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Also works when ground power is connected and your main power switch set to MAIN.

A-10C, definitely! I have over 200 hours on that bird, worth every penny. She is slow, but can stay aloft for hours, lots of weapons, the GAU-8, tough, very stable and easy to fly. As far as modules go, she is one of the oldest modules but is very well polished at this point. I highly recommend it if you don't have it. F-18 is a fast mover, and can suck down gas. Nimble, responsive to the controls, and can go past Mach 1. I'm enjoying it, and I just got it yesterday, alongside the Harrier. Harrier seems like it has way more to learn compared to the Hornet. My biggest issue with the Hornet right now is the transition to approach when doing an overhead break, though that is mostly on me by not having enough stick time :joystick:. The lessons that came with the Hornet are easier to follow along with and are structured well. The Harriers lessons felt like so much was being thrown at you at once, very difficult to keep up with, and left me confused with what I had to do. And that was with the beginning stuff like cold start and taxi/takeoff. Never made it to doing landings, STOL, and VTOL. My frustration level was getting to be too much by that point so I stopped with that module and moved on. wizav - no choppers for me until I get better hardware (rudder pedals at the minimum) randomTOTEN - I'm not really interested in Warsaw Pact/Russian equipment at this point. Thanks for the input on this guys, think I'm leaning towards the super carrier. Really gotta work on my landings though in the mean time.

Not wanting to intrude on wizav's Kid in a Candy store thread, but I too am enjoying the free trials of the modules. A BIG thank you to ED for doing this! My list that I've tried is: AV-8B Harrier F5-E Tiger II F-86 Sabre UH-1H Iroquois F/A-18C Hornet The F-5 and F-86 are both great modules, and are two I will purchase in the future. The Huey is fun, but not having rudder pedals really limits the experience (my X-45 HOTAS has a rudder rocker on the throttle). I can see myself with this module once I have better hardware. Thought I would enjoy the Harrier, and ended up not. Very daunting aircraft, far more complex than my Hog (which I'm quite decent at). I've heard the phrase "drinking from a fire hose" in regards to training, but the Harrier's lessons feel like drinking from an 18 inch water main. I may reconsider this one down the road. Then there's the F-18. This bird is a joy to fly. Doesn't have quite the performance of my F-16, but it's still a lot of fun. The lessons are well laid out and I've been steadily progressing through them. This is a definite purchase for me come payday. Here's where my conundrum lies. I'm debating now whether to get the NTTR map, or the Super Carrier. I know the Marianas map will be coming, and having been stationed on Guam for a few years, I'm really looking forward to that map. Wonder which way I should go, the NTTR map or the super carrier?

Just did the 2nd training mission, Approach and Landing. The "follow me" humvee looped around and rammed another F5 and lit him on fire (at least it wasn't me).

Just ran it a third time and same thing again. A fuel truck hit me, lit on fire and exploding, ending the training mission.

Happened to me as well, twice. 1st time the nearby fuel truck drove off, went around and clipped my tail, lit on fire and then exploded. 2nd time, it was a Humvee that plowed into my starboard side and pushed me across the ramp. Both events essentially ended the lesson.

Might be on your end there. I've done it intentionally with no issues. In fact, SimFreak has a thread here with a mission which is the 1,000 lb challenge. It's a hot start runway mission with 1,000 lbs of fuel. The challenge is to takeoff, get as much altitude as possible, and glide back for a landing. No CTD in any of my attempts.

This is from my first flight after doing the tutorials. Clean wing, full internal fuel, and full burner. Got the bingo fuel warning in just under 10 minutes. Lot of fun!

Yeah, the UFC and DED are still puzzling to me. And I was getting pretty good with the UFC/CDU in the A-10. Feels like I'm starting all over again in the Viper.

Yes. Engine flamed out around 37,000 feet, but had enough speed that I was able to climb another 4,000 feet before gravity took over. Within seconds of the flameout, the EPU was up and running. Turned around and dove towards the base. Leveled off around 5,000 to set up for my approach. Soon after I had weight on wheels the EPU shut down. In hindsight, somewhere on the way down I should have lifted the EPU switch guard and just set it to on so I could maintain controls as I coasted down the runway.

