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had an f18 jock ask me to switch me iff on, made me realise i dont know how our iff works? is it as rio switch?

1 check flaps are raised including manueavering flaps 2 check you arnt putting them in bomb mode (55 degrees or thereabouts)

how does tanking compare ingame to real life? i find it the hardest thing to do in dcs (in the cat, the hornet is an absolute doddle/breeze!)

so theres a way ingame right now to run a tomcat with amraams? lol

the pitch ladder is adjustable and does wander too although i dont know why so that isnt trust worthy at all imo, vsi is the best instrument imo but even thats a bit laggy. i THINK the double L works too but i dont really use the hud in that way i use the steam gauges. for normal flight i prefer them anyway, fwiw i find the f18 hud especially in a guns situation horribly cluttered, actually worse for me than the big windscreen frame in the cat because the obstructions are right in your sightline. all id like is airspeed and thats only for when im in a very low energy state ie at the top of a loop etc, sure i can glance at and judge quickly the asi and analogue needles are great for that BUT a glance at the hud in that specific scenario is quicker for me and keeping eyes on the badguy is a major issue for me (vr) i also feel like i need to add the major ceveat that im a simmer, never been a pilot for real and dont think for a fraction of a second that i have anything like the knowledge of a real pilot, maybe i should put that im my sig?

so the pal modes arnt on the hotas? OUCH. dont think ive ever used plm in a fight lol mostly pal or vsl high

the 1 i stuffed up was mission 1, cant remember what campaign but its escort a tanker or awacs into nellis then land and park. i managed to fail it without any idea what i did wrong. obviously i stuffed up a procedure or a radio call but i have no idea what, the follow me truck took me to thr wrong parking spot so i went into the breifing and went to the correct 1, mission fail. meh

whats the campaign called? and if you fail a mission due to procedure/comms will it tell you what you did wrong?

the rio controlled vsl hi? i thought they were pilot modes? id love speed on the hud but i can get by without it, it would DEFFINATELY make tanking a little easier (for me at least) because we cant feel the speed variations ingame the hornet is an absolute BREEZE to aar by comparison for a bunch of reasons did you use a sparrowhawk hud? what extra symbology is in it?

You went silent as soon as you launched?

doesnt explain much

Apart from distance to target when it goes active what else changes with the target size setting? Will shooting at a fighter in large target size increase the missiles chance to miss/go stupid?

Sorry if ive missed it among the chaff clutter but whst does jester default to regarding target size? Will he just lesve it in a default setting or will he change it himself? Also whats the reason for rhe different pitbill ranges? Is it purely to give the target less wsrning and to help missile radwr performance? Ie it might struggle to find a small target at 10 miles plus

Frustrating as buggery but thanks for the reply lol

lol the direction cant be classified SURELY??

please please PLEASE when you say adjusted x or y can you tell us in what way and how much youve adjusted it pretty please with a cherry on top. it drives me NUTS when i read that lol. weve changed x, ok HOW??????

now to remember how to use the stennis lol

we had a nightmare last night on a mission, an unexpected wall of red air resulted in 19+ phoenix shots mostly 20 nm or less. 2 hit! we normally get 66-75% pk even when things get lively. my 2nd spawn i was greated witha wall of unknowns + 2 friendlies on the tid, jester didnt even iff them!

right could somebody please tell me what the state of the awg9 and phoenix is right now? i know a human rio makes tws shots not go active at all and give no rwr warning but the rest is a mystery. also what arte the planned changes in the 16/12 patch?

if they worked i would lol, since the last patch not a single track file has worked with the f14 for me. i understand i need alot more info and testing though. right now im confused as hell about hopw the radar and phoenix is actually behaving witht he current patch and what will change with the next patch

4 bandits hot (1100+ cosure) coalt (35k) tws assigned all of them np, 40 miles out poof gone lol. f10 watched them come all the way to the merge and they were never on my tid at all (managed to pal 1 and fox 2 him but that was it) is it me doing something wrong? a feature? a bug? afaik the radar mode never changed etc, didnt hear jester clicking anything and the di symbology never changed

everyday is a school day, thanks for the info

they were very hit and miss before the patch but since the last patch not a single trakc is even remotely useable. it always goes off in the 1st few seconds and thats it. anybody having that issue? is there anything i can try?

when dogfighting its best to switch the roll sas off and leave the others on. what happens is at high aoa with roll sas on the nose flops around a bit, easy to test it. stick the jet at 330 kts and 15 units aoa (the thick line on the aoa gauge) HOLD it there, then use rudder only to roll the ac. now do the same thing with roll sas on and off and youll see the difference

done that and it lets me choose the soundcard. problem i have now is the onboard sound isnt listed, in windows sound settings its listed under inputs but not output! (yes ive checked the diabled section) i just cant get it to appear to windows. ive ordered a cheap usb soundcard and hopefully i can run it from that