DCS

[Gambit21]

2 hours ago, dburne said:

 

Yep I am making great running landings with it now, I just got to work on landing from a hover now which seems to present a new challenge for me LOL. I will get there.

 

"In the words of on of our SME testers, flying the Apache should feel like cheating, it is so easy."

 

Kind regards,

Wags

 

 

Go fly the Huey for a bit, then I'm guessing the Apache will just about land itself.

 

After hours of practice (nothing recently) I still am hard pressed to consistently make a 'professional' level landing from a hover in a Huey.

You should see my trying to land on a platform...it's pretty much a clown show. lol

I think the Apache will treat you better. Keep us posted...especially when you start to "pew pew" stuff. 

 

 

[Hoss]

RotorHeads............... 

 

No Helo's for me, or dual seat jets...........................  at my age such a sensory overload would melt my headset....................

 

Hoss

[Gambit21]

28 minutes ago, Hoss said:

RotorHeads............... 

 

No Helo's for me, or dual seat jets...........................  at my age such a sensory overload would melt my headset....................

 

Hoss

 

Well I just stay in the front seat of the Tomcat, as I mostly will the F-4. 

 

The Huey is the HUEY though - WHOP WHOP WHOP!!! 

 

 

[Lusekofte]

Ahh I use that trim. Probably why I saw no problems. I apparently chose that when setting it up.

I will fly this chopper. Somehow it ,Gazelle and Huey do not make me feel like a fifth colonist when flying 

[dburne]

I am going to go back and try central position trimmer again today. My issue may be my just not getting the stick returned to center quick enough for the trim to stick. Apparently that is a key for this type of trimming to work properly. Using a spring loaded stick that is the method that technically should work best for me. Will see. I use the cold start training mission to do all this I just taxi and takeoff and continue to fly and return. So at least I am starting to get cold start down from doing it so much. Using a stick with a 200mm extension may be playing a part in my not getting it returned to center as quickly as I should - along with the pedals as well.

Edited March 21, 2022 by dburne

[dburne]

Well I went ahead and ordered a Monster Tech Virpil Collective Mount for my AK Racing gaming chair, so I will at least have it. I am a big fan of their mounts. Going to wait a bit on ordering the Virpil Collective to first make sure I am going to stick with it and second Baur has kind of hinted over on their forums an Apache Grip may be in the works. And third not to have to explain both purchases just yet to my better half lol. I am a bit surprised Virpil did not have a collective grip ready on release as they had to know it was going to be a popular module. No idea how long it might be or if it is indeed in the works. If I am still hanging with the Apache in a month or so I will likely then order the collective.

 

Off to see if I can tame this beast some.

Edited March 21, 2022 by dburne

[dburne]

Ok so now was successful in a nice landing from hover. I am getting there - baby steps lol.

I am feeling confident enough now I have  ordered a Monster Tech chair mount for Virpil Collective and my AK Racing chair.

 

Maybe in another month or so I will be confident enough that I will stick with it to order the actual Virpil Collective. Baur hinted over on the Virpil forums an Apache grip might be coming - well sort of a hint anyway who knows. Going to hold off a bit before ordering the collective. Just in case.

[DD_Fenrir]

From a little while ago:

 

Tom & Tom in their Toms:

 

 

And again!

 

 

Solo in my fave skin - that white trim on the black squadron colours is the most elegant of the Jolly Rogers schemes IMHO, and one that Isoko has captured superlatively:

 

 

 

Fruity and Brems looking sexy and dangerous (as much as anyone can be in a whirlybird) en route to target...

 

Edited March 22, 2022 by DD_Fenrir

[Lusekofte]

21 hours ago, dburne said:

Ok so now was successful in a nice landing from hover. I am getting there - baby steps lol.

I am feeling confident enough now I have  ordered a Monster Tech chair mount for Virpil Collective and my AK Racing chair.

 

Maybe in another month or so I will be confident enough that I will stick with it to order the actual Virpil Collective. Baur hinted over on the Virpil forums an Apache grip might be coming - well sort of a hint anyway who knows. Going to hold off a bit before ordering the collective. Just in case.

