DCS

[Bremspropeller]

14 minutes ago, DD_Fenrir said:

Are we playing ‘Hunt the Lumberjack’?

 

Close ?

 

That's on Enigma's Cold War Server. Doing CSAR.

I was surprised we weren't seal-clubed as much as we expected...

[BladeMeister]

I am proud to present my first offering of a film I made using DCS as the source. I recorded this track from a fictional mission I flew of an Aerodrome transfer from Detling to Lympne. I have been learning to use the video editor Shotcut for maybe 20 hours or less and this is my first attempt to make a film from beginning to end as a coherent project. I created three Shadowplay recordings from the original DCS Track and then did all of the editing and effects myself using bits and pieces and the magic of what I think is a pretty decent video editor. I hope you enjoy it, and any constructive critique, tips or suggestions are welcome. It is recorded in 5.1 surround and at 2560x1440 video resolution at 60fps, so if your monitor supports it and you have 5.1, CRANK IT UP! Be forewarned that at about the 3/4 mark I reopen the canopy of the Spitty and that Merlin gets a bit loud. Argh! Argh! Argh! raw HORSEPOWER!!!
So, with no further ado' , I Present,
 

Transfer To Lympne

S!Blade<><

 

 

 

[DD_fruitbat]

Sunset....

 

 

 

 

 

[Bremspropeller]

Kev is getting romantic...

 

Some SACT...

 

....and DACT.

[Gambit21]

I’ll be getting that MiG after it’s updated. That must be a rewarding plane to have some success with.

[Guest deleted@83466]

It’ll be the best 3 minutes you’ve ever had in your life, and then Bingo.

[Hoss]

Bingo is Gambits middle Namemo!

[Guest deleted@83466]

I was just being a Joker. Ba bum chiiing.

[Gambit21]

11 hours ago, 352nd_Hoss said:

Bingo is Gambits middle Namemo!

 

I'll take it! Better than the call signs I'm earning while learning to trap the Cat.

"Kaboom, are you still with us?"

 

 

I'm trying to get 1 or 2 practice trap (attempts) in a day, doesn't always happen.

It's not a huge amount of time, but best I can do.

 

Last night Jester ejected without me. I'm not sure what he was so worried about, I got us back in the air...me alone without a canopy.

 

 

[Hoss]

LMAO, you prolly ejected him for screaming from the backseat "you're going to kill us both"......(there you go again Moriaty, sending out those negative waves)...  I would of too, who needs that kind of negativity when yer flying like a big boss.

Edited February 17, 2022 by 352nd_Hoss

[41Sqn_Skipper]

@Gambit21 is there a difference between the cockpit of the A6M5 and the A6M2?

 

... Asking for a friend

Edited February 17, 2022 by 41Sqn_Skipper

[Gambit21]

1 hour ago, 41Sqn_Skipper said:

@Gambit21 is there a difference between the cockpit of the A6M5 and the A6M2?

 

... Asking for a friend

 

That's minutia that I'm not familiar with.

You can contact Hiromachi over on the DCS/Magnitude 3 forum (drop him a PM) - he'd know without a doubt.

He's not up on our Mag 3 Discord at the moment or I'd ask him right this second.

[Guest deleted@83466]

I don’t really like the F-14 anymore because if you’re using Jester, you aren’t getting the most out of the module. But if you’ve got a real person in back, chances are it’s going to be disappointing, because two amateur flight simmers in the same cockpit is worse than one.  I can see how effective the Tomcat might have been in the 80s if you had some Vulcan Mind Meld thing going on with Goose, likes he’s you’re bro, and that can be cool in flight sim gaming too, but otherwise I’d just rather control my own highly automated radar and benefit from modern sensor fusion simulation.  It flies nice, and it has the sexy factor, but when it comes to fighting, give me a Hornet.

 

Earlier tonight in the Hornet I tossed a dumb bomb into a 20x20m area in CCRP, popping up from about 100 ft 5 miles out, going into a 45 deg climb, and just following the line and mashing the trig until release.  Probably released about 3 miles out.  That’s pretty extraordinary stuff if you think about it.  Don’t need a RIO for that.  And if I can’t sleep and decide to practice that again at 3am, I can do that all by myself!

