Diesel_Thunder

Good day all. Thought I would try the Mustang today with all rudder assist turned off. Bad idea on my part, every time I tried to take off, I end up as a flaming wreck off the side of the runway. Part of my problem lies in that I don't have rudder pedals. My HOTAS has a rudder rocker on the backside of the throttle (see attached), that has 3/4" of total travel, 3/8" in either direction. Works well for taxi, but I don't think it has the precision that a set of pedals have. I can never get the right amount of rudder for any corrections during takeoff, or too much. Until I get a set of pedals, I probably should leave the rudder assist on? Thoughts from the forum?

Thanks for the tip Rudel. My rig has both an SSD and a normal drive. Downloading updates to the normal drive will help, but I am more concerned with after. I want the SC (and everything DCS) on the SSD. Until I get a second SSD just for DCS, I will have to juggle modules as I see fit, hence why I would like to know the final folder size before downloading it.

Would anyone that has downloaded the SC please share how large the folder is? My SSD is near full, and I may need to move stuff around before downloading the new update and SC.

And that is the re-useable bar. Didn't the old ones use a piece of steel or aluminum that broke free once a certain amount of tension (launch) was applied?

I tried out a lot of the American aircraft (F-86, F-5, F-18, AV-8, and UH-1). Ended up buying the P-51, F-16, Super Carrier, WWII Assets, and Persian Gulf. A friend of mine also gifted me the F-18, F-15, and NTTR. I did like the F86 and F5, but liked the Hornet and Viper a lot more. Harrier was too much for me to handle well (very complicated and the lessons are kinda confusing). I can see buying the F-86 and F-5 down the road. My lack of rudder pedals led to hardships while attempting to fly the Huey. That is a down the road purchase as well once I get better hardware. The time with these modules also spurred me to build a head tracking setup with an LED head clip and a modified PSEye camera. I now need a new SSD because I don't have the room to install some of the modules. A big thank you to ED for the awesome trial and sale month!! :cheer3nc:

The Hornet is well worth full price :thumbup:

Awesome! That's my next major hurdle for me after I get consistent with carrier landings. Something I never had to worry about in the Hog (love that fuel efficiency), but since getting the Viper and Hornet I know I have to do AAR at some point in order to run longer missions. What did you have to do with your throttle?

Depending on how high and how far away you drop it, you could miss. The bomb seeker is trying to "fly" the bomb to the impact point. The more it maneuvers the more energy it bleeds, and it risks falling short if it doesn't have enough altitude/energy left to get to the laser spot.

That is done through Bankler's excellent Case I training mission. He scripted it very well to do LSO grading. Works for both the Hornet (which I have) and the Tomcat (which I don't have). Mission available here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=221412 Using that mission, I am slowly improving my landings.

I use Opentrack and notice the same thing. When I am looking straight ahead in the cockpit with HMCS on, and turn my head to either side while keeping it level the HMCS cue is about 15º depressed. And like Kestrel says, it's like aiming with your chin. Here's a few shots I took. One of my view centered as I would normally fly, and then looking left and right keeping the HUD in frame for reference.

Is the Tomcat that tough to fly in landing configuration? Or in general? I am interested in that module, but I think I need better hardware (pedals and a better HOTAS) before I get it.

I too have added to my hanger. For the longest time I only had the A-10A and A-10C. Recently, I have added the P-51, F-16, Super Carrier, WWII assets, and Persian Gulf. Put together a head tracking setup too. A friend of mine also gifted me the F-18, NTTR, and F-15C. During the free trial, I also tried out the Huey, F-86, F-5, and Harrier. Missed out on being able to try the F-14. I will purchase the Huey at some point in the future only after I get better hardware, namely a set of rudder pedals. Likely will get the F-86 and F-5 at some point as well, but more interested in the Tomcat. I now have a new problem. I need a second SSD just for DCS now because my current one is just about maxed out, and am unable to install everything. Another 16 GB of RAM wouldn't hurt either. I'm very grateful that ED gave us this opportunity to try everything and having a sale!