They have a chair mont to the collective that is easy and good

[dburne]

20 minutes ago, LuseKofte said:

They have a chair mont to the collective that is easy and good

 

I have already ordered the Monster Tech Mount for the collective and my specific gaming chair. I love their mounts as I am already using two of them for my throttle and stick. Have been using them for quite some time. Very quick disconnects.

Edited March 22, 2022 by dburne

[DD_fruitbat]

Being buzzed by a Tomcat (Fenrir)......

 

 

 

A bit more Apache, I've only had time to put about 4 hours into it so far, but here's a practice circuit take off and landing from tonight (all I did for an hour), just getting a feel for it,

 

 

Edited March 22, 2022 by DD_fruitbat

[Enigma89]

On 3/19/2022 at 2:54 PM, Bremspropeller said:

Hey @Enigma89, do you plan including the upcoming F-4 and Mirage F1 (maybe with loadout-restrictions) for your CW server?

 

One note: You can engage vertical scan by hitting the Sensor Switch FWD twice when in Magic submode (once for boresight). Going aft will get you horizontal scan and going aft twice will get you horizotal scan with adjustable antenna elevation.

Yes

[Gambit21]

4 minutes ago, Enigma89 said:

Yes

 

@Bremspropeller

 

Going to be epic.

 

We’ll have to show up as 2-ship, or with DD’s as a more-ship.

 

 

 

I may get the 19 - definitely getting the 17.

 

I’ll probably leave the “Le Fighter” to you. ?

[Bremspropeller]

[Bremspropeller]

 

I say...time to bingo!

[Hoots]

4 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

 

I say...time to bingo!

Max conserve all the way home and still squeaky bum time

[Bremspropeller]

My butt almost inhaled the seat-cushion!

 

 

[DD_fruitbat]

On 4/1/2022 at 11:02 AM, Bremspropeller said:

My butt almost inhaled the seat-cushion!

 

 

 

You had loads of fuel......?

 

 

[busdriver]

On 3/31/2022 at 11:37 PM, Hoots said:

Max conserve all the way home and still squeaky bum time

 

That mindset has bitten more than a few USAF guys in the ass.

 

I'm flying Max Range. I want to get on the ground ASAP not log a couple extra minutes before I flame out and jump out. I've been the guy with a MASSIVE fuel leak, 6000+ pounds of JP-4 pissed overboard in 35 NM from the Wash to RAF Alconbury.

 

 

My WSO (died climbing the Matterhorn in 1983) came oh so close to ejecting us on final when I put the gear down (he saw a BIG puff of black smoke). He casually said, "I'll call for the firetrucks if we catch on fire," without telling me about the black smoke. By the time I touched down I had less than 500 pounds and gas fumes filled the cockpit. We both started unbuckling the leg garters but kept the lap belt and shoulder harness fastened. When I turned off the runway a Transit Alert guy chocked my nosewheels and ran away. I called to my WSO but he didn't answer. I looked back for him and he was scampering off the left wing onto the 370. No need to tell me twice, but we hadn't discussed a quasi-emergency egress. ALL of the remaining gas drained out after shutting down...then I got the firetrucks to wash down the taxiway beneath the jet.

 

Good times!

[Sokol1]

For incoming Lancaster mod for DCS: 

 

Dalton Dead Rockoning computer

 

 

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/navigation-equipment-usage.58080/?utm_source=weeklydigest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=04-04-2022

[busdriver]

Correction from an old man that has CRS (can't remember sh*t) disease. Back in Feb I responded to a question by @Bremspropeller

 

I confused/conflated the issue and failed thus far to correct/clarify my error. Yesterday while watching our hero @Requiem streaming F-16 landings I had a Homer Simpson head slap "D'Oh" moment. So I'm here to correct my mistake.

 

In the Jurrassic Era when landing as a singleton we flew the approach at 13 units, FPM in the middle of the "staple." When making a formation landing, Lead flew at 11 units, FPM at the top of the "staple" to give the wingman a bit of cushion to keep him from getting too slow as his jet boobles and jostles staying in formation.

