Avimimus Posted February 20, 2022 Posted February 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, AndyJWest said: The real question is whether saying 'gear down' actually achieves anything, if you are doing it because they tell you that you have to... ? Well, a lot of it is discipline right? Get used to following procedures for trivial things and you'll follow them for important things as well? That said, verbalisation apparently helps with attention. I recall Japanese railways have had some success with having the two cabin crew verbally report every light or event to each other (including repeating back the observation to confirm they are paying attention)... it lowers mistakes.
Gambit21 Posted February 20, 2022 Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, AndyJWest said: The real question is whether saying 'gear down' actually achieves anything, if you are doing it because they tell you that you have to... ? Actually they have to verbally make the gear door hum and 'clunk' sound over the radio. This is to make the gear actually work, what the Tower knows or doesn't is of secondary importance. Most people don't know this. Here's proof of concept. Edited February 21, 2022 by Gambit21 1
busdriver Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 1 hour ago, AndyJWest said: The real question is whether saying 'gear down' actually achieves anything, if you are doing it because they tell you that you have to... ? Perhaps...a friend in another squadron rolled off the perch before lowering his gear (got distracted) and realized he hadn't lowered it when he called "gear down." Whilst sitting out in the RSU at Zweibrucken I got to send an IG examiner around because he was testing me (and the Tower guys) to see if we were paying attention. In the airline world, there's no requirement to announce it because both pilots have confirmed it was down with their landing checklist. But...in the sim I've watched my FO announce "down and green" with three red lights showing. So yeah...it mo' debly requires more than simple rote compliance.
ZachariasX Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 9 hours ago, Avimimus said: Well, a lot of it is discipline right? Get used to following procedures for trivial things and you'll follow them for important things as well? I have seen enough belly landings to consider „gear down and locked“ as not trivial. Even less trivial is the question if you see someone in a glider nearing the fence with the gear still up, do you radio him to lower gear? Making the pilot change hands on the controls that close to the ground is an open invitation for a ground loop. If the plane is a prop plane, you call out his gear or a directly go-around? All this assuming you are not in the tower, but just someone on the field with a radio set at hand. Or do you just lean back and enjoy the show? At least then FAA (or the corresponding agency) will not call you to have a sit down on that radio call of yours in case things went south. Personally, I would even call out „gear fixed“ with non retractable gear. A habit of switching between different club gliders, some with fixed gear, some with retractable ones. Good structure keeps you healthier than apples do. And if nobody has landed their F-35 on the belly yet, someone will. 2
Hoots Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 46 minutes ago, ZachariasX said: I have seen enough belly landings to consider „gear down and locked“ as not trivial. Even less trivial is the question if you see someone in a glider nearing the fence with the gear still up, do you radio him to lower gear? Making the pilot change hands on the controls that close to the ground is an open invitation for a ground loop. If the plane is a prop plane, you call out his gear or a directly go-around? All this assuming you are not in the tower, but just someone on the field with a radio set at hand. Or do you just lean back and enjoy the show? At least then FAA (or the corresponding agency) will not call you to have a sit down on that radio call of yours in case things went south. Personally, I would even call out „gear fixed“ with non retractable gear. A habit of switching between different club gliders, some with fixed gear, some with retractable ones. Good structure keeps you healthier than apples do. And if nobody has landed their F-35 on the belly yet, someone will. In the UK the accepted practice for gliders is to let the pilot carry on, it rarely damages the glider. Changing hands at that stage could be very bad, no good, awful. I've seen a few gliders land gear up and the only dent has been to the pilot's pride. They have, almost to a man, said they were sure they had lowered the gear, most of them had just put the gear away after failing to raise it after the launch and just moved the lever the only way it would move. I always check the gear handle position, so far so good... 2 1
Bremspropeller Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 At my first flying club (mostly gliders) we had a "gear down and locked" call, when abeam the threshold. It wasn't used at other clubs and there was a club where you wouldn't even call abeam. We also had the "don't tell them the gear is up on final" rule which was pretty uniform throughout all clubs. Well, in one club there was only one retractale gear airplane (a DG300) and that one was "dangerous" for some reason and only the club-elite was allowed to fly it. I never bought the "airplane XYZ is dangerous" BS. I once have landed with a gear that was down, but not locked. I had put it up to stretch the glide after some dude thought it was nice to fly a long and slow base and not consider there was somebody behind him. On final I re-deployed the gear but I didn't completely check whether it wass locked. Of course it immediately retracted on touchdown and my braking action was marvelous ? 3
TUS_KOPTuK Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) 19.02.2022 в 03:06, impulse200 сказал: is there a way to bind the button on the joystick to display a map when pushed and return to cockpit when released? Use kneeboard (Key «К»). it works while it is pressed. Скрытый текст Есть наколенный планшет. Вызывается "Шифт + К" и горит постоянно, кнопками "[" или "]" перелистываешь нужную страницу потом можно скрыть ("Шифт + К" или просто "К") А вот потом можно использовать кнопку "К", которая работает так: пока нажата - показывает, отпустил - не показывает ту самую выбранную страницу. На некоторых серверах карта по Ф10 не разрешена. В наколенный планшет можно самому все что угодно добавлять. C:\Users\<UserName>\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Kneeboard\P-51D и P-51D-30-NA Edited February 21, 2022 by TUS_KOPTuK 1
ZachariasX Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Hoots said: In the UK the accepted practice for gliders is to let the pilot carry on, it rarely damages the glider. Changing hands at that stage could be very bad, no good, awful. I've seen a few gliders land gear up and the only dent has been to the pilot's pride. They have, almost to a man, said they were sure they had lowered the gear, most of them had just put the gear away after failing to raise it after the launch and just moved the lever the only way it would move. I always check the gear handle position, so far so good... I think that is good practise and it surely works among likeminded people. I do remember some glider camps… or, rather „soaring holidays“ my father used to take us with to the Provence. Vinon su Verdon was popular airfield for thermal soaring in spring. In the good old times (TM), you could take the whole family with you and and they would not only not protest for getting grit blasted for a whole day by courtesy of the Mistral, but they even helped you handling and cleaning your glider. Now, imagine one of the dudes joining that circus makes a wheel up landing not only in front of his pals, but their families as well. And, be sure, everyone above the age of two would perfectly know how to use their radio. In other words, imagine someone crossing the fence and half a dozen spouses get on the phone. It is true that especially on dirt strips, damage is mostly cosmetic if he just follows through the landing. If he gets fussed by the exploding chatter, then that could well be the last flight of that aircraft for the season. 5 hours ago, Bremspropeller said: I once have landed with a gear that was down, but not locked. I had put it up to stretch the glide after some dude thought it was nice to fly a long and slow base and not consider there was somebody behind him. On final I re-deployed the gear but I didn't completely check whether it wass locked. Of course it immediately retracted on touchdown and my braking action was marvelous ? Happens in the best families. It‘s much funnier though when you see an angry frenchman pull the gear lever rather than the flaps lever because of hastyness to get off the ground before the other gaggle queues up for the tow as well. It is even better when he did the rudder check with the canopy still open, because doing things in a hurry is more important than doing them in order. When the canopy crashes on his angry head along with the glider bottoming out, you get to learn a great lot of french terms that are not commonly uttered otherwise. The sort of events that stay with impressionable young and aspiring glider pilots. 2 1
DD_fruitbat Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) Some more Viper fun, More dropping of GBU-12's using the JHMCS to point the TGP in DTOS mode, before delivery in CCRP mode this time. I was thinking over the last couple of days about the Hornet/Viper thing, and can think of only one thing I prefer how the Hornet does something to the Viper, which is to do with integration of the JHMCS. In the Viper you have to be in dogfight mode to slave the radar to your helmet, and that has a max range of 10 Nm, which is generally more than enough. In the Hornet you can look at something up to 40 Nm away, which means you can look at the end of a contrail that is growing and often get a lock. I can also only think of one specific workflow issue related to the HOTAS that you have to be wary of in the Viper, and that relates to cancelling a point/area track into a ground stabilised mode, which is TMS down from point/area track. All well and good, but if you accidentally press TMS down from this state, then you cursor zero, which will shift everything to current steerpoint, which when not done intentionally and are looking well away from your steerpoint with the sensors is a major pita! Edited February 21, 2022 by DD_fruitbat 1
Gambit21 Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 Tom and DD's...look for me next Monday. Was trying for today but just not caught up enough on 3D crap and stuff around here. I'll try and sneak in a Viper BVR tut before then - haven't even cracked the radar etc. Managed a bit of offline testing this morning. Ambush flight holding short... Begin ingress to Akamas 1
Gambit21 Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) I think the Tomcat is in some ways the pinnacle of a jet aircraft simulation. Mostly because of what the Tomcat is, but secondly the job that Heatblur did with it. It's just outstanding...but damn this Viper...it's amazing in it's own right. It's so good that I don't miss carrier ops as much when flying it. I'm never going to be into the Star Wars stuff...in fact the only weakness of the Viper module IMHO is that it's not a block 40/42, or even 30/32. Any scenario that I create (both above posts are from this project) will be simulating a 40/42 version. I lose interest very quickly with all of the fancy schmancy high-tech weaponry beyond a certain point. There's at least 1 Viper campaign in the works by another party that I'll be interested in. Edited February 21, 2022 by Gambit21 3
DD_fruitbat Posted February 23, 2022 Posted February 23, 2022 Some F-16 stuff flying with Bremspropeller on monday night, trying out formation landings for the first time plus some other bits, was a lot of fun, 2
Gambit21 Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 Nice! I should be there to one side or the other next Monday if all goes well. JDAM etc need not apply.
busdriver Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said: Some F-16 stuff flying with Bremspropeller on monday night, trying out formation landings for the first time... No disrespect intended, but you're way out in a chase position. In a non-demanding straight and level cruise, strive to work your way to where the leading bits of the wingtip missile rail is aligned in the gap between the top of the engine intake and the fuselage (just above the position light IIRC)...AND...the aft edges of the stabilators are lined up directly abeam your cranium. That's a good starting point for flying the wing. Practice to where you are rock solid flying there at 300 KCAS. Lead needs to be smooth with the power and in DCS announce "slowing" "boards" since he can't give you hand signals. When on stabilized on Final at ~1500' AGL, Lead should call "gear down" at approximately 250 KCAS and use his speedbrakes or "boards" (but not to override, that's you exclusive use of extra drag). If want to know how far out to make the "gear down" call, perhaps when the glide slope is just above the FPM. Or Lead can enter Final at ~3000' AGL and 10 NM, get configured and gradually slow (by setting the nominal power for descent as you're coming down the GP) and let you have the option of full boards or IDLE (shouldn't need that). This just gives you longer to get stable. As you descend down the glidepath you can "stack level" which means the tip of the missile rail is now aligned with the gear door or there about. When you stack level you're slightly higher than normal so Lead doesn't drive you into the runway if he forgets to flare. Again no disrespect, just traveling tips to make you better, cause you're pretty good. Edited February 24, 2022 by busdriver 3
Gambit21 Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 Tonight's CCIP practice. Don't get too excited about the pod...the armorer guy put it on there. I'm just not there yet. Need some CCRP practice next. I wanted to get some TCN/ILS/Nav practice in as well, but wife got home too soon. I placed the targets 80nm away from Nellis so no short flight home. TCN said OFF...so I forgot to turn something on obviously, or turned something off with all my playing around.
Gambit21 Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 Yep - once I have that Marianas map and assets, it’s on. ...and the Corsair of course.
Bremspropeller Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 5 hours ago, busdriver said: No disrespect intended, but you're way out in a chase position. In a non-demanding straight and level cruise, strive to work your way to where the leading bits of the wingtip missile rail is aligned in the gap between the top of the engine intake and the fuselage (just above the position light IIRC)...AND...the aft edges of the stabilators are lined up directly abeam your cranium. That's a good starting point for flying the wing. Practice to where you are rock solid flying there at 300 KCAS. Lead needs to be smooth with the power and in DCS announce "slowing" "boards" since he can't give you hand signals. When on stabilized on Final at ~1500' AGL, Lead should call "gear down" at approximately 250 KCAS and use his speedbrakes or "boards" (but not to override, that's you exclusive use of extra drag). If want to know how far out to make the "gear down" call, perhaps when the glide slope is just above the FPM. Or Lead can enter Final at ~3000' AGL and 10 NM, get configured and gradually slow (by setting the nominal power for descent as you're coming down the GP) and let you have the option of full boards or IDLE (shouldn't need that). This just gives you longer to get stable. As you descend down the glidepath you can "stack level" which means the tip of the missile rail is now aligned with the gear door or there about. When you stack level you're slightly higher than normal so Lead doesn't drive you into the runway if is forgets to flare. Again no disrespect, just traveling tips to make you better, cause you're pretty good. Hey Robey, thanks for your input! Would you fly 11 or 13 units of AoA on approach? The latter feels like I don't have enough margin to flare before either the boards or the nozzle would touch the runway, so I'm usually coming in at 11'ish, flaring to 13°, which seems to feel alright. 5 hours ago, Gambit21 said: I placed the targets 80nm away from Nellis so no short flight home. TCN said OFF...so I forgot to turn something on obviously, or turned something off with all my playing around. Two sources of error I could think of are - MIDS is off (turn it to On) - TACAN volume knob is turned all the way down (off) - just turn it on by one mousewheel-division (if that makes sense) so it's on but you won't hear the identifier 1
busdriver Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 3 hours ago, Bremspropeller said: Hey Robey, thanks for your input! Would you fly 11 or 13 units of AoA on approach? The latter feels like I don't have enough margin to flare before either the boards or the nozzle would touch the runway, so I'm usually coming in at 11'ish, flaring to 13°, which seems to feel alright. IIRC we flew 11 units, FPM in the middle of the “staple” with a nominal value of 700 fpm descent rate. If your FPM stays within the “staple” at touchdown AND as long as you don’t use speedbrake override UNTIL the nosewheel is on the ground you should not scrape them. 2
Danziger Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 I'll be honest, their WW2 stuff is looking better and better. It's come a long way since 2014.
