theox Posted October 16, 2010 Posted October 16, 2010 1.) I'm having a devil of a time locking my Mavs on tanks from roughly 8 nm out. Even in Narrow FOV I gotta be right on it. Moving the gate over and pressing TMS Up doesn't seem to work very well. Any advice on Mav employment would be great! 2.) JTAC: I'm playing the Shooting Gallery mission and even just a few miles out I can't get JTAC on the horn. Top radio is set 131.00, set to TR, and set to MAN. Is it the other radio? It doesn't seem to go up to 131.00. 3.) Just a throttle check. When I am maxed out on throttle with the combat load from Shooting Gallery I'm looking at 225 knots on the HUD. Is this about right? Someone here said 300 knots and I haven't seen that speed yet in straight and level flight. TIA
blahdy Posted October 16, 2010 Posted October 16, 2010 3.) Just a throttle check. When I am maxed out on throttle with the combat load from Shooting Gallery I'm looking at 225 knots on the HUD. Is this about right? Someone here said 300 knots and I haven't seen that speed yet in straight and level flight. You need to gain some aerodynamic-induced speed, engines alone won't do the trick especially when you're climbing. Climb high, then pitch down gradually and as you notice your speed building up, level out and trim.
Ragtop Posted October 16, 2010 Posted October 16, 2010 Look here for the Maverick, it's worth using the search function to get the best information! I'm not sure about your radio issue, I know it's not been fully implemented in this current beta however so it may not be functional yet. 225 on straight and level sounds about right to me, if you're fully loaded. Check headwinds etc also, but without diving at all 250+ seems ambitious. 476th vFG Alumni
Frogfoot1606687865 Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 In that particular mission you need to set your AM VHF radio to the correct freq, (The one closest to the throttles) Then you must be in line of sight of the JTAC, if a hill is obscuring the JTAC he wont respond. Make sure you complete the 9 line brief, at one point you have to read back the 9-line to the JTAC - there is no prompt for this you have to do it manually by using the radio commands, or he won't send you the point data to your TAD. It does work, but in my experience some times causes a crash. With regard to the radios the front one is VHF AM , the middle one is VHF FM and the one at the back is UHF Cheers Tom Windows 10 Pro 64bit, Gigabyte EX58-UD5, Intel i7 920 Corsair H70 water cooled @4GHz), Corsair XMS3 12GB (6x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel, Nvidia GTX780, OCZ Vertex 256GB SSD (for OS+DCS), TrackIR 5, TM Warthog HOTAS + Saitek Rudder
theox Posted October 17, 2010 Author Posted October 17, 2010 Thanks guys. Still having a heck of a time with the Mavs, but everything else is falling into place.
kylania Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 Thanks guys. Still having a heck of a time with the Mavs, but everything else is falling into place. The game ships with a nice little quick start guide that explains all the weapons systems. Check here: Eagle Dynamics\DCS A-10C Beta\Doc\short-manual-eng.pdf [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Christmas Cheer - A Landing Practice Mission : Beta Paint Schemes : HOTAS Keyboard Map : Bingo Fuel - A DCS A-10C Movie
theox Posted October 17, 2010 Author Posted October 17, 2010 Oh yea, I understand the concept and what I'm supposed to do, but those Mavs won't lock on at any price. I get a lock from time to time, but its just dumb luck. I've gone from just using the Mav POV, to using the TGP to lock then slew the Mav on target. Even then the IR Mavs don't want to do their thing. The TMS Fwd Short WILL NOT LOCK despite what the manual says. Haven't had a lock with that function yet.