 

 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2022 by SeaSerpent

[Gambit21]

58 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said:

I don’t really like the F-14 anymore because if you’re using Jester, you aren’t getting the most out of the module. But if you’ve got a real person in back, chances are it’s going to be disappointing, because two amateur flight simmers in the same cockpit is worse than one.  I can see how effective the Tomcat might have been in the 80s if you had some Vulcan Mind Meld thing going on with Goose, likes he’s you’re bro, and that can be cool in flight sim gaming too, but otherwise I’d just rather control my own highly automated radar and benefit from modern sensor fusion simulation.  It flies nice, and it has the sexy factor, but when it comes to fighting, give me a Hornet.

 

Earlier tonight in the Hornet I tossed a dumb bomb into a 20x20m area in CCRP, popping up from about 100 ft 5 miles out, going into a 45 deg climb, and just following the line and mashing the trig until release.  Probably released about 3 miles out.  That’s pretty extraordinary stuff if you think about it.  Don’t need a RIO for that.

 

 

 

 

I can see that point of view. Jester is getting more work so we'll see where he ends up. 

 

I've been so wishy-washy. "'I'm working in this, I'm working that...I'm working on this and that...now I'm back to working on this!" All good reasons mind you, I've had to learn and discover...but still I've annoyed myself.  Now I'm helping Magnitude 3 with last minute cockpit 3D modeling on the Corsair then the F8 to boot. So I have to be choosey with editor time campaign building, (not to mention stick time) I need to stick with the Tomcat for now. Plus I have HB's support so that helps but anything I output with regard to a campaign is going to take a little minute.  (maybe some Viper work on the side...see what I mean) 

 

I like the Tomcat's beastly power, and pre-FBW'ness...plus carrier ops...plus you know...Top Gun.

 

That said I can see how you feel this way, and the Hornet is a great aircraft. 

My non-Tomcat choice is the Viper. It brings out my inner Doug Masters while the Hornet makes me feel like a flying IT guy. (that hasn't learned IT yet)

I'll be all about the F4 too...can't wait.

 

 

Edited February 18, 2022 by Gambit21

[Bremspropeller]

7 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

I don’t really like the F-14 anymore because if you’re using Jester, you aren’t getting the most out of the module. But if you’ve got a real person in back, chances are it’s going to be disappointing, because two amateur flight simmers in the same cockpit is worse than one.  I can see how effective the Tomcat might have been in the 80s if you had some Vulcan Mind Meld thing going on with Goose, likes he’s you’re bro, and that can be cool in flight sim gaming too, but otherwise I’d just rather control my own highly automated radar and benefit from modern sensor fusion simulation.  It flies nice, and it has the sexy factor, but when it comes to fighting, give me a Hornet.

 

Earlier tonight in the Hornet I tossed a dumb bomb into a 20x20m area in CCRP, popping up from about 100 ft 5 miles out, going into a 45 deg climb, and just following the line and mashing the trig until release.  Probably released about 3 miles out.  That’s pretty extraordinary stuff if you think about it.  Don’t need a RIO for that.  And if I can’t sleep and decide to practice that again at 3am, I can do that all by myself!

 

 

 

 

 

You know, meeting real people online is actually fun ?

Nah, seriously: Try to get in contact with others and look if you can join them - it's a lot more fun that way. Somebody might gladly get into the rear seat.

Plus: Somebody can always buddy-l@ze for you in the Tomcat. Works like a charm - just did that two days ago.

 

The Viper is cool, but it lacks that lovin-feeling of flying around the boat. Hence I'm more inclined to the Hornet, even though I'd love to fly the Viper (and Hawg!) more.

I can see that I'll need a second brain for the Apache - I'll be glad to just sit in there fat, dumb and happy and take directions, driving the gunner around...

[DD_fruitbat]

2 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

 

You know, meeting real people online is actually fun ?

Nah, seriously: Try to get in contact with others and look if you can join them - it's a lot more fun that way. Somebody might gladly get into the rear seat.

Plus: Somebody can always buddy-l@ze for you in the Tomcat. Works like a charm - just did that two days ago.

 

The Viper is cool, but it lacks that lovin-feeling of flying around the boat. Hence I'm more inclined to the Hornet, even though I'd love to fly the Viper (and Hawg!) more.

