DCS A-10C QUESTIONS

[Elwin]

I would like to ask how to trim the plane to maintain level flight? I use "trim:" function, but I cannot achieve such state when there would be no pitch/roll at all. In one position the aircraft is still rolling to one side, after one button press it is already rolling to the other side (however slightly). Same with the pitch.

The reason why I need this as precisely as possible is aerial refueling. No matter how hard I trim, it will sooner or later (but rather sooner than later) divert from its course and any input from the stick is usually too much to fine-tune to original state. Am I missing something? Thanks for answers ;-)

[Nate--IRL--]

FYI The real A-10 is a ***** to trim also.

 

Nate

[cichlidfan]

FYI The real A-10 is a ***** to trim also.

 

Nate

 

Patience and a very light touch. As Nate said, it is reportedly a PITA in RL (so they modelled it well) but by using very small adjustments (finger flicks across the hat for me sometimes) and a bit of back and forth it can be done with out driving yourself nuts.

 

The light touch on the trim controls really matters with my x52 Pro (I use the POV hat for trim).

 

The more you do it the easier it gets for what its worth.;)

[sobek]

Am I missing something? Thanks for answers ;-)

 

You are not going to do AAR with trimming alone. While a solid trim at pre contact is crucial, AAR is ALWAYS a hands on thing. You need to stay on top of anticipating your airplanes response to your inputs. It's a little like playing chess. You need to know exactly what your input will cause and start to compensate as early as possible.

 

The moment you slack off thinking 'oh this is stable enough, it's safe to let my guard down', that's the moment you are going to end up with that 135 parking its behind on your face.

Edited August 7, 2011 by sobek

[CEPEGA]

Hi guys, i got a question.

 

Wanted to practice some JTAC attacks with my selfmade mission. The startup went well, everything looked good, but then...

 

My front wheel broke at takeoff! I watched the track but i can't see anything i did wrong while taking off.

I have "random failures" activated in game settings, is it possible this was a mechanical failure?

Please don't tell me it was again an evil bird who striked me, i don't believe it :lol:

takeoff failure.trk

Edited August 6, 2011 by CEPEGA

[sobek]

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Did you turn off nosewheel steering below 60kts?

[CEPEGA]

Did you turn off nosewheel steering below 60kts?

 

i turned it off somewhere between 90 and 110 kts (forgot to turn it off earlier) but the nosewheel broke couple of seconds after i turned it off, so i guess that's not the reason. And btw the nosewheel isn't steering on the track and i didn't put any big action on the rudder pedals also.

[Nate--IRL--]

It happens from time to time - it is very random.

 

Nate

[sobek]

And btw the nosewheel isn't steering on the track and i didn't put any big action on the rudder pedals also.

 

You don't need to steer to wreck it. Keeping the steering on alone is sometimes enough to damage it. But as Nate said, there are incidents of it randomly happening. If you want to be safe, turn it off as soon as the rudders start to kick in (~60kts, the rudders are also way less jumpy, so it's easier to not wiggle around).

Edited August 7, 2011 by sobek

[CEPEGA]

It happens from time to time - it is very random.

 

Nate

 

That was my second time the nose wheel broke. Just trying to understand why :)

 

[EDIT] So, it IS a mechanical failure?

[Nate--IRL--]

That was my second time the nose wheel broke. Just trying to understand why :)

 

[EDIT] So, it IS a mechanical failure?

 

I'd say it's a bug to be honest.

 

Nate

[Laud]

I'd say it's a bug to be honest.

 

Nate

 

So I wonder why it didn't happen to me so far! :huh:

[sobek]

[EDIT] So, it IS a mechanical failure?

 

Not to cantradict Nate too much :) it might very well be a bug, but IMHO it seems to be more likely when you leave the NWS on long.

[Nate--IRL--]

Ahh.. perhaps we are crossing wires here Sobek. There are 2 issues. 1 is a burst tire from leaving the NWS engaged. The other is where the Front wheel is completely ripped off and the nose is thrown into the air (This is not common at all, it has only happened to me 3 times since the early betas).

