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It's after gobbledegook! :huh:

About 20m from the ground in a vortex! :doh::lol: You can do what you like then it ain't gonna make much difference... Seriously though I have always wondered why the aircraft lets you over-power by so much!

Do a poll! I'm lazy I'm afraid. I am learning the manual way though, reckon it wold feel quite rewarding.

Huckle +1 - thats the link I meant! If it wasn't for that tutorial I'd probably still be flying round in circles doing nothing but attracting fire. Triangle - ok, I have confidence now! She's marrying me in a month so I don't think she'll leave me. Which TIR should I buy?

Me too on the TIR thing, looks amazing (I'm worried my girlfriend will laugh at me all rigged up though!).

Maybe you should read my post? Unless you're being sarcastic but the absence of smiley didn't suggest so, and in which case ignore me! What I was saying is that sometimes the plain English explanation is great! I can read and am relatively intelligent (:cry:) but the manual for certain things just sounds like gobbledegook. I appreciate that may come across as a bit thick, or maybe I am impatient but I've learn't a hell of a lot from posters on here, both ED team and members about how to fly the thing. I just don't want to put off noobs like me, who are worried about asking a question. Like everything there should be a balance - you should take the time to learn it yourself to a point but a bit of advice from a poster is sacred sometimes. I think that anyone who has read this forum and actually bothers posting having bought the sim knows what they are in for and that it won't be easy, which filters the HAWX people out. I just wouldn't go too far the other way and be too exclusive to people who at the end of the day are just the general public. So thats why 'RTM' responses are not always helpful. (IMHO!) :smilewink:

I think he should start by using win-home... I don't think I'd have ever had the inclination to start this sim if there was not this short cut. I am currently learning the sequence now and am nearly there but thank god I didn't have to start it up manually every time when I was learning the rest of the sim. When I started I just wanted to get in the air and shooting stuff! (not with rockets though :() IMHO of course, but I think WarM sounds like I was!

Try it! And have patience. If you read the entire Rookie thread after going through a few of the training tutorials (pausing it and writing some notes for when it's your turn) you'll be flying in no time. As for fighting theres a great training mission to download and written step by step guide that goes with it. It's called something like 'flying & fighting beginners guide' - I can't find it but I'm sure someone will post it. You don't have to be a genius to do it and get a lot out of it. I have no real clue about the ABRIS or datalink but still manage to be successful in missions with what I know and standard wingman radio orders. I don't think I've ever hit anything metal with a rocket either! I'll learn all the other stuff eventually obviously, but don't think you have to know absolutely all of it to have a great deal of fun! :thumbup:

Just explained more than I ever worked out about the ABRIS and PVI, thanks Rhino and good question Sobe. People can say RTFM if they want and believe me I'm a good reader and do, but sometimes it's nice to have plain English for the lay person!

Arf - I do that! It takes me another five minutes to get it from spinning one way or the other. Embarrassing! ctrl-enter screen would help - cheers!

When you have steadied the bird, just before you hit alt-t, try trimming in a stable atitude, as you would if you were trying to hover 'hands off' without ap help. Then the chopper should pitch back slightly to reduce speed down to zero, but not as much as your suggesting. Try trimming, if not that post a track.

They do weekly tours I'm told. I'm going there before I die definitely. How cool must it be to live in one of those houses opposite on the North side, imagine waking up to that view! Is there a Russian equivalent, or'd they just sell all their old shit to Libya/Iraq/Iran/India/Pakistan/anyone else who had a few quid?

Vaiar - Did you try getting to under 7kms? at 6.9 I bet you can fire, check range pips on the reticle as well for a clue of whether you're in range. I know the range should be 8kms for a Vik but I'm sure the same thing happened to me last night. Also try hitting the switch directly below the master arm, it puts your weapons to manual, so you have authority to fire even when out of range (useful for MANPADS and cannon at +4kms!). Can still get hits from distance that way.

And the only 'trimming' involved would be a bikini line! Woo hoo!

I'm not sure how seriously you want us to take that suggestion but heck, to contribute further to this bizarre thread: Would it not be better to have a plasma cannon just incase aliens turn up? :smilewink:

And I have a quick (lazy) question too - if the selector switch is down is that HE or AP? Thx!

Barra - you're a genius. Well I'm a bit dim, but I've just tried it and you're correct! Tango, cheers too. :thumbup:

Hi - apologies in advance if covered already, I've had a look, so please direct me to thread if so. Since installing the patch my laser doesn't get the correct range. The labels on targets will say 3.9, so within cannon range, but when I designate the target in the Shkval the range comes up as over 5. Same happens with the missiles, the labels say about 5km out but then my desigated target range then comes up as 7? What am I doing wrong or what have I missed, the two were in sync before.

Have you tried backing up you're wife and/or dinner? I'm not sure which the file is but it'll be there somehwere... My groundcrew, ahem, I mean Mrs is always making my dinner at inopportune moments.

I agree with you a bit Beerman, it does seem harsh but... Have you tried the old 'ctrl-alt-delete' out into the task manager before the debrief loads? Pain in the arse to reload but keeps the last mission 'I think'. That said I haven't checked my number of deaths yet! :doh:

Show off! :thumbup: Does that give me enough time to then fly to, say 5k and hover again, switch on HMS, target designate, fire (oops forgot damn master arm :doh:) set master arm, fire, boom? I realise I am being incredibly lazy and taking advantage of your goodwill, not to mention your mathematical genius but it's a consideration the (very) average player will need to know!

17 seconds? Can someone work out how far out you need to be to illuminate a target if you fire over it at say + 5 degree pitch? Some complex speed & trajectory calcs required methinks! I'm a kartoffelkopf so I won't be able to do it. ;)

Haha love those three guys in the Shkval! looks just like real life :smilewink:

I wasn't, thems being new and all. I dare say it's an alternative method now, but not in the spirit of the mission as designed originally. What did people do before without illumination rockets? Also - another question now seeing as you've mentioned it Dragon, so I don't have to trial and error it, whats the range of an illumination rocket? - Do you just aim into the night sky above the target, or at the target?

I am having difficulty at night getting in position to hit targets in time for the illumination flares to be dropped. Normal A-B flight time is ok but the trouble is I can’t go A-B because of about four ZSU23 emplacements en-route. With only 12 or so mins to get to the IP I have not the time to take them out (definitely not at night!) or to fly round them and still be at the target area for lights on. If anyone has any general tips on this that would be appreciated. It’s recently happened on the second campaign, about mission 14 but it has happened on a couple of other night sorties. Another thing; I play with labels on, being only a part time player and pretty rubbish I have to. I got to thinking how on earth do you good players manage at night without labels??? It must be impossible, the first thing you’d know about a gun battery or SAM in your route would be when it lit you up surely? Anyway – any tips would be useful. Thx