QuiGon Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Zad Fnark said: Finally got my new machine. Nice to max the graphics settings. I tried the A out for the first time last week. Launched from the cat and it immediately rolled right and into the drink. Gotta be more careful, I guess. Got spoiled by the B. That's nice and all, but what does that have to do with the manual (the topic of this thread)? 1 Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunSlingerAUS Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Can we finally get a PDF of this bad boy now it's done? Intel 11900K/NVIDIA RTX 3090/32GB DDR4 3666/Z590 Asus Maximus motherboard/2TB Samsung EVO Pro/55" LG C9 120Hz @ 4K/Windows 10/Jotunheim Schiit external headphone amp/Virpil HOTAS + MFG Crosswind pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koriel Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 On 12/17/2020 at 11:11 PM, Naquaii said: Changed DDD description under cockpit and general chapters as well as the AIM-54 description under the weapons chapter to reflect new missile ATC behavior. @kotor633The manual is located as a pdf under the docs folder in dcs/mods/aircraft/f14. It is not as current as the html version as the pdf build is quite a lot of work currently. That is a wee bit of an understatement.. the date on that pdf file is Monday, March 18, 2019 Would it be possible to add a version number or issue date to the current manual with all changes like you're posting in this thread? And a little nitpicking, wasn't looking for it.. really I wasn't .. hundreths - > hundredths, under Air-to-Air Weapons, HUD Symbology for Air-to-Air Missiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 2:07 AM, GunSlingerAUS said: Can we finally get a PDF of this bad boy now it's done? What's done? The manual? Not at all. There's still stuff that needs to be added/changed. Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naquaii Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Yeah, the manual is EA as the rest of the module currently. The issue with the pdf is that, as said earlier, the buildtrain to convert the html manual to a pdf is rather involved and makes it a lot of work to update it. That said the "real" manual is the html version on our webpage and that should always be regarded as the current one, the pdf was added by request and was a lot more work than anticipated. The plan is still to have a pdf version of the release manual though, even if the html version will be the one that continues to be the most current one even after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlikely_spider Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I have read in the landing procedures for both shore and carrier to bring the wing sweep back to 68 during initial approach, before selecting Auto after the break. Why is this? It seems counter intuitive to bring the wings back when you're trying to slow down. Modules: Wright Flyer, Spruce Goose, Voyager 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 18 hours ago, unlikely_spider said: I have read in the landing procedures for both shore and carrier to bring the wing sweep back to 68 during initial approach, before selecting Auto after the break. Why is this? It seems counter intuitive to bring the wings back when you're trying to slow down. With the wings back in delta the drag during a break is much higher thus much better for slowing down. Also when you're trimmed with wings at 68 and 350KIAS you end up trimmed closely to the on-speed later in the pattern. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlikely_spider Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 23 minutes ago, draconus said: With the wings back in delta the drag during a break is much higher thus much better for slowing down. Also when you're trimmed with wings at 68 and 350KIAS you end up trimmed closely to the on-speed later in the pattern. Thanks. Drag is higher with the wings back? I would think the opposite. How does that work? Modules: Wright Flyer, Spruce Goose, Voyager 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, unlikely_spider said: Drag is higher with the wings back? I would think the opposite. In the break only - meaning at high AoA. Read more here: Edited February 13, 2021 by draconus 1 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlikely_spider Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 16 minutes ago, draconus said: In the break only - meaning at high AoA. I see. I have to see how this relates to dogfighting, but I'm not there in my training quite yet. There is a more efficient wing position than fully back in high AoA maneuvers? If so, is this all taken care of when the wings are in Auto? Modules: Wright Flyer, Spruce Goose, Voyager 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, unlikely_spider said: I see. I have to see how this relates to dogfighting, but I'm not there in my training quite yet. There is a more efficient wing position than fully back in high AoA maneuvers? If so, is this all taken care of when the wings are in Auto? In short: you always use Auto in a dogfight. The only use of wings swept back here would be for quick extending or... to deceive the enemy that you're at higher energy state Edited February 13, 2021 by draconus 1 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naquaii Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) Changed threat symbology for chinese surface vessels and added the Type 71 Amphibious Transport Dock. The symbology was changed to correspond to NATO reporting names instead of individual vessel names. To clarify, these are currently bugged and all showing as N. This will be fixed in one of the upcoming patches. Edited February 17, 2021 by Naquaii 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAKTYC_11 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hi! Do you have plans to translate F-14 manual in to russian language ? Куплю модули : СУ-7 , СУ-9 , СУ-11,Миг-23,Миг-27 ,Ту-22М3,Ту-95,Ми-24,AH-64,F-16 ,F-4 Phantom,модуль-карту современной западной Европы I-7 4790k (4.4GHz), GTX980 4GB , Z97, 16Gb DDR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustyFox Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Really doubt they will do that. Translation of 387 pages of technical documentation will take a lot of time and resources. Would be nice to have it translated to main languages though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlikely_spider Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) I just did the air-to-ground guns training, and the narrator stated that the diamond pipper used radar ranging and would remove the diamond when in guns range. However that never happened. I ended up using used the fixed pipper, which was accurate enough at close range. Is there a step that I missed? I was in AG HUD mode. Edit - seems like the RIO needs to switch the ATTK MODE setting. I don't think this is mentioned in the training mission. Edited February 18, 2021 by unlikely_spider Modules: Wright Flyer, Spruce Goose, Voyager 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naquaii Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) On 2/17/2021 at 7:01 PM, KAKTYC_11 said: Hi! Do you have plans to translate F-14 manual in to russian language ? We do not have the resources ourselves to do this but we're open to discuss it if someone is willing to take it upon themselves to do this for the community. On 2/18/2021 at 3:56 AM, unlikely_spider said: I just did the air-to-ground guns training, and the narrator stated that the diamond pipper used radar ranging and would remove the diamond when in guns range. However that never happened. I ended up using used the fixed pipper, which was accurate enough at close range. Is there a step that I missed? I was in AG HUD mode. Edit - seems like the RIO needs to switch the ATTK MODE setting. I don't think this is mentioned in the training mission. Please make a new thread for this in the forums if you feel like this is still an issue, this thread is for discussing the manual itself. Edited February 19, 2021 by Naquaii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donut Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 What is the current status and future plans for the manual? i5 7600K @4.8GHz | 1080 Ti | 32GB 3200MHz | SSD | DCS SETTINGS | "COCKPIT" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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