Air Combat Tutorials,TIR Profile, Angle Off Charts - Updated 8 Feb 2023

[Requiem]

Hi everyone,

  
My new channel is live and can be found at The Air Combat Tutorial Library  If you want to reach me directly and connect with like minded pilots for helping new pilots in the flight sim community you can also join my discord here if you like: https://discord.gg/TgW8RWK I also have a Patreon if you wished to show support what I do which is here: https://www.patreon.com/RequiemsACTL

 

Releasing these videos would be a lot harder if I didn't have a few helpers who have been reviewing what I've been making so far for fixes and improvements, so thanks to Bill, Eric, Pete, Nate, and Robey for volunteering your time and expertise to help make these videos better! These new videos have annotations, which are buttons I've added to the video that you can click on. They are pretty obvious, so if you wanted to watch a certain section, replay a section, or skip something altogether, just click on it and you will be taken where you need to go.  Also, just for your info: Subscribers get emails as soon as the videos are made public and I update these sorts of posts later on, so if you like them please subscribe because it gives me an idea of people's interest. I enjoy the process of making them and knowing people benefit from them is very satisfying.

 

Anyway, I hope you like them and feedback is very much encouraged on inaccuracies/improvements/suggestions etc. I have a long list to make, but if there is anything in particular you want to see let me know and I'll see what I can do.

 

Angle Off Charts with Aiming Rings can be downloaded from the link below (updated 2 June 2018):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/s4kl8jgkouw8wqb/Angle%20Off%20Charts.pdf?dl=0

Content Examples:

 

Latest Video Releases 8 Feb 2023:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Degrees of Freedom TrackIR Profile February 2021:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/88gpqowjde5u831/RequiemFeb21.zip?dl=0

Place the file here -  C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\NaturalPoint\TrackIR 5\Profiles

 

This is a new TIR profile from me which I've tested in in BoS, CloD, and RoF, and I'm happy that with how it performs in all three sims. The big thing I've done is the implementation of slight deadzones towards the end of head movement to avoid you moving your head far enough to get the view stuck in position at the end of its range. It's hard to describe what I mean, but it's basically a hard deadzone mixed in with a soft deadzone to make looking around feel more natural. This is basically a whole new profile across all six axes, but I'll list the changes to three of the most important axes below:

 

Yaw - You will notice a change in the 'yaw' axis when you look left and right. It won't take you to the full 180 degree position in-game but will actually stop at about 150 degrees, so for example when you look left to check your six oclock the view won't let you see completely out the other side, and yet it doesn't hinder your ability to check six at all. This means that the axes are limited in their range a little bit, but to me looking around in-game actually feels like it is a head instead of pivoting around a point in the cockpit. I always disliked how looking to my six would inevitably show the entire back of the cockpit which made it look flat, so I really like these changes.

 

Pitch - Added the little deadzones, but I've made it easier to look up and down without the issue of getting stuck at the ends of TIR's range. Looking up is faster initially, but slower towards the end to make it better to check above you and as part of a high six oclock check. Looking down is easier so you can check the instruments you need.

 

X axis - Added the little deadzones and made it easier to slide left and right in the cockpit, but the deadzone on this axis is slightly larger to prevent the out of body experience you can have with the canopy open.

 

I use a speed of 1 and smoothness of 30 with this profile. Edit the profile as you please.

 

Defaults:

• Center - Mouse button 5 (thumb mouse button)
• Pause - CTRL+F9
• Precision - CTRL+F7
• Profile - CTRL+F12 (not enabled)
• All axes - Enabled
• Trueview - Off

 

 

 

Edited February 8, 2023 by Requiem
Extra videos and TIR Profile added

[arjisme]

Thanks, Requiem!

[Quax]

appreciate your efforts !

[ST_ami7b5]

Excellent work - like in RoF!

Subscribed.

[Rama]

Very nice work

[SYN_Jedders]

Nice

 

I know how many months you have been working on this

[Charlo-VRde]

Now BoS feels like it has arrived - Requiem has started posting videos for it!

 

Subscribed!

 

Charlo

[Reflected]

Fantastic video, Req!

[SYN_Vander]

Absolutely essential tutorials, well done!

[79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer]

Very good tutorial!

