TheDoctor Posted May 14, 2012 Posted May 14, 2012 I use the kneeboard. .... Also it is possible to zoom in on the in-cockpit pilot's kneeboard, too. .... How is that done ?
WildBillKelsoe Posted May 14, 2012 Posted May 14, 2012 I use the kneeboard. On my Fighterstick I use a 4-way hat: up to toggle it on or off; left goes back a page; right goes forward a page; down uses that location triangle that shows where I am and the indicated time. BUT if I go off the kneeboard map, I am screwed. What to do when you lose both compasses to dogfight damage? Has happened to me. I lost just about all my rotary flight instruments on the front dashboard and made it back to land it. The A.I. guy in the off-line one-on-one, P-51 against P-51, is unmerciful. Just a few pings and he does quite a bit of aircraft damage. Using the kneeboard map and the identifier triangle is how I got back to base. One of the kneeboard maps is upside down. Intentional? Also it is possible to zoom in on the in-cockpit pilot's kneeboard, too. Nice thing about playing a map repeatedly is terrain identifiers to remember where you are and where you are going, like uniquely shaped hills or mountain peaks. OMG! I use the same hotas assignments you use. Only to a modifier with the trim POV.. And about familiarity with terrain and map of AO, I can safely say, thanks to A-10C campaign, I can fly back with total EGI/CDU/SAS/CICU/... failures.. In fact, I am now flying the A-10C without zoom in on anything. Even gun runs... My logic is this: default zoom for cockpit is 1500m. This is what you see at default zoom. So for attacking a tank right 2 clicks slant, I TMS Long and use the eye.. Very unrealistic or realistic, I don't care. But its a challenge everytime with the gun. AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
cichlidfan Posted May 14, 2012 Posted May 14, 2012 Speaking of which, it really would be nice to see a 3D in game kneeboard with the pilot model turned off. It would be even better if you could change it to a tablet PC in the options. The Kneeboard Glance View command works whether the pilot is turned on or not. So do the other Kneeboard commands. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
WildBillKelsoe Posted May 30, 2012 Posted May 30, 2012 guys, could you point me to the kneeboard page for limitations? I wanna edit it. AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
WildBillKelsoe Posted May 30, 2012 Posted May 30, 2012 The art of navigation comes down to knowing the difference between where you are and where you are not. If you know where you've been, and where you've gone, then you can deduce where you are not and subtract that from the possible locations where you may be, once you've gone there from where you are, and then calculate backwards from where you aren't to where you are. Easy as pie! ;) ^ :thumbup: AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
Suchacz Posted May 30, 2012 Posted May 30, 2012 Maybe I should write this to the "Dear Santa..." section, but I will write it here. Dear ED guys, would you mind to release a printable version of the DCS:World - VFR map? Pretty pretty pretty please... :( Per aspera ad astra! Crucial reading about DCS: Black Shark - Black Shark and Coaxial Rotor Aerodynamics, Black Shark and the Trimmer, Black Shark – Autopilot: Part 1, Black Shark – Autopilot: Part 2
nemises Posted May 30, 2012 Posted May 30, 2012 it might not be up to DCS:World adjustments yet but: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tactical-Chart-Flaming-Cliffs-Black/dp/095618362X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338374264&sr=8-1
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