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After months trying to land the Mosquito while not breaking something. I found a solution. It works great in multiplayer! Leave the gear up and belly land. Very survivable. Then ask to be repaired.........re-arm, re-fuel, take off. Works great! My way of saying I give up.

On take off the Mosquito will not reach take-off speed. Accelerates to 70 mph, then stops accelerating. Never reaching take-off speed. Problem started right after installing latest (todays) update. I use no mods. I saw no changes to the mosquito in the update? UPDATE: I performed a BETA Repair. Now the Mosquito not only doesn't accelerate to take-off, the mph gage does not work at all. After two years, things have gone from bad to worse.

Hi, I would like to get gauges of mosquito to my small display with Helios but it seems that there's no existing interface for Mosquito? Is that true or have I mistaken as there's interfaces for so many rare planes?

I have been playing around with the R1155 Receiver. I know I can create frequency presets and hot keys for the T1154 Transmitter. However, I am trying to figure out how to make a series of presets and keys for the R1155 Receiver. By doing so I can by-pass the currently non existent navigator and tuning controls. Using 'Active Pause" works for my aircraft, however not for the BF 109 on my tail or from flak. I have been setting up radio broadcasts from community to community using radio towers, TACAN signals, or radio signals from just about any source. Then I use the R1155 Receiver to follow the signals from one location to another. It works great. But, putting the mosquito into "Active Pause" and then climbing into the navigator seat, and manually tuning the R1155 Receiver each time I am seeking a course change doesn't work well at all. If I could set those receiver frequencies to presets and keys it, would work great until we get a navigator. Any suggestions on how to achieve this?

Moin Gemeinde! Hier für den deutschsprachigen Raum ein eigener Mossi-Thread für Fragen/Lösungen usw. Viel Spaß und guten Flug!

Hi everyone, Found a bug with the alignment of external fuel tanks on the left wing pylon (station 1), weapons mounted on this pylon are too far back compared to the pylon on the right wing. It's fairly easy to see with the external fuel tanks (here with the 50 gallon tank): Here you can see that the rear of the tank would interfere with the left aileron: I don't think bombs are affected, though it's quite a bit more difficult to tell, but both fuel tanks are certainly affected. Mosquito_ExternalFuelTanks_Align.trk

Found weirdness. Didn't want to clutter the "Bugs and problems" forum. A sticky to collect all DCS manual "problems"? Page 24. Both rudders? Aileron stick travel is asymmetrical and identical with elevator stick travel?

Hi gents, Anxious for the Mosquito, I made a Quick Checklist for us. I used two “Pilot’s Notes” for it, one from 1945 and another from 1950. it is now available on the user files download page: Mosquito Quick Checklist (Old Link - File disappeared) Mosquito Quick Checklist User Files Download page -  New Download Link I hope you guys like it. Looking forward to flying it at treetop level! PS: Just uploaded vs 1.1 and its Night Ops version. All the best, Sydy

When viewing (F2) Ai mossie the Starboard nav light is floating below the wing tip. (X axis)

Holes and damage on the engine cowlings will not be transparent like the rest of the damage on the aircraft

