Flamin_Squirrel Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 OK guys and gals, who's ready to put up their first landing attempt?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory205 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I can't, it was a one wire in a T2C on Lexington. Got better after that... ;) Viewpoints are my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I'm a RIO waiting to get a pilot :P [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commodore 64 | MOS6510 | VIC-II | SID6581 | DD 1541 | KCS Power Cartridge | 64Kb | 32Kb external | Arcade Turbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Idea Hat Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Gonna be a while, I'm going to FCLP my way into getting used to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char0093 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 So... In the Carrier Regard... Since we don't have the Forrestal just yet.. And I don't have the F/A-18 for the Stennis... Does DCS even have a Carrier you can Land on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brun Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 So... In the Carrier Regard... Since we don't have the Forrestal just yet.. And I don't have the F/A-18 for the Stennis... Does DCS even have a Carrier you can Land on? Have you considered defecting? Asus Z690 Hero | 12900K | 64GB G.Skill 6000 | 4090FE | Reverb G2 | VPC MongoosT-50CM2 + TM Grips | Winwing Orion2 Throttle | MFG Crosswind Pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Rogue Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I'm a RIO waiting to get a pilot :P Let's go. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char0093 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Have you considered defecting? Crap.... Ahh Well, Guess I'm Feet Dry for the Time Being! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ickx Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I'm not that great a pilot but I can usually land and have managed to get to the point where the F18 get down more often then not. Still opted for an airfield for the first Tomcat landing but fell from the sky very short of the runway... The carrier will have to wait.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pii Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 OK guys and gals, who's ready to put up their first landing attempt?! I will simply describe it in two words. Lawn Dart. I think you get the picture. :joystick::pilotfly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunf Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Let me be the first one to embarrass myself. :D Well, here's my first attempt, literally after flying for just a couple of minutes, having no clue what I was doing. Jester wasn't impressed... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchCoolHand Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Here it is EDIT: direct YouTube playback did not want to work so go here Edited March 14, 2019 by DutchCoolHand AMD RYZEN 7 2700 / 32GB / RTX2070 / 500GB M.2 with Windows and DCS / 2 - 500GB SSD / Rift S/ TM Warthog with F18 stick and Virpil WarBRD / Foxx Mounts/ MFG Crosswind rudders + 3 MFD's | Now enjoying VR with PointCTRL controllers + Gamematrix JetSeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus-6 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 My first carrier "landing" was into the wake behind the ship. Can't pretend fly as well as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Might Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I caught a one-wire on my first go. Not too shabby considering how bad my pattern looked. I also hadn't mapped DLC. Now, I'm still all over the place, but the DLC really makes life a lot easier. I do admit to smashing the bird down on deck when I was clearly headed for a bolter. Just held DLC fwd, and careened into the 3-wire. Pretty textbook DCS player if you ask me... Jester has given me the appropriate amount of crap on each of my landings. I also tried AAR once - finally tanked up after about 15 minutes chasing the basket. My ego is definitely writing checks my body can't cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitsunelegend Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 So... In the Carrier Regard... Since we don't have the Forrestal just yet.. And I don't have the F/A-18 for the Stennis... Does DCS even have a Carrier you can Land on? You should be able to use the Stennis even if you dont own the F/A-18. I dont own the hornet (and likely never will) yet I've been able to use the stennis no problem at all! :pilotfly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I think it's much easier to fly the Case 1 pattern in the Tomcat than the Hornet. I haven't been using DLC and the thumbwheel though. For me that just confuses things. 6700K@4.6 48Gb - 1080Ti Hybrid - Warthog - RIFT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 OK: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commodore 64 | MOS6510 | VIC-II | SID6581 | DD 1541 | KCS Power Cartridge | 64Kb | 32Kb external | Arcade Turbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Ramped up at Kobuleti, went straigt for the boat, wire 3, but dont ask any potential LSO for a grade, hehe. Funny note: Did 6 more traps then, all the time with a human RIO, he was talking to 2 other RIOs to understand the radar functions and didnt notice we were going to trap again until as he said "his head bumped against the radar screen" :D I Love that multicrew thing, just great! