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If you short-press 'H' or 'K' it should cycle the left and right MFCD pages, respectively. If they don't, you've borked your keybinds somehow. If you select a TAD, MAV or TGP page on the MFCD, then press the highlighted OSB on the bottom row, it should make that page SOI. In your first image, that means pressing the highlighted "TAD" OSB on the left MFCD. If it does not, you've borked your install somehow. If both the above do happen, you have some major operator error

Those can only be done by the ground crew, so there is no keybind. You have to use the comms menu. I spoke with someone who worked on A-10's, and he said the pilots should not extend the boarding ladder, the ground crew should. I suspect they're worried about the ladder getting damaged from dropping

AFAIK the canopy is on an essential electric bus that does not require the battery switch to be on. There's an external canopy switch next to the boarding ladder.

With the battery on and no APU, the UHF radio works (the VHF radios do not). With the APU and APU GEN on, all radios work As mentioned above, with the canopy open, you can still bring up the comms menu with the any comms keybind and request from the ground crew.

Pinky switch is a 3-way switch on the throttle forward - Default lights (position on solid, strobes off). lighting controls disabled center - all lights off aft - Lights according to controls If you want strobes on or position lights flashing, you need it in the aft position, the controls don't work in the other two positions. I can't remember if formation lights are included in the forward position

Ooooh, I see, sorry to butt in on the conversation The A-10 is MUCH better at CAS, not just better. The priority goal of CAS is not to blow up bad guys, but to AVOID blowing up friendlies. As such, the ability to see EPLRS beacons on the A-10 give you worlds more SA than the Hornet. Likewise, the ability to stay on station long enough to build up SA of where the good guys and bad guys are is something the Hornet will always have less of. Even after you're out of weapons, you can be a tremendous asset to other flights by staying on station, since you have built up the SA to help others avoid blowing up friendlies. In DCS, A-10's will practically never refuel because of the small theaters and time limitations, but IRL would be a different story

'Rudel"?? brrt CBU-97's APKWS better HMCS endurance/less refueling helping guys on the ground

Good point, the 'Make HTML' can also be accessed by clicking on the dropdown arrow next to each controller name

It's not clear if this is the specific reason, but people have gotten the "GUN UNSAFE" warning before. I've never seen it myself

It is always at the bottom of the screen in the settings->controls tab (or pick Adjust Controls from the ESC menu in game)

Many thanks for that, I've had the first version for a long time but didn't realize it got updated!

I'm not sure, but I suspect they mainly do that because the wings are NOT self-sealing, they're just integral fuel tanks, unlike the fuselage tanks, so you don't want to get shot at until the wing tanks are empty. 'I don't always get shot at. But when I do, I prefer empty wing tanks.'

There's a float shutoff switch in the wing tanks when they're empty

click on "Make HTML". It will put all the devices' bindings in html format in your Saved games folder in InputLayoutsTxt

Random bits of info I've gleaned: Mode 1 is a 2 digit (octal) code Mode 2 & 3 are 4 digit (octal) codes Mode 3/A gives no altitude info, Mode 3/C sends altitude info Mode 4 is encrypted. Presumably, you only have two preset Mode 4 codes, A & B which the code dial selects. Apparently these codes go bye-bye on power loss, so you set it to HOLD before shutting down if you are keeping the codes There's also Mode S that can only be controlled by the MFCD COMM page No idea when Mode 1, 2 and 4 are used. Mode 3 & S are universally used in civilian aircraft, EMER sets the Mode 3 code to 7700 and the Mode 1 & 2 to codes on the MFCD IFF page that we don't have. Among other things, ejecting also automatically sets it to EMER (handy). Edit: typo, Modes 2 & 3 are 4 digits, not 5 digits

Note the last line in the description from page 147

What, do you mean this dial from page 148 of the manual?

Quick search does wonders:

I can't remember off the top of my head, does the STRINFO page change when you cycle steerpoints with the STEERPT rocker switch? Or only when you select a new waypoint with LSK L3?

Wait a minute, are you trying to change displayed waypoints by using the STEERPT switch on AAP, the STEER switch on the UFC, or the DMS switch on the HOTAS? If so, I suspect the problem is your use of the STEERPT sub page in the WP menu. This displays the data for the steerpoint at the time you select the STEERPT subpage. Cycling the current steerpoint afterwards using any of the above methods does NOT change the data shown. You have to use the LSK's on line 3 to select a different waypoint, or go back and select the STEERPT subpage again. Likewise, if you select the WAYPT sub page, it goes to the last displayed waypoint, but does not change when you cycle steerpoints. In both sub pages, the data displayed is for the waypoint on line 3, not the steerpoint # noted on line 1

It's mentioned in the legacy Hornet's flight manual, the speedbrake significantly reduces directional stability and control (especially crosswinds and wet runways). It's not prohibited or a limitation, though, just a recommendation, so unless you break something, nobody will come after you for using it

Yeah, at the time, I recall we thought it might be some kind of transparency issue with fog/smoke, but we couldn't consistently reproduce it, and then it seemed to go away after an update. Obviously, it's still in there somewhere under certain circumstances

Ah, you're right, I had that backwards in my head And even if it was backwards, it would be at an altitude of about 90,000' MSL

TACAN gives you slant range, not ground range, hence the distance error

@Wroblowaty is correct, speedbrake is not recommended. FULL wheelbrake once wheels are firmly on the ground, you've got anti-skid so take advantage of it. You can start feeding in back stick to put more weight on the wheels and cause more drag, but two caveats: Don't start pulling back on the stick until AFTER you've started braking for obvious reasons Don't pull back on the stick far enough to catch the stick on the ejection handle