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ZekeNY posted:Not sure if I'll pull the trigger on that one, but it does look nice. Same. It's cool that itll be in there and all, but the airframe itself doesn't do much for me.
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Want. I am a dyed-in-the-wool WWII guy, but drat do I wants me some Tomcat.
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Mar 8, 2019 15:25
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Logged into my home PC from work via VPN just to download it. It's happening!!!
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Mar 13, 2019 17:53
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I didn't crash and burn on my first landing, so that's a plus, but gently caress I have no idea what I am doing in this thing.
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Mar 14, 2019 01:40
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Well calling it a night after ~3 hours with the tomcat. Wow, what a beast. Definitely a pilot's airplane with all the steam gauges and lack of all the modern amenities. My kind of bird. 
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Mar 14, 2019 04:24
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In the F-14, I find my pitch and roll stabilization switches keep turning off. I understand there's a threshold of the flight envelope that will automatically turn them off, but I've seen them click off on straight and level flight. That, unfortunately, instantly disconnects the AFCS. In fact, I was flying around last night using the AFCS for straight and level flight and all of a sudden it just disconnected. I looked down to find the pitch and roll stabilization switches were off again. Not sure if it's a bug, or if I'm outside of some mystical parameter that I'm not aware of.
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Mar 15, 2019 13:07
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Popete posted:Went through the pilot cold start training mission a few times well setting up my TrackIR for the F-14. My neck hurts. Yep. gently caress that hydraulic switch on the right rear panel in particular.
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Mar 17, 2019 05:20
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Sagebrush posted:TIL that the K- designation for tanker aircraft comes from the word "Kerosene." TIL2. Jet fuel is essentially kerosene, so that makes sense.
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Mar 19, 2019 00:09
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Wow. That's awful. Reminds me of when the ARMA3 devs got jailed in Greece for spying when they were taking pics of some military base.
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May 14, 2019 11:11
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Oglogoth posted:Is ED aware that we built an aircraft carrier inside a lake in WWII? Two, even.
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I've been really trying to get good with the Hornet lately and now that I've got the hang of it, I'm really enjoying it. I'm having a problem with the radar though and I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. On the Hoggit Training Server, there's a respawning flight Aviajet C101's that circle around as A2A drones. I can't, for the life of me, get the Hornet's radar to lock on them. I slew my designator to bracket the radar contact and hit the TDC depress key. The radar azimuth indicator jumps to the designator, wiggles back and forth between the designator brackets for 3-4 seconds, then returns to its regular sweep. This happens at any range. I can get a successful lock in boresight mode on a target that I can't lock by slewing and pressing the TDC designator, so I know I'm within the radar's operational limits. But, not being able to get a lock in anything but boresight mode makes shooting sparrows or amraams nearly impossible. What am I doing wrong?
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OhsH posted:Press it twice. That immediately drops the radar back to normal sweeps and returns the designator to the upper left corner of the display. 
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Sep 27, 2019 01:17
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OhsH posted:Ah hell i dont remember the hornet. Well, I appreciate the thought, anyway.
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Sep 27, 2019 01:35
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LTWS was the problem. Thanks!
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Sep 27, 2019 04:28
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Carth Dookie posted:Yeah I'm playing in expert so I don't think level autopilot is active. Unless something has changed, I don't believe you will get many bombing missions in a 109F career.
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Oct 9, 2019 01:26
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Autumn sale is on now. 50% off most modules. Just snagged the Harrier for $35. Not bad. 
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Oct 18, 2019 21:09
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Carth Dookie posted:Bf109 e-7 career has ended it seems. My pilot set down due to damage behind enemy lines and was captured. Enjoying Russian hospitality during WW2? RIP. I'm enjoying your campaign updates and I encourage you to post more. However, you know there is a dedicated Il2 BoX thread, right? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3670413. It's slow, but if you post, it'll pick up.
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An update was released today to unfuck A/G munitions in the Hornet. Seems that while building the Walleye, they forgot to test dropping bombs from anything other than an airstart, so if you ground started the jet, your bombs would hang on the rails ad infinitum. 
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Oct 21, 2019 22:44
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The A-7 Corsair II was just announced, though it's from a third-party, so not the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. https://flyingironsimulations.com/blogs/news/dcs-a-7e-corsair-ii-by-flyingiron-sims
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Feb 24, 2020 12:16
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DCS World: This thread is in Early Access
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May 15, 2020 18:08
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skooma512 posted:DCS World: Only forward, never backwards, because those won’t be implemented even on carriers. And twirling, twirling towards 1.0 Love it
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May 15, 2020 19:30
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MrYenko posted:There should never not be a USS Midway, but I also think we should throw caution to the wind and name the next one either USS Battle Off Samar or USS Samuel B. Roberts. I would support a new Sammy B.
