F-5E Missing comms menu

[gunslinger5577]

Soo... I'm probably missing something.. But after I takeoff I lose the ability to bring up my comms menu. I can use it just find while on the ground, I tune the UHF to the airfield, permission to taxi/takeoff, etc. But as soon as I'm weight off wheels.... I can't call it up anymore.. Anyone else having this problem? Or am I missing something?

 

Thanks.

[Pizzicato]

Soo... I'm probably missing something.. But after I takeoff I lose the ability to bring up my comms menu. I can use it just find while on the ground, I tune the UHF to the airfield, permission to taxi/takeoff, etc. But as soon as I'm weight off wheels.... I can't call it up anymore.. Anyone else having this problem? Or am I missing something?

 

Thanks.

 

I'm not at my DCS computer at the moment, but you're missing something (which almost all of us have missed at some point or other). You need to use "RALT+\" to bring up the menu once you're in the air. This is the "UHF Radio Microphone" assignment. You can find it under the "Throttle Quadrant" section of the Control/Key Assignment menu for the F-5.

 

I'm still not sure why ED have implemented the system such that you only need to use that combination after take off, but there you have it. It frequently trips up Ka-50 and L-39 pilots, too.

 

Hope that helps, anyway.

Edited August 27, 2016 by Pizzicato
Found the actual binding.

[nomdeplume]

You can also use the nosewheel steering button to open the comms menu, as this button functions as a secondary/alternative mic switch in the F-5 once you're off the ground.

[gunslinger5577]

Hey Thanks! I think I made it harder on myself when I remapped a lot of the buttons on my stick. (I don't have a full on hotas (thrustmaster hotas x) so nosewheel steering had to go for more critical functions. I knew I was missing something, thanks again!

 

G

[5e EVC Chappy]

You can also use the nosewheel steering button to open the comms menu, as this button functions as a secondary/alternative mic switch in the F-5 once you're off the ground.

 

Worth mentioning that it is also a real-life feature of the F-5, the nosewheel sterring button can be used as PTT when airborne.