Reccelow Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) I'm in the same boat (pun?), not getting rudder pedals and there is no way I can taxi around the carrier deck. Try going back to Beta ver 2.01, I'm using it and it seems to be mostly the same but still retains NWS. This is not a criticism of the mod, just my own abilities. The A4 is so well done and addictive, I've been getting a few Skyhawk books on kindle to read about the real world pilots flying this machine. Such as: Tailhooker Our Lives on the Line Dead Men Flying Rampant Raider and just in the middle of Triple Sticks. Edited April 19, 2022 by Reccelow spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianky Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Thank you, RecceLow, I was just wondering about any good book about Skyhawk pilots experiences, I glanced at the ones in your list, they seem pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Eyed Ross Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 You can always turn on simple steering....that way it is easier. I don't have it checked, but some people seem to like it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNelson Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 6:01 PM, Reccelow said: I'm in the same boat (pun?), not getting rudder pedals and there is no way I can taxi around the carrier deck. Try going back to Beta ver 2.01, I'm using it and it seems to be mostly the same but still retains NWS. This is not a criticism of the mod, just my own abilities. The A4 is so well done and addictive, I've been getting a few Skyhawk books on kindle to read about the real world pilots flying this machine. Such as: Tailhooker Our Lives on the Line Dead Men Flying Rampant Raider and just in the middle of Triple Sticks. There were quite a few changes if you look at the changelog. You could use simple steering special option as One Eyed Ross suggested. 1 Community A-4E-C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reccelow Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Thanks. Had tried that too, practiced a lot. No dice for carrier ops, once the nosewheel gets cocked I'm done. Tried all the bouncing methods, etc but my controls don't cut it for that. Really need pedals and toebrakes. And I really don't want to keep restarting the missions or do cat starts in the ME anymore so the beta is fine. Gives me the "feel" of the A-4 with most things working and no issues maneuvering around my crowded decks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baco Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 On 4/21/2022 at 4:16 PM, JNelson said: There were quite a few changes if you look at the changelog. You could use simple steering special option as One Eyed Ross suggested. I hope you don't take it the wrong way, and as a senior officer in my virtual squad I need to point it out: It is still not good enough. In real life there are deck crew and tow bars, plenty of videos showing deck crew moving A4s on deck, never the pilot from the elevator. I respect you guys a lot, but in my eyes you just make it more difficult than in real life for "realism sake" and you end up with more difficulty than needed. It might be realistic to you, it kills immersion for me and lots of pilots out there. It hinders carrier operations in multiplayer. Anyways the Mod si brilliant in all regards and its the main Mount of my naval squadron. Thank you for so much! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyC Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 I think a great compromise for overall realism would be for steering to be as it is now, with a separate "NWS/Towbar" bindable as well. When it is not used stand along steering with differential breaking applies, but when it is held the more precise and direct control takes over for such situation as when the plane would not be guiding itself. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calabrone Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 10 hours ago, JeffreyC said: I think a great compromise for overall realism would be for steering to be as it is now, with a separate "NWS/Towbar" bindable as well. When it is not used stand along steering with differential breaking applies, but when it is held the more precise and direct control takes over for such situation as when the plane would not be guiding itself. On the ground there is no problem moving to the runway, you just need to get the hang of it and those who have a pedal set with the ability to use the pedals as independent brakes, as I have, get used to it quickly. On the aircraft carrier instead is a total mess, unless you are positioned directly on the catapult, and then there would be need to be positioned automatically on the catapult, as happened in reality. In the version with the NSW running things were slightly better. Too bad because this great module loses its charm on the deck of an aircraft carrier. I hope they will think it over and make the change that has been requested by many. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNelson Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Well anyone is welcome to implement some kind of towbar system and submit a pull request. Don't take this the wrong way but even my brother who is terrible at DCS can taxi the A-4E on the deck, so not sure how it hinders carrier ops? We have had 10 people on the Forrestal all in A-4's just fine. It just takes a little practice and make sure your controls are setup. If you have trouble try use the special options. This has been discussed ad nauseum and the verdict is that NWS was never added to the A-4E, thus will never be added to our implementation. The latest version 2.0.1 has some minor tweaks to the nosewheel if you have not tried that might make it easier for you. 7 Community A-4E-C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calabrone Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 JNelson your brother is definitely better at this than I am, but despite all the new mods, I have a Thrustmaster pedal board, I'm still a sucker on the deck of an aircraft carrier. On the ground, no problem. So until I'm able to taxi on the deck of an aircraft carrier, I'll use the Marine insignia and stay on the ground. Hasta la vista. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
суховей Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Is a campaign planned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisprinzessin Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) Since yesterday something seems broke with my A-4. It feels like some brakes are engaged (while controler indicator says, everything is fine and controller settings seem to work in nromal conditions as well). i turn right and why ever she wants to turn right more and more...it is nearly impossible to steer her to the runway (yesterday evening everything ran smooth). when i reach the runway and accelerate, after a couple of seconds my front whee breaks apart... what the hell happened over night? Edited May 30, 2022 by Eisprinzessin Specs: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K 3.20 GHz, RAM 128 GB, Win11 Home, RTX3080Ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calabrone Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Dear Eisprinzessin If you own the video, I would say that you have a pedal board and can brake with the pedals to steer the Scooter to the right or left, so you don't need the rudder. If you increase the speed too much the caster tends to get stuck and in fact I find great difficulty taxiing on aircraft carriers ( Stennis or Forrestal ). RPMs should never exceed 75% during cab. When you take off don't touch the brakes to keep the Scooter in trim, but use the rudder instead: in fact I saw that your front suspension ( caster ) gave out.It looks like you are on the Marianas map and when I had tried it I had had some difficulty because I felt that the wheels were too much on the ground. I will try it again today and then let you know something if you are interested. Hi. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisprinzessin Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 As i said i know how to steer the A-4 and it was never a big problem imho, but i found the reason for this strange behaviour: She was just to fat! I was putting some Rockeyes and CBU Cannisters on her and was at around 176% weight. This gave me to flat rear tyres directly after spawning. OK, my fault...i just overlocked the red marks in the loadout settings. But thanks for your help anyway! 2 Specs: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K 3.20 GHz, RAM 128 GB, Win11 Home, RTX3080Ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calabrone Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 16 minutes ago, Eisprinzessin said: As i said i know how to steer the A-4 and it was never a big problem imho, but i found the reason for this strange behaviour: She was just to fat! I was putting some Rockeyes and CBU Cannisters on her and was at around 176% weight. This gave me to flat rear tyres directly after spawning. OK, my fault...i just overlocked the red marks in the loadout settings. But thanks for your help anyway! Of course it was a pleasure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNelson Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 4 hours ago, Eisprinzessin said: As i said i know how to steer the A-4 and it was never a big problem imho, but i found the reason for this strange behaviour: She was just to fat! I was putting some Rockeyes and CBU Cannisters on her and was at around 176% weight. This gave me to flat rear tyres directly after spawning. OK, my fault...i just overlocked the red marks in the loadout settings. But thanks for your help anyway! Yes this is a bug with the CBU-2 pods being 5 times there actual weight, you should use the CBU-1 pods instead. 1 3 Community A-4E-C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calabrone Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 JNelson thanks for the tip ! In fact I have never used them ! So far I have always used rockets or bombs of various kinds.Hello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=Skywarp= Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Me and my wingman Lucas Resende in a 1969 sortie RYZEN 7 2700 3.2 GHz / GAINWARD RTX 2070 / 32 GB RAM 3200 MHz / ASUS PRIME B450M / M.2 NVMe KINGSTON 1TB / SSD SANDISK 480GB / HD 2TB SATA3 / CORSAIR CX650 / AOC AGON AG322FCX MONITOR / THRUSTMASTER T.16000M FCS / CUSTOM HEADTRACK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUINCHO Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Buen video y buena misiòn ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calabrone Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 The video is very nice and the mission is not bad, but I am not aware that the Scooter has ever employed air-to-air missiles; in fact, the only MIG shot down in NAM by a Scooter was hit by a ZUNI rocket. Hi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpenwolf Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) A-4 Multiplayer Event: Operation Arab-Israeli-War kicks off next Saturday, 18.06.2022, around 1800 zulu. * Make sure your A-4 mod is up to date. Edited June 13, 2022 by Alpenwolf 1 Cold War 1947 - 1991 Discord Helicopters Tournaments Combined Arms Tournaments You can help me with keeping up the server via PayPal donations: hokumyounis@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calabrone Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 19 hours ago, Alpenwolf said: A-4 Multiplayer Event: Operation Arab-Israeli-War kicks off next Saturday, 19.06.2022, around 1800 zulu. * Make sure your A-4 mod is up to date. Too bad I don't speak English so I would only be in the way I have the A4E and the Huey. Hi and happy flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpenwolf Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Calabrone said: Too bad I don't speak English so I would only be in the way I have the A4E and the Huey. Hi and happy flights. It's fine, mate. Just grab an A-4 and have fun. The briefing images should help you understand the objectives better. 1 Cold War 1947 - 1991 Discord Helicopters Tournaments Combined Arms Tournaments You can help me with keeping up the server via PayPal donations: hokumyounis@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianky Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Alpenwolf, since that mission is usually on Saturdays, I'm assuming you mean Saturday 18th? Or is it Sunday 19th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calabrone Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 9 hours ago, Alpenwolf said: It's fine, mate. Just grab an A-4 and have fun. The briefing images should help you understand the objectives better. I will take your advice and decide what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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