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Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Movie suggestion.
August 17 at 1:24 am
so I actually want to try my hand at making a video and doing some video editing, I know it seems like I want to do everything but I just like to stay busy. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic BSD on social media.
August 16 at 9:16 pm
ok I got it to work unfortunately it won't work on mobile devices but it still works -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic BSD on social media.
August 16 at 8:59 pm
I think that facbook, pintrest and youtube will cover everything really idk I've never used anything else. as for changing the facbook to a profile I don't think it's a great idea because to see a profile you have to be added as a friend also on a profile once we get a recruiting video I can boost the video so it reaches more people sort of like advertising. I will also look into adding pintrest to the page and I will let you know if I find anything out. -
BaDCrC created new topic BSD on social media.
August 16 at 7:02 pm
Eagle, Just created this topic to follow up on the social media introduction of BSD. I added a module for all visitors and members to easily connect to BSD social elements of the website. For Pinterest, I had to create from scratch a new pinterest account for BSD and not a just board associated to mine. You'll need to be added on this new account to add your own pins. Also, I realiszed Pinterest can be linked to a FB account. This might be good to close the loop. Facebook: I am still struggling to understand how this thing works. Mostly the difference between a profile and a page. I wanted to link the social media module to the BSD FB page, but it can actually only works to an individual profile. I am wondering if we should just start a new BSD FB profile instead of the page you created. I generated a new email adress that I can share with you so we can all log on the same profile. Well, if this can be done of course. Do you think there are other social tools we should be on? -
spiderpig replied to the topic Movie suggestion.
August 16 at 10:19 am
Speaking of movies....everytime I see Blackwolf, I keep having this song play in my head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjE5WwACHgk -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 15 at 3:30 pm
Well I might very well do that BK, considering it just gathers dust due to the lack of space in my town house here. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 15 at 4:51 am
I do, Bad anytime you want to sell that I will gladly take it off your hands. Jersey is what 5 hours, I got a truck and a trailer..no problem! The wife may not like it but I don't listen to her anyways. Well she says I don't..I think she did.. I wasn't paying attention but I think so! :P -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Movie suggestion.
August 15 at 4:36 am
That's it..a good video to go with the FB page! I'm on that too. And no that is not my real profile picture, I have not had a mullet like that since the 80's! :P I did a quick test tonight, I did not remove the stats bar or edit it. Using free fraps while I fix my paid fraps the video and music skips. Just me flying to a hot zone and dodging a few missiles along the way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILOSHFCumss&feature=youtu.be Maybe we all could add a few things into a movie mission then fly and film it. Like I said just a thought. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Movie suggestion.
August 15 at 1:34 am
There is definitively a lot of stuff we can do and as you can see, Eagle already started a nice project with the BSD facebook page. Making promotional movie is another option too but we need more rushes of the missions and trainings we are doing, preferably with 4 or 5 pilots. Rushes are the hardest part of creating a good movie. One option also is to create a dedicated movie making mission aimed at getting some cool videos too. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 15 at 1:30 am
Haha it would be awesome to have a whole pit but I don't think I have the space for that -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 15 at 1:26 am
You guys are getting closer to pit building madness. I know what I am talking about. Starting with a stool, ending up with this: -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 15 at 12:18 am
I'm telling you you won't regret the warthog -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 14 at 11:29 pm
Wow, nice set up! I thought about using my old X-52 throttle zipped tied( or bolted) to the side of the arm of my chair as a collective but never thought of adding a handle to it. I have a few pot spikes with my CH gear and yeah its good but I am thinking hard about pulling the trigger and getting the Warthog. I'll keep my Saitek combat pedals because I do like them. If you fly barefoot with your tippy toes they are the best. :) -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 14 at 10:17 pm
So I finally finished my project. I took an old bar stool and cut it down to the height I wanted and I put a shelf underneath it for my collective I then sanded it down and stained it and bolted my controls down. Overall I really like it the collective has the same motion as real life which is pretty cool and everything is pretty much at the right height. I wish I had a collective head but the throttles give me plenty of buttons for that. I also thought I would throw in pictures of the rest of my setup while I was at it. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Picked up the Gazelle on sale.
August 14 at 6:34 pm
Here is my morning test flight, a little rough but I'm getting it. I'd spin it and get it back under control, go in and out of ETL and land. New SSD so my fraps wouldn't work right so I got the free version to record this quick. https://youtu.be/gxTXz_W5njE I still have no idea how to put youtube up (we need a how to section!) so here is the link. -
Blackwolf said thank you to craig for his/her reply to the topic Picked up the Gazelle on sale.
August 14 at 6:19 pm
Great job BK!! -
Blackwolf created new topic Movie suggestion.
August 14 at 4:23 pm
I had a thought after watching A bridge too far. We should do a recruiting type video using the Blackshark, highlighting formation flight, and the different weapons in combat and so on. We have a lot of interested pilots on the ED forums and I see when someone new posts about the KA-50 people point them to us. I spoke with a few and Shu did too, but some are based in Europe so the mission times won't work for them. One suggested a Euro chapter of the BSD after I asked if weekend times would work better. So I said I'd pass it on up the chain. A lot of the squads I flew with in CLOD were across the pond so weekend afternoons about 1330 or 1400 worked for them. Well just a thought I had. BK -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Picked up the Gazelle on sale.
August 14 at 4:06 pm
Great job BK!! -
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August 14 at 4:05 pm
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Blackwolf replied to the topic Picked up the Gazelle on sale.
August 14 at 3:56 pm
So an update on the Gazelle. After a few hours working with Eagle and practicing with the tips and suggestions from him I can hover the thing! It still wanders around a little and if I don't keep my tongue hanging out the side of my mouth it will get away from me. Baby steps with this one. I've spent the last few hours taking it in and out of ETL, hover, move and do it again. I find I'm dancing on the pedals a lot. I don't know if that's because I have it set at 100% no curve or if that is just normal for this chopper. Thanks to Eagle for working with me on this! I'll keep at it and get it smoothed out one day. BK -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 13 at 8:24 pm
Yeah both were very good. Thanks for sharing them Capt'n. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 13 at 3:32 pm
Super Epic movies. Really loved the timelapse on the first one. And I was surprised by the high tech glass cockpit of the Chinook they fly. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 13 at 3:04 pm
another very well done video from some of my friends who went through Chinook course CH-47 Windjammers -
Blackwolf replied to the topic [Promotion] Eagle_Rising.
August 13 at 12:50 am
Congratulations Captain Eagle! S! -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic BSD Brevity.
August 11 at 3:01 am
Oh ya we might want to add cherry and ice it could come in handy for tomorrows mission if it gets off the ground. Ice means that the LZ is clear of enemy Cherry means the LZ is compromised Usually the air mission commander will ask for a cherry-ice call 15-30k out and either a forward ground unit or attack/recon assets will give you the appropriate response -
BaDCrC replied to the topic BSD Brevity.
August 11 at 12:20 am
I moved this thread into the leaders room and I'll keep it here in case we have to change something in the brevity later. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic [Promotion] Eagle_Rising.
August 10 at 11:18 pm
Thanks Bad I really appreciate it and I'm really looking forward to the future of BSD. -
BaDCrC created new topic [Promotion] Eagle_Rising.
August 10 at 9:37 pm
Dear BSD Pilots, Considering his important involvement in the BSD activity: organizing trainings, writing tutorials, submitting documents to the BSD library, participation on the forum, sharing his knowledge and his regular participation in missions, as a wingman or leader of the group, Eagle_Rising is from today promoted to the rank of Captain with the associated priviledges elevated to Leader, in accordance with the BSD document Privileges and Ranks at BSD. As a leader, Eagle_Rising will directly participate in the training and evolution of the BSD pilots, help to define and refine the procedures used during our missions and grow our community. Congratulations and a big thank you to you Eagle. Beers are on you. BaDCrC. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic BSD Brevity.
August 10 at 3:35 pm
New section created in the library section for the BSD pilot. (Library/Operations/BSD Official Brevity). Pilots please make sure you are familiar with most of the terms for your missions. Thanks. -
spiderpig replied to the topic Some Gazelle News.....
August 10 at 10:26 am
I think it's an awesome update coming up. Finally I can have someone focus on piloting so I can look for targets and blow them up. On the multi crew version there is no auto collective like in the real world...so more work for the pilot. Only sucky part is that the next couple fridays are busy for me (I'm in a play). So when they do release it, I won't be able to be on that night flying. But my weekends should free up after Sept again. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Some Gazelle News.....
August 10 at 3:22 am
Awesome. Thanks Spiderig. We'll need some extra hands to fill our choppers now otherwise we'll end up with 2 aircraft available. Is the mistral version included in the update? Still nothing about the sniper? -
BaDCrC replied to the topic BSD Brevity.
August 10 at 3:19 am
Right. Visual should be straightforward. I have some good stuff on formations. I'll make something about them. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Some Gazelle News.....
August 10 at 1:26 am
yes oh my god yes I've been waiting for this for so long. This will surely bring a lot of new players into DCS, I have a couple friends who would love to be my gunner and just blow things up. and spiderpig you can be my stick buddy anytime -
spiderpig created new topic Some Gazelle News.....
August 10 at 1:00 am
Just in case you haven't seen it: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=172111 Next update ED does with the Gazelle will feature the mutlicrew version. Who wants to go for a spin with me then? -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 9 at 10:48 pm
one of my friends from flight school posted a video of our class. He went on to fly mike models but we started together, most of it is of his time in the mike models but you can see a few A/L. Unfortunately I don't think I saw myself but still awesome. Flight School 16-922 -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic BSD Brevity.
August 9 at 10:33 pm
ya I like it I think this is going to help out new members a lot. As for adding visual, it's stated next to contact and honestly I wouldn't worry about getting everything down you did a good job by covering the obscure ones. Another thing though idk if you would want to put it in the list or not but all the different formations I.E. staggered, trail, echelon, combat cruise etc. Actually thinking about that I will probably do a fundamentals of flight on that but it's just a thought. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic BSD Brevity.
