HELLO ALL AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ANSWERS, ILL TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT AS POSSIBLE. I AM TOTALLY NEW TO FLIGHT SIMS. I WILL AVOID POSTING MY SET UP AS THIS IS NOT A TECHNICAL QUESTION. I AM CURRENTLY STARTING OUT ON THE FREE TF-51D AND LEARNING BASIC CONTROLS, HANDLING, ENGINE OUT PUT ECT. BUT MY QUESTION IS THIS. ONCE I FEEL THAT I HAVE MASTERED THE FREE PLANES AND DECIDE ON TAKING ON A FULL BLOWN INTERACTIVE COCKPIT FIGHTER. WHAT THEN, I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT AND IFF DOES, HOW TO DETERMINE PROPER HEADINGS FOR NAVIGATION, NAVI PANELS ECT. I UNDER STAND THE LEARNING CURVE FOR THIS GAME IS QUITE EXTREME TO NEW COMERS BUT I SUPPOSE MY QUESTION IS HOW DOES ONE WITH OUT ANY KNOWLEDGE OF FIGHTER PLANES GO ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT SYSTEM AND UNDERSTAND FULLY HOW TO INTERACT IN ORDER TO BE A COMPETENT WING MAN OR EVEN A LEAD IN THE FUTURE WITH EXPERIENCED GENTLEMAN LIKE YOURSELVES. IS DOWNLOADING THE MANUALS OF 600 PAGES ECT. THE ONLY WAY TO TOTALLY UNDER STAND THE PLANE AND BECOME COMPETENT TO TAKE THE SKIES IN MULTIPLAYER AND BECOME A PROPER WING MAN OR JUST VIDEO OR BOTH? ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? I KNOW THIS KIND OF SKILL TAKES YEARS DEPENDING MON ONES ABILITY TO ABSORB NEW INFORMATION. BUT I WOULD HATE TO START ON A HORRIBLE FOUNDATION OF PROPER TRAINING AND RUIN A FELLOW VETERAN PILOTS IMMERSION DEALING WITH A WINGMAN OR FELLOW PILOT LACKING PROPER KNOWLEDGE AND PREPARATION TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. SORRY FOR THE LONG POST BUT I THINK Y'ALLS EXPERIENCES AS THE CORRECT AND PROPER DIRECTION WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE IMMERSION DCS HAS TO OFFER.