 

However, in the current Viper world, the standard procedure is to fly every approach at 11 units until the flare unless you're landing on a wet or short (not sure what defines short these days) runway. So...FPM at the top of the "staple" is the way to fly your approach whether you're a singleton or leading a formation landing.

 

This concludes the educational portion of our program, no farm animals or old men were hurt during the filming of this production.

 

Now all you kids get off my lawn!

Edited April 8, 2022 by busdriver

[DD_Arthur]

On 4/3/2022 at 2:11 AM, busdriver said:

 6000+ pounds of JP-4 pissed overboard in 35 NM from the Wash to RAF Alconbury.

Good times!

 

I think I remember this; the year all our potato chips tasted of kerosene ?

[Gambit21]

1 hour ago, busdriver said:

Correction from an old man that has CRS (can't remember sh*t) disease. Back in Feb I responded to a question by @Bremspropeller

 

I confused/conflated the issue and failed thus far to correct/clarify my error. Yesterday while watching our hero @Requiem streaming F-16 landings I had a Homer Simpson head slap "D'Oh" moment. So I'm here to correct my mistake.

 

In the Jurrassic Era when landing as a singleton we flew the approach at 13 units, FPM in the middle of the "staple." When making a formation landing, Lead flew at 11 units, FPM at the top of the "staple" to give the wingman a bit of cushion to keep him from getting too slow as his jet boobles and jostles staying in formation.

 

However, in the current Viper world, the standard procedure is to fly every approach at 11 units until the flare unless if you're landing on a wet or short (not sure what defines short these days) runway. So...FPM at the top of the "staple" is the way to fly your approach whether you're a singleton or leading a formation landing.

 

This concludes the educational portion of our program, no farm animals or old men were hurt during the filming of this production.

 

Now all you kids get off my lawn!

Was the Master Caution on or off? ?

[Lusekofte]

I am born And raised with Starfighter and the Viper.

I envy those having a go  on the systems of the latter.

But I Guess I am the Starfighter type, all analog.

I never use the buttons on my steering wheel,  last company car I bought was a totally analog 4 wheel drive from German military. I simply cannot comprehend US digital weaponsystem

[dburne]

Call me crazy but I am pretty sure the DCS Apache learning curve is going to be way steeper than the Janes Longbow learning curve...

I have logged 20 flight hours in with it so far and have barely scratched the surface. I am persistent though I won't advance on to something else till I get one thing totally down pat. I think the verdict is still out whether I will be able to stick with it.

[Gambit21]

58 minutes ago, dburne said:

Call me crazy but I am pretty sure the DCS Apache learning curve is going to be way steeper than the Janes Longbow learning curve...

I have logged 20 flight hours in with it so far and have barely scratched the surface. I am persistent though I won't advance on to something else till I get one thing totally down pat. I think the verdict is still out whether I will be able to stick with it.

 

Like the Hornet, it's a module for single guys, no doubt.

Or for those who wish to become single in the near future.

[Lusekofte]

I consider join one of them chopper clubs in Facebook, and offer my services as a pilot now and then.

It seems to be enough people around want to sit in the front seat.

Like all other sensor radar flir hocus pocus made in the U S of A , I become a moron, my eyes get empty, mouth half open and can't keep track where my tongue is when entering front seat.

I simply d o n o t u n d e r s t an d w h a t t o d o

[dburne]

9 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

 

Like the Hornet, it's a module for single guys, no doubt.

Or for those who wish to become single in the near future.

 

Lol luckily for me I am very happily married to a wonderful woman who is quite understanding of my passion for this hobby.

[Gambit21]

5 hours ago, dburne said:

 

Lol luckily for me I am very happily married to a wonderful woman who is quite understanding of my passion for this hobby.

i would say my wife is tolerant - within limits. ?

[DBFlyguy]

There is a couple on Twitch who have been streaming the DCS Apache pretty frequently lately.  The guy (hell_gato64) is a current real world US Army AH-64E pilot and his girlfriend (sweetchilesauce) is also a gamer who was originally playing mainly Hell Let Loose but he has gotten her really into DCS and the Apache...she is also pretty easy on the eyes and seems super chill ....they've been doing a lot of him flying with her doing CPG ...some guys just win the lottery of life sometimes ? It's possible fellas!

