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Hawkeye_UK

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  1. Have to remember manufacturing engineering was very different in the late 1960's when the cat was being designed, especially toughened canopy glass of aircraft. It was also a crossover in belief doctrine when the US was being tested in Vietnam away from the over reliance on BVR missiles with poor combat Pk and the realisation that WVR ACM was still massively important. I think the counter argument to this is that for the time it was very forward thinking with the elevated pilot seated positing, especially the rio not having a bulkhead behind him unlike the F4. Later designs of the 15/16 further increased this visibility. Off the top of my head im struggling to think of a 4th generation fighter that precedes the tomcat that has better pilot/rio WVR view, either Nato or Soviet Block. Think about the Mig 31, 5 years later in first flight and poor visibility for the Rio with sunken pilot positions. As for the pit and view, i only fly in VR and certainly the visibility compared to later 4th generation fighters is reduced but its reflective of the actual aircraft. I think what Heatblur have done is purely astounding in terms of the interior model - its way beyond ED to be fair. I cannot recommend VR enough , the Rift S for me has been a game changer over the cv1. As for views in general, VR is the way forward the immediate SA especially on things like on the tank and close in ACM or A2G aquisition/roll in does improve your execution of flight. If you enjoy the game, invest in VR.
  2. Hey guys just to let you know repeated thread, this was muted when it first came out last week. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=252950
  3. Storm shadow was initially handed over to RAF end of 2001, in very limited numbers, GR4 conversion airframes started being handed over think late 97 and then over a six year period. So when Op Telic was launched Storm Shadow was mission capable but limited in squadrons with 617 launching them first. So in answer no it wasn't in from the beginning in terms of capability. GR4 would be great, however despite being just retired alot of ordnance / systems data is sensitive no way ED are going to be able to get their hands on that nor would we want them. GR1 on the other hand....that would be immense especially if the A2G WSO radar was correctly done with offset fixation for attack runs a bit like the Viggen. Problem is think ED need to work on the whole side of that in terms of what reflects radar and what doesn't on the ground. As for which tornado do you want - lets not even raise the spectre of the ADV. pointless. I'd love an early F2 , i'm sure the blue circle radar would be a great match for the AWG 9....NOT!
  4. Its a good question, worth testing - observations are however that the extra drag and weight is modelled but would have to get tacview and a calculator lol and lose a few hours! Hopefully its not like the terrible Hornet drag model which needs work. So a 14 would never have taken off the boat with 6 54's anyway for a standard CAP patrol as the base wow with fuel reserve would have put him outside of the recovery landing configs. So unless fired off he would have to jettison a minimum of 2 very expensive missiles and be heavy back on the boat with 4. More realistic would be a 2 3 2 approach however nobody is going to load that in MP as nobody cares about FLE or hitting the Jettison button and the 54, well that's a separate discussion.
  5. IRL you land a plane with nothing on the dials but smiths (empty) and you haven't got a mechanical issue resulting in fuel loss your CO will be ensuring your not flying anytime soon again that's for sure. Extremely serious Safety Breach. One of the primary reasons that instructors have to step in to instruct immediate RTB when students are distracted with either target fixation or workflow overload in poor conditions down low. In game always set Bingo and look at your FF, work from that and divide fuel gives you a approximate playtime at current altitude. Utilise tankers and in the 14 keep out of burners unless needed - i.e caught into a hostile's E-pole and extending rapidly away. As you would in real life keep sweeping the dials - have a process that covers all and flow through them in the same fashion (not ad hoc) noting against a value for normal at that stage in flight. During ACM glimpse fuel flow every 60 seconds. One thing that Jester should be talking about is fuel, and so far he only ever does it when on the tank. A WSO would be assisting the pilot and a verbal check to ensure both crew are aware of fuel state. It would be good for Jester to reflect this to call out tanks dry / 10,000 pounds, 8000, 6000, 4000, 2000 and whatever the Bingo value was. One thing that would be useful is if HB make some attempt to model the F14 mission data loader which would incorporate pre planned waypoints (like Viggen) where Jester could say fuel as fragged - inline with flight plan etc.
  6. ps - re the F14 i do use the first mod that was mentioned have it in my save games folder and it doesnt break the IC for multiplayer now. That said the original pit looks fine, i just prefer the new less worn out txt look.
  7. Rift S for me was a big jump in clarity in all the pits and game in general. Best £400 spent - DCS looks so much better i wasn't expecting much and was more than pleasantly surprised, no more leaning in. For me its what VR needed (i had the rift since dev kit, then the standard release yet still preferred to play for the immersion and 1-1 tracking which i think is a huge tactical SA plus). Rift S everything is better especially visually ID A2A and A2G CAS is like a different game. I've not been back to the original rift - its sat gathering dust!
  8. Second that - i noticed when i booted up the A2A its a good edition. Roll on TWS...
  9. Guys this should help as noted it wasn't mentioned in the release video or on the general post. AGM 62 is only available on Station 2 & 8 and can be located within the bombs category not missile! Hope this helps - double check it will be there, top of the list. Enjoy!
  10. Completely agree the F14 is exquisite, not just in model but visuals and also sounds specifically the cockpit give's the feedback required. In VR its a masterpiece. The multicrew - superb. Hard to find a negative except the AIM54 model which i believe is more down to ED. As for other modules FM wise, L39 is not to be overlooked.
