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Sorry, but I'm not buying what you're selling. :smilewink: An F-16, F-15 or turboprop etc. is not going to provide the same level of CAS to friendly troops on the ground, or strike as much fear into the enemy as an A-10 overhead. re the gun: "It is the ideal weapon for supporting U.S. troops in close contact with the enemy because the 30 mm rounds are much less likely to injure friendly forces than a smart bomb, Ruehl said. "It is an awesome gun and I personally believe the most destructive gun ever mounted on an aircraft in the history of mankind," Quote from retired Air Force Col. Steve Ruehl.

The only aircraft capable of replacing the Hawg is another Hawg.

Thanks.

What is the purpose of the red throttle cover with remove before flight flag on it? It is in many pics of the Hawg cockpit, on the right throttle. I am only guessing it is there to protect the throttles switches hats etc from the pilots boots as they climb in and out of the cockpit. Cheers

Iraq.

Chances are very small I will ever get to fly the real P-51D. Chances are very good I will get to fly the DCS P-51D from the magicians at Eagle Dynamics, for that I thank you. Looking forward to it. Cheers.

Here you are Camel. This one has been cleaned up a bit. :thumbup: Lobo's Takeoff and Approach Speed Chart.pdf

Sure. I'll clean it up and post it here. Standby.

Hi Paul I've put together a quick reference takeoff and landing chart based on info from the T.O. 1A-10A-1-1. I would think the A data should not be too different from the C. Lobo's Takeoff and Approach Speed Chart.pdf

Very nice! Thanks Camel.

The dash-1 manual has the pilot on shutdown raise the seat to the full up position. I wonder if that is what you experienced? Not the normal seat height but the fully raised shutdown position.

They are correct. It's an F-14. However in another episode Calvin does pilot an F-15 and he is also known to have been seen in the cockpit of an F-4! Interesting to note that in the latter two there was no Dino view. Technically, the F-14 is a fixed wing aircraft. (despite the swing wing) ...ok I'm changing my mind, IMO next module will be DCS F-14, carrier based, multi-crew, Calvin and Hobbes edition Tomcat (with binos for the Dino). ;)

C'mon... The link is dead now. :( Anyone have the YouTube title for this vid so I can search it out? Or a link would be better. I caught a few seconds of this great vid yesterday and then had to get to work. Was going to watch it today. Never seen it before. Thanks in advance.

I would imagine the canopy actuator would be hot off the batt bus? You walk out to a cold jet, open the boarding ladder panel, extend the ladder, there must be a switch to open the canopy so you can climb in and turn on external or APU power... Just checked the a-10a manual... TO 1A-10A-1 says: "Normal raising or lowering of the canopy is accomplished by control switches, from inside or outside the aircraft (figure 1-24). The canopy is opened and closed by an actuator that operates on battery bus power." Pg 1-48 and 1-49 Now who wants to try draining EDs virtual Hawg battery by opening and closing the canopy repeatedly with no power turned on... ;)

Some good info here re bingo/joker: http://navyflightmanuals.tpub.com/P-367/P-3670099.htm

The steering bars are still broke and should be stowed for ILS. See this thread for more info. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=70045&page=4

Where do they keep the cyclic in the Hawg? :music_whistling: What speed are you touching down at? It sounds like you are not getting true idle with your throttle.

Thanks for the two guides derelor! They are great! Cheers :)

May not be entirely unrealistic... I witnessed 2 panels come off an A-10 West wing at the YXX airshow this summer. Occurred during hard pull at end of simulated strafe run. Found a vid of this event on utube. I got a couple pics of the ground crew retrieving the panels. Each looked to be about 36" square. Demo flight was called off due to technical difficulties. The Hawg landed safely a while later after being checked out in flight by another aircraft. I don't think many people on the ground realized what had happened. The panels fluttering to the ground were not that obvious with all the pyrotechnics going off. pause it at 23-24 second mark. Also reports of a panel coming off same A-10 West demo aircraft the month prior to this in Olympia Wa at the air show there. The sim may be demonstrating, in a more catastrophic manner, a weakness in the A-10 during high speed, high g dive recovery. At light loads I seem to have more issues with ripping the wings off in this manner. Moral of the story seems to be to use caution with how many G you instantaneously load on the DCS A-10c at high speed during dive recovery.

Thanks Frostiken. I was going to ask for clarification on that. :thumbup:

I tried to find a salute smilie... but there ain't one. So <S> there. :thumbup:

Lots of good info! Thanks fellas. I had not thought of the issues involved with plinking moving vehicles. It sounds like auto lasting is good for fixed/stationary targets and manual, longer lasing for the movers. :book: Cheers!:beer:

Here is another great video of the East Coast A-10 Demo team flying the A-10C. Note the roll rate.

Edited point 3. On further examination and dropping outside temps I am getting turn rates not far below what was achieved in the air demo above. My points on the roll rate and aileron deflection stand. The differences are quite obvious by comparing the video and the sim.

Great real life demo showing the A-10's amazing performance capabiltities. Observe several things in the above video: 1) The roll rate. Time the rolls and you see roll rates in excess of 180 degrees per second. 2) The ability of the pilot to rapidly deflect the ailerons. Nearly instantaneous. 3) The phenomenal turn performance of the jet. Some comments and constructive criticism re the DCS A-10C sim (and I know it's a BETA...) 1) The roll rate is S-L-O-W. With No weps, no ammo, no flares/chaff and fuel 30% and Sub zero outside temps I get at best a roll rate of approx 81 degrees per second. (About 100 degrees per second slower than in the above demo). 2) The ailerons (and stick) in the sim move very S-L-O-W. Full deflection is nothing like in the above video of the real A-10. I hope that some of these things can be adjusted in this otherwise fantastic and extremely promising sim. :thumbup: