DCS: P-51D Mustang Coming in 2012

[159th_Viper]

.. Is this real life!!?

 

Nope - it's Digital :D

[HiJack]

Takeoff and landings

 

I really hope ED includes the possibility to create a grass airfield or at least the possibility to refuel and rearm using the same types of units needed to rearm and refuel the Ka-50 on the FARP. If they just add the same rearming and refueling features as the Ka-50 and set a minimum distance from the units to work we could just use a cornfield or other farmland to create new airbase.

 

(HJ)

[Jona33]

I really hope ED includes the possibility to create a grass airfield or at least the possibility to refuel and rearm using the same types of units needed to rearm and refuel the Ka-50 on the FARP. If they just add the same rearming and refueling features as the Ka-50 and set a minimum distance from the units to work we could just use a cornfield or other farmland to create new airbase.

 

(HJ)

 

That's a good idea. In fact a really good idea. Said farmland would be bumpy as hell but it would work for the shark as well.

[normntaz]

Found on ED's facebook page, the P-51 soundtrack :P

 

http://soundcloud.com/btd-1-1/soundtrack-for-dcs-p-51

 

Awesome! You can even hear the "whistle".

 

Thanks for posting!

[Ramstein]

Will there be a pre-P51 purchase avaiable at Beta stage?

 

Will there be a pre-P51 purchase avaiable at Beta stage?

 

thanx,, I apologize if this has already been asked..

[cichlidfan]

Will there be a pre-P51 purchase avaiable at Beta stage?

 

thanx,, I apologize if this has already been asked..

 

No problem. The thread was a little ways below this one.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=84696

[spyda]

just found out about the DCS p51 what a great idea :thumbup: be nice just to fly around and look at the country side

[CoBlue]

Love it, just AMAZING!

[HiJack]

Just updated my cable to 100M/10M bit so I'm ready to host larger dedicated servers. Plans to update the CPU on my server also ;). I really hope the DCS Mustang lands with updated networking features!

 

(HJ)

[cichlidfan]

If the P-51D is a single engine plane, then why would I need dual throttle?

 

You need the other lever for mixture and then the slider for prop pitch would be my instinct.

 

EDIT: I don't know if the P-51 had an adjustable prop.

[effte]

Engine management will be a shock to many avid jet p... eh, drivers. ;)

 

RPM is the most needed control. The 51 has auto mixture.

 

If there was anything I was disappointed in, it was the selection of an aircraft with quite a bit of automation. Manual mixture, manual variable pitch, manually controlled manifold pressure... that would have been fun! For a few... ;D

[159th_Viper]

If the P-51D is a single engine plane, then why would I need dual throttle?

 

At the very least, one axis for Manifold pressure and another axis for the Propeller RPM. A lot more axis certainly helps.

[sobek]

Manual mixture, manual variable pitch, manually controlled manifold pressure... that would have been fun! For a few... ;D

 

Don't forget the cowling flaps, those are automated too. ;)

 

However, i'm pretty confident that once it's released, you will all agree that even with all the automation, that thing is still quite a handful. :)

[Yo-Yo]

You need the other lever for mixture and then the slider for prop pitch would be my instinct.

 

EDIT: I don't know if the P-51 had an adjustable prop.

 

The most preferrable controls would be additionally RUDDER and ELEVATOR TRIM.

 

Though it will be possible to use digital input, absolute axes are the best solution.

[cichlidfan]

The most preferrable controls would be additionally RUDDER and ELEVATOR TRIM.

 

Though it will be possible to use digital input, absolute axes are the best solution.

 

Hmmm, I still have an unused Bodnar board. Absolute, as in levers/sliders/pots? There is still time to build a controller I think.:D

[effte]

Yo-Yo,

of course... sometimes, the important things are taken for granted!

 

At least elevator trim is (should be) all but a must. Rudder, well... can live without having it on an axis, unless it is found on the T/O roll that it's forgotten on the pre-takeoff. But by then it's probably too late anyway. :D

 

I'm considering finally getting the Saitek trimmer, as well as two more throttle quadrants. Hey, I'd have the full set of B-17 engine controls next to the Warthog*! And not enough hands/fingers... where's that Saitek eff-O when you need him?!

 

Cheers,

Fred

 

*) And another suggestion for medication from the second officer, or S.O. as they're otherwise known

[159th_Viper]

....Rudder, well... can live without having it on an axis........

 

The Mustang disagrees.

 

...But by then it's probably too late anyway....

 

The Mustang agrees.

 

 

:D

[effte]

The Mustang disagrees.

 

Aha... sooooo.... where's the Official Bug Report thread then? Got my first! :D

[159th_Viper]

:megalol:

 

Do not take me too seriously at this stage in proceedings. As with all things, there are many ways to skin a cat. Having all the trim tabs on axis, whilst not essential, is certainly more convenient, if nothing else.

[effte]

Viper,

the only part of that statement I have a wee (see, I'm learning!) problem with is "at this stage"... :P

Edited February 11, 2012 by effte
Translated to Viper's native language ;)

[cichlidfan]

Viper,

the only part of that statement I have a problem with is "at this stage"... :P

 

:megalol:

[159th_Viper]

Plausible Deniability :P

[Phantom88]

AHHH,This Pony sounds F-U-N!!!:thumbup:

[nick10]

Any chance of a video?

[Yo-Yo]

Hmmm, I still have an unused Bodnar board. Absolute, as in levers/sliders/pots? There is still time to build a controller I think.:D

 

Multiround pots... don't know the right term though. Maybe geared pots. The idea is to have maximal control travel for the whole control range. For trimmers, I think.