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Maybe I missed the memo on this, but how much of my A-10C knowledge is going to transfer to the A-10C II?
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One thing that has always frustrated me about DCS is how an update might completely change procedures that have been in place for years. I've been proficient with the A-10C (not the II subvariant) for 8-9 years. Tonight, I fired it up for the first time in six or eight months and when I try to drop GBU-12s I get nothing but "AUTOLASE FAIL" as my bomb sails off into the sunset. Recent updates have also changed the way laser-guided weapons are deployed in the F-18, so now I have to relearn a routine to fight in that. Other instances I can recall are changing the startup sequence in the Huey and the Bf-109. I get why it happens, but it's just frustrating and off-putting. I don't have a ton of time to devote to this and having the rug pulled out from under me annoys me.
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skooma512 posted:If you like that, and have IL-2, try the Pat Wilson Campaign Generator. Make sure you install the 64b version of Java. That's the number 1 issue.
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Dec 17, 2020 05:25
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PenisMonkey posted:Make sure you give Zucky all your data if you plan on getting a Quest. I thought I heard that whole facebook requirement got dropped? Maybe I'm thinking of something else?
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Apr 25, 2021 21:53
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Saukkis posted:The opposite actually. Grandfathered Oculus accounts will be dropped in the future and Facebook account will be mandatory.  Wow. Thanks for clarifying that for me. Unbelievable.
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Apr 26, 2021 01:33
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Corky Romanovsky posted:Unplug this device, then repeat with the other. Doing this with more than one device plug in can brick your stick/throttle. Holy poo poo that's crappy software design.
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ImplicitAssembler posted:anything after Midway was just a curb-stomping. I take umbrage with this statement on behalf of the entirety of the Guadalcanal campaign.
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Wolfy posted:Its my understanding that trimming planes in real life is a lot different. I suppose it's like anything with digital vs analog controls. Lots of a/c have trim wheels (though this seems less common in more modern planes) which allow you to fine tune infinitely precise trim inputs. Most jets in this game have trim buttons that turn the trim motors on or off with no setting in between. Or, as in the case with my IL2 settings, the aircraft simulate an analog trim wheel, but my input is a digital button, so I'm constantly fiddling with trim. Anyway, in real airplanes that I've flown (light GA aircraft), even with a trim wheel, you're always fiddling with trim to some degree. It's unavoidable as the aircraft is constantly changing it's flight parameters in countless subtle ways. So, in short, digital vs analog, sim vs real... You're always fiddling with trim unless you hit autopilot switch.
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We're saying the same thing; you're just saying a lot more of it.  In all seriousness though, you're absolutely right. Flight is such a fluid and dynamic thing, that constantly mucking with trim is the reality until you start bringing autopilots to the table. Edit to add: sincere thanks for the effort post. That's a perfect summary of trim and stability.
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Every now and then I have to take my old pedals apart and blast the pot with electric contact cleaner, else I get a lot of what you're describing. If the curves don't work for you, consider cleaning the potentiometer. In an external view on the ground, move your feet and watch the rudder. Does it smoothly follow your motion or does it jump around and/or jitter at some point in the travel? If the latter, clean your potentiometers.
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Xakura posted:Easier to check for jitter in the axis tune panel, than looking at the rudder ingame. You do you.
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dialhforhero posted:Lol Don't be a dick. Gonna go against the hivemind here and side with OP on this. It's a game. Making ultra realistic settings optional should be a standard, not an afterthought. I should be able to play a game however I want.
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"Hey, the DCS thread has some traction today! Someone must've mentioned VR." ... "Yep, someone mentioned VR."
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EvilBlackRailgun posted:I’ve never flown in any military aircraft but even just having been in several GA planes could tell you DCS feels the most realistic. I agree with everything you said. I have about 310hrs in GA aircraft and fs2020 is the weakest FM by far.
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ImplicitAssembler posted:It's DCS's inane ground handling that totally unsuited for tail draggers. It totally destroys the WW2 birds for me. Wait, what? I'm no DCS fanboi, but ground handling for taildraggers is *light-years* ahead of things like FS2020.
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GruntyThrst posted:(gently caress you comcast) Behold! The herald of truth hath spoken!
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Without any WWII opfor, what exactly are those neato corsairs and hellcata going to be used for?
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