Phantom309

I got FC3 mainly for the F15C, sure FF would be awesome. But I fly the F15 dressed with AK tail code because I actually worked on that tail number when I was active duty. Another reason was to learn how to fly. I suck at it and I'm all over the sky. Don't quite understand how to throttle trim and level flight yet. I think my virtual pilot actually got motion sickness last time I flew. Hopefully I can sort this out and start creating my own missions and campaigns.

Sounds similar to the air force. There is one of three symbols that can be entered in the forms. A dash, a diagonal and an x. Always drawn in Red. Red X is a grounding symbol meaning the airplane can't fly until it's fixed. A red x isn't always a bad thing though. When the aircraft lands and needs fuel, that write up is on an x until it's refueled. Dash and diagonal are flyable and document various things needing to be done.

Interesting to learn what other Air Forces use. Thanks for sharing

HAHAHA for sure

Thank you. I was playing around with my X52 a couple of weeks and originally when I started the tutorials for the SU25T the only thing I binded was the flight axis commands. And then I would add them as I progressed through the tutorials. Until I got the guns and those green boxes I had to fly through had me wanting to Chuck my laptop of the back door. I will try what you suggested when I get my T.16000m. I think that would work better for me and then change it to fit me. I noticed on a lot profiles I looked at for 16000 that one of then buttons on the throttles seems to make a good modifier. I can't wait to get into it.

@Slippa Thank you! I'm sure my wife would have a lot to tell me if drug an ACES II or Martin-Baker through front door. I don't think that go over very good.

@unlikely_spider awesome! Thanks

@Schlingel mit Kringel Thanks for the info. I've downloaded the A10 guide. I'll find it on my phone and give it a through look through and study along with other modules that I want to get eventually. I'm excited about getting into this game finally. I'll finally get to "fly" the airplanes I've worked on over the years. Does Chucks guides kind of tell you what's important to bind and what's not really needed to bind?

@razo+r Awesome Thank you for the response. @Schlingel mit Kringel Thank you for the response and the tip about clearing out the column. I will definitely do that when I get it. @MAXsenna agreed. I like to try to map as close to the real thing as possible. With out TrackIR or anything. I'll have to use one of my hats for looking around. I was using the little mouse nib on my X52 to that and it made it so much better. The A10 not so much. I got a lot of work to do learning that aircraft

They actually aren't done very different at all in the military. For the Air Force each aircraft has a set of forms that maintenance and servicing is recorded in. There are several sections to the forms, that give all information about that aircraft. Like flight hours, engine times, when inspections are due. How much gas it needed after a sortie and so on so forth. The pilot will review the forms before flight but the forms stay with the crew chief while the airplane is flying. Unless of course they are doing a cross country flight then they go with airplane for when they stop for gas and in the event they were to break off station. This can be a very complex subject with the the air force has it set up, but the short and skinny of it is they are the aircraft forms, or "the forms". Hope this helps

Hello all, this is my first real post here. Never did a formal introduction as I didn't place for it. I've worked on the ejction seats in fighters for the past 20+ years. My airframes are the F15C/D/E models, F4E/G models and the RF-4C, and now the F16. After seeing the 2024 and beyond video I decided to go all in on DCS. Because I want to fly them virtually. I've had the A10C for years, bought it on steam on sale. Transferred over to DCS as I read this was the better way to play. Last year I bought a used X52 off of ebay. It works ok but I think really it just needs a good cleaning and some TLC and I plan on using it as a back up stick. I'm getting the T.16000m stick & throttle for my birthday, and I'm gonna pick up FC3 to go with it. All this to ask...Is it better to use TARGET ( I think that's what it's called) or in-game control settings to assign functions in my HOTAS? Thankd

I don't think it's anything you're doing wrong. I'm fairly new to dcs, so others will be able to provide a better way to fix it. When you hit campaign and it should go to another screen where you pick your module, and then the missions. I only ha e 3 modules the A-10C, TF-51, and SU-25 and it gives me the option to choose between the A10 and Su25 or any campaigns I create if/when I get to that point. I'm not sure what is involved but maybe a reload or an uninstall/reinstall may be needed to fix it. As I said though others maybe know an easier way to fix it

Yes and no, the biggest way to tell the difference is when the pilot turns on the JFS to start the motor(s). Those sounds are way different but once they are up and running all you really hear is intake whistle. You can kind of tell the difference because the 16 seems to have a higher pitched whistle than the 15. However, when they are flying back into the pattern and doing their mid field breaks you tell a difference in airplanes base on the intake noises. The F15 has an whistle to it that sounds like an eagle. The F22 has a howl, you hear when the pilot is messing with the throttle,, and the F35 is just obnoxiously loud but still recognizable. The F18 has distinct sound also. Hopefully this made sense, I never thought it would be this hard to put into words. In closing when they are starting, and when they are flying you can tell the difference

Just wanted say a proper hello to everyone. I've had the A-10C module for years but never really got to play it due to not having a very good computer. I have one now that should be able to play it fairly well. I was big into Sims in mid 90's with the last one I truly played was the Janes F-15E strike eagle. I've been a huge aviation buff since I was a kid and joined the Air Force out of high school and work on the ejections seats in F-15C/D/E models, now I do the same thing as a civilian. Over my career I've work on the QF-4E/G and QRF-4C and now the F-16. I watched some videos over the holidays the restarted my interest in DCS and want to learn about flying Sims well and getting the full experience of these amazing games. Well anywho, nice to meet yall. Happy Hunting!