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  1. I'm honestly not trying to be elitist. But IMHO it's a crutch and could potentially create worse habits. But if it helps, more power to you. It's supposed to be fun and not work, so whatever gets you there I suppose.
  2. I posted this just now in the Hornet forum, but it's worth repeating here: One thing I would say to all the guys who are struggling to refuel on any jet whether it is the Hornet, Viper or A-10...... how much Formation practice are you doing outside of trying to get on the hose or the boom? I'm betting almost zero if you were really honest with yourselves. AAR is nothing more than close formation flying. Every single skill learned in flying close Form with another a/c will directly transfer to becoming good at AAR. In fact, it's a prerequisite that a young pilot learns and demonstrates solid formation flying LONG before he/she is ever allowed anywhere near a tanker. My recommendation is to start with a similar aircraft as yours. Set a wingman or other AI up in a race track orbit somewhere and then rejoin on its wing and fly spread formation and then when you get comfortable, move in closer until you can comfortably fly fingertip position and concentrate on keeping in the same relative fore-aft and up-down position on the AI wing. That will teach you everything you need to know about how to refuel. It will instill the muscle memory for both the throttle and the stick and how much of each you need to make small corrections. If you can do that (fly fingertip formation) every time and it becomes 2nd nature - then honestly AAR is easy. Edit to add: One thing I do is if I haven't done AAR in a while is to rejoin to the tankers wing and just sit there and fly some close formation for a few minutes to warm up my hands and get a feel for speed, throttle movements etc required to stay in position. I find my first time success rate is huge compared to just trying to jump right onto the hose/boom cold if I haven't practiced it in a while.
  3. Hey guys, sorry for what is likely a stupid question. I've read Chuck's guide and watched Wag's videos but I'm still struggling to understand what TOO1 and TOO2 do. Is TOO 1 and TOO 2 for inputting coordinates into different bombs on the same pylon - as in 2x GBU-38 on STA 3 where the inner bomb will have one set of tgt coords and the outer Sta 3 GBU-38 will have a different tgt coords? Or is it to give an individual weapon a primary set of TGT coords and a secondary set of coords so I can choose one or the other depending on the situation? TIA
  4. One thing I would say to all the guys who are struggling to refuel on any jet whether it is the Hornet, Viper or A-10...... how much Formation practice are you doing outside of trying to get on the hose or the boom? I'm betting almost zero if you were really honest with yourselves. AAR is nothing more than close formation flying. Every single skill learned in flying close Form with another a/c will directly transfer to becoming good at AAR. In fact, it's a prerequisite that a young pilot learns and demonstrates solid formation flying LONG before he/she is ever allowed anywhere near a tanker. My recommendation is to start with a similar aircraft as yours. Set a wingman or other AI up in a race track orbit somewhere and then rejoin on its wing and fly spread formation and then when you get comfortable, move in closer until you can comfortably fly fingertip position and concentrate on keeping in the same relative fore-aft and up-down position on the AI wing. That will teach you everything you need to know about how to refuel. It will instill the muscle memory for both the throttle and the stick and how much of each you need to make small corrections. If you can do that (fly fingertip formation) every time and it becomes 2nd nature - then honestly AAR is easy. Edit to add: One thing I do is if I haven't done AAR in a while is to rejoin to the tankers wing and just sit there and fly some close formation for a few minutes to warm up my hands and get a feel for speed, throttle movements etc required to stay in position. I find my first time success rate is huge compared to just trying to jump right onto the hose/boom cold if I haven't practiced it in a while.
  5. Sorry, but if you're using the AP to refuel - you're not doing it correctly.
  6. Ok, that sort of makes sense. What settings are you running the Mask size on? is 1.0 the same as having the AA on 100% of the eyepiece?
  7. I agree with this. I went from a Vive Pro to the Reverb on the same system and actually had at least as good or better performance. As EC said, it just takes some additional tweaking in Steam VR to find the sweet spot. But it was a huge jump in resolution without the FPS hit that I expected.
  8. I'll sell you a perfect condition Reverb G1 when I get my G2 if you would like an upgrade?
  9. I thought the FCS limiting was only on the F-16. I hadn't heard the Hornet does that.
  10. in the latest version of DCS Stable - there are two new things (new to me) in the DCS VR setting window. Bloom effect and MSAA Mask Size. What do these do and what are good settings with a Reverb and my specs below? It defaulted to Bloom checked and MSAA mask size .42
  11. That would explain it, Thanks. So in essence there is really no difference in game between IR and IZ LAR at the moment, right?
  12. Notso