August 9 at 9:55 pm
Thanks Eagle. I'll move the table along with its search function in a final page on the frontend site. I think we are covering all the existing and future capabilities of the DCS chopper modules with this list, including a/a of the gazelle (fox two) or the laser designation of the BO105 (sparkle). So it should be stable enough. It is not as short as I thought but there are a lot of terms we are already using or are obvious. Should I add 'VISUAL' too? -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic BSD Brevity.
August 9 at 7:50 pm
Good stuff I really like the search function as for Contact it really depends on the context, for example ATC can tell you to contact approach control on 121.4 or some one in your flight could say they have visual contact on a WP or another object on the infantry side if they say they have troops in contact then that means they are in a fire fight. I guess the reason why this confused me is usually we just omit contact for brevity sake so if my copilot says wires 12 o'clock people usually just respond with visual on the wires it's kind of funny how that works. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic BSD Brevity.
August 9 at 5:11 pm
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BENT equipment failure: "Laser bent" BINGO FUEL Fuel level required for RTB. BOMBS AWAY Bombs away. BLIND No visual on friendly. BOGEY Unidentified aircraft BRAA Bearing, Range, Altitude, Aspect. BRACKET (direction) Maneuver to a position on opposite sides, either laterally or vertically from the target. BREAK Emergency evasive manoeuver. BUDDY LOCK Lock on a friendly aircraft (answers BUDDY SPIKE) BUDDY SPIKE Lock from a friendly aircraft. BUMP A climb to acquire LOS to the target or laser designation BURN illumination using rockets over an area at night. BUSTER speed 200 to 250km/h CLEARED Authorized COMMIT / RE COMMIT Aircraft will engage/re-engage. CONNING Unknown/nonfriendly aircraft producing contrails CONTACT enemy fire / Acknowledges sighting of a specified reference point (either visually or via sensor) COPY Understood CROSS WIND 90° to the runway after takeoff COVER Assign S/A weapons or establish an A/A posture that will allow engagement of a specified track or threat if required. CRUISE speed 100 et 200km/h DATA (object, position) Standby for data link message concerning object at stated location. DATALINK datalink transmission (answered by SWEET or HOLLOW) DEADEYE "laser bent" DECLARE Inquiry as to the identification of a specified track(s), target(s), or correlated GROUP. Responses include FRIENDLY, BOGEY, BANDIT, HOSTILE, NEUTRAL, UNABLE, or CLEAN. Full positional data must accompany declaration responses. DEPLOY aircraft group flying to positions as defined during the briefing DIVERT divert to back up base DOWN WIND Parallel to the runway DROP POINT location of the Battle Position ENI enemy EXPECT example « EXPECT SAM » EYELID Possible IED detected via airborne/ground sensor. Usually followed by amplifying information. FADED Sensor contact is lost on GROUP/ CONTACT FARM Helicopter status of fuel (expressed in PLAYTIME), ammo, rocket,missile FEET WET/DRY ground/water overflight FENCE IN/OUT weapons hot/cold when entering combat zone FINAL Approaching runway, in line with it FLAK AAA (shilka/Zu23) FLARE(S) Deploy/Deploying flares FORCE Number of aircraft/vehicles/infantry. example: "TANGOS FORCE 5" FOX MIKE VHF/FM Radio FOX TWO Launch of IR guided missile (Mistral for Gazelle) FREEZE Go stationnary (cancelled by MELT) FRIENDLY Friend GATE max speed before overspeed alert GOODWILL Border of a SAM zone GOOGLE/DEGOOGLE Directive call for aircrew to put on/take off NVD/NVG GRANDSLAM All enemy targets assigned are destroyed GREEN (+direction) Direction to a safe area GUNS GUNS GUNS Firing canon HEAVY TANK T72/T80/Leclerc/Abrams HOLLOW No Datalink reception HOMEPLATE Airfield or FARP used at the begining of the mission. HOSTILE Aircraft/vehicle that we can engage. 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MOVER(S) Unidentified surface vehicles(s) in motion NAKED No info from LWR NO FACTOR Group is not a threat NO JOY No visual contact OFF (direction) Attack is terminated and maneuvering to the indicated direction PANCAKE Need to land + reason (PANCAKE FUEL, PANCAKE AMMO, PANCAKE HYDRAULIC BENT...) PAX Friendly infantry PEDRO Rescue Helicopter PICTURE Current threat status (PICTURE CLEAR = no threat) PIGEONS Request bearing/distance to HOMEPLATE PLAYTIME Amount of time aircraft can remain on station, given in hours plus minutes (e.g., ONE PLUS THIRTY equals 1 hour and 30 minutes). POPEYE Flying in clouds or area of reduced visibility. POSIT Request for friendly position; response in terms of a geographic landmark or from a common reference point PUMP Brief manoeuver to stop progression to the target/threat with intention to re-engage PUSH (frequency) switch to a given radio frequency RECOMMIT Following a PUMP. Back to target engagement REMINGTON Out of A/G ammo (only guns left) RIFLE Firing AG missile ROGER Understood RTB Return to Base RUNWAY CLEARED Aircraft left the runway and is taxiing. SAM (direction) Surface to Air Missile threat followed by direction of this threat SCAN Looking for enemy targets without engaging SMASH Switch ON/OFF anti collision light SMOKE Smoke markers (rockets) SPARKLE Using an IR pointer SPIKE (AIR SPIKE, MUD SPIKE) Information provided by the LWR when locked by a weapon system SPLASH “SPLASH 1” Air target destroyed. “SPLASH 2”: Ground target destroyed STATUS Requesting tactical situation to an ally SWEET Datalink received TALLY Visual on enemy units TANGO Enemy infantry TOUCHDOWN touchdown / wheels on the ground TRUCK unarmed vehicles UNABLE cannot execute task/order UNIFORM UHF/AM Radio VECTOR Request bearing/distance to a given point/static object VICTOR VHF/AM Radio WEAPONS FREE Cleared to open fire on any target not identified as friendly. WEAPONS TIGHT Cleared to open fire at targets positively identified as hostile. WEAPONS HOLD in self defense or in response to a formal order. WILCO Understood. Will execute. WINCHESTER No weapons left WIRES HT Lines ZAP request DATALINK -
spiderpig replied to the topic B0-105 Weapons Officer.
August 9 at 3:15 pm
Yeah he did a great job. He's working on my helmet request now...don't want to say too much.... -
Crosser replied to the topic B0-105 Weapons Officer.
August 9 at 12:02 pm
I saw that, and I agree the scar is pretty badass. Just be careful with the creeping haha -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic B0-105 Weapons Officer.
August 9 at 10:55 am
I saw that. He did an awesome job and the scar looks badass -
BaDCrC replied to the topic B0-105 Weapons Officer.
August 9 at 10:54 am
Ahah! Being the face of a pilot in an official DCS module ! I am so jealous. This is the ultimate goal for any DCS fan. You'll leave forever man! -
spiderpig created new topic B0-105 Weapons Officer.
August 9 at 10:08 am
So Oliver finally finished the render of my face for the BO-105 weapons officer. I'll be the guy creeping everyone out when they fiy the BO-105: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bo105pah/permalink/1789966211239601/ -
BaDCrC replied to the topic BSD Brevity.
August 8 at 9:24 pm
Great. Thanks. I edited the first post according to your remarks. I added your proposed document to the BSD library for the time being and I am cross checking it with this existing list. I can see some terms that could be useful or whose definition differs from the list. What do you think? - ANCHOR (location): Orbit about a specific point - BRACKET (direction): Maneuver to a position on opposite sides, either laterally or vertically from the target. - BUMP: A climb to acquire LOS to the target or laser designation - CONNING: Unknown/nonfriendly aircraft producing contrails. - CONTACT: Acknowledges sighting of a specified reference point (either visually or via sensor). <- Different from what we thought - COVER: Assign S/A weapons or establish an A/A posture that will allow engagement of a specified track or threat if required. - DATA (object, position): Standby for data link message concerning object at stated location. - DECLARE: Inquiry as to the identification of a specified track(s), target(s), or correlated GROUP. Responses include FRIENDLY, BOGEY, BANDIT, HOSTILE, NEUTRAL, UNABLE, or CLEAN. Full positional data must accompany declaration responses. - EYELID: Possible IED detected via airborne/ground sensor. Usually followed by amplifying information. - FADED: Sensor contact is lost on GROUP/ CONTACT. - FARM: Helicopter status of fuel (expressed in PLAYTIME), ammo, rocket,missile. - FLARE(S): Deploy/Deploying flares - FOX TWO: Launch of IR guided missile (Mistral for Gazelle) - FOX MIKE: VHF/FM Radio - GOOGLE/DEGOOGLE: Directive call for aircrew to put on/take off NVD/NVG. - HOTEL FOX: HF Radio (Mi-8) - IN (direction): Entering terminal phase of an air-to-ground attack. Opposite of OFF. - LASER ON: Start/acknowledge laser designation. - MONITOR(ING) (GROUP/object): Maintain/maintaining sensor awareness on specified GROUP/object. Implies that tactically significant changes will be communicated. - MOSQUITO (direction/distance): Hostile fire (small arms/RPG) detected (e.g., “Ranger 21, MOSQUITO north, 500 meters”). - MOVER(S): Unidentified surface vehicles(s) in motion. - OFF (direction): Attack is terminated and maneuvering to the indicated direction - PEDRO: Rescue Helicopter - PLAYTIME: Amount of time aircraft can remain on station, given in hours plus minutes (e.g., ONE PLUS THIRTY equals 1 hour and 30 minutes). - POPEYE: Flying in clouds or area of reduced visibility. - POSIT: Request for friendly position; response in terms of a geographic landmark or from a common reference point. - UNIFORM: UHF/AM Radio - VICTOR: VHF/AM Radio -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic BSD Brevity.
August 8 at 8:01 pm
ya sorry I haven't gotten around to this, I did see a few things Remington is the proper term for having only guns left this should replace Dakota Pigeons would only be to homeplate all other points you can you vector I.E request vectors to waypoint 3 replace string with wires ziplip should be replaced with minimize overall it looks pretty good and I will be uploading the most up to date multi-serves brevity codes I could find so I hope that helps. “In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten; then he who continues the attack wins.”– General Ulysses S. Grant -
BaDCrC replied to the topic BSD Brevity.
