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I don't know why all FC3 defenders here suddenly get up in arms to prove they are god skilled. IonicRipper never said otherwise. You guys are awesome, bravo! We bow to your combat prowess. Why do you try to get that point accross so forcefully? You take things wayyyyy too personal

Apache has a reputation of being a hangar queen, though, probably not the same with other US choppers

Full throttle is 3250 RPM and is stated for 30 minutes ok in the manual. Only 3 minutes with WEP engaged. Why is it a requirement to turn it on? I only put it on when I need extra power.

Gromit is actively participating in Moose, I think it's in his plans ;)

An "historicaly correct" plane set, as you put it, is going to take years. That's what it took to get us there with 4 planes. I don't know what you really expect, tbh. If it's about changing the current planes parameters to fit more to real numbers, then we need to show that current parameters are wrong, which doesn't seem to be, and it doesn't look like that's the point you're making. If it's about asking for new planes, then crying that much will get us nowhere. We can only hope for third parties to take it in their hands. That disparity is part of the way dcs works unfortunately, the same issues are seen on every parts of the sim, and since then ED did nothing to show a will to correct this issue. They have taken over a project and done with what was given to them. The "original sin" (k4) wasn't on their hands. If they want to have the wwii project ongoing, they have to build on more historically numerous planes so I understands their choice of spitfire version. It's just going to take a looooong time to get past the original sin. As for my first questions, I definitely confirm, it was not Monday but Sunday, at least you, Tomsk & me (kalbuth) on ts, round ended up for blue, while we were over friendly obj 3 (there were planes crashing into each others involved ;) ). That's anecdotal but all the horrible experiences shared here by allied pilots are totally not mine on BS , so I'm quite baffled by the complete negativity shown

I didn't read carefully (shame on me), but is that true also when using drop tanks?

Aren't you vastly overinflating the issue there? We were both online when Allied won yesterday on BS, weren't we? :) That should not happen if the disaster is as horrible as you outline it Am I the only one that consider that if my ennemy is fleeing, and not there anymore where I am, I won?

I've the complete opposite experience. I'm usually on Axis because 1) there's no more Spitfire spot available or 2) the number are so much on Allied advantage that I don't see me adding even more.

Glad it helped! I spent my last week or 2 into various Bf109 & FW190.... I lost all my Spitfire mojo, keeps touching wings on takeoffs and crashng on landing :'( Everything to re-learn again...

It may be. GCI is only functional with certain countries. I don't have the list, unfortunately, but like you I have been unable at times to get the EWR to work and changing its country did the trick

Or that stick forces are not properly rendered

I can only second that

The trick that made it for my landings : Pressure of 4 on wheel brakes before the touchdown and all along the landing run. Fly parallel to runway low speed until the 60mph speed comes in and makes you touchdown on your own. Drop throttle back altogether, pull stick, if you have enough free hands left, flaps in :)

For me, the most important point to clear up first would be to be sure and confirmed if the stick forces are currecntly properly simulated in the Spit or not, tbh. That would be a very first step toward clearing the issue. I don't think there's been any acknowledgement or refutal on the fact there's currently no stickforce simulated.

Didn't he he say he never used brakes on the 190 on take off, but brake could be needed (right side) sometimes on the 109 on take off roll?

Well, I don't know for real world but for DCS, I've never used any curve or dead zone in any of the analog braking I use, be it on toe brake axis on suitable aircrafts : FW190 / Bf109 / Mirage 2000C, or on a single throttle axis on single brake lever aircrafts : Mig21, Mig15, L-39, Mi8 and now Spitfire, in neither of these cases have I ever needed to tweak the axis curve of the brake and I'm still having precise control of it. The curve changes the ratio between what you physically apply and what happens in the sim, so what you physically do is not anymore what is applied to the aircraft, I've a hard time understanding how that make the brakes behave how they do IRL.... I can rest my foot on my pedals in the 109 without applying any force to the wheel brakes in the sim already. No need of curves for that.

???? It's the goal of an axis to be gradual and proportional to the amount of movement applied on the control. You don't need a dead zone nor a curve, at least for this one, the toe brake is naturally in the zero position, and I really really don't see any use for a curve, let the amount of braking (ie, movement of brake lever) be proportional to the amount of movement of your toe brake. If you see that your foot is inadvertandly pushing the toe brake in certain unwanting ground situation, maybe a little bit of deadzone could help, though I'd rather position my pedals farther away to avoid this, personally. But really, I insist :), for curves, there's zero need in the case of the wheel brakes. You don't need THAT little braking input (at the beginning of the curve, you'll push the toe brake fr very little actual brake lever movement), and the end of the curve will make you unable to fine tune your braking during big turns (each little push toward the end of the toe brake axis will push on the lever in a big way). That's probably what makes you feel this "all or nothing" effect, tbh. Keep your brake axis with zero curve.

