Red is good for marking on paper maps during mission planning. Makes it simply to draw in an IN and OFF direction along with sorts. Usually I'll place a little red TGT triangle in the middle of a drawn black open crosshair. Q: Do the different black and red colors carry any significance in your note writing, like, black for frequencies and red for target coordinates, that sort of thing?Ī: :For me, almost all is black. I always carry black and red grease with the black in my hand-pen elastic holder thing.
Any time we want to update a mission waypoint, the markpoints are the way to go.ĥ) Do pilots still sharpie information inside the canopy?Ī: Not sharpie, but grease pens. We can also steer to the last markpoint and keep on default SPI for "super" last markpoint SPI. New systems allows for last markpoint SPI.
I have pulled them only in the sim for emergency procedure practice involving landing gear malfunctions.Ĥ) How often and in what situation do you use markpoints?Ī: Very often. They are most often touched by the crew chief. The only time I would plan to pull them is if the emergency checklist directs them to be pulled or reset. Small but good improvement: Last mark SPI.Įdit: This gives a good overview of the new toys: ģ) Are you trained in the electricals / fuses, on the front panel, and know what they all do? When would you touch those? Have you ever had to?Ī: Yes, we are trained to their use and have a list of them in our checklist.
Big ones include full HMCS integration, way better TGP integration/software, and smoother HOTAS commands. We are currently on suite 8 so there are a lot of new bells and whistles.
What major changes have been introduced to the software since then?Ī: The DCS A-10C uses suite 3.
Is the GAU-8 Gun spreed same in Sim as it is in Real life?Ī: Not sure what the DCS spread actually is, but I can say the Hog's actual accuracy is very good.Ģ) The latest air force A-10C flight manual floating on the internet is from November 2008. Q: I have another question for you if you don't mind don't know if it's been asked before to many comments. It would be cool to see the A-10 be even more accurate Do you think that statements like these can reach developers and maybe tweak it?Ī: I'm really not sure. Q: I always thought the AOA on A-10 Felt a bit weird. 4/10 with a keyboard, 6/10 with HOTAS, and 9/10 with Oculus CV1. Overall, I'd say the sim is very accurate in that there is nothing else out there (except the actual A-10 sims we train on) that comes close. We are on suite 8 now.Įdit: This has good info on some new systems: The sim is suite 3.something and it shows. Only thing is, that suite is very old now and many of the HOTAS functions have changed or entire systems have been replaced with others. The sim is impressivly accurate system wise with the full HOTAS/CICU/MFCD suite. Big differances: The actual A-10 is much more forgiving than the game when it comes to how much AOA you can demand without stalling. The design of the jet and graphics are spot on and the handling is reasonably accurate. (maybe about 7 times total of sitting down and flying a mission) Q: Raistlen007 (49 questions right off the bat.)ġ) Have you played DCS A-10C? If so, how close is it to the real thing? What stands out as being accurate inaccurate?Ī: Yes, I played it a couple time prior to flying the A-10 and a couple of times since. Thanks OfficialShip2000 for making the summery. Some questions were removed because he couldn't answer them for OPSEC reasons. Over on Reddit we had an AMA (Short for Ask Me Anything) session with an A-10C Pilot, and he was asked a lot of questions by DCS players, and I thought you guys would find it interesting.