USAFMTL Posted August 16, 2012 Posted August 16, 2012 How much do some of you spend time doing transitions, range practice, maybe emergency procedures? This is just a question my own information. [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
WildBillKelsoe Posted August 16, 2012 Posted August 16, 2012 How much do some of you spend time doing transitions, range practice, maybe emergency procedures? This is just a question my own information. almost never. it's not that complicated once you get the A-10 under your fist. You be the weapon, and not the weapon be you. However, the first few times, I popped threads asking questions about systems, weapons, gunning, sam evasion, etc.. all members of ED forums proved helpful. I've been away from A-10C for 3 months now, but I remember everything as if it were my own office. 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.
MTFDarkEagle Posted August 16, 2012 Posted August 16, 2012 What Bill said :) RTFM, practice, practice, practice. Once you think you've done enough practice, practice some more. Oh, did I mention practice? ;) Just setup a targetting range and try getting used to the weapons, try to predict what the systems are going to do etcetc.. Regarding failures/emergencies: Have a emergency checklist nearby. But, first and foremost: 1) FLY 2) NAVIGATE 3) COMMUNICATE In THAT order! Fly the airplane, then start troubleshooting. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
USAFMTL Posted August 17, 2012 Author Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) Oh yeah I am reading the manual etc. I spend time doing a lot of training. I'm no rookie at this. :D Just was curious on what routine some of you have. Edited August 17, 2012 by USAFMTL [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
Leto Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 I fly the A10 maybe 6-7 hours per week. This flight time consists approximately of - 2 hours flying a mission every tuesday 8 p.m. with my squad mates of 33rd AirBaseWing - 2 hours every thursday 8 p.m. teaching new squad members how to fly A10 - 2-3 hours "private" fly time "Private" fly time mostly consists of time I fly alone or with one of the others in 33rd ABW, testing and exploring stuff we are curious about, developing procedures for the squad, testing my own missions or missions built by others, weapons training, etc. Personally, I learn best by teaching others. So I am forced to know what I am talking about and even after lots and lots of trainings I gave there are still questions coming up for which I don't have an answer. So I have to look it up or test it. This way, DCS A10 never gets boring. :thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ariescon.com Intel i7-6700K | 32GB RAM | NVIDIA GTX 1080 | 1TB m.2 SSD | TM Warthog | Logitech G-35 | TrackIR 5 | Windows 10 Ultimate 64bit | 3 monitor setup @5760x1080 | Occulus Rift
Jona33 Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Uhh, I spend most of my time messing around, occasionally do a bit of refueling practice before it gets to depressing, fly sometimes with the guys in my sig and then piss around a bit more with massive bombs on hordes of stationary tanks. Sometimes I do a single player mission too. Always remember. I don't have a clue what I'm doing
Echo38 Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Pretty much all I do is training, although that involves a lot of multiplayer dogfighting.
MxGDiChello Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Where do I find one of these squads to learn with. I feel so lonely.
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