I don't know how you ended up like that, I have access to full range of motion on my brake axis and can precisely control the brake lever.why did you fiddle with dead zone and curve?

Just do it. "Axis assign", then you'll find wheel brakes has an axis assignable, assign it to whatever axis you have free on your HOTAS, toa brake if you want, though I'd advise to chose an axis on stick or throttle

How is the wind in your mission with CTLD compared to when you tested slingloading without CTLD?

Where else can I look for official statement & documentation on SSE?

Well, on my rudder, I dislike having brakes axis on the pedal when on top of it I have to use rudder for turning, the pedal when braking is to "flat" and the foot is prone to slide out of it. I really prefer having the brake axis on the hands, so I use one of the rotary under the thumbs on my X-55 throttle. You may want to try that, I find it far more precise than everything on the feet.

Well, there's still something that itches me greatly about the whole topic, and the "ED is working toward 2.5" isn't going to appease me for that, at all. The whole stance of ED toward SSE is that it's an added layer they "offered" like the icing on the cake. When I read the official wiki SSE page, I'm baffled. Page 1 : So the only official statement about SSE is up to date with ... version 1.2.0 SSE is presented as the debug tool it originally was and only an additionnal layer, and prone to bugs. If any other component of the simulation was treated in the same way, .... well, I can't even imagine it. Very clearly, the SSE is not considered a core part of the engine, like 3D, modelling, physics, but is considered a additionnal tool. Nothing in 2.5 annoucements shows that this status will change. This is imho a huge, huge mistake. That means that when considering a change, SSE is not taken into account and people in ED departments are constantly struggling with consequences of choices to fix bugs appearing. I'm speechless when I see basic stuff like the ability to embark troops into cargo broken, (whole ME commands for it actually disappearing!), just to name this. That's half the utility of 2 modules (Huey & Mi8 ) ED is actually selling ... gone! (unless you rely on community script like CTLD, thks Ciribob!). What would be the outcry of ED suddenly removed the 3D model of the A10C wheels? This stuff should have been corrected presto! Yeah, it's being looked into (thank BigNewy for the update) but... look at the dates : https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=176514 So my main problem isn't the actual bugs, lack of proper reporting channel, etc.... It's more to do with how ED regards ME and SSE. They are heavily toward pretty and 3D, but if editing topics are not integrated into the core of the development, I don't see anything actually getting better. I'm sorry, but I read "ED is working heavily toward 2.5" only has "ED is enhancing graphics and physics", and that doesn't make me comfortable. There's a big parallel that can be drawn (and has been early on in this thread) between SSE and Bohemia Interactive take on their own scripting engine in Operation Flashpoint (now ArmA series) back in 2001. It was initially the exact same stance BI had toward their scripting engine : it was originally a debug tool & they kindly gave access to it to the players. It was neat but kinda horrible in the same time, with half the scripts being explained in Czech, for example. The situation changed after a few years and BI heavily invested in making the scripting engine and mission editing a core aspect of the game. DayZ has shown how a winning move that was. I'm not saying ED should go the exact same route, but getting out of the idea that it's a simple tool they kindly give us access to would be a start. EDIT : Imho ED has 2 choices : Either built themselves the content (and I'm not talking about modules, because modules without a proper way to use them isn't going to cut it), by the mean of proper dynamic campaign, working multiplayer scenarios (along with larger theater, proper dedicated server support ... ). Or give the ability to the community to do all that. And the SSE is the perfect tool for that. Or would be, if it was more viable.

This, +20k I'm using wheel brake on an axis for all my birds using such differential braking since I own the Mig21, never regretted this setup. I tried a few days ago to go back on brake-on-a-button to try helping a flight mate and see how it felt for him, it was a nightmare. Wheel brake on an axis is a game changer

I've read suggestion about limiting K4 in some missions to not have MW50 enabled (I didn't know it was possible) to try to simulate some G models. I don't know how accurate that would be regarding said models, but that may be worth a try if satisfactory. Probably unapplicable to public play, but more for WWII BlueFlag versions and the likes :)