Thanks Rudel! :thumbup:

Good day all. Can anyone give me how much drive space the WWII assets pack takes? Was thinking of purchasing the assets pack, but my SSD is close to being full. I may need to move some other programs to my other drive if needed.

The Phalanx does not use the 30mm GAU-8 that is in the Warthog. It uses the 20mm M61 Vulcan that is found in various fighter aircraft (such as the F/A-18, F-16, F-15, F-14, F-105, etc), some AC-130 gunships, and the Army M163.

For me Zulu time also obscures the bank scale, right around the 30º tick. Not so much for the IFLOLS, but I have head tracking so moving my head for the ball is not an issue.

Did a quick search, but didn't find anything. Any idea how much disk space is the SC supposed to take?

What does the Hornet have for backup in case you run out of fuel? The Viper has an EPU that will run for 10-15 minutes to provide power to the FLCS and hydraulics. I've seen nothing in the DCS Hornet manual in regards to this. The few times I've ran out of gas was circling the boat working on my Case I landings. Very little time to do anything when your below 1,000 feet and the engines flame out. Though not a bad idea to practice this by starting at a high altitude and either run out of fuel or just shut down the engines. Doing this over Groom Lake with the nice salt flat would give plenty of room to dead stick it in. Mozdok on the Caucasus map has a good amount of flat land surrounding it too.

Yep, works just fine in the Hog we have currently. As long as the AP is set to ALTITUDE HOLD, and your bank angle isn't excessive.

I am using my ~15 year old X-45, which was suffering a lot of stiction. Using some furniture polish as suggested has helped tremendously! Way smoother now and very little stiction. I've been applying it every few days. @jlummel, your suggestion of teflon lube is intriguing. Do you have any recommendations as far as what to look for? I'm avoiding petroleum based products because I don't want the plastic to degrade.

So I practiced for about 3 hours today, taking off from Kobuleti. I flew out over water a few miles, got into landing configuration. Burned an entire fuel load (bingo set at 2k) doing nothing else but maintaining altitude at 800 feet, descents to 600, 30º level turns, and 30º descending turns. Was able to get a good grasp on that. I then landed, refueled, and went back out to my "practice" area and worked on doing nothing but the break turn. Burned another 8,000 lbs of fuel doing this as well. Think I found my weak point. Maintaining altitude while pulling the right G, bleeding off speed, and getting the right lateral separation from the boat is tough. My practice didn't even involve the boat, just me doing a lot of 180º break turns. Definitely something I need to work on more. Thank you for the tips Flaming Squirrel :thumbup: And thank you for lining Jabber's video hrnet940, very helpful! I know at some point I have to learn aerial refueling, though not now. I want to get landings down first. The Hornet and the Viper sure don't have the fuel endurance the Warthog does. What's harder to do? AAR or Case 1 landings?

Oh, I know. Gotta actually land on said boat first in order to get fuel :joystick:, which is my problem as seen above :(. I'll get there, just need more (a lot more) practice. And yes, thank you Bankler!

Doing way better than me. I know this is difficult both IRL and in DCS. I'll get proficient eventually. This is an excellent mission, has a mix of everything, including aerial refueling. Here's my two most recent sessions. Approach 4 in the first one scored as a bolter even though I aborted that one myself, and flew down the starboard side of the Stennis. In the second session, I never trapped and ran out of gas.

I've used TIR at a friends house in the past, and just recently built my own head tracking setup using OpenTrack and modifying a PSEye camera. It's a low cost alternative to VR for sure, and frees up time spent using the view keys, and HOTAS hats for other things. Makes all the aircraft that much more enjoyable, especially my Mustang.

I believe the instrument you are thinking of is the Turn Coordinator :) A set of pedals is on my list of things to get as well. My rudder consists of a rocker on the back of my throttle. Very limited range of movement, so I only use it for taxi.