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yep power is needed :)

I know ;)

We can help you test :)

Remember that the F-14 almost has a commercial jetliner wings. F-14 is basically a b-737-100 with pylons and a gun ;) :pilotfly:

By the way ..is there an official template yet ?

Hi all :) Let's share and get more in on this :) Two old F4 falcon guys go online on a dcs server in F-18 hornets. He said "we are not ready but I said hell let's give it a go". Just listening to the pro on the radio really tell us we are not ready but the immersion is great :). Caucasus map and ao is north and we are in hornets ..two ship we will show them or at least make a dent .... 3rd replane after being waxed, my wingman says low level and flank from the right through the mountains...sure let's go . I' m a plane length behind him,as his is working the mountains at full burner. I have front row seat to a hornet doing 500 knots at 50 feet in the mountains...not bad and just trying to keep up. We start to be at the hot zone of enemy planes and get beeps here and there and this happens.... I'm in follow the leader mode and have already crashed almost 3 times.... blind left turn and he wings over and cranks ....and out of the corner of my eye I see see something... A jet coming the other way...lead never sees him ... but I have to alter my flight to miss him and at 50 feet 500 knots ...well it is though to communicate the almost midair. It was a Hornet fleeing (saw that much :) ) We press on and get waxed again but that low level high speed ingress was epic. Of 19 years of online play I have two of these moments. This is one of them :) What's you epic moment :)

Serious though. Question: since we are sim pilots, any tricks or tips to work the tgp. I mean are you heads down and using the instruments to maneuver the jet only or is it more head out of the jet and glancing at the tgp and working targets :) I might get target fixated and only the wind noise will alert me to be 30 degree left and 40 degree down :) Thanks :)

Ya have a rope with a 250 pound counterweight on a ledge. We drop the counterweight and you are holding the other end of the rope. :pilotfly: Could the jet have an auto correct system ..sure but it does not. I just do approx. 3 trim clicks the other way to counter. Also I think we will get more steering cues on the mfd's in due time, so we can fly heads down. Like when we are in race cars, we don't look at the speed but what gear we need to be in for that corner (low 3. gear or high etc) Been following a lot of ex pilots on youtube and comparing them to the new pilots and many new pilot just lack the feel. All stuff have quirks and we need to adjust :) Just remember this is a very high multitasking environment. TRain train and your brain will find it 2nd nature and that is a awesome feeling when it happens :)

And his has the magic to make our jets funny ... ;)

Side stick :)

hahah ba dum tiisshh ;)

Now here comes the space shuttle .....that mega cruising :)

Ya want those conformal fuel tanks in ya christmas stocking eh ;) :)

Also me think the balance of the jet is yet to be final :) Said it before tgp pod imbalance is driving me nuts :) Dcs could make it on rails but, I think that would through off the hole aero of the jet elsewhere. Fighterpilot podcast(youtube channel) did touch on this, no two jets are the same in real life. Again DCS is going "ya ungrateful #¤%#¤%#" ;) But all this feedback can only help to find as close of a compromise as possible :)

Poke ;)

OK it was axis asign The mods I have, I checked on all real/sim, as that is what I fly only. New edition was the Thrustmaster mfd's hardware. F16c was good F-18 was not F-5 was not Ka-50 was not A-10c was not Spitfire was not P-51 was good Tf_51 was not Thx for making me look :) It was weird though, that once i moved the joystick, the plane was under full control again. Oh well...By the way osb buttons was working as intended right out of the box :)

It is only in the Hornet it happens but will check ..thx :)

No one ?

Hi :) My Hornet rolls on unpause. As soon I move the stick, I can control the jet f18 weird.trk

Also a point ...is wind affecting the jets enough ? I'll bet most people test at no wind. When we fly commercial sims wel almost always have real weather in (I do :) ) Wish we had real weather in this sim :) Both F-16 and F-18, to me, seems to have a hard time stopping. Granted I might have a part in it as well :)

REALLY ? ;):D

Head math....will be done by my wingman ;) :pilotfly:

Thanks will get at it :)