August 8 at 3:08 pm
Up. Eagle, if you have a little bit of time, please give me your inputs and I'll make a final document for all the pilots. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 7 at 5:06 pm
Even for low quality that was very cool to watch! I don't have pictures for this just a funny now story. As an Air Force brat I had to keep by DOD ID card current to go on base. This is 1989 so security wasn't like it is today. I had to go to the Air National guard base in Sanston VA to get my new card. The office was upstairs above a hanger. I walk in and a F-16 was in there with a ladder up to the cockpit and it was open! No one was around so I figure I'll go take a peak. I got up to the cockpit had one leg inside and was about to sit down when I hear "Get down from the aircraft sir"!. I turn around to see a SP with his firearm. Apparently he did not think I should have a look around. Why he didn't march me right to the CO, I don't know. I told him I was just curious and wasn't going to touch anything. So I got my ID and went on my way. I never got that close to a real shark again! I got another one about getting caught throwing a cigarette butt on the ground and spending the rest of the day walking around the whole base picking up any little trash or butts I saw. That will teach you to knock the flame off and put it in your pocket! :) -
Blackwolf replied to the topic A little movie I did..
August 7 at 4:25 pm
Hum, I didn't know DCS had that at all. I'll have to try it out. Very cool movies by the way! -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Convoy Escort 2016 Debrief.
August 7 at 4:12 pm
I only took a few shots at the start. Before things got going. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic A little movie I did..
August 7 at 2:07 am
This is a cool feature! I wish we had this on DCS. Well, I don't know if it actually still exists though. Try to bomb with the Mi-8 and below 100 meters AGL, you'll systematically blow your tail off. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Convoy Escort 2016 Debrief.
August 6 at 6:00 pm
Overall I think the mission was a success even though we were not able to complete the main objective because of the glitch in the script we still were able to accomplish many of the secondary objectives. This mission was a lot of fun and really challenged me to be adaptive as a pilot. As for adding Gazelles to the mission, I don't know how well it would work the Mi-8s and ka-50s are a lot faster and it would be easier for them to outrun them by mistake. It could work if the Gazelles were their own recon element that took off before us and operated independently. It would be a great Idea but we are stretched thin on how many pilots we can put up at one time (I figured that out with my overly ambitious mission that never got off the ground) but hopefully we will be able to do these types of missions with multiple formation operating separately. Anyways I would like to give some sustains and some improves on the mission execution to help us improve for next time. sustains communications people were using communications to help improve everyone's situational awareness (remember not everyone has the same picture of the battlefield especially for me as flight lead it sometimes can be hard enough to just navigate by yourself let alone scan the area properly) also good use of brevity terms. formation we all arrived at the farp together (for the most part) the conditions were not ideal. I couldn't see the formation but considering we only had one mid air collision I'll call that being a success. weapons delivery when we received contact everyone responded with the appropriate measures, no one got too target fixated and ended up getting to target fixated and getting shot down. we did receive damage but that is to be expected when dealing with AAA close in. Improves pre mission planning situational awareness is everything in the battlefield and everyone should be reading over the mission briefing before hand and writing down important information I.E. frequencies, waypoints, weather. writing things down is the only way I can remember things and I had to refer to my kneeboard many times last night. also a suggestion if you do free flight during the week just to mess around do it in the upcoming mission area you'll be surprised how much being familiar with the area helps in SA. aircraft proficiency no one here is perfect and knows everything about the aircraft but we did have some start up issues and I had my own issues with having to learn how to use the ADF on the fly. If everyone has a basic understanding of the systems they will be using in that mission it will make things go a lot smoother. Last night went very well considering that a lot of us haven't flown with each other much. I definitely want to see us grow and improve as a team and I am looking forward to seeing the future of BSD. "The soldier is the Army. No Army is better than its soldiers." - George S. Patton -
Blackwolf replied to the topic A little movie I did..
August 6 at 4:53 pm
The bombs are on a 11 second delay so I don't blow my tail off. So they hit the ground right after I dropped and armed and blew up 11 seconds later. You can put it on a hour delay. Up to 24 hours and drop them all over the field for a surprise later on! I don't think I have seen the two you posted only the one with your insane ka-50 cockpit! I'll go watch them. -
spiderpig replied to the topic Convoy Escort 2016 Debrief.
August 6 at 2:22 pm
I think adding some Gazelle L and M would be good in there. The M model could hide in the mountains and scope out the target area, while L version could get in closer and take out smaller targets. Overall, I think you guys figured out that I"m not that handy in a Black Shark. But I did do better in it then I expected, so thats a plus. I think learning it's weapon systems would be nice at some point. -
BaDCrC created new topic Convoy Escort 2016 Debrief.
August 6 at 6:15 am
Sorry, I didn't take any screenshots to illustrate, but if you have some, don't hesitate to post them. Just a few words to debrief even though the mission didn't completely worked as planned. Pilots: BaDCrC Eagle_Rising Blackwolf The crawling Chaos SpiderPig Mission time: 3 hours Briefing: Glad to see most of the pilots went through it (but not everyone!). I complex missions like these, it is critical to read and understand the briefing before jumping in. We are usually doing a quick review of it before take off, but it is mainly to see if there is any questions left about the mission. It also helps a lot during the mission to understand what and where you should go for a given task. And there were a lot of tasks: Escort Convoy Alpha, Search for convoy Bravo and escort to FARP at W3, SAR mission on the Mi26, Search and Destroy enemy forces in the hidden village, Deploy troops in the hidden village. Startup: Please try to be on time for missions. A lot of triggers depend on the time the mission starts and it often requires a complete restart if people join late, which is not great, immersion wise, for the pilots who were on time. If you think you'll be late, just say it on the shoutbox and we'll delay the mission start and wait for you. Also, if you know you'll come, remember to register to the mission. Finally remember mission time is setup in Zulu time. So a mission set at Day D 0100Z actually starts at Day D-1 0900EST. Radio comms: A lot of progress was made and we are starting to hear the proper use of the brevity terms. We will probably need to spend some time on the startup/taxiing/take off radio procedures though. We are reaching a stage regarding the number of pilots flying where it might be useful at some point to use different TS channels for each group. But still it was workable with 5 pilots. Tasks: The fact that convoys were not properly synced with the clients screwed up badly this mission overall, but some secondary tasks luckily didn't depend on convoys position. The Mi-26 SAR went well. Eagle was able to find the position of the downed Mi-26 based on its ELT transmission, land near the survivors and embark them back to FARP at W3. Cover was provided by orbiting Ka-50 which I believe is the correct procedure for this kind of operations. If you guys got any questions by the way on the radionav system of the Mi-8, don't hesitate to ask beforehand. The second task that we were able to complete was the hidden village search and destroy. We had to sustain a lot of damage though as we misjudged the safety distances to maintain and several Ka-50 were damaged before we could properly deploy and get in Scan positions. All the threats were neutralized though. It was nice to see that Ka-50 pilots are familiar with the use of the datalink. The third task consisted in picking up troops at FARP W3 and deploy them in the village to capture it. Angel 1 sustained some heavy damage and had to make an emergency landing nearby the village (insufficient cover and clean up from the Ka50) but was able to unload the troops who were able to take down some of the enemy fighters inside the village. The fourth task we were able to complete was to search and provide CAS on the second lost convoy Bravo. Eagle has an impressive reflex of releasing a bunch of rockets on the village nearby the stranded convoy which was firing at them and killed all the enemy fighters in only one pass. We had limited success in 'simulating' the Bravo convoy escort due to the sync bug and took heavy damage at the first ambush. So we decided to RTB as it was already late. Thank you all for taking part in this mission. It was really fun for me although a bit frustrating for the convoys movement, but once this problem is solved, i will setup this mission again, maybe with different choppers like the Gazelle SA342L Model that would have done great too, or a mix of Ka50 and Gazelle for those who don't have the Gazelle (yet!). -
BaDCrC replied to the topic A little movie I did..
August 6 at 5:33 am
Hey this looks pretty cool BK! I am surprised when you release the bombs as it seems you are flying really low, but it took a long time for the bombs to hit the ground,like they had a drag chute or something. I don't know if you saw some of the ones I made too: {artsexylightbox youtube="NPK_k-BaJAc"}{/artsexylightbox} {artsexylightbox youtube="c-Aoa522Rzs"}{/artsexylightbox} -
spiderpig replied to the topic Welcome to Spiderpig!.
August 6 at 4:45 am
Great shots everyone! Will have to download my pictures from my pit machine and post them sometime. -
Blackwolf created new topic A little movie I did..
August 6 at 12:11 am
This is Cliffs Of Dover but I thought I'd share it with ya'll. Disclaimer: My TrackIR is not that jumpy,Fraps just rendered it that way, Also when I look straight up..I'm drinking beer :P). Backstory, In Clod each squad gets a home base. One day I logged on to see a lone 110 bombing and gunning ours. He didn't do much damage and I chased him off in a Hurricane fighter. I found out who it was in game chat with him, A rival German squad! So I got the boys together and went to bomb their base. So it looks like a empty airfield but when you bomb it the craters stay for 24 hours. So by us hitting the field we stopped them from flying for a day. Its a dirty trick to do but..he started it! LOL I cant figure out how to add youtube so here is the link for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPO5f1KEok0 After I posted this ,Waif..the other guy had made a video of his mission and posted it as well. So we told a story when you add the two together. I'll see if I can find his. I don't have the best video editing software but I'd love to do a movie sometime about the BSD. BK -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Welcome to Spiderpig!.
August 5 at 5:58 pm
I got some much needed practice in the Gazelle. I feel better about flying it, although I do not have control of it yet. I'll get there. About as close as I got to the huddle I landed on the FARP!? Bad, Eagle and Spider hanging out. That's me in the background,Selfie photo bomb :P I don't think they walked away from this one. -
BaDCrC created new topic BSD Brevity.