While we are waiting for news about our DCS Mosquito, I thought we could build up the hype with some of the less famous, yet still exciting mosquito operations. Sure, everyone heard of the Amien prison raid, or the Gestapo HQ raid, but Mosquitoes did so much more! I'll start with: Boxing day raid on Leirvik harbor Coastal Command's Banff strike wing started operations on September 1944. It was soon split into Mosquito squadrons operating from Banff and Beaufighter squadrons operating from Dallachy. Under the command of Group Captain Max Aitken they were tasked with disrupting enemy shipping between Germany and Norway, which they carried out with great success. Their daring raids of 10-30 Mosquitoes and Beufighters into Norwegian fjords must have been an awesome sight, and some 30 years later inspired George Lucas in the famous Star Wars X-wings run through the death star trenches scene, with the flak towers and enemy Tie-fighters diving on them. On the morning of 26 December 1944 FB.VI scouts from Norwegian 333 sqd. sighted two vessels: Tenerife and Cygnus that laid in anchor at Leirvik harbor waiting for an escort to continue their journey. The planning of the raid begun before the scouts had landed. Intelligence reported likely opposition in the form of fighters and a large number of AAA positions. Leirvik is located south to Bergen, inside a wide fjord, about 20 km from the western north-sea shores of Norway. At mid-day, a formation of 10 FB.VIs and 2 FB.XVIIIs ("tse-tse") from squadrons 143, 235 & 248 took off from Banff, Led by sqd. leader Jacko Jackson-Smith. "Outriders" from 333 sqd. and the SAR Warwick joined up. they made landfall at 13.34 hours. The outriders who flew ahead were soon over Leirvik and reported that the targets were indeed in anchor and described the situation. The main force joined with the outriders over Bomlo, west of Leirvik, and the 333 outriders led the main group into position by firing signaling flares. The last green Very cartridge was fired over the target and within 4 minutes the attack begun through heavy flak from both sides of the harbor. After salvos of 25 lbs solid-head rockets from the FB.VIs and 57mm shells from the tse-tses, Cygnus caught fire and Tenerrife was left smoking. The outriders orbited above watching out for enemy fighters. Just as the strafing was about to end and most of the cannon ammunition expended, enemy fighters were spotted. A Radar station had spotted the incoming mosquitoes, raised the alarm and now fighters had taken off to intercept. 12 FW190s were circling the narrow entrance to Bomlo while another mixed force of about 12 BF109 G-14s and FW190s approached from south. The Banff strike force was in a loose formation, egressing from the strike and headed out to sea. Individual aircraft engaged enemy fighters as they entered the area. Tse-tse mosquito 'Z1' of 248 sqd. fired one 57mm shell from 200 yards at an enemy formation, but did not hit. Flight Lieutenant Bill Clayton-Graham of 235 sqd. was flying on one engine at 1000 feet, after his mosquito was hit by a flak shell, when a group of 109s peeled off to attack him, dropping their drop tanks. Clayton-Graham hauled his mosquito around, the one engine pushed through the gate, into the midst of the enemy aircrafts firing his 4 machine guns only, as all cannon ammunition were spent. He managed to get good hits on one 109 and possibly light hits on others as they flew by. He dived to the waves, running towards the sea on the one good engine. In the mean time, aircraft 'G' of 235 sqd. was caught by flak over Leirvik and requested on the radio assistance against enemy fighters, firing a red flare. Before anyone could respond, BF109 G-14 "Blau 8" flown by Feldwebel Heinz Halstrick hit him hard from short range and the mosquito plunged into the water. The battle continued. Mosquito 'Z' from 143 sqd. attacked a pair of 109s and was in turn attacked by another pair of 109s. The mosquito turned sharply to starboard and fired a long 3 seconds burst of cannons and machine guns at one of the attacking 109s who disengaged. The pilot, Flying Officer Smith headed out to sea being chased by the second BF109G. Thus begun a long 10 minuts duel. Finally, perhaps after the 109 had spent all its ammo, Smith managed to reverse the situation and hit the 109. Flame and smoke burst from the stricken 109 and it was seen to crash into the water. A mosquito piloted by 'Wally' Webster was taking violent evasive actions as six FW190s were making attack runs on him. The mosquito was hit in the port wing, but absorbed the damage and made it 10 miles out to sea, where the FW190s disengaged. Mosquito 'N' of 248 sqd. was hit by flak and was losing coolant fluid. The pilot seeing enemy fighters around, gave the engines full throttle, got down to the deck and hoped that the damaged engine will last until they are out of danger. It worked, but the engine eventually gave up and they made their way back home on one engine. At Banff, the pilot misjudged his one-engine approach and realized he is about to touch down 100 m short of the runway in a field. The crew was not too worried as they touched down until the low stone wall appeared... The wheels were torn off but the mosquito came to a stop an an even keel and the crew were pulled out safely. Back to the one-engined mosquito of Clayton-Graham, that was headed out to sea and now chased by a FW190. His navigator flying officer 'Ginger' Webster describes (from "A Separate Little war"): "A 190 got onto our tail. Bill was taking the most violent evasive action to shake off the fighter, frequently seeing streams of bullets churning up the sea but not hitting the aircraft, when I noticed the port wing was about to dip into the sea. I shrieked into the intercom and he corrected just in time. Heading well out to sea the Focke-Wulf flew off." Navigator 'Ginger' Webster radioed a distress message, but was unable to give his exact position. Sqd. leader Jackson-Smith told them over the radio to fire a Very flare since they were separated from the main force. Clayton-Graham replied "Not bloody likely, they'll see me too!". After flying 20 miles to the sea off the coast 'Ginger' Webster managed to contact the SAR Warwick and fired off all the Very cartridges he could find - red, green, yellow... He continues to describe: "Eventually, the Warwick located us and escorted us back to base. I remember Bill thinking it was a huge joke when he asked the pilot of the Warwick if we were flying too fast for him (on the one engine). I can't recall the reply but I don't think it was particularly polite". The Warwick mentioned above was flown by Ted Russell and the flight home according to him took four and a half hours. This event is briefly mentioned in the book "Dinghy Drop" that tells the story of the brave SAR Warwicks who took huge risks in attempts to rescue downed Mosquito/Beaufighter crews over the sea, often under threat of enemy fighters. Incredibly, Clayton-Graham's mosquito was photographed from the escorting Warwick and this photo appears in the book (Notice the date and the writing below: "mosquito/235sqdn/with port engine feathered" followed by the coordinates): The strike left Cygnus on fire, which burned for 2 hours, but eventually extinguished. 63 holes were found in its hull. The Tenerife suffered only light damage mainly from strafing and managed to reach Stavanger for repairs, where 99 holes were counted in the hull. It was sea worthy again within 2 days. One Mosquito was lost and one enemy 109 claimed as destroyed. Some civilian houses were damaged near the harbor, but no one was hurt. A Norwegian eye witness recalls (from "a separate little war"): "I shall never forget this day, as the force came out being attacked by the Germans, one plane chasing another, they were so low that they flew between two houses!". Sources: "A Separate Little War", by Andrew D Bird. "Dinghy Drop", by Tom Docherty "Mosquito", by Sharp & Bowyer https://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/sorties.html (Not 100% in sync with the above, but an interesting free source for Banff strike wing raids) Some extra pics, probably not from the same raid. Attack run - notice the rockets in the 2-by-2 rack instead of the usual under-wing rails.

Hey, Like I said in the title, I wanna buy mossie (my favourite plane lol) but at the same time, spending additional money on map + ww2 asset pack is too much for me. So, are there any possibilities (mostly multi servers, but not only) to play & enjoy ww2 stuff without huge expences? TIA

Flying at a few thousand feet at around 200kts and the wind noise is very loud...almost like I have the canopy open. Can hardly hear myself speak with voiceattack. Should it be this noisy?