Finally I get to write some AAR.
Habicht
Of course I know how to steer the A-10C, it's just the game does not acknowledge it. DCS is a weird beast, and seems that mapping the joystick button to engage nosewheel steering somehow made keyboard key for that same function not working, although it is still assigned to 'insert' key. Adding to the trouble is that I forgot that I mapped joystick button and 'insert' key didn't work so all I could do at first is lawn mowing around the airport.
Once in the air, 15 minutes later, too late for any meaningful action and even though in the end I managed to join you I needed more time to familiarize with the terrain.
I don't mind all this as I went 6-7 times through start up procedure and by now I know it by heart (except for the telemetry not turning on). And the rest seemed to have fun, and the word 'Habicht' I heard about 200 times during the mission, google translate says it means Falcon, so now I am not going to forget it Â
Outpost
Aimlessly I flew around in my Huey while others were having some interesting problems like hydraulic failures in MiG-21 and engine death of P-51. Sorry guys, I enjoyed that, it added to the immersion, and later, it was funny to watch Unnamed handling his burning P-51. I did not encounter any enemies and trigger didn't trigger, so it ended prematurely which is a shame because the mission was promising.
Korean Bridge
I remember at one of the first DCS coops we had you all flew Huey and I was the lonely SU-25, I envied you for your fun at close range engagements. This time I wen with Huey and envied you for all that I envied you before plus the ability fly faster than my rusty Huey.
However, I manged to get in time to the southern convoy in order to kill some targets, which was fun, although I did not engage in safest possible way and I took some hits during which my windshield was broken. I wasted all my rockets on trucks, so when two apc's were all that's left, my cannon was not effective. All in all, everybody was effective and both convoys were eliminated relatively quickly. Nice quick mission, action for everyone and a good time.
All grown up
So, yes, finally F-86 action! Good planning, though it could have worked better due to the MiG-15 abnormal sturdiness that Sithis has mentioned. Add better turn rate of MiG's to that and we were no match for them. The bombers also proved to be resistant to fire. In one run I damaged both the Bear and Antonov, they were in smoke so I left them thinking they were finished only to see them later happily landing on the closest airfield.
I don't know if these issues are known but it seem to make MiG vs Sabre engagement absurd. Nevertheless good dogfighting finally!
CiA Training
I was about to quit to take a sleep but then I ended trying out almost every plane that I have in my hangar. I flew: Huey, TP-51, Mi-8, SU-25T, F-15, MiG-21.
While Manuel and Unnamed were having fun with lasers, I was familiarizing with some of these planes that I rarely fly. Mi-8 was quit nice, I came to appreciate it's speed and endurance. I mean, I was under fire for 2 minutes at close range by some apc's, tanks or whatever, and still, although I was downed I managed not to crash but they kept firing at me and it took them some time to destroyed me.
And hey, my personal achievement of the evening, firing up, taking off and landing in MiG-21!
Habicht
Of course I know how to steer the A-10C, it's just the game does not acknowledge it. DCS is a weird beast, and seems that mapping the joystick button to engage nosewheel steering somehow made keyboard key for that same function not working, although it is still assigned to 'insert' key. Adding to the trouble is that I forgot that I mapped joystick button and 'insert' key didn't work so all I could do at first is lawn mowing around the airport.
Once in the air, 15 minutes later, too late for any meaningful action and even though in the end I managed to join you I needed more time to familiarize with the terrain.
I don't mind all this as I went 6-7 times through start up procedure and by now I know it by heart (except for the telemetry not turning on). And the rest seemed to have fun, and the word 'Habicht' I heard about 200 times during the mission, google translate says it means Falcon, so now I am not going to forget it Â
Outpost
Aimlessly I flew around in my Huey while others were having some interesting problems like hydraulic failures in MiG-21 and engine death of P-51. Sorry guys, I enjoyed that, it added to the immersion, and later, it was funny to watch Unnamed handling his burning P-51. I did not encounter any enemies and trigger didn't trigger, so it ended prematurely which is a shame because the mission was promising.
Korean Bridge
I remember at one of the first DCS coops we had you all flew Huey and I was the lonely SU-25, I envied you for your fun at close range engagements. This time I wen with Huey and envied you for all that I envied you before plus the ability fly faster than my rusty Huey.
However, I manged to get in time to the southern convoy in order to kill some targets, which was fun, although I did not engage in safest possible way and I took some hits during which my windshield was broken. I wasted all my rockets on trucks, so when two apc's were all that's left, my cannon was not effective. All in all, everybody was effective and both convoys were eliminated relatively quickly. Nice quick mission, action for everyone and a good time.
All grown up
So, yes, finally F-86 action! Good planning, though it could have worked better due to the MiG-15 abnormal sturdiness that Sithis has mentioned. Add better turn rate of MiG's to that and we were no match for them. The bombers also proved to be resistant to fire. In one run I damaged both the Bear and Antonov, they were in smoke so I left them thinking they were finished only to see them later happily landing on the closest airfield.
I don't know if these issues are known but it seem to make MiG vs Sabre engagement absurd. Nevertheless good dogfighting finally!
CiA Training
I was about to quit to take a sleep but then I ended trying out almost every plane that I have in my hangar. I flew: Huey, TP-51, Mi-8, SU-25T, F-15, MiG-21.
While Manuel and Unnamed were having fun with lasers, I was familiarizing with some of these planes that I rarely fly. Mi-8 was quit nice, I came to appreciate it's speed and endurance. I mean, I was under fire for 2 minutes at close range by some apc's, tanks or whatever, and still, although I was downed I managed not to crash but they kept firing at me and it took them some time to destroyed me.
And hey, my personal achievement of the evening, firing up, taking off and landing in MiG-21!
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