DCS versus real life

[Jimmytime]

Although I'm not a pilot I have found this to be very real indeed. When I'm flying I miss my family and think of my daughter. When I'm with my family I think about flying. I eat and sleep at times.

[baltic_dragon]

LOL! BTW, I am part of a VFW called DCS Mercenaries. Not advertising or anything, but the guys there are very open minded. Stop by sometime after you have completed the mastery. BTW, if you have any questions, let me know by PM. And I got some good news for you, I am a SH4 fan. My username at subsim is commandosolo2009. But I'm now affiliated with aviation clans.. :pilotfly:

 

Wow, thanks a lot - I will definetely contact you once I know all the basics, so that I have something to build on later. So far, so good - I got hang of starting up my A10, most of the navigation and landing (although in ideal conditions, I must admit). As for the DCS Mercenaries, I will be happy to fly with you guys, so I should contact you real soon. And as for the SH4,it's been a very long time since I last played it. Tried SH5, but something just didn't feel right there...

[baltic_dragon]

Although I'm not a pilot I have found this to be very real indeed. When I'm flying I miss my family and think of my daughter. When I'm with my family I think about flying. I eat and sleep at times.

 

I know EXACTLY what you are going through... :megalol:

[AgentWhite]

When DCS model the buttons that only 0.01% of computer pilots are interested in I will say they are on the Precision Manuals level, they are close. But I absolutely love the A-10 :) I have been a buyer since Su-27 Flanker on the Amiga.

 

My retro mind remembers how impressed I was that the mountains got more triangles when you flew towards them :D Triangle mountain... Mountain of 12 triangles :O Mountain of 50 triangles!!! :O :O

[StrongHarm]

There's always been controversy over whether reading the manual is necessary. I do know that it's widely encouraged. I personally love the technical details they added to the manual. It adds to the immersion of the simulation.

 

To put it into perspective, if there are 100 points of knowledge available in the manual, learning from a squadron or individual will most likely provide 70 points at most (which is enough for some people). If you read the manual, read the forums, and confer with other pilots in multi, you'll most likely acheive 120 points of knowledge.

 

See this post for interesting discourse on the subject:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=58696

[baltic_dragon]

There's always been controversy over whether reading the manual is necessary. I do know that it's widely encouraged. I personally love the technical details they added to the manual. It adds to the immersion of the simulation.

 

To put it into perspective, if there are 100 points of knowledge available in the manual, learning from a squadron or individual will most likely provide 70 points at most (which is enough for some people). If you read the manual, read the forums, and confer with other pilots in multi, you'll most likely acheive 120 points of knowledge.

 

See this post for interesting discourse on the subject:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=58696

 

Yup, I personaly believe it is best to read the manual first, then play the training missions (referring to manual when necessary), ask things you are not sure about in the forum and then with some knowledge to go online and fly with more experienced pilots - I think it would also be more entertaining for them than teaching someone who is completely green..

Edited January 29, 2012 by baltic_dragon

[Ayumi]

too many buttons not enough keys on my kb lol !

 

Hello guys/gals !

 

OMG overwhelming! After a couple weeks it gets natural..or actually 15-20 hours sim time per training course. Keep in mind in the US Air Force has a program setup in the following order if one get's to fly the A-10C:

 

Air Force Introductory Flight Screening (IFS)

• Air Force IFS offers 25 hours of flying training and 58 hours of ground training

  
  

Phase 1 - Academic Classes and Pre-Flight Training

Phase 2 - Primary Aircraft Training (T-6, T-34)

• Approximately 90 hours of flight training instruction, 22 weeks of training
  

T-38 Talon - Fighter / Bomber Track

• Approximately 120 hours of flight instruction, 24 weeks of training
  
• Purpose: prepare graduates for fighter / bomber assignments
  
• Focus: Contact, Instruments, Formation (2/4 ship), Navigation, Low-level
  
• Graduates will pick follow on aircraft based on merit and instructor recommendation
  
• Graduates select F-22, F-16, F-15C, F-15E, A-10, B-1, B-52, B-2, UAV, FAIP, and are eligible for any Tanker, Transport, or Special Operations aircraft
  

SO thats roughly about a year and a few weeks of training. With such a realistic simulator you are doing really good if you can flawlessly take off fly a pattern and land for 25 hours. I'm taking my time to get it but i will!