The M-2000C and complexity

[simo1000rr]

Just A question do the document manual gets updated as well , i remember there were some buttons and switches that were left in the manual for when its purpose is implemented. for example the IFF PANEL is it updated in the manual .

[Fab]

i´M SO READY wont be flying anything else than this bird, before we get F18

[zaelu]

Ready, yes, yes! :)

[statrekmike]

From the next update onward your cockpit workload will increase. So be prepared for it.

 

This is the kind of thing I like to hear and it is why I play DCS.

 

Keep up the good work!

[Aginor]

I have to agree once more.

I know I sound like a broken record by now, but this is the best communication of any third party yet.

 

Communication with the community is not something one should see as a chore to do parallel to development of a module, spending time instead developing, it is part of developing a module. :)

[scotchegg]

Just A question do the document manual gets updated as well , i remember there were some buttons and switches that were left in the manual for when its purpose is implemented. for example the IFF PANEL is it updated in the manual .

 

I'd be interested in this as well; regular updates on how complete the manual currently is would be really useful. Unless Chuck gets there first...

[TomCatMucDe]

I have all those mapped already almost from day one. Even the non working radar elevation :D

 

The vertical scan is only 8 degrees, we will have to use that elevation buttons intensively!

[Sarge55]

"Snip"

 

The vertical scan is only 8 degrees, we will have to use that elevation buttons intensively!

 

Yup, this where not having a rotary on my Warthog is going to suck a bit. I'll just move the setup for radar I use in BMS (F-16) over, at least I'm use to it.

[Decibel dB]

[*] Super 530D select (the button next to Magic select, a.k.a. Weapons 2 Selector)

 

 

 

I just can't find that one

[nomdeplume]

Super 530D select (the button next to Magic select, a.k.a. Weapons 2 Selector)

I just can't find that one

It's listed as Stores 2 SELECT under the Armament Panel (PCA) category.

 

The PCA has two rows of buttons, the top row is simply PCA Button 1 SELECT to PCA Button 5 SELECT, while the bottom row is Gun Mode SELECT, Magic II SELECT, and then Stores 2 SELECT through Stores 4 SELECT.

[bolek]

• Super 530D select (the button next to Magic select, a.k.a. Weapons 2 Selector)
  

I just can't find that one

It's called "STORES 2 Select" in the UI, by default mapped to LCtrl-3

[Decibel dB]

I found it thank you, but I can't map it to my HOTAS, for few selection like this one, the stick or the throttle aren't in the option to mapped on the settings.

Edited March 8, 2016 by Decibel dB

[JG-1_Vogel]

Is it possible to use the white lever on right to the APU start on the Warthog as an axis for ant elev? I use it in Elite Dangerous for vertical thrust and it's quite handy with a noticeable detent in the middle. I agree though, it makes me miss the rotary dial from my old Cougar!

[GGTharos]

You'll be taking your hand off the throttle. Might not be optimal.

[Decibel dB]

Is it possible to use the white lever on right to the APU start on the Warthog as an axis for ant elev? I use it in Elite Dangerous for vertical thrust and it's quite handy with a noticeable detent in the middle. I agree though, it makes me miss the rotary dial from my old Cougar!

 

Hello folks,

 

I just want to make you aware of something that can become an issue, or not. It depends on you actually.

The aircraft is slowly becoming more complex with each update. The next update will bring a major change to the radar. From this update forward you will not only have to fly the aircraft but also manage the radar as well.

The antenna is now fully stabilized, except in Close Combat Mode, and with that you will need to play close attention to the antenna elevation. You no longer can scan by pointing the aircraft up or down.

So you will have to pay attention to where the antenna is looking at.

 

Also, this means that it will take time to set the aircraft up for combat. This is not critical if you start from the ramp or the runway. But it will if you start from the air.

Most airborne mission place the enemies at 20 to 40 nmiles away and frankly that distance is quite low at the speeds you will be traveling. Trying to set the M-2000C systems (radar, ecm, rwr, etc) for combat will take some minutes of your time and in this case you will still be heads down when you are in weapons range and will be blown from the sky.

 

So my recommendation is, if you have a HOTAS system to set it up for radar/weapons management. If you don't select a series of key presets that will help you work the radar/weapons. Trying to set things up on the fly with the mouse is prohibitively long in missions where the enemy is too close (60 nmiles or less).

 

I believe that you should keep these mapped to keyboard/HOTAS system:

 

 

• Radar antenna elevation (we will enable an axis)
  
• TDC (the axis problem will be solved at the same time with the antenna axis creation).
  
• Radar IFF interrogation/NWS
  
• Radar IFF interrogation panel switch (off/sec/cont)
  
• Close Combat Modes
  
• Radar range selector
  
• Radar PRF switch (it will become very important in the near future)
  
• Jammer
  
• Master arm switch
  
• Magic Select switch
  
• Super 530D select (the button next to Magic select, a.k.a. Weapons 2 Selector)
  
• Gun select
  

 

 

Optional:

 

• Radar bar selector
  
• Radar azimuth selector
  

 

 

Please be advised that the radar search cone for 60 azimuth and 4 bars is now smaller. The lateral width remains at 120º degrees but the height has been reduced from 12º to 8º. The reason is that at 4 bars, the antenna overlaps the previous scan elevation. For this reason radar antenna elevation management has become critical.

 

Another change that will be coming is the lock/unlock buttons.

It seems that there are two buttons. One lock/unlock toggle and another toggles between TWS and STT.

This change is coming, as soon as I solve the coding problems for the TWS/STT toggle and the auto STT.

 

While the main topic of this initial post seems to be about the radar, actually it isn't. It is about workload management.

 

From the next update onward your cockpit workload will increase. So be prepared for it.

 

 

There you go :thumbup:

[Sarge55]

Is it possible to use the white lever on right to the APU start on the Warthog as an axis for ant elev? I use it in Elite Dangerous for vertical thrust and it's quite handy with a noticeable detent in the middle. I agree though, it makes me miss the rotary dial from my old Cougar!

 

What GGTharos said. I tried it once... :cry: Terrible. I have to use one of the hats.