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I'm talking about AI refueling setup in the mission editor....lol

AWACS bogey Dope Nope.... Would be nice if an AWACS operating in your area would notify you of any bandits.... or you could ask it..... "Magic 1-1, Charlie 1-1, request picture" yadayadayda (and the Russian equivalent of course)

GAI sucks (and refueling) 1. I've noticed that contrary to what the manual says, you do have to assign a target area for GAI missions to work correctly. This is a bit of a pain. If no targets are assigned, AC takes off then circuits and lands and yes I have an ASR and AWACS in the vicinity. Wouldn't it be better to give A2A AI slightly more intelligence? I'm talking about automatic interception within sensor range. 2. I've not managed to get A2A refueling working yet.... aircraft seem to ignore the refueler then head to base when they are too low on fuel and crash. (problems are possibly pre patch also)

Correct... or the front half anyway.

In answerer to the original comment on dynamics I find the flight dynamics engine in the sim outstanding. Model aircraft handle very differently from full size ones, (I've flown both) this is understandable as fluid dynamic theory does not scale linearly. I've also flown some commercial simulators and DCS compares very well. Basically this is the best flight dynamics experience you can get short of spending a few million on a full motion commercial simulator. Compared to FSX and X-plane, its on a different planet.

New one This is fun... so whats this?

There was a tornado sim release in the 90's based on a GR1. It was quite accurate as far as speeds and equipment go. (I know because I was a Tornado engineer in the RAF for 10 years) The basic information on systems and avionics is all out there: Crew Pilot, WSO Armament Two internal 27-mm Mauser cannon with 180 rounds per gun plus more than 9000 kg of external stores on seven hardpoints, including Sidewinder Texas Instruments HARM Hughes AGM-65 Maverick British Aerospace ALARM Laser guided bombs like Paveway Bombs up to 450 kg MW-1 munitions dispenser Matra Apache Nuclear freefall bombs Power plant 2 x Turbo-Union RB199-34R turbofans Thrust: 38,7 kN (8700 lbs) dry and 66 kN (14480 lbs) with afterburner Dimensions Length: 16,72 m Height: 5,95 m Span: 13,91 m fully forward, 8,60 m fully swept Wing area: 26,6 sqm Weights Empty weight: approx. 13890 kg Max. external load: over 9000 kg Max. fuel: 4660 kg (5100 kg in RAF and Saudi AF aircraft) Max. take-off weigth: approx. 28000 kg Performance Max. speed : 1,452mph (2,336km/h) at 36,000ft (11,000m) Max. speed : Mach 2.2 at altitude Max. speed with external stores: Mach 0.92 (1110 km/h) Rate of climb: Time to 30000 ft (9150 m) less than 2 min Take-off field length: 900 m or less Landing run: 370 m Ferry range: approx. 3900 km Radius of action: 1390 km (750 NM) with heavy load, hi-lo-lo-hi g-limit (g-Limit): + 7,5 Customers The IDS (interdictor-strike) version of Tornado is in service with the Royal Air Force, Luftwaffe, German Navy, Italian Air Force and Royal Saudi Air Force.

Music - It would be nice to have a generic radio station you could tune into regardless of your location and not dependant on transmitter.

Bored on a friday...sat in my office surrounded by VDU's with nobody to talk to but software developers.... Any ex engineers miss the smell of aviation fuel, or am I just weird...:cry:

Mouse creeping - I have the same problem at home, tried all sorts of mouse traps, ended up installing a CAT, which solved the problem

No, the manual says no waypoints are needed...so I presumed no target zone.

I'm trying to set up a GAI (Ground Alert Intercept) task in the mission editor. The aircraft take off but just circle and land again. I have setup an EWR on the base and there is an incoming target. Any ideas on why this does not appear to be working....:helpsmilie:

Could be wind that is turning the nose. As mentioned, it is necessary to trim correctly before engaging auto hover. I find the following approach works: 1. hold down trim button (do not release) 2. slow to below 10kts 3. Adjust cyclic and collective to maintain a rough hover 4. adjust rudder to maintain desired heading 5. release trim button 6.centre controls 7. engage auto hover

Wing men, there all the same.... q

Anyone know if you can get your wing man to re-arm somehow. Does not appear to be a radio ca:pilotfly:ll.

Anyone tried running DCS on windows 7? I'm considering it but am not sure about GPU driver support etc. Would be interested to hear from anyone who has tried installing DCS and how it runs.....

Forgive me for the lack of explicit information but I'm at work and haven't got access to my home workstation.... Method: Started campaign 2 finished 3 or 4 missions the failed the next one 4 or 5 times. Got message saying I was so crap I failed the whole campaign and would be doomed forever (or words to that effect) Tried to continue the campaign thinking that logically I would have to do the missions all over again (this is is pain) was presented with various missions which I completed, but am unable to progress past the last mission failure regardless of whether the mission has been completed or not. In summary I keep being presented with the same group of missions and cannot progress the campaign. This is driving me nuts :helpsmilie: