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I slowly adjust the throttle w/ 82 deg. nozzles. As the jet lifts, she goes fwd or backward. ( non asymmetric load out) throttle to idle, adjust trim, slowly adjust throttle.... rinse and repeat until you find yourself with good control and you're not fighting the stick. Check the vane on the nose for the wind direction. Point the jet into the wind. Before you know it, you're up to SVNSL.

This bug has not been resolved. Please fix.

Thank you.

I have lost the VVI and horizon lines. Also the circle info is gone. The "C" is still there tho. Everything works on the stable version, this is only on the Open Beta. I've repaired with no luck. I don't think I'm doing something wrong during the start up. EFC is in POS 1, MC is in AUTO, INS is aligned and DATA unboxed. It happens during EFC POS 2, engine spooled and no engine spooled hooked up to Ground Power. I should mention that NAV, VSTOL and AG modes have no effect. This has been further verified by just using "Free Flight" Anyone have a fix?

Yes. The nozzle angle lever also has an angle position lock. Look to the left aft of the nozzle angle lever and you will see another black lever. How I set it is to use the mouse to pull the nozzle angle lever back beyond 82 degrees, bring the lock lever up to the nozzle lever. Now, click and hold on the lock lever, look at the nozzle angle on the hud and mouse raise the lock (which also pushes the angle position lever) to 82 degrees. Now you can use your buttons to move the nozzles where ever but they will always stop at 82. Some of the best advice I got was "Don't be afraid to slap her around." If she's getting away from you a quick hard push with the stick/rudders calms her down a smidge. As far as trimming the stab to -2, I think this is just a suggestion. I slowly increase throttle and before take off, she floats forward or backward. I reduce power then make a minor stab adjustment to compensate. Increase throttle, rinse and repeat. You're doing good mate! I'll see you onboard soon! :pilotfly:

Would it have something to do with the DMT and the TPOD being on at the same time?:joystick:

Dude.... That video was freakin AWESOME!!! I couldn't understand what they were saying... but the camera shots they got during the dog fight was amazing! And the 2 that took off and went straight up... I gotta try it. I wish I had something to add to the radar issue but I just started on this bird. I can't seem to find anything with it even knowing that a target is under 20nm. :pilotfly:

I did the same thing with the A-10C. I used the Toad as practice. I kept getting better at it... even left the A-10 in the hanger. My advice? Don't use training wheels. Get the Cat. Well honestly buy both.

I tend to avoid the opposition radar with ground masking. Figure out your target and it's location. Decide on a single strike load out. (You're only getting one shot at it) Figure out fuel. Look at the map and find a good route thru valleys. Enter in your waypoints thru these valleys. During ingress, keep the RWR EMPTY!! Any hits for any length of time procures an opposition AWACS call. Egress back thru valleys. HP should be a waypoint, just steer kinda to it until out of the valleys and within HP SAM coverage. You can do it. Prepare to die a lot. But you can do it, the reward is worth the risk. Practice offline. The Harrier is a straight PIG with a full load out and fuel. Snakeyes + DMT are my choice. Stay 200' of the deck, pop up to 400', aim, pickle, DODGE, DIP, DIVE, DUCK AND DODGE! run home. It's why she is the U.S. Marines choice of CAS.

I have challenged myself with the heaviest load out and take off from the 600 mark on the Tarawa. No Pods, 12 Mk-82 Snakeyes, AIM-9's, full fuel. NRAS is about 50' off the deck. But I tend to agree with the "Practice A2A refuel".

I have monitored this topic on and off, keeping my mouth shut as I'm not a big fan of shaming. Today I have finished pg. 20 of this and I feel I need to say something from my point of view. 1:) Communication is not up to the standards of other Dev teams. The statement says it all. Stop comparing. I get so busy in my occupation that lower priority items are pushed aside. I can accept this as the Topic "Change Log" is updated. 2:) "x" does not work. When will it work? Remember, RAZBAM is a small team. I'm sure they have a small budget too. Overtime will kill any budget. To me, delays in fixing/incorporating features are signs of this. "Patience Grasshopper" 3:) "Does the needs of the few, or the one, outweigh the needs of the many?" Spock Take a min. to review the 20+ pages of this topic, paying close attention to the ppl posting. Now figure out how may ppl have purchased the AV-8B. The gravity of this topic to RAZBAM could be guessed. Makes me think that the mere existence of this topic in the AV-8B forum is more of a clever psychological tool than an ear. I started DCS with the Su-25T. After being addicted for some years I picked up other modules but never really spent time on them. I was always in the Toad... learning. Now that RAZBAM's harrier hit the scene... I have finally traded the Ruskie flight suit for a Yankee one. Haven't looked back. Speed, Payload, Payload capacity, VSTOL, TPOD, DMT, fricking Night Attack... Yeah ok... it's time for another 8hr sortie. Hopefully I'll see you out there... and not here.

A pic was not attached. If I had to guess, power is not being supplied to the UFC. Is the battery on? Did you turn up the brightness on the top knob? Engine fired up?

I think part of being a pilot is to be inventive. What would you do if the AWLS is gone, low viz but still got control? I learned to enter new waypoints. Go to the kneeboard and find the coordinates to your desired airfield. As a new entry. Box; EHSI, DATA. ODU-WPT. UFC, enter the number of the last waypoint and the new waypoint together. (89) ODU -WPT. UFC, CLEAR, enter the new wpt#. ODU-POS. Enter coordinates. Cycle POS to check. (You'd be glad you did) Unbox DATA. Set desired course. Its really rough. Not as helpful as AWLS, but you can enter any coordinate you want after this. I mention this only as an aid. I do agree with the OP tho. If AWLS. uses TACAN, could it get tied to an LHA? :book:

If you are using TPOD, turn off the DMT. Ze plane is getting confused. If the TPOD is STBY and DMT is on, go to the opposite screen and hit STORE. The TPOD feed switches to DMT feed. If the target is designated the DMT will slew to it and you'll get video or locked gimbal with a black screen. As far as I know, this is standard with a RAZBAM Harrier. :thumbup:

The Pitch Caret and Witch Hat are used together. The only use that I know of is during take off. The Witch Hat (WH) is fixed to the air frame. It is that squiggly line on the HUD in VSTOL mode. The Pitch Caret (PC) is a symbol like this: > < If you do not adjust the PC, you will see it at 14° up the pitch ladder. The goal is to get the WH into the PC to achieve the proper Angle of Attack during take off. Changing weight, wind, temp, humidity affect the actual AOA. So we need to adjust the PC to get the proper AOA with the WH. The VREST / STO page has much info to help determine the take off AOA. Mainly, more weight, less PC angle. The AOA that is common in the NATOPS is 8-10°. 14° is the limit (ish). If you see 14° its time to fix it or straight fall out of the sky. I'm not sure, but I think I saw the PC moving during landing. DO NOT use the PC during landing. WH on the horizon line, use power to adjust AOA.