 

https://www.twitch.tv/hell_gato64

https://www.twitch.tv/sweetchilesauce

 

[Monostripezebra]

I am still loving the Mi8.

 

Had a good laugh at my emergency landing taking out the igla team that got me down:

 

[Lusekofte]

Mi 8 is by far the best module among choppers.

Love it, a chopper with soul

[Gambit21]

14 hours ago, LuseKofte said:

Mi 8 is by far the best module among choppers.

Love it, a chopper with soul

 

Nah...it's not a Huey.

I'll accept a close second though. 

[Lusekofte]

2 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

 

Nah...it's not a Huey.

I'll accept a close second though. 

Yah It is a close call, being born and raised during Vietnam war. Own military having Bell choppers all this time.

It is kind of a epic chopper, it scores higher in fun flights.

MI 8 got damn cool campaigns, it takes effort every time to fly well

[Bremspropeller]

3 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

Nah...it's not a Huey.

I'll accept a close second though.

 

Jim just doesn't know the joy of flying halfway across the map in an overladen Hip, trying to settle that 4 tons of Hotpants in your cargo-hold down as smooth as a feather, only to find yourself in an ugly-a§§ VRS and crash into a fiery grave upon landing....

[Lusekofte]

1 hour ago, Bremspropeller said:

 

Jim just doesn't know the joy of flying halfway across the map in an overladen Hip, trying to settle that 4 tons of Hotpants in your cargo-hold down as smooth as a feather, only to find yourself in an ugly-a§§ VRS and crash into a fiery grave upon landing....

This happens when my wife interupt me,  and she always do at that moment, or when I reverse my rigged crane into a tight space, she knows the exact moment of inconvenience,  then attack

[Trooper117]

1 hour ago, LuseKofte said:

she knows the exact moment of inconvenience,  then attack

 

It's a well known fact that women are the most dangerous, vindictive and conniving creatures on this planet...

[Dallas88B]

Lots of folk here with lots of experience. So I hopefully ask if someone can give me some advice.

 

My CM3 remains connected to the same motherboard USB port, same PID and VID and yet the button mapping in the DCS application gets overwritten, my previously assigned buttons get reassigned, new button assignments get applied.

 

DCS responded to ticket by saying "go to your input folder and delete it, when you start DCS and go to your controls it will  have created fresh profiles ready for personalisation" - this is hardly a good solution for me - I do not intend to spend days re-creating bindings for each aircraft and every time DCS overwrites what I am doing. It has been impossible to get DCS to provide answers to my questions. They just keep telling me to delete in the input folder.

 

- Is there no way to stop DCS overwriting existing controller device profiles?
- C:\Users\yourname\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input. There are four (4) different .diff.lua files in that folder for the same device. Why would that be? Are they all required... can I delete the old ones?

 

Thank goodness for IL2. In all the years playing IL2 I have never had my mapping corrupted by the game !

[Gambit21]

Bought the MiG 19 today - she’s a beauty. Ivan does know how to build a jet. Since I have to wait a minute to fly the F-4…why not.

 

 

[Lusekofte]

6 hours ago, Dallas88B said:

Thank goodness for IL2. In all the years playing IL2 I have never had my mapping corrupted by the game !

I have similar problem with IL 2 and not in DCS. And I am afraid you have to delete.

Ì have 4 different input maps I use in IL 2.

It is for fighters, bombers, bombers with dive brakes with forward fiering guns and JU 52.

Now divebrakes will not work, and I have to re assign 5 buttons every time.

It is a folder issue, that can happen to any game

22 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

Bought the MiG 19 today - she’s a beauty. Ivan does know how to build a jet. Since I have to wait a minute to fly the F-4…why not.

 

 

Mig 19 is good looking, I guess you have Mig 15 already. Long time since I been in any of them. 19 never git to be popular in DCS, I think people believed it to be a underdog. But I liked to just fly it