I can see that I'll need a second brain for the Apache - I'll be glad to just sit in there fat, dumb and happy and take directions, driving the gunner around...

 

Heathen!!!

[AndyJWest]

I find the Viper rather bland. Nothing actually wrong with it, just lacks character.

[Gambit21]

1 hour ago, AndyJWest said:

I find the Viper rather bland. Nothing actually wrong with it, just lacks character.

 

It’s a bit sterile next to the Tomcat in the same way that the Hornet is. Lacks that ‘visceral’ aspect. Except the Viper has that lovely view and plenty of power (unlike the Hornet). Viper lacks carrier ops...but it's the Viper. I can hear "One Vision" emanating from the cassette player strapped to my thigh.  Anyway ‘sterile’ is not the fault of the modules of course - just how it is. Tomcat is a different era...and I like that. The Tomcat is the Tomcat.

 

I expect the F4 and F8 to be closer to the Tomcat in the ‘visceral’ department. 

 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2022 by Gambit21

[impulse200]

Not sure where to ask newbie questions on the official forum. So I’ll try my luck here. ?

The question is: is there a way to bind the button on the joystick to display a map when pushed and return to cockpit when released? Found some map on f10 key. But it is not it. 

[unlikely_spider]

20 minutes ago, impulse200 said:

Not sure where to ask newbie questions on the official forum. So I’ll try my luck here. ?

The question is: is there a way to bind the button on the joystick to display a map when pushed and return to cockpit when released? Found some map on f10 key. But it is not it. 

I don't think so. You can bind the map (F10) to one button and the cockpit (F1) to another to switch back and forth.

[DD_fruitbat]

1 hour ago, impulse200 said:

Not sure where to ask newbie questions on the official forum. So I’ll try my luck here. ?

The question is: is there a way to bind the button on the joystick to display a map when pushed and return to cockpit when released? Found some map on f10 key. But it is not it. 

 

Requires 2 mappings as far as I know. F1 to return, and there's 2 different modes of F10

[impulse200]

Thanks guys. This is kinda sad. I'm already running out of buttons. OK. I'll keep my keyboard closer... ?

[Guest deleted@83466]

19 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

 

You know, meeting real people online is actually fun ?

Nah, seriously: Try to get in contact with others and look if you can join them - it's a lot more fun that way. Somebody might gladly get into the rear seat.

Plus: Somebody can always buddy-l@ze for you in the Tomcat. Works like a charm - just did that two days ago.

 

The Viper is cool, but it lacks that lovin-feeling of flying around the boat. Hence I'm more inclined to the Hornet, even though I'd love to fly the Viper (and Hawg!) more.

I can see that I'll need a second brain for the Apache - I'll be glad to just sit in there fat, dumb and happy and take directions, driving the gunner around...

If you come across somebody that can work the AWG-9 better than Jester and doesn’t piss me off in a day or two, let me know.??? And not like I could do any better back there.  We are still going to get slaughtered online by some Spaamram kid in an easy-mode FC3 F-15.  Nah, I really think I’m “retired” from the Tomcat.  I got that flightsim patch.  I’ll probably return to it someday, maybe.  I want to get good with the Hornet, which I’ve neglected.  Then, maybe the Harrier, which I just never got around to.  Then that Mirage, which I got in 2015?………..

 

But I guarantee I’ll never ever learn the A-10.  Just too fiddly.

Edited February 19, 2022 by SeaSerpent

[Bremspropeller]

You could be playing PvE, which isn't quite as arcadish.  Albeot less of a challenge.

 

Totally get you issues with the Mirgage, Harrier and Hornet. Same thing with me. Just got back to the F-16...

[dburne]

14 hours ago, impulse200 said:

Thanks guys. This is kinda sad. I'm already running out of buttons. OK. I'll keep my keyboard closer... ?

 

Don't forget you can also use modifiers in DCS. Assign a button as modifier, then you could assign show map to one button and cockpit view to same button with mod button held. Or vice-versa.

[impulse200]

4 часа назад, dburne сказал:

use modifiers in DCS

Aren’t only keyboard keys could be used as modifiers? That means that keyboard still has to be in the hand’s reach. 