[Requiem]

Thanks guys, I'm relieved you like the new style as I went through a few different revisions before settling on this one. There are still a couple of neat things to come in future videos which you will see as the more instructional videos (rather than just aircraft familiarisation) come out, so hopefully you will like those too

[GA_332]

Very vel done mate ;-) 

 

Do you also have one on the 109 :D

[Requiem]

Very vel done mate ;-) 

 

Do you also have one on the 109 :D

Yep. Will be released on Sunday.

[13Nrv]

As good as the work you provide on Rof, i' ve of course subscribed : thx.

[Corto]

Thank you very much!

[HammerCed]

Superb, very instructive and very we'll done!

 

Waiting for the 109 tutorial!

 

Thanks a lot!!!!!

[Jason_Williams]

Req's vids are da bomb!

 

Jason

[rlk281]

Love, love, love your videos!

[White1]

Guys like u are legend. Thanks Req!

[Hibernicus]

Loved the vide, was really helpful! I didn't know what half of the gauges were for before Also, I never used pitch to lower airspeed in landings, I'll definitely give it a shot next time the servers are up

[Requiem]

Updated main post to reflect the Bf 109 F-4 familiarisation video released yesterday and inclusion of a TrackIR profile. Next week will be an instructional video.

[Requiem]

New video today covering the Initial and Pitch.

[WhiteEagle]

Thanks Requiem, wondering where you were on your usual channel.

[Sandhill]

Req's vids are da bomb!

 

Jason

 

+!...subscribed    

[NeutroN]

Great work, I'll be watching this series! Thx!

[Requiem]

Hi guys,

New video today covering upright spins. Straightforward enough for most people here of course, but a necessary addition for the long term. I've also created custom thumbnails to go with my videos, so now I just need to work on the channel art a bit.

 

Enjoy 

Edited February 2, 2014 by SYN_Requiem

[[JG2]VonK]

OmG requiem u did it again. Your RoF videos are still running in my memory as a must see aviation instruction.

Tnx so much, big respect +1 

[smithcorp]

Fantastic that Req's videos are being made for BoS; and I really like the professional look of this series.

[Requiem]

Cheers guys It's great to see guys like yourselves I recognise from RoF enjoying them too!

[Requiem]

Update 9 Feb 2014: Spins #2 - Inverted spins

Demonstrates recovery techniques for when the world turns topsy-turvy on you. It shows inverted spins, aileron usage in spins, and the interesting crossover spin where you transition from an upright spin straight to an inverted spin (an accidental result of a bad upright spin recovery).

Enjoy!

 

See the first post for the latest video.

 

[GA_332]

Very Nice thx alot <S>

[skline00]

_{Thank you for those videos. I need all the help I can get!}    

Edited February 11, 2014 by skline00

[Requiem]

Update 16 Feb 2014: Crosswinds #1 - Crosswind Takeoffs

See first post for video.

 

I've also been working on making a G940 download which includes a picture template, profile, and a BoS in-game input map together for people who use this system with trackIR (I've removed the snap views). It utilises the modifier button as I have that working, meaning that the joystick button functions are double up. The G940 download should be done by next weekend.

[Nufsed]

Superb, thank you very much.

[Requiem]

Update 23 Feb 2014: Crosswinds #2 - Crosswind Landings

See first post for video, enjoy and I hope it helps.

 

The G940 package is almost ready, I just have to bring the pieces together so I'll post it later tonight in the main post as a zip file.

[No.42_Rooster]

Fantastic!... Thank you Requiem

[TheNotoriousFNG]

Thank you very much...your videos for RoF were excellent and very insightful. Thank you for making the jump to BoS and doing these videos!

[Requiem]

No worries guys!

 

The G940 package I've whipped up is added to the first post if anyone is interested. It has a readme, picture of control assignments, the input map, and a Logitech profiler file which will let you use the modifier switch on the joystick so you get double the functionality from your buttons. I don't really know if this package will work for people if they follow the readme, so if anyone is willing to give it a go let me know if it does or does not work!

 

Kankkis I wasn't able to use your picture as it didnt have enough spaces for controls so I had to source another one

Edited February 24, 2014 by SYN_Requiem

[HippyDruid]

Interesting control setup. It is somewhat similar to what I had before the control wipe a week or so ago.

I haven't had a chance to play in quite some time, but I will give your setup a go and see how it feels.

 

Nice video too btw.

 

Cheers man.

Edited February 24, 2014 by HippyDruid

[O_catarM]

What FFB settings are you using?In game and profiler.Thanks