Ornithopter

This might literally be one of the most absurd and ridiculous "suggestions" I have seen all year long.

I think EVERYTHING should be bindable. This is the standard of all the good ED planes. For instance, on the Hornet, you can bind everything. Everything that can be controlled in the aircraft by the mouse should also be assignable to either a keyboard combo or joystick button. This is what you can do on most other airplanes in DCS World, and the JF-17 should be no exception. Some of us have home cockpits, and really don't want to be mousing over things. Like everyone else, first thing I do when I get a new plane is start binding things. This aircraft is all about MFD's, and being able to bind them to keys is greyed out??? Really hope this changes, and very soon.

To me, it isn't a choice between which one, it's only a choice of which I want to learn first. It would be a sin to not have both the F/A-18 and the F-14! That said, one of the things I'm really liking about F-14, as already mentioned, is the lessened workload on the pilot. Sometimes planes in DCS can be pretty mouse-click or keyboard intensive, which at times can be awkward and distracting especially if you are trying to really get good technique down. It isn't a big deal, but as someone very much in the learning process of carrier ops and operating within a squadron, being able to concentrate on just the flying and fundamental technique while either a human or Jester handles certain aspects goes a long way towards easing the learning curve for me. I'll get to learning the F/A-18, in depth, in time, but I think that for someone like me who is very new to the proper operation of carrier jets, the F-14 was the right choice for me to do first. With the F-14, more than a RIO that helps us fight the bandits, we can literally have an experienced human instructor in the back seat. At my noob level of knowledge, I think choosing the F-14 to start with will make me a better virtual naval aviator in the long run.

When you are talking 3mm here and 3mm there, you are talking The Force. I guess that's why not everyone could qualify as a military aviator in real life.:)

I wasn't able to catch the drogue with any plane until I watched a video where the guy says it's like 90% mental, and that the key is relaxing your muscles for precision control. It's the death-grip that ruins the process. Didn't make a note of who made the video, but whoever it was, thanks-Keep making them, because you're definitely helping.

I'm relatively new to aerial refueling, but no way is this "the worst throttle in the game". No way. It just takes practice, like everything else. I can't advise you on your view problems, because I've never fueled from an S3 in the Tomcat. I think Track IR would help, not hinder, but I guess that is your call. Here is some advice that was passed on to me. Sweep your wings into Bomb Mode. The real recommendation is for 40 degrees manual sweep, but control of the aircraft is even easier when the wings are swept past 50. Back that far, the automatic operation of the slats and manuever flaps is inhibited, and your trim will be more constant. And since your wings are well aft of where the wings would be if in Auto mode, there isn't going to be any automated movement of them, either.

First off, I would like to say, I haven't had as much fun with a DCS module in a long time! In fact, this might be the best, ever. Absolutely superb. However, I've gotten used to doing things a certain way when it comes to controls, and I really wish to see a more complete set of keybindings available. I've probably missed a few, but these are the ones that I would like to be able to map to home cockpit controls or keyboard commands, especially the first 5: HSD CRS +/- HSD HDG +/- Baro Alt +/- Radar Alt +/- Speed Bug +/- Spoiler overrides Generator switches Air Condition/Air Source Switches Inlet Ramp Controls Engine Mode Select Air Start Hud Trim Hud Brightness VDI Trim Would All of those are just in the front seat, and I haven't spent too much time in the back seat, but I think it would be nice if we could have a complete set of control keybindings there too. I know that you've been adding controls with each update. Keep up the good work, Heatblur!

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I don't know what Kindergarten you went to, but in my Kindergarten they said "Don't talk to strangers" :)

Unable to switch to Cold Mic or Hot Mic via keybinding. Functions are mappable but do not work.

+1 on hoping that Heatblur adds a bunch more keybinds. There are a couple of modules in DCS (Hornet, for instance) that have keybinds for -everything- and I'd like to see this for F-14 as well.

I guess if that works for you, then it works, but it shouldn't be necessary. I use central position trimmer mode, and trim it with a click, just like I would with a UH-1. You don't have to hold the trim down to temporarily disable the autopilot on the Mi-8 because use of the trim isn't "programming" the autopilot in the same way as it is with Ka-50. The Flight Engineers knobs are what accomplishes that. For about a month now, following the practices of a more experienced pilot, I started flying the Ka-50 with Flight Director ON. For me, this makes the Ka-50 fly more like the Mi-8, specifically in that I don't have to hold the trimmer down while manuevering. The only catch is that when I want to autohover, I click FD mode Off right before hitting the Autohover button, since if the FD is On, you wouldn't be able to Autoturn to target or stuff like that. And then of course, I turn FD back on again when I want to move on. As with anything, Your Mileage May Vary.

I'm loving this plane from the start, but as I'm starting the task of mapping the controls, I notice there are a lot of things that cannot be bound to keys or buttons. For example, I definitely want to see keybindings for Increase/Decrease of things like Altimeter Baro, Heading bugs, Course needles, etc. There are a lot of other things too, with engines, and electrics that simply don't have the ability to bind. I haven't gotten to the back seat yet. Basically, I hope that eventually we can have it be like most of the in-house ED planes, where everything that can be clicked or rotated with the mouse, can also be mapped to a controller or keypress. (I know this is still Open Beta)

I think you're essentially right about this, but I will say it's a little bit overwhelming at first. I recently got on SRS for one of the servers, and it's pretty formal, like real ATC. I'm impressed with that level of immersion, but at the same time, I certainly didn't feel like I could start establishing any type of rapport with anyone, much less ask any questions. It looks like I might have a lot more exploring to do to of the various servers, squads, and comms options available then I originally wanted to, to be able to find a situation that provides the appropriate 'in' to really start learning the multiplayer environment.

I've just recently set up SRS, and the only thing that I cannot get working are the presets. I've put a text file in the Simple Radio root directory (in this case, called 'r828.txt' and filled it with a couple of frequencies for use with the Su-25. I've tried other radios, on other airplanes as well. However, I've not been able to get SRS to read these files to populate the presets. What could I be doing wrong?