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "There's nothing to be gained by second guessing yourself. You can't remake the past, so look ahead... or risk being left behind." Noli Timere Messorem "No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always been there first, and is waiting for it." Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikkles Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 After a couple of crashes well before landing, and another one on the tower, I managed to land it on the Stennis. My problems are the following: 1- I have trouble managing the speed. My throttle is all over the place, and I more often than not buffet and stall. How do you engage the autothrottle? 2- I don't understand DLC I think. As soon as I engage it, it pushes the plane down. But I don't really know yet how I need to manage the throttle and AOA after engaging it. Also I don't understand what happens when one rolls DLC forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itstheLIKWID Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Caught a 4 wire on my 3rd attempt, 1st time round I barely touched the deck, the beautiful cat just wanted to glide lol 2nd attempt Jester gave me the bolter bolter bolter. 3rd attempt just a little bit high, 4 wire said Jester. I'm absolutely loving this thing to fly. All the little noises, switches clicking, the entire F-14 experience is even more epic than I thought it would be. Edited March 14, 2019 by itstheLIKWID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamin_Squirrel Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 After a couple of crashes well before landing, and another one on the tower, I managed to land it on the Stennis. My problems are the following: 1- I have trouble managing the speed. My throttle is all over the place, and I more often than not buffet and stall. How do you engage the autothrottle? 2- I don't understand DLC I think. As soon as I engage it, it pushes the plane down. But I don't really know yet how I need to manage the throttle and AOA after engaging it. Also I don't understand what happens when one rolls DLC forward Engaging DLC deploys the spoilers to their mid-way position. If you roll the DLC switch forward they'll retract, and rolling it back will deploy them to their full up position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaser Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonesvf103 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Here is mine. Skip ahead to 21:55 to cut to the chase. The video was made literally the very first time I fired up the F-14 sim to show my friend who is brand new to the F-14 the basics of the systems in flight, so the first part is alot of on the fly setup (boring). I have been flying the F-14 since "Fleet Defender", "Jane's F/A-18 Team Super Hornet Mod" and "FSX: Aerosoft F-14B and Dino's F-14D" so I'm spending alot of time in the video just trying to correlate what I know from those sims into the DCS one. For instance, I can't seem to get DLC to work properly with my HOTAS and keybindings so I just end up trapping without. I'm also still trying to get a feel for the controls and flight model in DCS compared to FSX, so there's alot of wing wobble, haha. All of that on the fly adjustment and keybindings led to a case I recovery becoming a sloppy case III, with no DLC and no ILS. Ah, well. Anyhow, here is my very first time ever flying--and landing--the DCS F-14B Tomcat: (Sorry, YouTube preview doesn't want to seem to work) v6, boNes Edited March 14, 2019 by bonesvf103 "Also, I would prefer a back seater over the extra gas any day. I would have 80 pounds of flesh to eat and a pair of glasses to start a fire." --F/A-18 Hornet pilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaser Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 After a couple of crashes well before landing, and another one on the tower, I managed to land it on the Stennis. My problems are the following: 1- I have trouble managing the speed. My throttle is all over the place, and I more often than not buffet and stall. How do you engage the autothrottle? 2- I don't understand DLC I think. As soon as I engage it, it pushes the plane down. But I don't really know yet how I need to manage the throttle and AOA after engaging it. Also I don't understand what happens when one rolls DLC forward DCL and Air break :thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper2097 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I did not realized it first, but I have not yet landed on the shore... However, my first carrier attemp was a bolter and the second was a two wire. Luckily with a human RIO, Jester would have had bad words for me xD. Steam user - Youtube I am for quality over quantity in DCS modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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