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No, that's not it... no aviator uses sissy nav modes However, these days...

I've never felt bad about curving the pitch and roll axes. You have to for inflight refueling, form flying, etc. The only issue with pitch... if you dumb it down too much around the center then go and do some A/A gunnery, it takes a little effort to master the changing gain as you adjust your pull.

I digested most of this, hehe. Still... I think it would probably be possible to implement roll trimming for level flight, not that manual trimming is a big problem. Say before launch you do your trim for asymmetric loadout. After launch, with increasing a/s the system wouldn't require radical corrections, besides it's already biased before launch. After dropping ordinance the corrections may be more pronounced... Well, not really a big deal. In DCS, if I'm dropping JDAMs from high altitude and don't feel like trimming and re-trimming constantly I turn ATTH on till I'm done releasing one at a time. It helps a little. If it takes too long between releases, trim...

Sure... and that straight line can get you shot to pieces I don't know what scenarios you're talking about but... just make your flight plan (with waypoints) and follow it

Don't know but most of them (fighters) have the tail hooks... no matter how flimsy, they can pitch that departure end cable or there might be a net hooked up to anchor chains in the overrun. It would be cool to have barriers in DCS... on some airfields of course

I could swear I heard 'someone that knows' say it's possible to mark on the ground, not too sure about reset to MK1 once back on deck... I'm too lazy to look it up, let SMEs do that

No, you didn't miss it. Technically, I think it could be done. Heck... they can turn it into a drone No need for a driver. Cougar, you the guy from the other sim, aren't you? I remember that callsign.

JTACS, combat control or whoever will provide local altimeter for ops area. Usually, civilian traffic is 'chased away' from the area. Transition alt (whatever it may be for this part of the world) would not be of much concern.

The track was finally recorded correctly... Just another installment of radar/Amraam testing. This clip: Ambush attack from behind. Radar on when closed in to 5nm. (TWS - 4bar/40az, Auto, 4sec timeout) I would pay the devs extra just for fixing HMD masking over HUD. It makes me cross-eyed!

Son of a... TWS hasn't failed me in the last 10 hops. Track aging set to 4 sec. No dropped tracks. Amraams, as usual Had to post the live vid. The tracks are not playing correctly.

we are on the same page now... runs back to the bar (the family bar of course)

Just to make sure... with all different languages and expressions... I'm 99% sure you know what I meant but there's always that 1% chance we're on different pages. Drink = water below you coming up to meet you. If you mean 'regular' drinks... I'm in.

... and the drink coming up quick

and this little gem... lucifer plateau, https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/256879-what-the-heck/?do=getNewComment Syria #1 for me. Flying through those ravines and hill. Have to look for damn powerlines though.

Got you. TBH, DCS LSOs are the last thing on my mind when I do carrier ops, I always try to review my own vids and grade myself but... It's nice to see _OK_ here and there

I flew another case I this morning. A lot better, _OK_ 4 no deviations. The ball was centered all the way down... must've floated a bit. Short vid: from entering the groove to trap. https://youtu.be/ulF2yY4OsD8 I have the track but for some reason the OP can't find it. Could it be map specific?

Throttles to MRT just before wheels on deck is not really a cheat. Especially with the motor spool-up time we currently have + the time it takes for even a light weight Hornet to react to that. If I see myself sinking just before over ramp, well... let me rephrase that: If I 'feel' my sink rate will increase, before I even see it, I'll shove the throttles forward an extra .5 sec before normal.

Well, until someone sends you 'by the book' trap... here's the not so by the book. The first trap in over a month and it already shows. The worst part is sloppy power adjustments and trim. I need few more traps to get back in shape. Anyways, started up in the air 20nm form the ship. Spent couple of minutes configuring then lined up on BRC at 800' @ 350knots. Used ATC to hold a/s coming for the break. I was using VR. Hopefully the track will play correctly on your rig. Edit: Something got messed up... oh well, someone already posted some more. Mine was done on Syrian map, could be something with my settings. I removed this one.

I'm describing the way it works currently in DCS. (4 bandits in fairly close form) In EXP: same as normal TWS except spacing between bandits is slightly larger. L&S and DT2 set. By pressing the pinky (undesig) once I can toggle L&S to DT2. Press it again and they are swapped back. Press it 3rd time, L&S goes to bandit #3. Press it 4th time, L&S goes to #4. Another press and L&S is back on #1. Weird but it works. The toggling part that is, the radar is royally fudged. In RAID: when entering, the L&S is there already... first fox3. TDC depress on whichever track you want next, you'll see a tiny diamond in the center of the track. Press TDC again, it's an L&S now. You have to pay close attention not to designate the same bandit twice. The L&S will always be in the center of display, the rest of the group will shift accordingly. So... call it what you will but it used to work quite good in the sim. I would kill 4 out of 4 launching from RAID. Not any more... 2 or 1 out of 4 (co-altitude, non maneuvering)

Got you, will try with EXP.

Thanks, I hope it'll get implemented. Another Q if I may: The current RAID implementation allows designating each of the closely spaced bandits and sending an Amraam to them, once they are all within WEZ. This was a nifty feature not that long ago until both radar and Amraams got dumbed down. The designation in RAID was done by double clicking the TDC on each bandit. Is this behavior realistic or a different mech is involved?

Quick question: when going from TWS back to RWS, does the az/bars setting change to pre-programmed RWS setting or TWS FOV is carried over to RWS? Currently, we have to toggle to a different A/A weapon and back to Amraam to go back to originally programmed parameters.

I don't know but if I ever did try to land on a patch of grass or dirt (definitely not on soft mud or beach), I would definitely pretend like I'm landing a Viper... put it down on eggs, not the carrier approach and hold off the nose gear as long as possible. 'Our' Hornet will not let you flare. There are some patches of land, dry lakes, etc. that might be smooth and long enough... what's a little ditch here and there, hehe. (j/k) There is vid of a Viper landing on grass... on its belly though. If those skinny 'sticks' were extended... probably a big fireball. BTW, I'd like to see expeditionary runways simulated, of course with arresting gear.

One of the sim-isms in DCS and other sims are 'unrealistic' situations where you might find yourself going solo against some very crafty bandits, stacked at different altitudes, spread up all over the sky and 'weeds'. Even w/o AWACS you might've been able to sort them out from far away and your radar scan volume was sufficient, then as you get closer... you need AESA

It's been a while since I used the other sim... somehow I never had a need for FD delivery. One thing though, the BAC settings for AP CPL have nothing to do with FD setup... if I remember correctly