August 5 at 5:52 pm
OK, now we are starting to have a small core of pilots, and since it is becoming part of the discussions and whishes from BSD members, let's start to work on the radio coms. First thing is the brevity we want to use. There are tons of brevity terms and a lot of guides and documents from RL or from other squads that we could use but we must keep in mind that: the BSD brevity list needs to be short enough for everyone to remember and use during missions the terms shall be relevant to rotarywings operations and available weapons/systems I would like to propose a first list of terms that should meet those two constraints but it is opened for discussion (add/remove). Thanks for your feedbacks. -A- - ABORT : abort last action (can apply to task, mission,...). - AIRBORNE : Aircraft just took off and is climbing. - ARTILLERY: AKATSIA/SMERCH type. -B- - BANDIT : Aircraft identify as ennemy - BASE : 90° leg before final. - BENT: equipment failure: "Laser bent" - BINGO FUEL : Fuel level required for RTB. - BOMBS AWAY : Bombs away. - BLIND : No visual on friendly. - BOGEY : Unidentified aircraft - BRAA : Bearing, Range, Altitude, Aspect. - BREAK : Emergency evasive manoeuver. - BUDDY LOCK : Lock on a friendly aircraft (answers BUDDY SPIKE) - BUDDY SPIKE : Lock from a friendly aircraft. - BURN: illumination using rockets over an area at night. - BUSTER: speed 200 to 250km/h -C- - CLEARED : Authorized. - COMMIT / RE COMMIT : Aircraft will engage/re-engage. - CONTACT : enemy fire. - COPY : Understood. - CROSS WIND: 90° to the runway after takeoff. - CRUISE: speed 100 et 200km/h -D- - DAKOTA : Out of AG ammo. - DATALINK: datalink transmission (answered by SWEET or HOLLOW) - DEADEYE: = "laser bent" - DEPLOY : aircraft group flying to positions as defined during the briefing. - DIVERT : divert to back up base. - DOWN WIND: Parallel to the runway - DROP POINT: location of the Battle Position. -E- - ENI : enemy - EXPECT : example « EXPECT SAM » -F- - FEET WET/DRY : ground/water overflight. - FENCE IN/OUT : weapons hot/cold when entering combat zone. - FINAL: Approaching runway, in line with it. - FLAK: AAA (shilka/Zu23). - FORCE : Number of aircraft/vehicles/infantry. example: "TANGOS FORCE 5" - FREEZE: Go stationnary (cancelled by MELT) - FRIENDLY: Friend -G- - GATE: max speed before overspeed alert. - GOODWILL : Border of a SAM zone. - GRANDSLAM : All enemy targets assigned are destroyed. - GREEN (+direction) : Direction to a safe area. - GUNS GUNS GUNS: Firing canon. -H- - HEAVY TANK: T72/T80/Leclerc/Abrams - HOLLOW: No Datalink reception - HOMEPLATE : Airfield or FARP used at the begining of the mission. - HOSTILE : Aircraft/vehicle that we can engage. - HOT : Incoming aircraft -I- IDLE: speed less than 100km/h -J- - JOKER FUEL : No enough fuel to perform Task. Requires an ABORT. -L- - LEAKER : Air threat successfully bypassed our defenses and requires immediate interception. - LIGHT TANK: Light armored vehicles (BTR80/BMP) - LIGHTS ON/OFF: Switching on/off external lights. - LOCK ON : Designated target is locked. -M- - MANPAD: Man Portable Air Defense - MEDIUM TANK: M60/T55 - MELT: Cleared to leave stationnary. - MERGE : When enemy and friendly forces are in direct contact. - MONITOR : a group or a zone. -N- - NAKED : No info from LWR - NO FACTOR : Group is not a threat - NO JOY : No visual contact. -P- - PANCAKE: Need to land + reason (PANCAKE FUEL, PANCAKE AMMO, PANCAKE HYDRAULIC BENT...) - PAX: Friendly infantry. - PICTURE : Current threat status (PICTURE CLEAR = no threat) - PIGEONS : Request bearing/distance to a static object. « Pigeons homeplate » for bearing/distance to the airfield/FARP. - PUMP : Brief manoeuver to stop progression to the target/threat with intention to re-engage - PUSH (frequency) : switch to a given radio frequency. -R- - RECOMMIT : Following a PUMP. Back to target engagement - RIFLE : Firing AG missile. - ROGER : Understood. - RTB : Return to Base. -RUNWAY CLEARED: Aircraft left the runway and is taxiing. -S- - SAM (direction): Surface to Air Missile threat followed by direction of this threat. - SCAN : Looking for enemy targets without engaging. - SMASH: Switch ON/OFF anti collision light. - SMOKE : Smoke markers (rockets) - SPARKLE : Using an IR pointer - SPIKE (AIR SPIKE, MUD SPIKE) : Information provided by the LWR when locked by a weapon system. - SPLASH: “SPLASH 1” Air target destroyed. “SPLASH 2”: Ground target destroyed - STATUS : Requesting tactical situation to an ally. - STRING : HT power line. - SWEET: Datalink received -T- - TALLY : Visual on enemy units. - TANGO: Enemy infantry. - TOUCHDOWN : touchdown. - TRUCK: unarmed vehicles -U- - UNABLE : cannot execute task/order -V- - -W- - WEAPONS FREE : Cleared to open fire on any target identified as enemy - WEAPONS HOLD : Cleared to open fire on hostile target only (defensive) - WEAPONS TIGHT : Do not open fire. - WILCO : Understood. Will execute. - WINCHESTER : No weapons left -Z- - ZAP: request DATALINK. - ZIPLIP : Order to reduce radio comms. -
Crosser replied to the topic Welcome to Spiderpig!.
August 5 at 1:08 pm
It was fun for sure, right up until life happened for me. More target practice is always a good thing, maybe late they will start shooting back soon. Though that shark cannon will decimate the Gazelle easy. Maybe a live target too -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Welcome to Spiderpig!.
August 5 at 2:38 am
A couple of screenshots. Luckily for Eagle_Rising, I was out of ammo! Busy sky -
spiderpig replied to the topic Welcome to Spiderpig!.
August 5 at 2:29 am
Thanks. Had a great time! Will have to add a respawn script to that mission so we can keep targets alive longer. -
BaDCrC created new topic Welcome to Spiderpig!.
August 5 at 2:13 am
This was a good flight tonight with Spiderpig and the BSD team. Thanks to Eagle_Rising, Crosser and BK for taking part. A lot of interesting discussions on the Gazelle and a real good auto rotation training at the end with the precious advice from Eagle. Looking forward to fly with you again Spiderpig. and welcome to BSD! -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Application: Spiderpig.
August 4 at 11:00 pm
I'm there too! And Welcome Spiderpig! -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Application: Spiderpig.
August 4 at 8:25 pm
I'll will also be on tonight should be fun -
Crosser replied to the topic Application: Spiderpig.
August 4 at 7:54 pm
I might be on tonight, maybe we can get a decent flight going -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Application: Spiderpig.
August 4 at 7:32 pm
No problem. I am forwarding you the details to log on the TS server for tonight should someone wants to fly. Not sure I'll make it tonight. I just came back from China last Tuesday night and I am completely exhausted by jetlag. -
spiderpig replied to the topic Application: Spiderpig.
August 4 at 7:23 pm
Tomorrow night is a bit busy. But tonight I was planning on flying around 2000 EST if anyone is around. Let me know if anyone is around...otherwise this weekend saturday is good. Usually I try to schedule things a week ahead since our family calendar does get a bit crazy sometimes. Spiderpig AKA Poly Roie -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 4 at 7:01 pm
Basic Warfighter skills- OH-58 finally found this video again which shows basic warfighter skills in the Oh-58. It's too bad that it's a poor quality picture but it still gives a good representation of it. also bad later if you explain how to embed the youtube videos instead of just ataching a link I've been trying to figure it out with no success. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Application: Spiderpig.
August 4 at 5:59 pm
Hi Spiderpig (or Poly Roie). Very happy and honored to see you here! And thanks for taking time to post your introduction. No doubt we are all looking to fly with you and also try your missions! We have a mission coming tomorrow evening 5th at 2100 EST (missions on calendar are in zulu time). You are most welcome to join (although it is a Ka50/Mi8 one). Otherwise I am working on the next Harmattan mission for our Gazelle campaign, but it might not be ready for next week. Beside those missions, we usually have informal flights and introduction flights to get to know each other as this group is still young. Let us know if you want to schedule one of your missions by the way. We are all looking here to fly as close as possible to the existing procedures (while still having fun), and we are fortunate to have members willing to spend some time to explain IRL ones. So once we have a good core of regular pilots, we will be able to work those procedures in a more detailed way and take part in multi squad events. PM me for tomorrow if you want to join. Otherwise, I'll set up some intro flight next week. BaDCrC -
spiderpig created new topic Application: Spiderpig.
August 4 at 4:56 pm
Callsign: Spiderpig Age: 41 Internet Connection: Verizon Fios 75mbps up and down Timezone: EST Availability during week: Weekdays at night and weekends. I prefer to schedule flight time with other ahead of time so I can put it on the family calendar (got a wife and two kids who require my presence at times) Flight hours in DCS: A plethora. Been flying the A-10C since 2011. In Fixed wings I would say 1000+, in Heli's I started with the Huey and would say about 200+. I work for Polychop Simulations so I tend to do a lot of test flights during the week. I probably have the most amount of hours in the Gazelle with the Oculus Rift CV1 Mission Editor Knowledge: Pretty darn good. I created training maps for several squads I've flown in. I also worked on some respawn scripts before starting to work with Polychop. I also create the test missions for Polychop as well. Preferred Chopper: Gazelle and Huey (since I can start both of them). I own the Ka-50 and Mi-8 as well, but don't fly them that often. My expectations: So I've been flying sims about 30 years now. But only in the recent 3 have I actually learned how to fly a helicopter. Most squads I've been in have helicopters, but are mostly fixed wing based. Working for Polychop, I obvisouly fly the Gazelle a lot - but I find that I don't have the basics of helicopter procedures. I know how planes make radio calls, taxi, and takeoff. But I would like to work the more procedural things of helicopters. I would also like to get better at flying with others in formation and how to employ a helicopter more effectively. Since Polychop is going to be developing another helicopter (BO-105) I figured it would be a good time to learn my helicopter methodology. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Fundamentals of Flight .