Thank you SimFreak! Just tried it and made it to 41,510 feet, and landed successfully. Here’s my attempt. T/O 08:00:23 Alt reached 41,510 Land 08:04:53 Open Beta f-16 1000 lbs.trk

4? 4 on the IFC is for Steerpoint. You push button 1 (T-ILS) to go to the TACAN/ILS page. Dobber down until the ILS frequency on the DED is has the asterisks and then punch in the frequency and hit enter. After that you have to punch in the runway course under the ILS frequency. Make sure you're on the correct side of the DED, since the TACAN settings are on the left side of the DED on this page. Once you do that you'll have to use the MODE select button on the bottom of the HSI (low on the center panel) to selected the ILS mode. If your close to the field, you should hear the ILS Morse code.

Oh sorry, didn't realize your post had a mission file. Thought it was a track. My mistake there. :doh: I won't be able to do this then, I don't have the NTTR map.

Just got this bird yesterday myself. Very impressed at it's agility, especially compared to my Warthog. Couple questions though. What are the starting conditions? Cold ramp start, takeoff from ramp, takeoff from runway? Which airfield? Just curious on this, so we can all start off the same.

RIGHT ALT + HOME and RIGHT CTRL + HOME will bring the throttles out of their detents. Once out of their detents, the throttles will move like normal. Similar for shutting the engines down, though you use the END key instead of the HOME key. This is also assuming you have the BAT PWR and INV STBY switches set to ON, as well as the APU running with it's generator online, plus turning on the 4 fuel boost pumps to feed the main engines.

I just remapped one of my HOTAS switches to be the MIC switch and it worked! Thank you for that :thumbup: Before whatever update came in, all I had to do was set the radio and then hit the backslash key to bring up the comms menu. Now I have to actually use the proper control. :) Thank you for the kind words :). I'm an Electronics Technician (active duty USCG) by trade. In fixing various systems, simplifying the troubleshooting process helps quite a bit. Giving the pertinent details, what it's doing or not doing, and what steps you've taken helps that process a lot. And usually gets your systems back up and running sooner in most cases, unless your waiting for parts.

APU gen power was on, it's part of my checklist and workflow when I'm doing a cold and dark ramp start.

I have an issue that just started with the last update. I'm on Steam stable 2.5.5.41371. A-10C looks like it was updated on April 8th. Easy Communication is not checked. During my startup process, after I start my APU and put it's generator online, I'll set my radio. I'm taking off from Kobuleti, and set the VHF accordingly, 133 MHz. ATC never responds to any of my calls, engine startup, taxi or takeoff requests. They will call me if I start moving. Here's a short track of it happening. It worked before the update. Am I doing something wrong or could this be a bug? a-10c ATC.trk

I bet. Putting such a large aircraft on small runway is not for the faint of heart. Maluti was the 2nd 747 that landed there. In 2004 SAA brought in a 747-200 named Lebombo (Maluti is a 747-SP). They did brakes only for the landing, though they did open the reversers (idle reverse), but didn't use them because they didn't want to trash the engines with all four overhanging the runway. Found a write up from the Captain that landed Lebombo on this site, about halfway down the page: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=247103

Good to know. Sounds to me that MTOW = MLW So even if you intentionally take off overweight (lot of weapons and full fuel), you can quickly get to ~37,000 lbs by jettisoning your weapons.

That was a South African Airlines 747 SP, named "Maluti", on her final flight to sit at a museum. From what I know of that, the pilots had surveyed that runway to know where their visual cues were. They flew a few low approaches before committing to the final approach. The runway was just wide enough to fit the main gear. ${1} For our A-10, I can't find a published max landing weight. It may very well be the same as the MTOW. If that is the case, you can land with all your stores still loaded. You'll be a few pounds lighter from burning some fuel. If you find yourself in a bad situation and need to get your weight down, hit that fancy red button to the left of the fire pulls.