  11. @Hawgdog / @BigNewy - one thing i should note though I'm pretty confident i've not had it when going back into SA - only the first time i attempt to load the screen. I was thinking perhaps its the contents of that screen that is causing the crash and perhaps when its looking for the A2G threats (to draw the threat circles on) that if it cant get the information quick enough it causes the crash, just an idea?
  12. @HawgDog im afraid so as per my last post - It is frustrating i've not been able to narrow it down yet myself either.
  13. Thankful for finding this as keep a pretty keen eye on the individual plane forums and nothing noted. On the multiplayer server i play on, i get this quite a bit and not the only one to have the issue but couldn't track the problem down - still can't. First noticed it mid / end August. It is very intermittent and note i've only had this when SA is on the right MFD. It cannot be my pagefile (its sat unique on a m2 SSD with a 32GB pagefile size, which is overkill i know - i only use this 500GB drive for DCS and windows boot so have lots of free space) I also have 32GB of system DDR RAM running at 3200mhz - i don't run out of virtual memory, GPU is RTX2080 ultra. I do not use steam - only direct OB from ED. I've not been able to narrow down - the only other thing worth mentioning is i only fly VR and don't use mods.
  14. Yes this wasn't about looking backwards at the historical context it was looking more at the quality of information in their latest customer update. It was very thorough compared to what we get from the community managers within ED normally.
  15. when you look behind you or in exterior view can you see it upright between the fins? If so it will be slowing you down! Note - for rapid speed loss nothing beats a high alpha sustained break turn!
  16. Maybe its the fact that you don't have to align the JHMCS to the HUD/BRU alignment cross in the start up whilst pushing the cage/uncage button....... ED missed it on their start up process for the hornet. Sorry doesn't help i know, work's fine for me in VR. Some say wait for VR, which i don't understand at all anymore. DCS looks amazing in VR and that's only on the Rift S. People talk about immersion which is impressive and does feel like being in a real aircraft, but its more the situational awareness you get close in on CAS or AA makes a huge difference and you will note yourself working out attack angles better using topography etc. If you play DCS and enjoy it, invest in VR. I have a 55inch 4k screen that never gets used anymore because of the Rift at a fraction of the price. I was skeptical until i played in VR, when my original rift lead died i had to revert back briefly to monitor and it seemed very mundane, actually tuned it off until my rift s arrived 3 days later - no going back and that was on the original rift!
  17. New Video, i only found by chance via youtube! As someone else who got fed up with facebook about 5 years ago and no longer uses it - please can the community managers post links or even acknowledge a new video has been released on this forum thread. The earlier comment re discord and facebook very valid - they should be posted in the main site forum also. Thanks PS - Looking forward to JDAMS do you perceive this will be a Q4 2019 release?
  18. Certainly the weekend news was an improvement given my last post on the subject (although don't understand why it wasn't posted in the F18 specific forum also) - my criticism is that the last post on this subject was closed by BigNewy ( https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=251027 ) for some reason and therefore didn't allow any further feedback from the community. It did make me feel quite skeptical on whether the feedback was indeed welcomed as the issue certainly wasn't resolved and thought at the time the response of "when we have an update for you we will let you know" was shockingly poor, a lesson in how not to deal with PR. For me the best product update / customer relations I've seen recently from any of the community manager's is Heatblur with this ( https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=251618 ). ED could / should lead by example given its their intellectual property however its often not the case it would seem and refuse to get drawn into milestone discussions. I do believe it isn't much for the community to ask for a roadmap and an approximation of timescales for that to be completed along the lines of what quarter they expect to complete - surely they must have an internal project management procedure for this, its just they choose not to share. I hold by my original statement that ED's approach in 2019 with the hornet development has been detrimental to sales with numerous people not buying into Viper EA due to poor communication on the hornet development. The communication since July has been frankly as clear as mud and non existent. I stated at the time i was skeptical of ED's commitment to their customers stating the Viper would not delay the Hornet development. I think deep down not many actually believed this comment when it was released, which with time has proven to be incorrect. Noted today another OB concentrating on the Viper with no development showing for the Hornet. Someone mentioned on one of the posts about AG radar, i note that was missing entirely from the press release today.
  19. I've just noticed that you have included on the weekend news - perhaps worth posting on here - finally some substance on the update. Better!
  20. Couldn't find this on the forum so apologise if raising again. The rio cockpit white internal flood lamp switch, both dim and bright on the right side panel do not switch on any lights. Please can you update. Thanks
  21. Excellent update thanks HB - great to read the road map along with timescales, the ED team should take stock of updates of this calibre.
  22. Just curious - why is it not realistic? Do you think pilots don't carry binoculars? You would be surprised how many cockpits you'd find a pair of image stabilized cannons/zeiss stowed, especially pre lantirn / lightening pod days. The spyglass zoom / VR zoom is a way to replicate that, although that said the zoom is actually less! As for the new vr zoom speed - such a great improvement!!
  23. As per post re OB released some days ago - hornet development has been slowed down due to Viper release.
  24. Sorry Reflected - Yes as per above :thumbup:
  25. I also use a Rift S - I use centre VR zoom alot, so much so i have it bound to hotas along with VR zoom. Wherever you have your head when you push the recenter VR view it will hold that position, a very very simple solution is lean back your head in the chair and your view will be closer to the HUD. Lean forward and recenter press and you will be further back in your chair. Its that simple.
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