DCS C-130 Start-Up Procedure

[GUCCI]

8 hours ago, The Gryphon said:

looking forward to the AC-130

Careful now- you do know that we're not yet getting an AC-130 right? 

this module is the C-130J-30 and C-130J slick, with an MC-130J down the road. That is what we will get with our purchase, any future AC-130 or harvest hawk will be 

a separate purchase!

[Bigity]

On 9/16/2025 at 7:12 AM, GUCCI said:

Careful now- you do know that we're not yet getting an AC-130 right? 

this module is the C-130J-30 and C-130J slick, with an MC-130J down the road. That is what we will get with our purchase, any future AC-130 or harvest hawk will be 

a separate purchase!

I'm fine with that, as long as it arrives eventually (and before I'm too old to sit at a PC to pretend to fly for hours at a time)!

[Charrua]

another video preview.

[Rufuz64]

The Auto Start Script is supposed to be 1 GB in size?

[Yurgon]

1 hour ago, Rufuz64 said:

The Auto Start Script is supposed to be 1 GB in size?

Is this in reference to Tricker's video? I'm not sure I understand the question.

[Hiob]

2 hours ago, Rufuz64 said:

The Auto Start Script is supposed to be 1 GB in size?

1GB script? rather unlikely.

[Rufuz64]

On 9/28/2025 at 2:46 PM, Yurgon said:

Is this in reference to Tricker's video? I'm not sure I understand the question.

Sorry, that was meant as a joke, because there really are a lot of buttons you have to press before the thing finally takes off.
(I'll work on my sense of humor...)

[Yurgon]

1 hour ago, Rufuz64 said:

[...] because there really are a lot of buttons you have to press before the thing finally takes off.

Oh, I see.

Nah, that's definitely not 1 GB in size.

You better stock up on RAM because the autostart script alone is at least 8 GB.

[Hiob]

2 hours ago, Rufuz64 said:

Sorry, that was meant as a joke, because there really are a lot of buttons you have to press before the thing finally takes off.
(I'll work on my sense of humor...)

Have you tried to start up the Hip? 

[Yurgon]

3 minutes ago, Hiob said:

Have you tried to start up the Hip? 

Why, you've got a metric ton of CBs that can all be flipped by shoving a handful of those big meshes. Then start engines and the internal fan and you're basically done.  

[Hiob]

apart from the roughly 15 steps you dropped, yeah sounds about right….

[Robi Hobby]

 

[Charrua]

En 9/10/2025 a las 14:40, Robi Hobby dijo:

 

Could this be done with a co-pilot?

[Someone]

22 hours ago, Charrua said:

Could this be done with a co-pilot?

Could what be done? 

 

[Charrua]

For example, starting the engines, ramp control, loading navigation data, etc. What they usually do when there are two pilots in a cockpit.

Different tasks simultaneously

I have no idea if this can be simulated by DCS.
This is just a question from someone who already purchased the module.

[Yurgon]

22 minutes ago, Charrua said:

For example, starting the engines, ramp control, loading navigation data, etc. What they usually do when there are two pilots in a cockpit.

Different tasks simultaneously

Sure, in multiplayer with a human pilot/copilot team, just like in any other multicrew module in DCS.

With tons of triggers and/or scripting it might be possible to do it in singleplayer missions as well, but I'm not sure anyone would want to take on that task because it's a ton of work. But knowing DCS mission creators, someone (*) will probably do it.

(*) Probably not the Someone, developer of the module. Man you picked one easy to mix up nickname.

[Someone]

3 hours ago, Charrua said:

For example, starting the engines, ramp control, loading navigation data, etc. What they usually do when there are two pilots in a cockpit.

Different tasks simultaneously

I have no idea if this can be simulated by DCS.
This is just a question from someone who already purchased the module.

Yes, 100% you can do this in multiplayer. 

[Charrua]

hace 2 horas, Yurgon dijo:

Vaya, elegiste un apodo fácil de confundir.

Being born in Uruguay, I wanted to find something that represents me as such.

In the Rio de la Plata area, we're often nicknamed "Los Charruas."

They are extinct in the area, although some groups continue to claim their ancestry.

My ancestors, as far as I'm concerned, come from Italy.
Franchi.

This is translated by Google Translator.

Sorry for off-topic.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charrúas

 

Al nacer en Uruguay, quise buscar algo que me representa como tal, en la zona del Rio de la Plata , nos suelen apodar como "Los Charruas". 
Los mismos fueron extintos en la zona. Aunque  algunos grupos siguen reclamando su decendencia.

Mis ansestros por lo que yo se provienen de Italia.
Franchi. 
Esto esta traduciodo por google.

 

[Rudel_chw]

5 hours ago, Charrua said:

Being born in Uruguay, I wanted to find something that represents me as such.

In the Rio de la Plata area, we're often nicknamed "Los Charruas."

it’s always nice to know what’s behind a nickname, but I tkink he was referring to @Someone

[ThorBrasil]

All the liveries that will come with the C-130J launch.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1015320894614282250/1427134215962628197/liveries.mp4?ex=68edc1cf&is=68ec704f&hm=52e3de20d6a8c180620b0268f7bdf12b3947c46d4fcda88dd5411a6fcbf5bd1b&

Edited yesterday at 11:24 AM by ThorBrasil

[Yurgon]

9 hours ago, Charrua said:

In the Rio de la Plata area, we're often nicknamed "Los Charruas."

Oh hey, that's great to know!

But like Rudel_chw already presumed, I was referring to @Someone 

1 hour ago, ThorBrasil said:

All the liveries that will come with the C-130J launch.

Haha, awesome!

Just an FYI for anyone coming here a bit later, external Discord attachment links are only valid for about a week or so. This Youtube link should be valid a bit longer.

 

[mondo]

On 10/3/2025 at 7:04 PM, Hiob said:

apart from the roughly 15 steps you dropped, yeah sounds about right….

The problem with the Hip is someone designed the cockpit by loading a blunderbuss with switches. In contrast the Hind has all the same systems plus a few more and is very straightforward to start up. 

[Pribs86]

On 9/16/2025 at 2:13 AM, Bedouin said:

Hmm you know that there isn't a AC-130 - there will be a C-130J Super Hercules at launch and later a MC-130J Commando II - but for now no AC-130

For now. They did say it would depend upon sales, so it's a possibility. Not a no.

[Hiob]

7 hours ago, mondo said:

The problem with the Hip is someone designed the cockpit by loading a blunderbuss with switches. In contrast the Hind has all the same systems plus a few more and is very straightforward to start up. 

Isn't the startup procedure pretty much the same? Elements are in different positions and you have those handy "switch all"-levers, but apart from that - the steps are pretty much the same, aren't they? 

Well, both are fun to cold start (if you are into switchology).  (Though I can start the Hip by heart when you wake me from a drunk stupor, whereas I would need to search everything in the Hind cockpit - but that's a matter of getting used to)

[MAXsenna]

4 hours ago, Hiob said:

Isn't the startup procedure pretty much the same?

Yes. 

@mondo When the Hind was released, I could easily start it up on the first go, without training nor manual, except for a few things like syncing the gyros. Because I know by heart how to start the Hip. The cockpit was lit up like a Christmas tree. But the Hind is so easy to fly anyway, so it didn't matter.