DCS:A-10 start up and other procedures mirror real life

[coolts]

So there I was getting the hang of the systems and weapons. You know, getting my china hats and boats in a mess, SPI here and SOI there. Wandering Mavericks and hung stores. Basically a flying rant with wings. I thought, “I need to get something off pat”,” just one thing that I can definitely do right. So I thought I will practice start up. That’s a linear procedure and therefore easy to learn. I’ve never done a manual start before. Not in falcon or BS. I always thought “why bother?” . This time though I thought that my appreciation of the avionics and engine systems will be massively increased if I learn how to start them and I will begin to better appreciate all their intricate interdependencies.

 

Now, in the evening after dinner when I fire up the PC and coax the TrackIR into life, all I want to do is KILL. And EXPLODE THINGS. Therefore I jump into a runway start, get my HOTAS switches sorted and off I go to slightly damage some enemy vehicles.

 

So I thought, I will practice the start up in the mornings. I am dozy, not full of the after effects of the workings days angst. It’s the perfect time to practice the more sedate side of simming. If I do it every morning before work, I will have it off pat in a week.

 

After downloading a few checklists and so on, I gave it a go and was well chuffed. It wasn’t at all as baffling as I had hoped. As long as you have a vague idea which panel to look at the labels aren’t in Russian this time, (thank god). It worked.

 

Later though I had a strange thought……..

 

I am starting up my A-10 whilst eating breakfast. The start of the day. Now that’s a weird parallel. Should I practice a ‘shutdown’ before I go to bed?

 

A ‘refuelling' at lunchtime.

 

‘Configure my stores’ before going to the toilet?

 

My god I am now starting to think in SIM-GLISH. I need :helpsmilie:.

[MadTommy]

Get out and have a walk on the Downs or down Gloucester Road ;).. i think you need it.

[coolts]

Get out and have a walk on the Downs or down Gloucester Road ;).. i think you need it.

 

Heh, says HE with an A-10 sig :megalol:

 

Yeah, the "Inn on the green" is a great pub on gloucester road. Its got about 20 guest ales so you can work your way down the pub from the ciders to the stouts to the bitters to the...........kebab shop then taxi rank if you can still walk.

 

EJECT!, (gahh. doing it again) then you get in the house late and "bithin' betty"...........[CUT]