Bremspropeller Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away... Edited February 25, 2022 by Bremspropeller 1 1
AndyJWest Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 Unhelpful distraction of the day... For the less observant, its the Master Caution warning I'm referring to. Came on as I turned on final. 'EQIP HOT' it says, which is probably down to the OAT being 40° C. Warmish for Dubai, but not unheard of. Not a lot I could have done about it, short of looking for a tanker and waiting until the sun went down... ?
busdriver Posted February 26, 2022 Posted February 26, 2022 1 hour ago, AndyJWest said: For the less observant, its the Master Caution warning I'm referring to. First thing I noticed...just ask @Gambit21 1
dburne Posted March 3, 2022 Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) ED has released the first Early Access Quick Start Manual for the AH - 64D. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/upload/iblock/ae5/1gklim4idv5p6s46zmgduj55g4m47mlo/DCS_AH-64D_Quick_Start_Manual_EN.pdf Quick Start manual - over 360 pages lol. God love em. On 2/25/2022 at 12:43 PM, Danziger said: I'll be honest, their WW2 stuff is looking better and better. It's come a long way since 2014. Yeah it has - for me though I still do all my WWII stuff in IL-2 Great Battles. DCS for jets and choppers. Edited March 4, 2022 by dburne 1 1
AndyJWest Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 27 minutes ago, dburne said: ED has released the first Early Access Quick Start Manual for the AH - 64D. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/upload/iblock/ae5/1gklim4idv5p6s46zmgduj55g4m47mlo/DCS_AH-64D_Quick_Start_Manual_EN.pdf Quick Start manual - over 360 pages lol. God love em. I've just taken a look at the manual, and I'll be sticking with the Huey for rotary blowing-stuff-up thrills for now. My brain hurts just looking at it... 1 1
Gambit21 Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 22 minutes ago, AndyJWest said: I've just taken a look at the manual, and I'll be sticking with the Huey for rotary blowing-stuff-up thrills for now. My brain hurts just looking at it... I had already written it off just looking at the pit. Looking at your post about looking at the manual makes my own brain hurt. I'm with you in spirit in the Huey. However, the quality of the new cockpits (thanks Heatblur and Magnitude 3) makes looking at the Huey cockpit (or any older cockpit) no bueno for me. I know there's more to it than mesh density and texture quality, but when I do have access to such a high standard, and I have so little stick-time, then I choose to be in pits that are up to the current standard. Call me when there's an AH-1. Back to the Tomcat with me.
