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Can't see an attachment, but the standard console panels (best demonstrated on the right console) are 5.75" wide, and a multiple of 0.375" long. If you have a prod around in the Home Cockpits section you should be able to get some good info - Mustang I think it is has plans out for Hornet panels. Failing that, I've attached the baseline spec you need (MS 25212) for panel sizes. Hope that's a start for you. Panel Size.PDF

Hear hear. F/A-18 Korea was the first flight sim I ever played, and occasionally for a burst of nostalgia I'll fire up the training video. It's been a long wait for a proper Hornet simulator, especially given all the attention given to the Viper throughout the Noughties. Thanks again ED!

That's considerably better than any of the pictures I'd have come back with! I've attached the ones I used - although Mongo, do you have many more interior shots you're in a position to upload?

Thanks an awful lot for that - been trying to confirm in the Home Cockpits section what the white part was, I'd thought it was possibly part of an uplock control. Much appreciated!

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From ATP 3.3.4.2: c. Speeds. (1) Tanker. The tanker speed during a RV procedure is prescribed in the tanker’s flight manual and repeated in the applicable National SRD; this speed is normally optimised for best tanker performance. This is the speed that the tanker will fly if communication is not established with the receiver. If the tanker’s speed differs from that listed, the tanker should advise the receiver in the RV Initial Call. (2) Receiver. The receiver should normally fly the speed prescribed in its flight manual and listed in appropriate tanker National SRD. For Option 1 of the RV Delta (Chapter 2, Annex 2D) where the tanker’s speed is known to the receiver, the receiver flies the tanker speed plus 20 kts. From some reading I gather the 'standard' track speed of a KC-135 is 275KIAS. Under most circumstances they will adjust to the appropriate speed for the receiver, which may be negotiated in the air. For Rendezvous Echo situations (which seem to be the most DCS-appropriate) there's no standard speed specified. Have a look at the Joint Air Power Competence Centre - Air to Air Refuelling (linked below) if you really want to lose hours to reading! https://www.japcc.org/aar/

I'm a air traffic controller for the North Atlantic for my day job - military formations including tankers tend to be roughly Mach 0.8 at roughly FL250, which equates to about 330 knots indicated. Obviously that's a single straight line rather than racetrack.

Hi all, I've been staring a lot lately at the Hornet's gear handle. I can see it has a lot in common with the AV8B handle. Couple of questions (in addition to whether it has a detent or not) Does the handle have an uplock? Looking at the attached images there's a little white spot at the top of the recess. There's a small lump behind that on the gear handle, so initially I took the white part to be a means to prevent the handle being pulled out without being rotated 90 degrees first. But the more I look at it the more it looks like a kind of push button. As an aside, I've come to the conclusion that Hornets 'should' have the metal frame around the handle, as opposed to the ED model where it's just the red handle. If anyone has images/info that 'disprove' that I'd be grateful. Cheers.

They're Doppler Beam Sharpening, hence the DBS designation. Looking through Chuck's Guide the black region seems to be a feature, as the Doppler shift is too great along the flight path. As you say, being slightly off boresight will allow an area to be mapped.

Shouldn't happen and have never experienced this. ATC mode does backdrive the throttles briefly but you can't engage it while in AB. Tried disconnecting the throttle and using Numpad +/- for a bit?

Seem to be a few variations about!

Nabbed these out of my old EECH manual

Simple question - are there any? I'm aware the EMG gear deploy position has a detent, but can't find whether either/both handles need pulling out a short distance before they can be moved, either in one direction or in both. Whilst googling it wasn't even apparent whether civvie aircraft do or don't, and I'm not so far in my private flying that I've touched anything retractable. Does anyone have a clue? Cheers!

I think that would come under dedicated EW and beyond the remit of 'self protection'.

Just tried a cold start, the TCN/HSI options are there on the HSI from the moment the MPCD powers on. Silly question but did you ensure TACAN/ILS is turned on? After you hit the TCN/ILS button on the UFC, make sure to hit the ON/OFF button. ON will prominently display in the frequency window, then when you select it on the HSI you will receive a signal and it will be displayed on the HUD.

I tried this earlier this year with my (now old) 21 inch monitor. At the distance I have my screen, there's just enough room for the HUD on it, at a realistic FOV. The absurd thing is how 'unrealistic' that then feels.

Found this elsewhere on the DCS forum (quite by chance!) "71. Not Auto Flaps Up Operation. Pitch stick command and pitch trim bias are the pitch command inputs used during control augmentation system (CAS) operation. WITH ROLL-PITCH-YAW COMPUTER CONFIG/IDENT 99 AND UP (A1-F18AC-SCM-000), pitch stick command is limited to 2.5 inches forward and 3.55 inches aft. A trim up or trim down command causes the pitch trim bias to be supplied to the pitch trim integrator. The pitch trim integrator sums the pitch trim bias with the integrator’s previous output to produce the pitch trim integrator signal. Pitch trim integrator signal is limited to 0° trailing edge down and 12° trailing edge up. Pitch outer loop command (if required, refer to WP029 01) and pitch stick command during automatic carrier landing (ACL) operation (if required, refer to WP029 01), are the pitch command inputs during autopilot operation. I'm presuming that's a hardware rather than a software-induced limit?

Correct, only the F/A-18C Lot 20 in the ME is flyable.

That a publicly available doc that a non-American is allowed to read?

Merry Christmas all! Just threw a quick graph together based on the Evaluation data - I'm assuming it's a straight addition onto the breakout force. What's your source for this? I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere else including NATOPS.

Ah thanks for that! I wonder if they kept it then simply because they'd have to redesign the stick or some other mount for the paddle switch. Cheers, much appreciated and would make any construction much simpler if there's no force measuring component. NATOPS says: "2.8.2.2.5 Pitch and Roll Trim Switch. Normally, movement of the pitch and roll trim switch electrically biases the flight control computers and the stick does not move. Little if any pitch trim is required in the auto flap up mode due to the automatic trimming functions within the flight control computers. In MECH, pitch trim moves the control stick fore and aft, changing the stick neutral point. There is no mechanical lateral trim." So I'm assuming your comments regarding deadband moving with trim apply to MECH mode, but in normal/DEL modes the stick will behave much like a home joystick.

Found this thread today and super interested (as I'm at this stage of planning a build as well) Ran a couple of rough tests in the sim, there's no difference in stick displacement (and minimal difference in FCS displayed data) in any of the flap positions. My question is - if there is a 3lb breakout force, but the stick is force sensing, does that mean you can still make fine control inputs without any actual movement in the stick?

I mean the kneeboard using Right Shift + K. F10 uses True North. So you will have to subtract the magnetic deviation (6-7 degrees) from the F10 measurement to give you the actual heading in the jet.

119 degrees is the correct heading to fly - the kneeboard shows the runway in magnetic. F10 and the Mission Editor work in True North, hence the difference.

If using WPDSG, make sure the waypoint is set at ground level in the ME! Just been doing some testing this morning - I had the same problems with the climb but then found on the MSN page that the target elevation was 9144m. Set the waypoint to ground level, tested again, and hey presto the missile dives as anticipated. Still didn't hit it though :P