Help with FC3 aircraft

[Teevon]

I’ve flown the F16 and F18 and had no problems getting their weapons to work. But when I fly any of the FC3 aircraft I have no idea how to get them to fire, I key-binded the weapons, but never found a Master Safe/Arm bind so I didn’t think I needed one and still haven’t found one. How do I get them to work?

[Jascha]

You press "SPACE".

Ok, seriously now. If you can manage F-16C and F/A-18C modules, you should have no problems with FC3 aircraft, since they're DCS' "easy mode". There is no master arm switch. You just change the master mode to A-A or A-G, lock (if necessary) and fire your weapon. Obviously some weapon types require some specific conditions to be met.

I highly recommend that you do the training missions. By default DCS has only the training missions for Russian FC3 aircraft. For A-10A there is an excellent flight school made by CFrag:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3315446/

Or watch the tutorials on YT. Grim Reapers covered all FC3 aircraft.

Edited September 26, 2022 by Jascha

[draconus]

There is the distinction for weapon fire and release. Depending on the module one is for guns and rockets and the other for missiles and bombs. Some needs holding down for 1 second.