[DD_fruitbat]

24 minutes ago, impulse200 said:

Aren’t only keyboard keys could be used as modifiers? That means that keyboard still has to be in the hand’s reach. 

 

You could use your Hotas software to map a button on your Hotas as a modifier... Shift or ctrl or whatever.

[Gambit21]

5 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said:

 

You could use your Hotas software to map a button on your Hotas as a modifier... Shift or ctrl or whatever.

 

This

 

I’d have to try pretty hard to run out of buttons. I just use the native DCS/modifier mapping. I ran out of things that I needed mapped way before I ran out of buttons.

12 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

You could be playing PvE, which isn't quite as arcadish.  Albeot less of a challenge.

 

Totally get you issues with the Mirgage, Harrier and Hornet. Same thing with me. Just got back to the F-16...

 

Let’s do some “put the thing on the thing” Viper flying soon.

I need to hop in that bird.

[Guest deleted@83466]

How’s the learning curve in the F-16, if you have “decent” knowledge of Hornet?  Yeah, I was shopping today and trying to justify yet another plane…..
 

Separate note, And that helmet mounted cuing thingy in the Hornet, is that a cheat or something??My God, those MiGs are falling around me like an avalanche, when I use that.

 

 

Edited February 20, 2022 by SeaSerpent

[Gambit21]

4 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

How’s the learning curve in the F-16, if you have “decent” knowledge of Hornet?  Yeah, I was shopping today and trying to justify yet another plane…..
 

Separate note, And that helmet mounted cuing thingy in the Hornet, is that a cheat or something??My God, those MiGs are falling around me like an avalanche, when I use that.

 

 

 

Someone with more Hornet experience will give you a better answer as I’ve barely messed with the F-18. I’ll say this - the Viper is to me intuitive so far. All I’ve done is basic nav, drop some dumb bombs, fire a few heaters and straf...but it’s dead simple. It has gobs of power unlike the Hornet which seems like it’s missing an engine. It’s very easy to get started and in the air.

 

Much of my Viper time has been testing/getting AI to do what I want but I have a few hours stick-time logged.

 

 

I’ve seen plenty of commentary from others on how much simpler the F-16 is to use than the Hornet, Based on my short experience so far I have no trouble believing it.

 

 

 

Edited February 20, 2022 by Gambit21

[Guest deleted@83466]

As long as it doesn’t take a vow of celibacy, like the A-10, I might be a prospective buyer.

[Bremspropeller]

9 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

How’s the learning curve in the F-16, if you have “decent” knowledge of Hornet?  Yeah, I was shopping today and trying to justify yet another plane…..

 

It's basicly a Hornet for dummies (in a good way) with more power and minus the carrier. Whoever designed the HOTAS for the Honet should be shot and sent to jail. In that order. The HOTAS in the Viper actually deserves the name and the airplane (whoever says jet should also be shot and sent to jail) is quite simple to operate.

[BOO]

26 minutes ago, Bremspropeller said:

 

It's basicly a Hornet for dummies (in a good way) with more power and minus the carrier. Whoever designed the HOTAS for the Honet should be shot and sent to jail. In that order. The HOTAS in the Viper actually deserves the name and the airplane (whoever says jet should also be shot and sent to jail) is quite simple to operate.

Shot THEN sent to jail. You are my kind of Home Secretary!

[AndyJWest]

If the Hornet wasn't unnecessarily complicated, it would lose much of it's charm. In fact, I suspect the U.S. Navy stipulates 'unnecessary complexity' in its design briefs. They have to, since keeping up the 'god-like aviator' image in an era where aircraft now mostly just fly in the direction you point them won't work unless said sky-gods also have to write sixteen lines of C++ code before they can hit the pickle button.  

 

This trend probably started when the U.S. Marines started using the Harrier. Since all the fancy 'hovering' stuff required was an extra lever and a three-way switch to operate, it clearly wasn't going to impress the taxpayers. Throw in a few LCD screens and a couple of keyboard's-worth of buttons for the weapons systems and navigation, and it all looks much more convincing and worth the money.

