Wow!

[PLAAF]

Not sure about the "legendary" part but, otherwise, yes this is the one. Haven't been very active over the last several years because of time constraints.

 

You may not believe so Richard. But you a hero to the beginners of combat flight simulation. Remind me when I was new to this a few years back, I got a lot of help from your video.:smartass:

 

Holiday is coming soon, if you have time, may I ask for a chance to fly with the legendary Ironhand, please?

[BIGNEWY]

Watched many of your video tutorials Ironhand, they have been invaluable for me learning combat flight sims.

 

Would be great to see updated ones, I hope one day you get the time.

 

Thanks

[BeachAV8R]

Good to see you around Ironhand. Count me as a fan.. Yeah, I'd love to see what you could do with the new mission editor.

 

BeachAV8R

[Ironhand]

You may not believe so Richard. But you a hero to the beginners of combat flight simulation. Remind me when I was new to this a few years back, I got a lot of help from your video.:smartass:

 

Holiday is coming soon, if you have time, may I ask for a chance to fly with the legendary Ironhand, please?

:) I was simply trying to help people out at a time when there was very little help to be had. And I have to admit that I was very surprised at the response I got, when I once mentioned awhile back that I was planning to close the website.

 

At the moment I am creaking with rust. But, if I can get enough of it off that I won't embarrass either myself or you, then meeting online will be a possibility. :) But "legendary"? I have a hard time with that one.

 

 

Rich

[apoll]

Credit where credit is due, Rich. Your training tracks and missions were simply superb. I am still using your F-15 tutorials to get a handle on the radar, etc. If I was anyone with any influence in ED, I would put you on a retainer to do a whole new set of advanced training missions for the F-15 and SU-27.

 

Wags, how about it? This guy produced some of the best training missions for DCS. Bar none.

 

Apoll

[PLAAF]

:) I was simply trying to help people out at a time when there was very little help to be had. And I have to admit that I was very surprised at the response I got, when I once mentioned awhile back that I was planning to close the website.

 

At the moment I am creaking with rust. But, if I can get enough of it off that I won't embarrass either myself or you, then meeting online will be a possibility. :) But "legendary"? I have a hard time with that one.

 

 

Rich

 

 

Great~! How about sometime next week? I am sure I can learn much more from you by flying next instead of just watching your video. :smartass:

[zaelu]

Nice to see you again on forums Ironhand!

 

Maybe you manage to make a tutorial on Cobra maneuver... between coffees :D... somehow when I press ASC Direct Control most of the times the plane nose down and I black out with deadly results... :)

[Yob]

@zaelu engage ASC once you reach the top of the cobra disengage and that will allow you to do it easy.

[Stealth_HR]

At the moment I am creaking with rust. But, if I can get enough of it off that I won't embarrass either myself or you, then meeting online will be a possibility. :) But "legendary"? I have a hard time with that one.

 

You are downplaying your own importance, sir. Thanks to your videos back in the day, I learned to fly everything that was available in LOMAC. If I didn't have the memory of a goldfish, I'd still remember most of those things. :music_whistling:

 

Glad to see you back online and enjoying the Flanker along with us.

[zaelu]

@zaelu engage ASC once you reach the top of the cobra disengage and that will allow you to do it easy.

 

thx, I'll try it. :thumbup:

[Ironhand]

Great~! How about sometime next week? I am sure I can learn much more from you by flying next instead of just watching your video. :smartass:

There'll still be too much rust next week. :) But hopefully before the end of the year. Right now I'm learning how to fly again.

 

Nice to see you again on forums Ironhand!

 

Maybe you manage to make a tutorial on Cobra maneuver... between coffees :D... somehow when I press ASC Direct Control most of the times the plane nose down and I black out with deadly results... :)

 

Thanks. I hope to try a cobra myself soon. :)

[Weta43]

"somehow when I press ASC Direct Control most of the times the plane nose down and I black out with deadly results..."

 

Make sure you cancel all trim (press and hold for a couple of seconds CTRL + T), and centre the stick before hitting "S"

[Ironhand]

"somehow when I press ASC Direct Control most of the times the plane nose down and I black out with deadly results..."

 

Make sure you cancel all trim (press and hold for a couple of seconds CTRL + T), and centre the stick before hitting "S"

Zaelu, you can double check trim is neutralized by making sure the 3 trim lights are in the green (located behind the stick).

[PLAAF]

There'll still be too much rust next week. :) But hopefully before the end of the year. Right now I'm learning how to fly again.

 

No way, I expect you to be way better than I am no matter how much rust you have. Besides, I haven't flight for 2 years. So let's un-rust together.

I am really looking forward to learn from you. By actually flying with you, I am sure not long after that, the enemy missile will no longer have any effect on me anymore :smartass:

 

I really love to learn how to dodge missiles in a complex situation.

[Ironhand]

No way, I expect you to be way better than I am no matter how much rust you have. Besides, I haven't flight for 2 years. So let's un-rust together.

I am really looking forward to learn from you. By actually flying with you, I am sure not long after that, the enemy missile will no longer have any effect on me anymore :smartass:

 

I really love to learn how to dodge missiles in a complex situation.

So would I. :) Perhaps we can learn/relearn together. But it still might be awhile.

[Smokin Hole]

First let me join the Party and say hello and thanks to Ironhand for serving the Flanker community so well years ago.

 

And Second, Wow! is right. The Su27 now flys like it looks. And the cobra is such a joy to do when I pull it off "correctly" (and such a horror when I screw it up). Landings are fun to but if I use the HUD speeds the dutch rolls get dangerous. I find that whatever speed yields 11 AOA works well.

Edited November 19, 2014 by Smokin Hole

[Ironhand]

First let me join the Party and say hello and thanks to Ironhand for serving the Flanker community so well years ago.

 

And Second, Wow! is right. The Su27 now flys like it looks. And the cobra is such a joy to do why I pull it off "correctly" (and such a horror when I screw it up). Landings are fun to but if I use the HUD speeds the dutch rolls get dangerous. I find that whatever speed yields 11 AOA works well.

:) Thanks. I've never used the HUD speeds myself, even with the old SFM. And now I just use what the aircraft tells me to use...and she speaks her mind freely.

[159th_Viper]

:) Thanks. I've never used the HUD speeds myself, even with the old SFM. And now I just use what the aircraft tells me to use...and she speaks her mind freely.

 

Aye, I fly by feel and not by numbers. To this day I still use your 'HUD Picture' tip on every landing. Cannot recall from which tutorial that was - might have been the T-Toad.

 

In any event yes Richard, us Old Timers we remember your work well. Its gotta be that voice - excellent teachers voice :thumbup:

 

Good to see you back on a regular basis :)

[leafer]

Ahh...The Ironhand. Glad to see I'm not the only relic left from Flanker days.

 

Didn't you once made your site desert camo color?

[Ironhand]

Aye, I fly by feel and not by numbers. To this day I still use your 'HUD Picture' tip on every landing. Cannot recall from which tutorial that was - might have been the T-Toad.

 

In any event yes Richard, us Old Timers we remember your work well. Its gotta be that voice - excellent teachers voice :thumbup:

 

Good to see you back on a regular basis :)

:) I think that was from the one about landing the MiG-29 VFR. At least, I think that's the one where I spend most of the tutorial talking about it. It's somewhere on the Flight Basics page. I probably mention it in others, though.

 

Funny that you should mention it. To this day, unless I have a good reason not to do so, I always set the HUD to "Pilot" mode, once I have the field in sight. I find the extra nav data annoying. Same with free flight.

 

Ahh...The Ironhand. Glad to see I'm not the only relic left from Flanker days.

 

Didn't you once made your site desert camo color?

It's good to see that there are still a number of us relics around. :)

 

Desert camo? Not that I can recall. But it all started a long time ago.

 

Rich

[leafer]

No idea why I always associated that with you but must be someone else's.

 

Back on topic. Wow, indeed. This is definitely not the Flanker I learned how to fly in. :D

[Ironhand]

...Wow, indeed. This is definitely not the Flanker I learned how to fly in. :D

No. I'm enjoying her a lot more now. If I could only master that tail slide....

[OnlyforDCS]

Just wanted to chime in and say thank you as well. Even though I pretty much had the theoretical workings of the F15C radar down, it was only after digesting your tutorials that I actually had some inkling of what the hell I was actually doing in the cockpit.

 

So yeah, many thanks.

[Ironhand]

...I pretty much had the theoretical workings of the F15C radar down, it was only after digesting your tutorials that I actually had some inkling of what the hell I was actually doing in the cockpit...

Cool! :)