 

Nate

[sobek]

Ahh.. perhaps we are crossing wires here Sobek. There are 2 issues. 1 is a burst tire from leaving the NWS engaged. The other is where the Front wheel is completely ripped off and the nose is thrown into the air (This is not common at all, it has only happened to me 3 times since the early betas).

 

Yes, you are of course right. The nosewheel does brake when the bug occurs, i had forgotten about that. :doh:

[CEPEGA]

yes, it brake off completely :)

[GripenNG]

I had alot of problems with broken front gear before, but to disengage the NWS at around 50 IAS instead of 70 IAS, and to pull the stick back a bit to relieve the gear from pressure at around 80-100 IAS depending on runway surface, and keep it there until take-off has helped me alot, and since then I haven´t had any problems with the gear! :drunk:

[WildBillKelsoe]

Pilots beware!!!

 

Ah, for the love of God!! Today, I was on a mission to interdickt (;)) a T-72 ruskie company. Now during flight, I almost got pinged by a <29>, and my wingman got his ass stooped. Now, I managed to evade, called in the O. Perry boys and flew towards them so they could back him off. Anyways, enough storytelling. Beware the steerpoint changer switch. If you're using trackir4pro like I do, make sure you are pressing the steerpoint changer, and not the EGI off switch. In flight, ehem :helpsmilie:, this caused me to abort my observation orbit and RTB cuz the egi lost its alignment and my LAAP got berserk!!..:mad::mad:

 

It even screwed up my HSI, ADI, and got me landing heavy that my main gears flatted out..

 

I tried realigning the egi, but for accuracy I had to land.

 

And guys, please, in a logical, kindergarten approach, please explain how to insert the JTAC coordinates into current flight plan, because I can't understand the manual. Page? Steer? LSKs? FSKs? I'm not a techno geek but I'm sure somebody knows how to do it. It dont matter the arrangement of waypoint or steerpoint, but I'd love to get it anywhere.

[bigbear]

Pause button

 

I am still new to the simulation and have problems finding targets within the MFCDs. I think I read somewhere that there is some button for newbees like me that I can click that will pause the game motion, but still let me mess around with the MFCD targeting, and yet I can't find it anywhere in the docs. Am I just hallucinating, or is this button for real?

[KillaALF]

Am I just hallucinating, or is this button for real?

 

It's called active pause and by default it is: LeftShift+LeftWin+Pause

[nomdeplume]

And guys, please, in a logical, kindergarten approach, please explain how to insert the JTAC coordinates into current flight plan, because I can't understand the manual. Page? Steer? LSKs? FSKs? I'm not a techno geek but I'm sure somebody knows how to do it. It dont matter the arrangement of waypoint or steerpoint, but I'd love to get it anywhere.

Have a look in the guides section here: http://en.wiki.eagle.ru/wiki/DCS:_A10C_Training_Supplements

 

Particularly the three "JTAC 9-line ..." guides.

[159th_Viper]

Ah

And guys, please, in a logical, kindergarten approach, please explain how to insert the JTAC coordinates into current flight plan....

 

What are you not just using the Target Assignment symbol (red triangle) on the TAD?

[WildBillKelsoe]

What are you not just using the Target Assignment symbol (red triangle) on the TAD?

 

 

I do, but I also have a problem with snoopy's flt pln guide. Many of the pictures need revision specially with the steerpoint knob and the page knob. Like if Page-> other, STPT--> FLT PLN and I press LSK left second from top to enter waypoint then I get the waypoint edit but sometimes it wont edit specially when entering lat/long, it's not responsive. What am I doing wrong>?

[Laud]

I do all my CDU modifications with MISSION and OTHER. Kinda "full access" setting.

[Divide Et Impera]

Does the cbu bug ( anti armor sub munitions incorrectly replaced with anti personal ligot armor muni ) is résolvable before the next patch with any manipulation ?