 

The USAF operates on different principles, having decided long ago that the best way to remain gods of the sky was to design aircraft for looks rather than functionality. Since the taxpayers swoon at the rakish lines and exotic compound curves of their sky-chariots, and don't often get to look inside the cockpits (who wants to watch in-cockpit video of an F-16 landing on 10,000 ft of runway?), they can  make systems simple and idiot-proof, as befits their operators... ?

 

 

Edited February 20, 2022 by AndyJWest

[dburne]

20 hours ago, impulse200 said:

Aren’t only keyboard keys could be used as modifiers? That means that keyboard still has to be in the hand’s reach. 

 

No that is the case in IL-2 but not DCS. You can assign modifiers to buttons in the DCS controller setup menu. I have a modifier button assigned to both my stick and throttle - very handy. Greatly increases the number of buttons available for mapping.

 

11 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

How’s the learning curve in the F-16, if you have “decent” knowledge of Hornet?  Yeah, I was shopping today and trying to justify yet another plane…..
 

Separate note, And that helmet mounted cuing thingy in the Hornet, is that a cheat or something??My God, those MiGs are falling around me like an avalanche, when I use that.

 

 

 

Learning curve in Hornet is rather steep however very rewarding once you get it. I am still learning but have enough knowledge now that I can successfully fly campaigns in the Hornet. Love me some campaign action off the Super Carrier.  If I can do it anyone can. But it does take a considerable devotion to putting in the time to learn it.

Edited February 20, 2022 by dburne

[DD_fruitbat]

16 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

Let’s do some “put the thing on the thing” Viper flying soon.

I need to hop in that bird.

 

If you're around on monday to hop on, can certainly help you out with that.

 

Regarding the Viper/Hornet thing, I would say I'm proficient in both, and will say that i find the spi driven logic of the Viper way better than the Hornet.  Everything is much easier in the Viper, it has a much better designed workflow and hotas imo.

 

 

Edited February 20, 2022 by DD_fruitbat

[Gambit21]

A low ingress training mission to the Akamas weapons range, Cyprus.

Lead calls "offset", (I do so) which puts me on target roughly 30 seconds later.

 

4 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said:

 

If you're around on monday to hop on, can certainly help you out with that.

 

 

 

I like the sound of that.

Let me see if I can knock enough “honey do’s” off the list to make that advisable where the Mk II spousal variant is concerned.

[busdriver]

9 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

The HOTAS in the Viper actually deserves the name and the airplane (whoever says jet should also be shot and sent to jail) is quite simple to operate.

 

Us Jurassic era F-16 folks actually said jet when talking amongst ourselves...and rarely airplane. We typically used "airplane" when talking to non-electric jet people/pilots. Then again back in the last century when rolling off the perch (downwind to final turn) we were required to enunciate "Otis 11, left/right base, gear down, full stop/low approach," as did every wingman in the flight. Failure to comply would result with a message left with your squadron Ops desk to call the SOF. AF Regulation 60-16 required us to announce "gear down" prior to crossing the runway threshold. In many respects we were an anal retentive bunch required to wear a scarf (when not in the cockpit), keep our sleeves rolled down most of the time, wear full finger gloves in the cockpit, and shine our combat boots.

 

Apparently the current brevity "cool factor" is for the flight lead to shorten the call to "Valkryie-left base-gear-stop" that sounds like "(garbled) eftbasegearstop. Tower provides a full landing clearance. Wingmen just say "Valkryie02gear" and Tower just acknowledges the wingman without providing an individual landing clearance.

 

 

[NOW ALL YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN] ?

 

 

[Bremspropeller]

24 minutes ago, busdriver said:

Us Jurassic era F-16 folks actually said jet when talking amongst ourselves...and rarely airplane. We typically used "airplane" when talking to non-electric jet people/pilots.

 

There was an interesting rant on the other three-letter-game forum by Victory who said the term crept in during the late 70s or so and he felt like it was rude to people who were flying non-jet aircraft (like rotorheads). I agree with him: Jets are for jacuzzis. But then again, so are japanese twins...

 

26 minutes ago, busdriver said:

wear full finger gloves in the cockpit

 

I'm surprised they didn't make you guys wear mittens ?

 

 

 

 

[AndyJWest]

The real question is whether saying 'gear down' actually achieves anything, if you are doing it because they tell you that you have to... ?