August 3 at 3:46 am
Alright part 2 I promised I will talk about Effective Translational Lift (ETL) and settling with power (VRS). So first what is translational lift? Well the textbook answer is the efficiency of the hovering rotor system is improved with each knot of incoming wind gained by horizontal movement or surface wind. So what does that mean. Remember that diagram I posted earlier of the hovering helicopter you had wing tip vorticies, those vorticies cause drag and reduce performance. So as you can see the helicopter is moving into more clean air and it's leaving the vorticies behind the rotor system is becoming more efficient as well as the tail rotor because it is working in less turbulent air. You can see it even more so at 10-15 knots So one of the first things you'll notice is that your nose will yaw left (right on European helicopters) because the tail rotor is more efficient Moving on to transverse flow effect Again the textbook answer is the difference in lift between the fore and aft portions of the rotor disk caused by the rear portion of the rotor disk having a grater downwash angle than the front portion The differences in lift causes a vibration that is very noticeable in real life and pretty noticeable in game. It will occur during takeoffs and landings at a range of 10- 20 knots (which is a good indicator of speed because your air speed indicator is unreliable under 40 knots) You will also notice a right rolling motion( left in European helicopters) this is because of something called gyroscopic precession which is a topic for another day but long story short is that any force applied on a rotating object will manifest its self 90 degrees later. So in the case of trans verse flow effect we have less lift in the aft section so 90 later it will roll instead of pitching up And finally ETL which occurs 16 - 24 knots when the rotor system completely outruns the recirculation of old vortexes and begins to work in relatively undisturbed air. airflow becomes more horizontal therefore induced flow and induced drag are reduced. this efficiency continues until the best climb airspeed is reached. ETL also has it's own affect on the helicopter because of dissymmetry of lift (the difference in lift between advancing and retreating blades) and gyroscopic precession the helicopter will pitch up slightly. Lets break it down from 0-24 knots nose will yaw left (right in euro) aircraft will roll right (left in euro) nose will pitch up(same in euro) This will also happen on landing so the reverse applies Effective translational lift is especially useful when you are in a hot climate, high altitude, or have a high gross weight where power is limited. A good practice technique to simulate these conditions is pick up your helicopter to about a 5-10 ft hover look at your torque gauge (or a blade pitch indicator if you are a weird Russian) and don't go past that just nudge the cyclic forward you will slowly begin to increase speed and will eventually start to climb. The same can be done while rolling in the Ka-50 or the Mi-8 and bk this part is for you :) Settling with Power also refereed to as vortex ring state(VRS) is when the helicopter settles in its own downwash. Settling With Power Helicopter Online Ground School also a good reminder to always takeoff and land into the wind Old army flight school video on settling with power The following conditions must exist simultaneously for settling with power to occur a vertical or near-vertical descent of at least 300 FPM slow forward airspeed (less than ETL) power applied 20-100 percent of the available engine power with insufficent power remaining to arrest the descent (low rotor rpm can make it worse) (this is also why you can't get into settling with power in an autorotation) Recovery from settling with power may be affected by one or a combination of the following during the initial stage ( when large amount of excess power is available) a large application of collective pitch may arrest rapid descents but if done carelessly or too late could aggravate the situation and result in increase rate of decent achieve directional flight. gaining airspeed in any direction will allow you to arrest the upward flow of air this is the preferred method So I hope that helps in dcs if I am going to be doing a terrain flight decel I make sure to watch the VSI and make sure I apply collective appropriately to avoid greater than a 300fpm rate of descent and for landings I always make sure that i stay above ETL (you can use the shaking from transverse flow to help) until I am within ground affect remember smooth collective inputs my IP always accused me of trying to pump a well. Again let me know how I did and if you have any questions let me know also let me know what you guys want me to cover next it doesn't necessarily have to be aerodynamics I can discus anything from the FAR AIM to basic combat tactics. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Fundamentals of Flight .
August 1 at 1:40 am
Thanks I'll have something ready before Friday and I will make sure to hit on ETL and VRS pretty hard thankfully those are a lot easier for me to explain than airflow at a hover. as for fixed wing to rotor transition don't worry it's hard the other way too I just picked up the M-2000c and I think on like my hundredth try I finally landed it. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Fundamentals of Flight .
August 1 at 1:22 am
Wow good stuff! This is helping me a lot! If anything just going through the books and reading the post has helped me with control, and going in and out of ETL. That's where I normally VRS and crash. I find I use way too much collective as well and that just makes my landing crash even quicker. So no more yanking up and down on the collective..(ok that sounds bad). Fixed wing ..just go to the notch and put the pointy end to the sky..rotors eh a little harder. Thanks Eagle, I'll be paying very close attention to the ETL part of class! BK -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
August 1 at 12:59 am
The classic line " Do you feel lucky? Well do ya.. punk?" Comes to mind.. LOL -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Fundamentals of Flight .
July 30 at 12:09 pm
I will have to check that out. I am really trying to get better at explaining this stuff. I was going to try explaining resultant relative wind and AOA but to be honest it was giving me a headache trying to put it in my own words and plus that could be it's own lesson. Really I think all of this is something that just clicks eventually, for me it was half way through flight school. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Fundamentals of Flight .
July 30 at 10:02 am
Thanks Eagle! Very good video to explain IGE/OGE. I am reading this right now: It's better explained than the free FAA manual, but I have to say it is still giving me headaches sometimes. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 30 at 9:49 am
Looool. Who will be the fastest to press the trigger? -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Fundamentals of Flight .
July 30 at 5:21 am
https://www.facebook.com/thehelicopterpage/videos/1135665766456399/ So I'm going to go ahead and play armchair quarterback and give an explanation of why this person crashed (note I haven't seen any investigation report yet but I am it gives me a good talking point) I know we have a couple R22 pilots in the group so they can correct me if I made a wrong assumption. The amazing thing about helicopters is that we can hover there is an aerodynamic effect I'm sure most of you have heard called IGE or In ground effect So a little explanation to make this as clear as mud. the turning blades act like a big fan pulling air down which is called induced flow. I would like to try to explain all of all this in the diagram but I am afraid I will do a better job of confusing everyone so I implore you to read relative wind 1-21 to angle of attack 1-27 it should help a lot. but the long story short is the more induce flow you have the more collective you will need to pull. A good video of Induced Flow I'm sure most have heard of OGE or out of ground effect as well it occurs 1 to 1 and a half of the rotor diameter (depending on which source you read). as you can see in the diagram you have a larger induced flow and larger rotor tip vortexes this is caused by the lack of a solid surface below you to slow that induced flow. so you will have to pull more collective at out of ground effect than in ground effect. now here is something really cool say that you are at KLXV with an elevation of 9933 and you are hovering over the airport at 135ft AGL and the you go over to Panama city airport at 68 MSL and you are hovering at 10,000ft AGL all other environmental conditions being the same which scenario do you think requires more power. It's a trick question because they would be the same and that's because of this chart I know it is probably hard to read but this is what I use to make my performance planning card (ppc) it basically just takes in to consideration your weight, pressure alt and the temp and then it will give you your power required for OGE and IGE. as for the question earlier if you used this chart you would realize that they were both the same pressure altitudes and would require the same power. so for my example in my helicopter at 15c I could weigh 18,250 pounds and hover at that altitude. so going back to the original video I believe that the R22 was to heavy for the conditions and was able to maintain an IGE hover but once he once he crossed over the edge of the hill and entered an OGE hover he was not able to apply enough collective to maintain a hover and descended into the street hitting the light pole. The accident could have been avoided if the pilot would have 1 done a ppc card for his helicopter or 2 performed a hover power check to determine the power margins. So that is that again I am only making an educated guess on the cause of the accident if I find out more I will definitely update this. Probably next week I will continue with talking about Effective transnational lift (ETL) and I will probably also go into dissymmetry of lift and retreating blade stall FAA Aerodynamics of Flight an alternate to the .203 again feed back and questions are much appreciated -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 30 at 2:52 am
so I kinda ended up in an awkward standoff with a tank today I had a single hot 3 and he had well a main gun We have munitions. We will not surrender. Cpt Danjou 1863 -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Briefing: Convoy Escort 2016.
July 29 at 11:21 pm
Ah yes, I'll be there too. Mi-8 for me again! -
Blackwolf replied to the topic welcome to. The crawling chaos .
July 29 at 11:19 pm
Bad, Chaos did host a mission for Eagle and myself on Tuesday. I think he did change it up some to add a few more choppers in it as well. That would upgrade his stats as well yes? -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Briefing: Convoy Escort 2016.
July 27 at 2:00 am
Oups. Yes, Friday night EST. Saturday zulu. Corrected in calendar. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Briefing: Convoy Escort 2016.
July 26 at 7:18 pm
I should be available then -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Briefing: Convoy Escort 2016.
July 26 at 2:09 pm
Mission rescheduled for Friday August 5th. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic welcome to. The crawling chaos .
July 25 at 8:16 pm
Yeah I missed it. I didn't see the post until 2145 and by then it was done. Well catch you tonight and welcome Chaos! -
BaDCrC replied to the topic welcome to. The crawling chaos .
July 25 at 2:14 pm
Got it. Thanks for the post and the test flight Eagle and welcome to you Chaos. I am looking forward to fly with you and even more to try your missions. You should be upgraded as trainee by now and have deeper access to the website. BaDCrC. -
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July 25 at 1:02 pm
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Eagle_Rising created new topic welcome to. The crawling chaos .
July 25 at 4:38 am
I would like to say welcome to Chaos. It was incredibly fun flying with you and I can tell that you will fit right in with everyone else. The free flight went well I can definitely tell that you are comfortable in the ka-50 I especially liked the return to targets. The mission could have gone better but that was definitely my fault usually I don't crash that much but I am blaming it on the new flight model. anyway good mission I am looking forward to some more. I will be talking to Bad about get your status changed over to trainee which will give you access to more of the website to include documentation. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Helios / The Crawling Chaos Application.
July 25 at 12:18 am
I just sent you the info in a PM -
The Crawling Chaos replied to the topic Helios / The Crawling Chaos Application.
July 24 at 11:37 pm
Great! What's the teamspeak 3 info? -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 24 at 11:31 pm
I'm probably going to try getting on of our alse techs to fix it up a little and try reselling it on one my helicopter groups but like I said If anyone here wants it I really don't want to make a lot of money off you guys. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Helios / The Crawling Chaos Application.
