Please, can we have the manual/QS guide before the release?

[LordOrion]

Dear ED: can you please release to all the Mig-29 manual / QS guide before the actual release of the module, so that people will get ready for it in time?

Thank you very much!

[tradingwaste]

It would be cool if we got it soon, cause am guessing another 1-2 months before we actually get the FF Mig29A. So at least in the mean time we could start going over it

[Gierasimov]

20 hours ago, LordOrion said:

Did you know one single module there which have a fully completed manual?

BTW: I'm not asking for the full module manual, but for the Quick Start /EA guide they said/promised will be released along with the module.

IMHO that whould be enough to start

Yep it would be nice indeed!

In the meanwhile I am digesting this one: 

[skywalker22]

4 hours ago, Gierasimov said:

Yep it would be nice indeed!

In the meanwhile I am digesting this one: 

pdf version maybe anywhere?

[LordOrion]

1 hour ago, skywalker22 said:

pdf version maybe anywhere?

Nope

[Gierasimov]

1 hour ago, skywalker22 said:

pdf version maybe anywhere?

Yep, it is actually a re-print of GAF T.O. 1F-MIG29-1. Searching via google GAF T.O. 1F-MIG29-1 pdf will lead to a few hits.

[ASW]

9 часов назад, Gierasimov сказал:

Yep it would be nice indeed!

In the meanwhile I am digesting this one: 

I would like to have such a book nearby just for beauty. But they probably don't release them in Russia (because there are "American, European, Japanese and other spies around"), and they can't order it from the United States because of the sanctions. I wanted to buy the books "Operation Linebacker I 1972: The first high-tech air war" in a paper version, but due to the sanctions, the price turned out to be very high. About the same as two modules in DCS. Moreover, I have no doubt that hardly anyone from all over Russia was going to buy these books.)

 

[LordOrion]

Think I found the full (450 pages) version of the manual above.

The german version has a TACAN radio, I don't think we can expect to get it.

[Gierasimov]

8 hours ago, LordOrion said:

Think I found the full (450 pages) version of the manual above.

The german version has a TACAN radio, I don't think we can expect to get it.

For sure we won't. DCS is based on initial Warsaw Pact version although a lot of Polish Air Force Fulcrum in the trailer (which were modified to fit into NATO standards).

As always, DCS simulation game manual will differ from the real one.

 

[WinOrLose]

15 hours ago, LordOrion said:

Think I found the full (450 pages) version of the manual above.

The german version has a TACAN radio, I don't think we can expect to get it.

Do you have a link? I've found part 1 and part 2 that takes you up to about 150 odd pages.

[LordOrion]

9 hours ago, WinOrLose said:

Do you have a link? I've found part 1 and part 2 that takes you up to about 150 odd pages.

Google for "GAF T.O. 1F-MIG29-1 pdf avialogs", should be the 1st result.

Edited May 26 by LordOrion

[AeriaGloria]

10 hours ago, WinOrLose said:

Do you have a link? I've found part 1 and part 2 that takes you up to about 150 odd pages.

Full thing you can find in places is 450 pages 

[WinOrLose]

8 hours ago, AeriaGloria said:

Full thing you can find in places is 450 pages 

Thanks - yes found it searching as above. Cheers

[Ironhand]

The FF module will model many of this aircraft’s systems very differently from the FC version which many of us have been flying. So there will be a lot to unlearn and, then, relearn.

It would be extremely helpful to have the manual released prior to the module. That would decrease the frustration level for folks who haven’t spent time wading through the available Russian language. At least this would give folks a chance to see what’s changed before the module arrives.

[AeriaGloria]

HUD: No target speed/alt without datalink. No target overlayed symbol. Right side of HUD is only on IPV/HDD. Symbology is only correct for level flight. Heading tape goes away with lock. No radar mode displayed, can only tell by fixed radar range in each mode. No target aspect in IRST mode, IRST mode ranging is uncertain beyond 6.5 km and might take 8 seconds or alert enemy RWR. No specific ATK symbol to show memory mode. Bar scanned on HDD/IPV. Rhombus is radar gimbal limit. 
 

RWR: No EWR or AWACs categories. Sides and rear have less range then front. 50/90 doesn’t show target at 60-80 degrees but actually 80-100 degrees and only at close range, 50 light only at medium to long range. PD fighters are misplaced in medium range SAM category until close range. Presence of missile tag showing estimate of enemy attack distance. Signal strength no longer shows linear distance but exponential. Possible blinding at close range. Elevation showing only works at close range. Low SHORAD priority. 
 

Sensor interaction: You do not have simple on/off control of radar and IRST to switch primary sensor. What is primary sensor will be decided by placement of SUV knob, whether in search or track mode, selected weapon, if laser range is present, and placement of interaction switch. In addition, one sensor will only pick up the lost lock of another sensor if you turn on interaction switch. Which locks radar to MPRF. 
 

Some things for people to expect