    GBU-12 Loft attack

    I wouldn't be too quick to say it's wrong. If you look at a lot of drawings of the PW Bang bang curve, its waay exaggerated. The bomb doesn't really move that much IRL. Those drawings are purposefully exaggerated to show the concept. The seeker and guidance kit are making those corrections VERY rapidly. So it's not: Bang..... (pause)...... seeker sees its over corrected..... (pause)........... BANG. It's more like BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG. If you were standing on the ground, you would almost hear a rapid clicking sound. So the point being that if you judging this from just watching F6 view, it would be be pitching up and down as much as you think. Especially if it already has a steep impact angle.
  13. Notso

    GBU-12 Loft attack

    5-10 deg is still technically a Dive Toss, but you're not really going to gain much from it over a level release. One of the really great uses for a Dive Toss maneuver is in conjunction with the VVSL mode in the Hornet. If you're going after a TGT of opportunity with LGBs, you can roll it from a ways out, put the VV on the tgt, designate, slew to refine the designation if needed, and then hold down the pickle button and start pulling. Obviously if you're too far away, it won't work. But if you're a couple of miles outside of the Level CCRP release range to dive in, it works well. Best airspeed is in the normal 400-550 KIAS. If you're above the Mach, you'll overspeed the GBU seeker heads. Although I doubt DCS models this.
  14. Uuuuh, yes you did. You said breathalyzer tube. That's pretty specific. And "farty mouth"??? Really?
  15. I would imagine blowing into a tube and trying to G-strain sitting at your desk would cause far more health problems than VR.
  16. Notso

    Nukes

    Yep, this was my point all along. Not to be lobbed in the middle of an airquake mele.
  17. What tanker are you using? The S-3 is a B*tch! I could not refuel on it at first. Try the C-130 and the KC-135 with the drogue until you get comfortable and then try the S-3. The C-130 was fairly easy once I got the hang of it.
  18. Hi all, I was playing around with the JDAM In RANGE vs In ZONE LARs and saw something that didn't make sense. Caveat up front, I'm using Stable so maybe this is the issue. My understanding of the differences between IN RNG vs IN ZONE is the bomb terminal guidance. IN RANGE essentially will get the bomb to the coordinates and it may or may not (likely NOT) be able to achieve the terminal parameters set in the weapon. However in ZONE should allow the bomb to achieve the Terminal numbers set in the Stores page. If so, it didn't work for me. I set a GBU-31 with a terminal heading and then dropped IN ZONE 90 deg off. I watched the bomb with F6 view and it never turned to the heading. Is this a stable issue or is terminal on working in OB? Also I noticed the LAR rings were not the same as WAG's video. These in range and in zone LARs were just concentric circles whereas his video showed the more normal pie shaped wedges.
  19. Notso

    GBU-38

    I totally agree. And the only reason I threw GBU-12s into the thread was to counter Harlikens assertion that all weapons in DCS were perfectly accurate. I was simply using the GBU-12 example to say that they are not perfect in game because you can still miss if you don't do the procedures correctly. I was not attempting to talk about effects or 12 vs 38. It was just an example that DCS accuracy is not always 100%. That's all.
  20. Ah, fair enough.
  21. How so? My 2080Ti is running my current one just fine with DCS setting mostly all high and MSAA x2.
  22. Notso

    Nukes

    Someone pissed into your wheaties today. Just saying.
  23. I'll go back and recheck my settings. But the Steam VR resolution is still set to 100% and the PD in DCS is 1.0. Note the blur issue I'm describing is barely perceptible. It's literally just for frame or two as I begin to move my head. I'll try the room scale thing and see that helps. I've been getting some issues tracking even when there has been lots of light in the room. Maybe going to roomscale will help.
  24. Dammit, I'm going to have to pre-order now too. :music_whistling:
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