July 24 at 10:40 pm
I will be on but I still have to remap my ka-50 controls so I may not be flying the shark tonight but regardless I will be on in either the huey or gazelle -
The Crawling Chaos replied to the topic Helios / The Crawling Chaos Application.
July 24 at 9:56 pm
I can do the flight at 2030 EST tonight if you guys are available at that time. Which is in about 2 and a half hours from now. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Helios / The Crawling Chaos Application.
July 24 at 8:43 pm
Awesome The Crawling Chaos we could always use more pilots and like Bad said we desperately need more content creators. I will be available all this week for any intro flights BK this last week has been pretty hectic. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Helios / The Crawling Chaos Application.
July 24 at 8:22 am
No problem Bad, now go put your toes back in the sand! Geez you're on vacation man! :D Helios we normally get on about 2000 to 2100 EST. No big deal right now if you don't own any other choppers, most of our missions include the KA-50 and if they don't it can be added quickly. As I said anytime this week is ok with me, whatever works best for you. Just let us know when and I will get you the TS info. Eagle will you be free this week sometime? Moving sucks huh? XD -
The Crawling Chaos replied to the topic Helios / The Crawling Chaos Application.
July 24 at 7:44 am
Sadly, I don't own any other modules. I became very jaded with the entire DCS platform lacking another group to play with, so I never really decided to invest into any other aircraft besides the one that I had already put so much time into. After some time with BSD though, I'll probably reconsider and invest into a western aircraft. As for the introductory flight. My schedule will be cleared up by Monday, I'll know for sure when I'll be able to sit down and have that introductory session with your fellas. I might be free tomorrow night, but that's tentative. Is there a time that you guys are usually congregating on teamspeak? -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Helios / The Crawling Chaos Application.
July 24 at 6:55 am
Thanks for taking care of this BK. Very impressed by the introduction Helios. We need mission creators badly. As BK mentioned, I am away until beginning of August hence the lack of flights lately. Once your intro flight done, you'll get access to the briefing room so you get an idea of the type of missions we are flying and the level of briefing. I know the overcomplex mission design syndrome. My first one was designed for 20 pilots and was a disaster. BK, Eagle, you guys can set up an intro flight for Helios: cold start, pattern, data link use, basic radio procedures. You know, the usual stuff. We'll have a Ka50/Mi8 mission the week I am flying back to US. BaDCrC -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 24 at 6:38 am
That's a pretty good deal indeed. You'll rather find these around $400 if in good condition. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 24 at 1:04 am
Yeah I might want to pick that up if you're selling it for a deal! -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Helios / The Crawling Chaos Application.
July 24 at 12:58 am
Welcome Helios! Nice presentation and you have a lot of experience with the KA-50, you'll fit right in! BadCrc is on vacation this week but any of us can get you going. Let me know when is a good night for you and we can get together on TS run a introduction mission. Nothing big just a meet and greet, fly around and shoot some stuff. You have come to the right place, we only fly rotors..No fast movers here! I'm an ex Su-27 driver and a Cliff of Dover bomber pilot. I got into the choppers a year or two ago but never really learned how to fly them, until I found the BSD. I'm still a FNG but I'm learning! We have real world chopper pilots in the mix so I am always learning something new. Briefings can be as simple or complex as you want. Some put together a nice power point that I'm sure took as long as the mission to build!(cough Eagle cough) There isn't a template for mission that I know of. More of a you build it, we fly it. Do you own any of the other choppers? Not a requirement just wondering. The KA-50 is my favorite but lately I've spent more time in the Huey and the Mi-8 just learning to control them. I'm free any night just let me know when is good for you. I'm sure some of the other BSD guys will join in as well. BK -
The Crawling Chaos created new topic Helios / The Crawling Chaos Application.
July 23 at 10:01 pm
Subject: Helios / The Crawling Chaos ApplicationDate: 7/23/2016Callsign: HeliosSteam: The Crawling ChaosSteam ID URL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Helios932/AGE: 23Internet Service: 40Mb/s up 11.5mbps downDCS Editor Experience: 30 hours. Created 4 playable missions including: Mountain Search and Destroy, Urban Airfield Defense, Combined Arms Assault. My missions were overly complex originally, but I've run an ArmA 3 clan for years and my concepts of mission design have greatly improved since then. In my experience with the DCS: Editor, I've implemented a number of borrowed community scripts including: Mechanized infantry, helicopter infantry disembarking, and others. While I haven't touched the DCS Editor in years (it's rather tedious) I'm sure that I could pick it up quickly to complete my application requirements at B.S.D.Availability: Most days other than Saturdays at 2000 EST. Will vary between the week.DCS Flight Hours: KA-50 Black Shark: 750+ Hours Preferred Aircraft: Kamov KA-50 Expectations from BSD: Serious fun in my helicopters without annoying zoomies and everything that they ruin bring to a mission. I've always had the feeling that helicopters are largely ignored by the flight sim community, and I've had to retreat to ArmA (and real life) to get any usage out of the many hours I've spent mastering the KA-50. I hope that at the Black Shark Den, I can meet other like-minded and skilled sim-helicopter pilots who want to fly in challenging, diverse and cooperative environments. I have only been able to fly with other KA-50s 5 times in all my time owning the Black Shark since it was first released in 2008. This has been a source of significant frustration for me, and caused me to quit playing multiple times for months at a time. Here hope to not have to cater to people who want to fly planes, and fly with folks who just want rotors. Other Information: Skills which I may comfortably teach others: Slow and Scramble Take-off, Traffic Pattern, Landing, Basic flight (KA-50) Weapons Employment and countermeasures (KA-50) Datalink and Abris integration (KA-50) ABRIS and PVI-800 Waypoint integration (KA-50) Basic Attack Helicopter tactics (KA-50) Mission Design Philosophy (How to avoid overcomplex design, How to formulate a mission design) Skills Which I need to learn from BSD: Basic Editor re familiarization (FARPs, qwirks, stability issues) Black Shark Den Standards for briefings, player count, any templates used by Black Shark Den for mission design -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 18 at 12:00 am
My day Saturday unfortunately no flying but still pretty cool to ride in the back while they were doing bambi bucket practice I also found this at a army surplus store for $250. It's a hgu-56/p which is the same one I use btw. the store owner didn't really know what it was or it's worth so I bought it before he figured it out. I am probably going to end up selling it I don't really have a need for it I just couldn't resist picking one up for that cheap. If anyone one is interested in buying this I will give you guys an amazing deal. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Debrief from Auto rotation school.
July 16 at 2:46 pm
Yeah I just happen to be going through F2 views when Eagle said "Hey you might get mad but I want to try this" or something like that. I was on Shu so I had a great shot of it! -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Debrief from Auto rotation school.
July 16 at 1:08 am
Wow, you took the first one at the perfect time! -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Debrief from Auto rotation school.
July 15 at 11:53 pm
I did. I learned a little about all..well not the Gazelle, yet. That's a work in progress. The good thing is I think the control issue I had is because I had unplugged my controllers to open the computer and I didn't re calibrate them. I hope, testing now. I forgot a few pictures: Shu taking one for the team I guess we call this a combat auto rotation? Landed like a pro! -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Debrief from Auto rotation school.
July 15 at 3:29 pm
That was pretty fun I hope every one got a little something out of it I know I did with the gazelle -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Debrief from Auto rotation school.
July 15 at 5:47 am
Awesome shots BK! Thanks for posting! -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Fundamentals of Flight .
July 15 at 5:36 am
Thanks again for the training tonight. The Gazelle remains the most challenging DCS rotorwing for me to auto but I finally managed 4 or 5 good autos in a row. The Mi-8 can take a lot of abuse and got a lot of inertia so it is an easy one, as well as the Huey with such a huge rotor inertia. The Ka50 is fine too although I defnintively can use a bit more practise. Autorotation {artsexylightbox youtube="PmcFrRwM4Io"}{/artsexylightbox} 180 Auto {artsexylightbox youtube="2voCedPQMUo"}{/artsexylightbox} Power failure at hover: {artsexylightbox youtube="_hDHllbhHgI"}{/artsexylightbox} Auto zero speed with 360° {artsexylightbox youtube="bsm5Ik74xTw"}{/artsexylightbox} -
Blackwolf created new topic Debrief from Auto rotation school.
July 15 at 5:34 am
Big thanks to Eagle for putting this together and helping us. Pilots: BadCrC, Bk, Eagle_Rising and Shurugal. What a fun night when you can train, learn and shoot at your buddies at the same time! BSD getting together BSD in their rides. As close as you can.. Close enough.. Shu rides the storm out.. And lands to help survivors out. Well lands hard... A view from inside my cockpit as I'm trying to fly and take pictures..Even with auto pilot on its nerve racking! Thanks to all the guys in the BSD who let me fly with them. I always have fun, learn something new and just have the best time flying with ya'll. S! BK -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Debrief Flight High Altitude / Gazelle Model L testing.
July 12 at 4:02 am
Yeah, blood. It was just a flesh wound though. It was a fun night. That mission is fun..one of these days I will make it to the top for a landing. -
BaDCrC created new topic Debrief Flight High Altitude / Gazelle Model L testing.
July 10 at 7:13 am
Great flight tonight. Thanks to all of you who joined. High Altitude Flight: Pilots: Eagle_Rising, Blackwolf, BadCrC. Sunrise and dynamic weather system made the scenery a dream to fly. Top of the (DCS) World. Elbruz mountain, 5600 meters. Incredible view for the Mi-8 pilots and troops One case of engine icing. Remember the anti icing controls for this aircraft. Several crashes with VRS: check wind before starting approach and always fly it headwind. High altitude means less power available. Also, remember IAS is decreasing with altitude with TAS constant. Gazelle Modele L testing: Pilots: Eagle_Rising, Blackwolf, Bobtheturd, BaDCrC. First attempts to fly the new Model L of the SA342 Gazelle. A nice set of Gazelles L ready to take off Testing Air/Air capability of the M261 Gun was a bit too tempting. BaDCrC kept flying as the two pilots were murdered by Eagle_Rising Looks like what's left of Blackwolf after his crash? What the hell is this? Blood? Hovering meeting The M261 gun has been tested against soft and light armored vehicles with deadly effects. T55/T72/T80 shots were less obvious. The rockets are a bit trickier to handle due to the recoil. Aiming at the center of the reticle does not work. Definitively the most difficult rotorwing to handle for auto rotations in DCS. Many many gazelles were destroyed during the exercise. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 9 at 4:16 pm
September 10th, Crossville TN is as close as they will get to me (about 6 hour drive). May have to take a road trip! -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 8 at 3:29 pm
haha thanks Bad http://www.armyav.org/ is the website for the cobra I think they are only in the south east and maybe Arizona -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 8 at 3:11 pm
Wow, this is awesome man! Congratulations! This deserves a special event on BSD! By the way, where can you fly Cobra on dual for 300$? I would give away a kidney for that! -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 8 at 3:16 am
Well today was pretty cool I finally got my wings!!! -
BaDCrC created new topic Briefing: Convoy Escort 2016.
