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Seems to be any mission set in the Channel or Normandy 2 maps. So far I've used the P-47, P-51, Spitfire and FW-190A... The Caucasus missions seem to work.

By the mic button I guess it mean the key which opens the radio menu I guess? So the issue is in that case that none of these missions have the correct ATC frequencies assigned to the radio then? That seems particularly stupid and annoying since the briefing has them listed. There aren't any other radio settings in cockpit I'm missing?

I have a slightly different issue with contacting ATC in WW2 aircraft. All the bases are greyed out all the time. This is in instant action missions at the moment as I've not dug into a longer campaign, but the mission briefing shows the radio frequencies of the home base etc., so why can't I contact them for vector home, landing clearance etc etc.? I can issue orders to wingmen/flight no problem. Thanks for any help!

Thanks Captain Orso. I do have a working connection (I think!) although I have had a lot of problems and been offline for the last 9 weeks (yes, really). So there may be some glitches. Is there a possibility it's caused by my PC going into sleep mode and interrupting the download? Thanks Chris

Hi Guys, I'm failing to update but the error is a different one... "Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name" I'm leaving my PC on overnight each time I try again but I just wake up with it asleep and the same error. Log attachedautoupdate_log.txt Any ideas? Thanks!

I've only flown 2.7 a little bit so far but one thing has been a bit odd. In external views, the aircraft is constantly flying sideways at about 20 degrees nose-left (Spitfire and P-51 so far). I can't tell if this is a flight model bug or a view bug. Inside the cockpit things seem normal but it's hard to tell as all the instruments say straight and level. Anyone else seen this?

Hi all, I'm relatively new to DCS but have spent a lot of time flying around and practising gunnery in the warbirds. I tried a couple of the basic missions that are baked in, like the bomber escort (not sure with which module, Channel map I think)? Most of the mission briefs state something like "start to taxi on ground crew saying "chocks away"" but after starting up you just sit there waiting for minutes on end while nothing happens with all your flight buddies next to you engines running. If I do try to taxi they just sit there for ever. Am I missing a key element of mission protocol? Cheers Chris

I watched this and at first I didn't even notice the flashes, I've got so familiar with them Seems to be bad on Normandy map after a bit of a firefight, but honestly it's pretty bad generally. At least I can pretend it's an excuse for my terrible shooting and generally flying like a drunk bumblebee. I'm assuming by now we're saying this is a DCS bug not system specific? Mine is distinctly low-rent anyway: i5-6500, 16GB, GTX 1660, SATA Evo 860Pro/850 Pro M.2 if that's any help.

Yeah I did have a good hunt around but couldn't find anything yet. It could be CofG, but I would have imagined these birds to be nose heavy if anything with an enormous engine out front! Thanks for your help :)

Hi Guys I'm new to DCS but with a fairly solid understanding of flight dynamics, but I'm confused by the way the Spitfire (and probably the TF-51 which is the only other aircraft I have at present) react to power settings. Generally the rule would be "Power, Attitude, Trim" to get stable flight in level, climbing or descending flight, and I tried this with the Spit. After getting her at a 180mph climb to altitude, I reduce throttle thinking this will bring the nose gently down at which point I can re-trim when the speed stabilises. Instead, I get a wild nose-up attitude and without strong forward stick I'll stall out. Conversely, adding power often seems to result in a nose-down attitude and needing back stick and up trim. Seems all arse-about-face to me - is this a Spit thing or a broken flight model? Cheers muchly

Thanks guys, I took the advice and worked out how to place an aircraft at the airfield (no small task in itself) and now I'm happily zooming around circuits in the TF-51 and Spitfire :)

Hi Guys! Completely new to DCS and have been flying the TF-51 around getting used to the game. I downloaded the Channel map but I can't find any way of actually using it as a base for practising flying before I get into the game proper. Mission generators just say "no airfields near the selected node" or other error messages or just quit back to the menu. Do I need to buy/download more paid content just to use it in the game? IRL I live right next to Hawkinge airfield so it would be pretty nice to use that as a base. Cheers!