Community A-4E-C

[Mole]

No, but there is no "Nose wheel Steering" button to be mapped. And again, how does it work "in real"?

[Calabrone]

Ho l'ultima versione RC1 dell'A4-E e ho notato che nelle Opzioni se vai su Special puoi spuntare "Usa timone per frenata differenziale" e con i miei pedali THRUSTMASTER "TFRP" controllo lo sterzo dell'aereo in un ottimo modo attraverso il timone. 

 

 

Edited September 30, 2021 by Calabrone
Incorrect double sending

[Cab]

16 hours ago, Mole said:

No, but there is no "Nose wheel Steering" button to be mapped. And again, how does it work "in real"?

 

Are you asking how the nose wheel steering works in real life? If so, I have no idea because I have never flown the A-4E.

 

In DCS however, if you map a button on your HOTAS or keyboard to the "Nose Wheel Steering" command in the Action column (see picture below), then press that button while working your rudders, you will steer the aircraft.

Edited October 1, 2021 by Cab
Changed "A-4C" to "A-4E"

[Tarres]

No NWS IRL A-4E. 

It seems removed in a fresh A-4E 2.0 RC. No NWS action to program in my end. 

[Cab]

1 hour ago, Tarres said:

No NWS IRL A-4E. 

It seems removed in a fresh A-4E 2.0 RC. No NWS action to program in my end. 

 

You don't see the "Nose Wheel Steering" option in my screenshot above?

 

That's weird. Now I'm confused. 

[Cab]

1 hour ago, Tarres said:

No NWS IRL A-4E. 

 

A little internet research seems to indicate nose wheel steering and spoilers were introduced with the A-4F. Both were also retrofitted to earlier A-4E's. 

[Mole]

Alles schön und gut, but I wanna know, how to steer the A-4 on the ground in the latest release, simply what axis, buttons or other stuff to be driven and there's no button in the stick menu

Edited October 1, 2021 by Mole

[Cab]

6 minutes ago, Mole said:

Alles schön und gut, but I wanna know, how to steer the A-4 on the ground in the latest release, simply what axis, buttons or other stuff to be drivenand there's no button in the stick menu

 

Interesting that yours and mine are different.

 

Since I am the only one here who sees nose wheel steering as an option, I'm going to reinstall mine from scratch and see if I did something wrong.

[Cab]

18 minutes ago, Cab said:

Since I am the only one here who sees nose wheel steering as an option, I'm going to reinstall mine from scratch and see if I did something wrong.

 

My side of the confusion is solved. I didn't realize I had the A-4E-C mod installed to two places on my drive. One in the Saved Games Mods folder and one in an OvGME folder. As a result I the previous version wasn't completely uninstalled when I installed the current RC1 version. 

 

After correcting that and reinstalling I too no longer have nose wheel steering.

[callsign_ziggy]

[Auger]

So I have to ask, what is the general consensus on the differential braking/steering?

Someone on one of the MP servers told me it was a pain compared to the NWS.

Thoughts?

 

[Cab]

29 minutes ago, Auger said:

So I have to ask, what is the general consensus on the differential braking/steering?

Someone on one of the MP servers told me it was a pain compared to the NWS.

Thoughts?

 

 

IMHO differential braking is always a pain compared to NWS. But like anything else you get used to it.

[Mole]

@Callsign_ziggi: that helps, makes it work like in a MiG-21 or L-39. thx for this tip

[SkateZilla]

8 hours ago, Auger said:

So I have to ask, what is the general consensus on the differential braking/steering?

Someone on one of the MP servers told me it was a pain compared to the NWS.

Thoughts?

 

You just have to know how to use it,

Apply Power, get rolling, Tap Right brake to go right, tap left brake to stop going right, and vise versa.

Nose gear had a free castor, allowing it to be turned tight on carriers by ground crew with the attachment.

Edited October 2, 2021 by SkateZilla

[Tarres]

On 9/30/2021 at 8:17 PM, assafm25 said:

I am the only one thet get engine and electric cut off whan start mission in the air?

Same here.

Yesterday works; today total electric cut off when air start.

[assafm25]

Found a solution that work for me on the discord channel some one tell me to remove the CH53 and CH47 mod if u use Tham.

Edited October 2, 2021 by assafm25

[Shogoun]

The roll seems excessive to me, I had to remedy it by adding more curve. On the other hand, are there or are training missions with instructor-type start-up, taxiing, take-off, etc. Otherwise, great module, a big thank you to the developer team and the community for bringing this all to life

[Rudel_chw]

5 hours ago, Shogoun said:

hand, are there or are training missions with instructor-type start-up, taxiing, take-off, etc.

I edited a few such missions last year, but they are obsolete at the moment since they were for version 1.4 of the Mod and for DCS 2.5 .. however their accompanying videos may be still useful to you:

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/242853-community-a-4e-skyhawk-training-missions/

[Helles Belle]

18 hours ago, Shogoun said:

The roll seems excessive to me, I had to remedy it by adding more curve. On the other hand, are there or are training missions with instructor-type start-up, taxiing, take-off, etc. Otherwise, great module, a big thank you to the developer team and the community for bringing this all to life

A lot of us have done the same with the curves, it may be better if you have a longer stick as opposed to a desk top like I have.

The roll rate is about right, IRL it could do 720 per second, but If I recall correctly pilots were limited to 360 per second (structural?).

The Mirage III had the same roll rate.

[Shogoun]

I confirm indeed, after viewing IRL flights, the amplitude of the roll motion is indeed low. Superb module, I am very impressed with the quality of it, congratulations to the developer team.

[=Skywarp=]

Superb mod, seems like an official module. Love it.

[Calabrone]

Amo lo Scooter !

[JNelson]

On 10/3/2021 at 5:13 AM, Shogoun said:

The roll seems excessive to me, I had to remedy it by adding more curve. On the other hand, are there or are training missions with instructor-type start-up, taxiing, take-off, etc. Otherwise, great module, a big thank you to the developer team and the community for bringing this all to life

If I had a penny for every time someone said this I could buy my own Skyhawk.

[lukas_lb]

I just discovered this great mod, mosty played the A-10C and the Mirage before. While reading through the changelogs and the previous comments I still don't know how to use the differential brakes. I dont have a rudder, I use the RZ axis on my stick and buttons for brakes. The only way for me to taxi in the right direction is throttle at 75%RPM full brakes, releasing and then using the brakes to steer in the right direction which doesnt work to well, not talking about carrier takeoff from parking position.

Can anybody please describe the right way to taxi or is there already a youtube tutorial for it? 

Thank you!

[=Skywarp=]

11 hours ago, lukas_lb said:

I just discovered this great mod, mosty played the A-10C and the Mirage before. While reading through the changelogs and the previous comments I still don't know how to use the differential brakes. I dont have a rudder, I use the RZ axis on my stick and buttons for brakes. The only way for me to taxi in the right direction is throttle at 75%RPM full brakes, releasing and then using the brakes to steer in the right direction which doesnt work to well, not talking about carrier takeoff from parking position.

Can anybody please describe the right way to taxi or is there already a youtube tutorial for it? 

Thank you!

Are you using separated brake buttons for each foot?

It's mandatory