July 8 at 2:09 am
CONVOY ESCORT 2016 Strategic situation Separatists from the Ajaria province are using the mountainous area south of Kutaisi as an outpost to train their forces and launch terrorist attacks in the region. A significant part of the Georgian army has been deployed south of Baghdati to hunt down the separatists but the extremely difficult and wild terrain in this area made it difficult so far to find the village they are using as a training camp. Terrorists are often mixing with the local population and only insertion of ground forces is capable of taking them out. Tactical situation We are called from our main base at Kutaisi to escort a convoy of vehicles to the village of Kur Sairme from our outpost located at Tskaltashua, south of Baghdati. In the mean time, we lost contact with a second convoy on its way back. A Search & Rescue operation is immediately required. The entire mountainous area limited by Tskaltashua, Kur Sairme and Kani has been called “the death triangle” as we suffered multiple casualties whenever entering it. Full Briefing (Mandatory for the mission): Briefing Escort 2016 What you must know before the mission: KA-50: Edit/enter coordinates on PVI-800, use ARK-22 and HSI Slave. Mi-8: Kneeboard/Timed Navigation/ Use ARK-9 ADF ( Mi 8MTV 2 Navigation guide) -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Example of procedures used by hardcore DCS squad.
July 2 at 2:31 am
BaDCrC wrote: snip...except maybe the lack of brevity use. Yeah I'm really bad at that. Years of not having to practice that at all gave me bad habits. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 2 at 2:30 am
That's actually the cool thing AAHF sustains itself by giving rides to people I think it's like $50 for the Huey and $300 for the cobra (I was really considering the cobra because the controls up front still work) -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 2 at 2:18 am
That would be so cool Eagle! Put a go pro on if you do so we can all fly with you! I'd ride with ya, just don't let me land it! XD -
Blackwolf replied to the topic BaDCrC Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 4 (Day 2 rerun).
July 2 at 2:06 am
Imex joins the BSD flight. Looking for Mother... Found her... Great mission even if I only flew an hour on this one and did nothing more than escort duty. Off topic..this should be behind me right? Not in front of me?... :P -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
July 2 at 2:02 am
I've been practicing my autos on different aircraft and I have been getting some funny results when I mess it up so I present you with a pretty funny Mi-8 auto shitty Mi-8 auto also in other news I got to take a look at the army aviation heritage foundation Huey and cobra today and got to talk to some of the pilots and I not only found out that they are located pretty close to wear I am moving but they are also wanting new/younger pilots. So there is a actually a chance that I could fly a Huey!!! http://www.armyav.org/ -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Fundamentals of Flight .
July 1 at 4:00 pm
Really I am glad to do it. It keeps me in the books and if you guys enjoy it and get something out of it then that is just a win win -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Fundamentals of Flight .
July 1 at 3:28 pm
This is a fantastic initiative Eagle. Thanks for taking the time to do it. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic BaDCrC Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 4 (Day 2 rerun).
July 1 at 1:50 pm
so I figured out why I lost SAS last night apparently every time you go to idle or the rotors are not at operating rpm (I'm thinking the latter) it will kick of your SAS for what ever reason and you will have to turn it back on -
BaDCrC created new topic BaDCrC Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 4 (Day 2 rerun).
July 1 at 4:36 am
Pilots: Eagle_Rising (SA-342) Bobtheturd (SA-342) BaDCrC (SA-342) Blackwolf (UH-1H) who joined late in the mission. Flight time: 2 hours Mission evaluation: Success. All but one minor vehicle had been destroyed. No casualties and no damage on our side with all the choppers who made it back safely. Good communication, good radio procedures. ROE were properly applied. Engagement sequence and target priorities agreed during briefing was correctly followed. A good job overall. Summary: Take off 2210 from BPC. Maintained successfully 30 meters height above the sea but got detected by enemy just before feet dry. 3 Su-25 sent to intercept us but were destroyed by the frigates. Tactical NOE flight, trail formation from W1 to W4 above the river where we deployed on battle positions Delta (Eagle-Rising), Echo and Foxtrot for BaDCrC and Bobtheturd. All units were in position before the arrival of the convoy 3km from the engagement point. Radio contact established with drone above. Bobtheturd and BaDCrC engaged the 2 Shilkas first. This stopped the convoy and multiple tangos on board deployed around it. This triggered an assault from the rebels troops hidden in the nearby woods. All hell broke loose. Gazelles kept shooting at the remaining armored vehicles. The convoy was mostly destoyed and very few enemy troops were still alive when the remaining vehicles tried to get away, leaving the survivors behind. Eagle_Rising had a SAS failure that prevent him from engaging all the targets but he succeeded to destroy one of the remaining truck on the move with a Hot 3. Then, as we all became Winchester, we regrouped over W4 then egress to the ship. Only 3 tangos still alive. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
July 1 at 4:31 am
ok so this mission has been canceled until further notice I will keep the mission and the brief for another day maybe when we have more actively flying members. we will however be doing a training mission on the 14th of July (see fundamentals of flight thread for more info) -
Eagle_Rising created new topic Fundamentals of Flight .
July 1 at 4:12 am
In this thread I will be going over basic helicopter fundamentals the goal being that with understanding the physics of helicopters you can better your flying ability. I am going to be posting the standard army training manuals (they really can be useful) but will also try to supplement them with videos and other media. I will also be happy to answer any question you may have please ask anything it benefits me too. So I'm going to start out with this video series by Dustin from smarter every day it goes over very basic physics however some of it is a little over simplified for example retreating blade stall will not fix itself you will flip over on your back and most likely die but other than that it is a very good series. Helicopter Physics- Smarter every day Dustin also has a great video relating to specifically autorotations that was very well done Strapped into a falling helicopter after you watch those videos and get a basic understanding of the physics it would not be a bad idea to check out fm 3-04.2-3 it may be a little dry but if you can understand it and apply it while flying it will definitely make you a better pilot .203 These are the basics for now I don't really expect anyone to read the entire .203 (I know I haven't) but I would behoove you to look over specific things like settling with power (VRS) autorotations and IGE vs OGE hovering Next week we will be doing a training flight focusing on autorotations I will do my best to demonstrate and describe everything that is going on but reading ahead will help a lot. if it is a success I can plan more base level training missions to discuss and practice some of the principles covered in the .203 -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Example of procedures used by hardcore DCS squad.
June 30 at 7:16 pm
Agree. Yes, as long as we are less than 5 at the same time flying, we are doing OK, except maybe the lack of brevity use. Beyond that number, we will need to split into different groups and coordinate the strikes. This might indeed require some comms practising. Also, this is when we might find Universradio software really useful and immersive. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Application : DieHard.
June 29 at 4:02 pm
Hi Die Hard and thanks for your honest/no BS presentation, As you might have read on the forum, the missions we are flying are all coop with a strong emphasis on making them as realistic as possible with correct use of radio communications, combat tactics and formations. There will most likely be no PvP missions. Being able to fly the Ka50 (or other choppers) and use the weapons and systems is only the minimum base required. Working efficiently in a real coop MP environment is 90% of what makes a good virtual pilot. Yes, the fact that you are not interested in participating at all in the life of this group except just flying the missions is a problem indeed. This will prevent you from really progressing within BSD. SO I am afraid you won't really find a real interest in the way we are flying here. -
DieHard created new topic Application : DieHard.
June 29 at 3:37 pm
Call Sign: DieHard Age: 64 Internet Connection: Time-Warner Cable dedicated Internet feed Speed: 118 mbps Down / 12 mpbs Up (speedtest.net) Supposed to get 300 down sometime soon as they are upgrading. Time Zone: Eastern (-5 UTC) NY State Availability: During week after 8PM (sometimes---anytime) and weekends usually. I usually play late and wee hours. Flight Time with DCS : Been with DCS since 2011. I have most of the available inventory, probably thousands of hours. But that is not necessarily telling you anything. Most of my time is in the Ka-50 and WWII birds. I am best in the Ka-50, less so with the others. I fly the 104th Phoenix server a lot, Red side, checkout my stats. I go by DieHard on DCS, checkout my profile info. Been simming since 1985 with my Commodore 64 and Microprose sims. Took me a solid year to learn the Ka-50, self taught, and still learn stuff from her. Mission Editor? Almost nil. I am not interested in creating missions. And this may very well be the squasher me flying with you guys---I'm not interested. Preferred Chopper? Ka-50; Huey less so; Mi-8 I don't like. Other choppers? : price has to come down, I'll wait for a sale. Especially in 2.0 would like to see an attack copter with the sensor pod above the rotors. I mostly fly Ka-50 freehand in Flight Director. If real life enemy in MP know the auto-route to target area, they may very well pay you a surprise visit. Expectations? Looking to fly my Ka-50 in interesting combat missions. Looking to see if I can meld with you guys and you guys with me. I'm a bit of a loner type. My communications knowledge is also nil. I do not like un-necessary chatter in-flight. Wanna fly with me? Meet on the 104th's server. I don't talk much. Hands down, best Ka-50 pilot in the game is Cooper. Devilman is also pretty good on his used to be Tasmanian server (boy, don't call him an Aussie! LOL!) That's where I also met Cooper. Current best MP missions I have found is with the F99th guys on 2.0 Saw your BSD sig from your post in the recent night-time post via DCS forums is why I stopped by. -
BaDCrC created new topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 3.
