Chuck it over here…
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Funniest hornet vid I’ve seen so far is DDG trying to take off after landing on the carrier. He goes full power on the cat, it doesnt fire, and he proceeds to dump it in the water.
I don’t even care about the lack of missing weapons and/or systems. By the time I get tired of wrecking into the carrier, they will probably be out.
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So the Early Access Alpha updated again this morning, adding back in the ability to do carrier stuff. Looks like they added the IFLOLS as well, which I didn’t catch until I watched the replay. Looks like I’ve been in the slot a bit high each time as you see that ball come crashing down on the replay.
Also showed some of that F9 PLAT view. Uh…there WAS an incident. I think I’ve destroyed four Hornets now…roughly $120 million worth (?)…Early Access better end soon or I’m going to bankrupt the US Navy…
Also, this morning’s update I was getting a CTD with the Rift, so I wasn’t able to record “dynamic” in cockpit stuff…which is why this is mostly external views. I’d dig out my TIR, but since I’ve had the Rift it is probably in a box getting dusty somewhere. Lastly…these are just cobbled together views from a single track that had two passes…a bolter on the first, and uh…the incident on the second. So there ya’ have it…
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Lol such a nice trap, third wire too, but someone must have had a severe case of tunnel vision 
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LOL…that was my fault…I cut in front of him in the pattern. Still…foul deck man…send him around! 
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lots of smoke coming out the back of thet F-18 Beach. were you on fire or something?
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…actually, in the real world, a lot of times an IS in CVIC (@Navynuke99, please translate) is the person that is actually “aiming” your bomb when they designate the target coordinates on a precision targeting workstation (PTW). All that goes into the Hornet’s computer and eventually into the GBU of your choice. The pilot is kindly asked to fly towards the target from a specific direction, usually nice and level and well above small-arms AAA and MANPAD range, and to press and hold the pickle until the jet decides when to release the bomb…which is GPS guided to its “destination”…just like the GPS in your car…except it doesn’t say “Arrived at Destination”…it just goes 
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CCIP or AUTO is normally used for Close Air Support (CAS)…AUTO when you have a Forward Air Controller (FAC) passing the target coordinates and CCIP when it is just the troops on the ground calling it in from visual cues. 
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I was dumping fuel…
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He was dumping fuel
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Just a big picture of the IFLOLS that does show the datum and ball…sorta hard to see unless you zoomie in though…
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IS == Intelligence Specialists. They work with the spooks and anybody who would have access to any intelligence, especially as it relates to planning strikes and other target type information within the battle group. Work closely with the air wing and staff when you’re deployed. Very good folks to be friends with, as they know better than most what’s going on at any given time and even with their uber - high security clearances, they can still pass on a good bit. I had the IS1 from OZ (first class Petty Officer in charge of the Operations Intel division) in my liberty group in Singapore once upon a time. That was a fun five days…
CVIC == intelligence center for the ship. Along with the Enclosed Operating Stations for the propulsion plants and the SSES Shack, this is one of the most classified parts of the ship. All the charts, recon photos, targeting information, intelligence briefing materials, and classified computers for the Intel Net were in there. Being friends with the photos and lithographers in the main photo and print shops meant I sometimes ran errands up there with them in the middle of the night.
How’d I do, @Hangar200?
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Sounds suspiciously like AUTO
I’m guessing we don’t have ball calls yet?
What’s the ball’s visibility like without zooming in all the way?
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Dear Mrs. @BeachAV8R,
The United States Navy regrets to inform you that this morning, during a routine training exercise, your son …
That video is beautiful Beach! Wow. Amazing environment. The “bubble” camera view was really cool too.
I’ve been spending as much time as possible in the VRS Superbug to quell the anticipation anxiety. Comparing some of the vloggers DCS F/A-18C videos to that of Superbug cold and dark videos, showed that the start up sequence was pretty much the same. From the VRS Wiki, “The F/A-18E cockpit shares approximately 95% of the avionics of previous generation Hornets (A/B,C/D), but improves upon earlier designs primarily by the addition of a touchscreen Up-Front Control-Display (UFCD), located just below the Head-Up Display (HUD).” I’m hoping that’s a fair statement. The fly-by-wire feel is certainly interesting. Probably needs a seperate thread for discussion.
Please keep them coming.
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I could only tell from the one that is the HUD view:
HUD
You were on speed until the very end when you went a little slow - that’s not too bad. You were correct in that you were too high. From the video still I grabbed you were +200 ft at a second or so from the ramp. The “meatball” is a little off center but it was clearly at the top of the lens.
That said, you were showing more than -1500 ft/min descent which is too much - but given you were too high, it got you on deck.
Strange, it looked like you landed short…what they call a “Taxi One-Wire”, i.e. you had your gear on deck before the one-wire. That should have resulted in a trap. Perhaps something in the sim not worked out yet.
…and then you the next jet in line, slams into you (I assume that was you who had just landed)…regardless what jet yo were in, technically not your fault. That should have been a Foul Deck and the LSO should have signaled a Wave Off (radio and flashing lights on the IFLOLS.
BTW, I am NOT a good sim naval aviator. (FSX and VRS Hornet) - which is why I make use of the no-crash feature. The "Taxi-One-wire bolter and the pass where you trapped were way better than I could ever do–the bolter wasn’t perfect but you stayed off the ramp and it would have gotten you aboard. The second pass looked like an OK 4-Wire to me…
For @Navynuke99’s edification, Yes, I am a certified, CVIC-PLAT-Watching LSO
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Sweet! I was Central Control PLAT - watching qualified (those cross hairs were so helpful). 
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No…just standard stuff we are all familiar with from DCS - contact the tower type thing.
If I just zoom in on the HUD…I can make it out at 1.5 nm…
If I zoom out to where I have the HUD and the two top DDIs…I can start to make it out about .6 nm.
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