dburne Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) 41 minutes ago, AndyJWest said: I've just taken a look at the manual, and I'll be sticking with the Huey for rotary blowing-stuff-up thrills for now. My brain hurts just looking at it... Well I pre-ordered and I will be determined to learn to fly and fight with this thing. Now whether I am successful at that may be an entirely different story. Lot of fond memories of the Janes Longbow days. Edited March 4, 2022 by dburne 1
busdriver Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) Quick request for any of you DCS Mosquito qualified/proficient folks. Would you share a screen shot of any keyboard shortcuts (bindings) you use for the fuel system? I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if I don't have to. Right now I'm struggling just to get the motors running with the "Easy Button" [RWin]+[Home] Edited March 7, 2022 by busdriver
JimTM Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, busdriver said: Quick request for any of you DCS Mosquito qualified/proficient folks. Would you share a screen shot of any keyboard shortcuts (bindings) you use for the fuel system? I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if I don't have to. Right now I'm struggling just to get the motors running with the "Easy Button" [RWin]+[Home] ... I don't have any keybinds at the moment for the fuel system controls (behind the pilots seat). Right now, I just set the controls using my mouse. However, the fuel section of this excellent video will show you what each control is for and you can decide what you need a keybind for. Note that the video has index links so you can jump around. Re. your starting issues, make sure that your windows are open before issuing the "Run the starter" command (makes sense). Edited March 4, 2022 by JimTM
busdriver Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, JimTM said: However, the fuel section of this excellent video will show you what each control is for and you can decide what you need a keybind for. Yep, I've watched it three or four times and I'm in contact with Reflected so I can test his campaign. He gave me some hints (partial bindings) but again I'd rather not spend too many brain bytes if I could. Since there's no autolevel just the "Active Pause" I'm hoping to minimize clicking on tiny switches.
JimTM Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, busdriver said: Yep, I've watched it three or four times and I'm in contact with Reflected so I can test his campaign. He gave me some hints (partial bindings) but again I'd rather not spend too many brain bytes if I could. Since there's no autolevel just the "Active Pause" I'm hoping to minimize clicking on tiny switches. Ah, roger.
Hoss Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 Voice command is what I have to use for start-up on all the warbirds. But for arming and fuel control I used 1 - 9 and RCTL + 1 - 9 they are not used, same for the Jug. I have it all mapped to a BlackHog Explorer, each plane has its own profile.
Gambit21 Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 I've thought about messing with Voice Attack...maybe I will.
DD_Crash Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 It works well and if you get Viacom pro https://www.vaicompro.com/ you can talk to ATC, tankers and stuff 1
Hoss Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 5 hours ago, DD_Crash said: It works well and if you get Viacom pro https://www.vaicompro.com/ you can talk to ATC, tankers and stuff Is Viacom still working? I had heard the last update fubar'd some features.
Trooper117 Posted March 4, 2022 Posted March 4, 2022 Any news on when the Mossie will be properly released?
41Sqn_Skipper Posted March 5, 2022 Posted March 5, 2022 Small progress update on the engine simulation of the Wildcat. After weeks of reading, doing more research finally all pieces come together. Luckily I found a calibration report on the R-1830-86 that contained charts for air flow and fuel-air-ratio. So I don't have to use estimations. So mostly finished: Calculation of manifold pressure that is influenced by engine RPM (increasing RPM causes a drop of manifold pressure and decrease of RPM causes increase of manifold pressure). Of course manifold pressure drops with the changing density at altitude. Dual stage, two speed supercharger. "Neutral" stage is has no boost limit and manifold pressure must be governed manually, the two speeds of the "Auxiliary" stage are limited to 46 and 46.5 inHG. Calculation of airflow, fuel flow and fuel-air-ratio based on manifold pressure and RPM. These values influence the fuel consumption, the released heat and the useable BHP. Cylinder head temperature: The engine takes some of the heat released during the combustion. The engine is cooled by natural and forced convection (due to airspeed and the air pushed by the propeller). This requires a lot of tuning, as most cooling properties of the engine are unknown. However, I'm using data from the manual to calibrate these factors which instantly gave me reasonable cylinder head temperatures for idle, cruise and climb. Next is: Combustion efficiency based on fuel-air-ratio (at richer mixture the ratio of unburned fuel is higher). This will reduce the cylinder head temperature at high power setting like take-off. Cowl flaps that will increase the amount of air flowing through the engine, which will increase the cooling by forced convection Mixture lever to force a lower fuel-air-ratio and thus influence the fuel consumption, the released heat and the usable BHP. Oil temperature, which is mainly influenced by RPM and only to a small amount by engine load. Oil pressure influenced by RPM and oil temperature. Maybe some more details to the dual stage supercharger by simulating the intercooler. 4
Gambit21 Posted March 5, 2022 Posted March 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Trooper117 said: Any news on when the Mossie will be properly released? Do you have it yet? I suggest just flying it. When "proper release" happens, which is ambiguous anyway, might not be for some time. I mean they're still developing the Viper, and even the Hornet is getting changes still although tapering off. Work on the Tomcat continues...etc etc.
Trooper117 Posted March 5, 2022 Posted March 5, 2022 I bought it but it's not available to me as I haven't got space for another DCS on my HD...
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