Kaiza Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 Did you read Ragtops link? There is a trick to it explained in there. [url=http://www.aef-hq.com.au/aef4/forumdisplay.php?262-Digital-Combat-Simulator][SIGPIC]http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/2500/a10161sqnsignitureedite.png[/SIGPIC][/url]
theox Posted October 17, 2010 Author Posted October 17, 2010 Oh yeah, trying the magic combo of TMS Fwd Long then TMS Fwd Short but no love so far. Going to try the H model next, just to see if the optical is any better.
bogusheadbox Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 Check headwinds etc also Unfortunately headwinds have nothing to do with IAS/EAS/TAS A good way to see if your engine is developing power at full throttle is to check the engine n1 fan speed. If you are developing full N1 thrust then any poor performance in air speed is purely down to drag and thrust vector
CharlieMike24 Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 3.) Just a throttle check. When I am maxed out on throttle with the combat load from Shooting Gallery I'm looking at 225 knots on the HUD. Is this about right? Someone here said 300 knots and I haven't seen that speed yet in straight and level flight. TIA Just a thought... have you retracted your flaps after take-off? :doh: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
sweinhart3 Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 hmmm. I achieve 300knots or close to it everytime. Remember gear and flaps up Intel i7 990X, 6GB DDR3, Nvidia GTX 470 x2 SLI, Win 7 x64 http://picasaweb.google.com/sweinhart
dave4002000 Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 In the shooting gallery mission, between WP2 and Fence In..i'll climb to about 12,000ft and level off...speed stabilizes around 280-285kts at full throttle. And that's with full fuel, 6 mavs, cbu105, target pod and gbu-38's on every last available pylon. Comes out to around 98% MTOW. Flaps will come up at 185kts regardless of the switch position. Make sure the gear is up, speed brakes are closed and check your throttle calibrations. USAF Bomber Avionics Specialist, Ret. (2A5) Water-cooled i7-8700k @ 5.0GHz Nvidia GTX1080 32 GB DDR4-3200 M.2 NVMe Drive Warthog HOTAS Oculus Rift CV1
aaron886 Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 (edited) Unfortunately headwinds have nothing to do with IAS/EAS/TAS They have a lot to do with IAS/TAS/CAS/EAS. If you're flying into a headwind, your indicated speed will be higher than your ground speed. It affects the relative wind. A tailwind would actually HELP him reach 300 in the HUD, which by default displays indicated. (Can also display true and ground, I believe) Edited October 17, 2010 by aaron886
theox Posted October 17, 2010 Author Posted October 17, 2010 Ok, going to have to check the throttle I definitely don't think I'm getting full thrust. I believe my fan speed is roughly 80% I think max is 82% if I read correctly. Will recalibrate.
dave4002000 Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 IIRC, RCtrl 'P' will bring up a window that shows your control axes. Quick way to check your calibration in-game. USAF Bomber Avionics Specialist, Ret. (2A5) Water-cooled i7-8700k @ 5.0GHz Nvidia GTX1080 32 GB DDR4-3200 M.2 NVMe Drive Warthog HOTAS Oculus Rift CV1
aaron886 Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 "Show Controls Indicator" is RCtrl + Enter by default. Just checked. Actually seen two people remember the wrong key combination for that now. :smilewink:
dave4002000 Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 :doh:haha...sorry about that USAF Bomber Avionics Specialist, Ret. (2A5) Water-cooled i7-8700k @ 5.0GHz Nvidia GTX1080 32 GB DDR4-3200 M.2 NVMe Drive Warthog HOTAS Oculus Rift CV1
Flamin_Squirrel Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 They have a lot to do with IAS/TAS/CAS/EAS. If you're flying into a headwind, your indicated speed will be higher than your ground speed. It affects the relative wind. A tailwind would actually HELP him reach 300 in the HUD, which by default displays indicated. (Can also display true and ground, I believe) Wrong wrong wrong. GS is the ONLY thing that winds will effect. No bearing what so ever on what IAS is achievable. 1
ESzczesniak Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 Wrong wrong wrong. GS is the ONLY thing that winds will effect. No bearing what so ever on what IAS is achievable. Well it does depend on how you look at the variables. What you say is the correct and traditional aviation way of looking at this issue because IAS reflects airspeed over the wings generating lift. However, you can make either GS or IAS your fixed constant and head/tail winds will affect the other.
Flamin_Squirrel Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 Well it does depend on how you look at the variables. What you say is the correct and traditional aviation way of looking at this issue because IAS reflects airspeed over the wings generating lift. However, you can make either GS or IAS your fixed constant and head/tail winds will affect the other. It doesn't depend on how you look at the variables. Winds only affect GS. If you've got GS displayed then winds will affect the value. If not, it won't.
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