing zone, the obstacles . Unfortunately it is seemingly ill suited for that. This is what I mean for example: This is all 6 (Commander, Copilot , Engineer ) light reostats, plus the Doppler light rheostat behind the copilot seat turned down all the way. Still the radar altimeter warning lights blooms like this: The Doppler Drift indicator OFF light has the same effect, it's just off at the moment, otherwise the entire cockpit would be just a white mass. This is an image from the Briefing of Campaign Mission 16. I don't know if Belsimtek edited it somehow, but I never managed to get even close the level of clarity and brightness both inside the cockpit and outside at the same time, also the Dopper Drift OFF light is illuminating ,without the extreme bloom effect. I also tried the NVG Gain adjustments, but it doesn't help with this. @Hawk 09 Yes, I know about the light controls, like I wrote.The problem seems to be that the light controls only affect the instruments main indications, but not their warning lights. Sorry can't help you with implementing IR strobes, cool idea though, I agree. Regards, Snappy.

Hi, don't know if this due to lighting issues introduced with the 2.5 /2.7 DCS version updates or just inherent in the module, but I find the night mission very hard to fly with night vision goggles . My current approach is, I dim all the cockpit lighting almost down all the way , but despite setting the lighting control for the Doppler/radar instruments behind the copilot all the way down, the Doppler Off Light in the top right of the instrument as well as the radar altimeter height warning light are still extremely bright , so much that they bloom bright in the NV goggles and make the surrounding cockpit unreadable and you have to look elsewhere or get white- out. My only solution is to switch these instruments off completely, which makes hovering and landing much more difficult . Or to reduce NVG gain, but the outside world gets darker and darker , which isn't good either. What are your settings for optimal night operations in regards to cockpit lights and NVG? BTW, not sure if it matters, but I have global cockpit illumination set to "ON" in the DCS graphic settings. Thanks a lot , regards, Snappy

This is where I would put my money too. Unfortunately, due to the lack of publicly available data it is hard to prove. Maybe the F-18 FM review will bringe some change in that direction. Regards, Snappy

You conveniently ignored my arguments. I seriously doubt flying TACAN approaches or PAR approaches in IFR is suicide, if you know what you’re doing and the equipment is working correctly.Military aircraft all over the world did it regularly and probably still do to some extent, even with the omnipresent GPS nowadays. And stop bringing up the updated versions. It’s not like IFR was invented in 1980s or that you need a modern radar or GPS or even INS to fly . But I can already guess that this going to be a pointless discussion ..

Not sure which country your statement is referring to, but I’d cut back on the blanket statements.Maybe your country had restrictions on it. The aircraft certainly is capable of IFR flight , even the “old” F-5e models. The current bugs in DCS notwithstanding. The real aircraft certainly could fly IFR with Tacan , Tacan approaches and PAR approaches even in bad weather.Of course not down to zero visibility but countries like Norway flew it too and they have some interesting weather and certainly couldn’t afford too use their aircraft only in good weather..Besides Nav equipment also was most likely a customer option.Maybe your Air Force ordered the daytime fighter equipment only. Also statements like “radar is completely useless” are plain hyperbole.Of course it can’t compete with todays radar or doesn’t offer remotely the same search&track capability but it wasn’t intended to either at its time. It provides mainly gunsight solution and rudimentary target information. Edit: Talking about the version simulated in DCS,even with just “only “TACAN approaches you have fairly “low” minima, take a look at a few TACAN approach charts online ,specifically their minima section. Far below the 7-10 miles you were talking about. The main issue is, the Tiger in DCS has some navigation & instrument related bugs and the guy who flies it needs to know how to fly basic IFR in general.

? The post you quoted is 3 years old... The simulator in the upper picture is modelling a Saab J35 Draken and not a Viggen and the lower cockpit picture is from the JA Viggen variant, so completely different. Very confusing. Regards, Snappy

Post a track? Or video. That way maybe people can better tell you what exactly you re doing wrong.

Actually "people across the pond" do it the same way . Maybe take a look at european IFR charts. Unless you meant the other "pond"...

There was already a previous discussion about this, somewhat inconclusive too I think, sounded like the rails weight is already included all the the time in the basic empty weight in DCS. But no official answer from Heatblur. edit: Just saw you participated yourself in that thread, sorry guess you know about it then. Regards, Snappy

Don’t confuse “we” with “you”. You really can’t let it go , can you? Why don’t you simply wait until performance has been adjusted across the altitudes, as fat creason announced he would work through them with time? Like he said, there is no point in testing at the moment . I get your deep interest in performance, but how about simply stepping back for the moment or doing your thing without announcing results on these forums.