I like watching everyone’s strengths and weaknesses show. It’s very interesting to see after a while, you start to see where people excel and where people fall. It is such a great way to learn. I still need to improve but everytime I fly with the guys I learn more and it never leads to frustration at lack of hits or kills. I learn and improve every single time and there is a tangible feeling of accomplishment. I really enjoy it
Soooo… when is the next one?
We need to do this again.
I’ve been practising very hard with the Tomcat, using everything I’ve learned from you guys and tonight I have really impressed myself (if I do say so myself) 4 gun kills against f5 and su-27 and a glorious maneuver kill against an f16 b52d that i for sure was going to kill me.
I would never go as far as to say I’m good. But I am finally not spinning out and feeling the AoA better. I’m showing definitely improved and better flying. I’m so pleased. God i fricking love the Tomcat when we are getting along.
In the interest of honesty I got a beautiful 3 wire on my first trap tonight as well. I was so pleased I took off again and pulled the usual trick of hitting the fantail on the 2nd attempt so more basic handling stuff is next but I’m still calling a win for me tonight. Not a single spin or crash. Yay!!
The ones that put you to the test are the MiG-29 and F-16 ones on Nevada. Those force you to properly fly and fight the Turkeybird as intended, taking both patience and precision.
Thats the one I got the maneuver kill on. That was a hard fight. I was a bit out of my depth to be honest. I got a couple of shots in but he would of had me i think if I hadn’t managed to get him to fly into a hillside
The MiG-29 one was easier for me when I did it a few days ago, the F-16 was more about trying to get him to give up his speed advantage in the vertical. By staying patient and keeping my aircraft under control, I slowly gained inside of him until I got a good vertical shot into him. What I had to watch out for was not overshooting because at several points the closure rate got very high.
Another good one is Lion and Sun against the MiG-21 in the Gulf, due to the AI MiG-21’s FM being really overpowered and the aircraft itself being a very small target.
That was what I had happen. But once I calmed down and let the AoA rattle bleed off a bit I found i could turn inside him and make him bleed his speed off trying to keep with me. Once he went vertical it was easy to stay on his tail provided you use the pedals to roll and don’t give into the temptation to roll with the stick, thats the single best lesson I’ve learned from the f14. Fly it the way its supposed to be flown, not how you expect to fly. At one point I was pulling so hard I only had a pin hole to see out off.
I’m really starting to gel with it i think. It tells you much more by feel than the Hornet and let’s you keep your head out the cockpit more. Heatblur have a way of programming weight and inertia that I don’t feel in other modules.
One thing. I can’t seem to get jester to lock on to more than one target. Is that me or programming?
Depends on how you ask him to lock on. If you use “target ahead” he will pick the target most directly ahead… Even if it is 100nmi away and you’re trying to lock something 20nmi ahead. If you’re doing 20nmi you should be in a ACM mode, not messing with Chester. If you’re talking about TWS, then that stuff is all automatic and whim to what the radar can do. As a RIO I can do more than Chester can with the radar, but with him you’re kinda stuck in an automatic limbo and have to play it by ear.
Also, don’t pull so hard you have to black out. Pulling hard enough to black out usually means you’re pulling more Gs than you should be. Keep that G meter pegged at 6, with emergency to 7.5. If you’re going beyond that, you’re doing something wrong.
From the jump on HPN the other night, the spin was partly payload induced. You had 4x Mk-82AIR on the rear and two phoenix up front in the tunnel. Once those went you had a major center of gravity adjustment aft which make spins more likely and tougher, if not impossible to recover from as you need to get the nose down (or tail up) which doesn’t play well with the back end weight holding you back.
That sums up aerobatics perfectly!
My RAM is on it’s way. Soon, it’s Fightclub, baby!
Now with more P-47.
Now we are talking!!!
Im hoping for a DCS WW2 night
Ok, my RAM arrived, and on preliminary test runs seems to be all good (the machine boots and I flew a couple flights with it while wifeydear was having lunch with the kids)
FIGHTCLUB TONIGHT!
I do need a minute or two to edit the scenario to include the beloved jug but even so we’ll be live at about 1900zulu. Discord for the necessary blahblah and trashtalk. Looking forward to getting my rusty posterior handed to me by you guys
OH MY GOD! How do I look? How is my hair? Am I fit? Am I ready? MUAHAHAHA!
Lets Go!
Fight, Fight, Fight, Fight!
This is one instance where it’s okay to incite violence.
Dammit im away tonight, ill join the next time and stalk you all in discord
Excuses excuses you are just afraid of what I’ll do to you now that my gunnery is no longer hampered by godawful framerates.