I think what he means is to use your weapons. Here's some baseline numbers I pulled from the mission editor, and I'll round these numbers a bit to make it easier to remember: A completely empty A-10C is 25,000 lbs (24,967 to be exact) Full internal fuel is 11,000 lbs (11,087 to be exact), and convenient for us, the fuel gauge gives us our fuel quantity in lbs. Chaff and flares didn't add any weight to the aircraft. A full load of ammunition in the gun is 1,775 lbs. The pods you can't jettison: TGP weighs 661 lbs ALQ-131 is 672 lbs ALQ-184 is 474 lbs I'm not going to list out all of the weapons. Summary: 25,000 lbs - empty A-10C 26,000 lbs - empty A-10C with TGP and ALQ-184 37,000 lbs - A-10C with full fuel, TGP, and ALQ-184 39,000 lbs - A-10C with full fuel, full gun ammo. TGP, and ALQ-184

I ran across this one: https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/Threat_Database

Just finishing gathering and compiling some information regarding the fuel pumps from manuals, diagrams and, and some of Snoopy's posts. The DC pump automatically runs when the Left Main AC boost pump is not providing pressure. The DC pump is on the DC ESSEN bus which means it gets power and starts running as soon as the battery is turned on, or is connected to external power (DCS A-10C flight manual, page 658 ). The way the DC pump is plumbed into the system, it feeds the APU, left engine, and crossfeed valve. The only time the DC pump won't run is if the Left Main AC pump is running, the DC pump is damaged/broken, or you pulled the DC pump breaker on the breaker panel. The main AC pumps (left/right main and wing pumps) are not connected to the inverter bus and cannot be run from that power source (DCS A-10C flight manual page 657). Only the APU generator, left and right engine generators, or ground power can supply power to these pumps. The inverter will run as long as the switch is in the STBY position and no AC power is available. Once a generator or ground power is online, the inverter shuts down and goes into standby mode. From what I also understand, the DC pump is only intended to feed the APU so it can start, and get the AC pumps running for the main engines. I don't know how much fuel that DC pump can supply or if that pump alone can supply the engines running at full power. Though looking at the circuit breaker rating of 5 amps, I doubt that pump is large enough to feed the main engines any significant quantity of fuel. I bet the engine driven pumps are pulling fuel on their own once running if the DC pump is the only electric pump running. Snoopy, could you shed some light on this please? So for the quoted questions above, I numbered them: 1 - Left engine will start in this case with just the DC pump. This question does not mention the position of the APU GEN switch, so I am assuming it is off. The inverter is still running at this point so the AC pumps are not running regardless that they are switched "on". 2. Right engine will not start if the DC pump is the only pump running AND the crossfeed valve closed. This question also does not mention the position of the APU GEN switch, so I am assuming it is off. The inverter is still running at this point so the AC pumps are not running regardless that they are switched "on". 3. In this case since the APU GEN is on, the AC boost pumps can come alive and supply fuel since they are also switched on, and the right engine will start normally. 4. This confirms to me that the engine driven pumps will supply fuel to themselves even without the electric pumps, at least in the sim. 5. The APU shuts down because not only did you turn off the DC pump that feeds it fuel, but you also turned off the APU controller. Hopes this helps :)

I just tried. Did a takeoff from ramp with full gun ammo, drop tanks, and full fuel (simulating a long range escort). Maintained 170 IAS as long as I could, 2,700 RPM @ 46". Burned from the fuselage tank after takeoff. Made it to 33,000 feet and took about 30 minutes to get there. The plane was super touchy on the controls (using an old X-45 isn't helping me). Wasn't able to get much higher without risking a stall. Punched off the tanks, which helped and I got to 35,000. Still running 2,700 rpm at this point. By now I was struggling, I am fighting against my joystick :joystick: as much as the plane while trying to trim it out. Stalled around 35k and got into a spin, recovering at around 27,000. Ended up quitting in frustration. Really like this airplane, but I am new to it and using a 15 year old stick that I really need to upgrade. Someone else more skilled than me would be able to answer this better if you can make it to 42,000 at 2,700 RPM.