June 27 at 1:18 am
Pilots: Eagle_Rising (UH-1H) Blackwolf (UH-1H) BaDCrC (SA342) Mission duration: 2 hours Briefing: Operation Harmattan III - Day 3 Briefing Summary: The mission is a success. All downed pilots from last mission were extracted and the KIA ones were taken back to the aircraft carrier. One Huey damaged at departure while trying to take off with throttle at idle. Two Hueys lost during approach maneuvers (one VRS, another, well, see pictures) around the aircraft carrier but after the rescued personnel was brought back on the ship. Enemy contact: 1 Shilka and 1 BDRM were destroyed (BaDCrC). The enemy checkpoint was engaged by Eagle_Rising's side gunners on the M4 road but no confirmation of kills. 1 Huey suffered damage from flying too close to one of the no fly zones (Engine fire + loss of DC generator) but managed to RTB. Startup 2200 Local. Heavy rain and Thunderstorms. Overcast 3000ft. Light wind from the West. Viisibility>10km. Creepy guy staring while one of the Huey is starting up. LZs were marked with lighted T Shaped NATO signs. LZs were challenging to land on and difficult to spot without the coordinates. NADIR and the point of contact we picked up at Aderbievka were precious help. Looking for the LZ3 were the last surviving pilot was waiting for us RTB: Eagle_Rising approaching to disembark the pilots while Blackwolf was preparing his approach. The boys are back. Eagle_Rising practicing an autorotation by night, during a storm on an aircraft carrier... Running landing looked good... But a bit too long.... -
Blackwolf replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 25 at 3:23 am
I may be out of town that week, don't know yet. I hope not. I will take a HIP if I'm here (why do I always volunteer to drive the bus? :P ) . I have most of the brief figured out but may need some help with parts of it. Great job on it btw. BK -
BaDCrC replied to the topic [SA342/UH-1H] Operation Harmattan III Briefings.
June 25 at 1:06 am
For Day 3, it will be good to have 2 Hueys this time. For those flying Gazelles, please check again how to use NADIR and mainly how to manually enter coordinates. Mission is starting 2200 ZULU TIME on Sunday. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 25 at 12:38 am
ya we could probably push the mission to the right if needed but I will be out of town on the 4th of July weekend and I will be finally moving out of my house the following weekend so I can't really do anything before that. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 24 at 11:56 pm
Arrrgh. I'm leaving for summer holidays on the 16th of July!!! Good vodka choice by the way :) -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 24 at 10:36 pm
Good evening everyone and happy weekend I hope you guys made it through the week I know I just barely did. Anyway I have finally published the final version of my mission brief and set a tentative date for the 16th of July but that is depending on if we get enough pilots available that day. The briefing is in the link below Operation Goldeney I've determined we need at a minimum of 2 Mi-8s and that's really pushing it as well as at least 2 ka-50/Sa342s. I'm really wanting to push for the full 10 pilots, I think it's going to be hard enough with just 10. I urge everyone to register ahead of time so that we can start planning for however many aircraft we have. Again let me know if there are any questions on the briefing I will be happy to explain my thought process (or lack of it). Alright gentlemen have a good weekend and a drink on me. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Example of procedures used by hardcore DCS squad.
June 23 at 7:15 pm
IDk about all of that. most of it is fixed wing related and kind of on a larger scale than we need. I do however think an SOP on lighting and radios couldn't hurt, if you go back through one of the aircrew training manuals (ATM) ch.6 has a lot of words and phrases that would help in radio brevity. Overall I think what we are doing in terms of briefing and execution is pretty good the only thing that I can think of is when we start flying in larger groups that's when we probably need to start thinking of splitting up the comms and practicing radio discipline. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Example of procedures used by hardcore DCS squad.
June 23 at 6:49 pm
I'll take a look when I get home Friday. The wifi at this motel isn't the best for downloads. I'd say as a former CO of a bomber squad that was active in Storm of War where you had to plan and work with other squads nothing is more madding than posting a plan and having members show up and ask "what are we doing?" Never going to the forum or reading the plan. I chalked it up to some members only have a few hours a week to play this hobby and have fun. Get to into it and they lose interest or just don't have the time. On the other hand having everyone on the same page with the how's and whats in a mission is nice too. For myself I have the time to be more involved other than just showing up at mission time. I would guess if it seemed to "hardcore" some would be recruits may not want to jump in and for others it may be just what they are looking for. Its a balance I guess. BK -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Example of procedures used by hardcore DCS squad.
June 22 at 11:09 pm
No one? -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Using Zulu Time for missions?.
June 21 at 12:12 am
Either way is good. In Cliffs of Dover most squad we flew with were Euro so we used Zulu. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 2.
June 21 at 12:08 am
It was fun..I would like to try that one again as well sometime (without my water er....um..landings :P). If you keep landing on them Crosser I'm going to start calling them Koopas! -
Crosser replied to the topic Using Zulu Time for missions?.
June 20 at 3:19 pm
I'm good with either. I do think that Zulu (gmt) would be easier to coordinate since it is a constant. If you say the 15th at 0100z, then in my mind and probably most others, it means 2100L (est). Since we are all in different time zones I think Zulu works best. -
Crosser replied to the topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 2.
June 20 at 1:05 pm
Hahaha,yes it was absolutely hilarious at points. It was an awesome sight to see those 23mm enter your face eagle as sad as it was it looked very cool from my POV. Then I watched as your helo slowly lost altitude and landed softly. I could have RTB'd but trying to land on them Mario style was too much fun to pass up -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 2.
June 20 at 12:20 pm
First can we just appreciate that beautiful formation right there. Also is there anymore of a stupid reason to die then from forgetting to flip the safety caps open not a second after I flipped them open did I see 23mm tracers enter the cockpit taking out both pilots but surprisingly not damaging the aircraft. overall I think it was an awesome mission and would love to try this one again. also side not I'm really falling in love with the gazelle so much fun. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Using Zulu Time for missions?.
June 20 at 12:05 pm
I'm fine either way I just had a brain fart the other day thinking I was east coast (I'll be moving back the EST in a couple weeks so that shouldn't happen again) but Zulu time works and also we always used the next day on a flight plan if it is going to be night flight but other than for flight plans we usually would use local time. -
BaDCrC created new topic Example of procedures used by hardcore DCS squad.
June 20 at 4:08 am
So we have a lot of pros at BSD and I can hear often about the procedures used IRL. During my time at the French 3rd Squad, we were regularly invited to large campaigns by the 132nd virtual wing, a squad based in Northern Europe that, from my experience, classifies as "Hardcore simmers". We were ending up operating in environments of more than 40 aircraft, several nationalities from different squadrons across Europe and a team of controllers and JTAC/SCAR experts. No need to mention you were not supposed to show up at the beginning of the flight without having spent a couple of hours working your briefing, ATO, filling up your flight plans (on the website), knowing the identification procedures (AET-100 or Ramrods), frequencies plan and be fully trained on the CAS/SCAR ones (they were kind enough to provide the training too before the beginning of the campaigns). I was leaving the server after every flight pretty much exhausted. I enclosed here a few of the documents we had to study. I would be curious to know about you guys opinion for each of them. One of the campaign's SPINS: 132th OP Georgian Thunder SPINS v1 4 Range order for our training sessions: 132 OI 1 DUSHETI Range Order version 1 0 SOP of the rotarywings squad: 132 696th SOP Brevity: 132 TTP 4 Brevity v1 1 Ground Training: 132TH CAS Training -
BaDCrC created new topic Using Zulu Time for missions?.
June 20 at 3:16 am
So there is still some confusions about when is the mission taking place as I am systematically using EST time, and some of you guys are on C.S.T or M.S.T. The idea was then to use Zulu time which sounded like a good idea. But after thinking about this, a mission on the 15th at 2100 EST would need to be proposed on the 16th at 0100 Z? Isn't this even worse? Or are we sticking with the right day, like the 15th for 0100 Zulu time? What do you guys think? -
BaDCrC created new topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 2.
June 20 at 1:00 am
Approaching the enemy territory, tactical NOE flight , echelon left formation with Crosser and Eagle_Rising Pilots: Crosser (SA342) Eagle_Rising (SA342) BaDCrC (SA342) Blackwolf (UH-1H) Duration: 1.5 hour. Briefing: Operation Harmattan III - Day 2 Briefing Take off from BPC at 2220 Local. Altitude constraint during feet wet (max 30 meters) was blown and as a result, the enemy launched 3 Su-25 to intercept us. Luckily, the frigates took care of them and we never had to worry about those aircraft as they were too busy avoiding the missiles shot at them. Ingress was quick once feet dry even though our IMEX Huey struggled a couple of time with the water being too close from his skids. Flew up from the delta along the river to battle position point, then deployed on locations Bravo, Delta and Foxtrot. Drone announced the incoming convoy that turned out to be quite big. 2 Shilkas were spotted but the 2 gazelles behind the fences at Bravo and Delta were immediately spotted. Eagle popped up but got a HOT3 misfire. BadCrC took down one Shilka while the second one aimed at Eagle to shot him down. Crosser was able to destroy the second Shilka. At this point the convoy stopped and a significant amount of troops disembarked. This is when the rebels, hidden in the forest nearby, chose to show up and ran downhill shooting all over the place. Enemy was prompt to fire back and it was a real show in the night. Better than 4th of July. Problem for the rebels was that we couldn't destroyed all the armored vehicles as we were missing Eagle's aircraft and both Crosser and BadCrc went Winchester very quickly. Since rebels were only equipped with AK47, they were also quickly wiped out even though they killed about 90% of the enemy troops. We called for BK to do a pass with his side gunners on the huey, and he put quite a show, wiping out a lot of what was left of the convoy. On his side, Crosser was trying to freak the enemy out by flying fast and low above the convoy. Gazelle illuminated by the vehicle burning in the night (god that is so gorgeous!!) Sadly enough, he crashed trying to stop the convoy by landing in front of them. But, although his co pilot was dead, he punched through the cockpit and ran into a nearby TOW hummer that was left by the rebels and started to pursue the remaining trucks and shoot at them. This deserves a medal! On his side, BK made a too close for comfort low altitude last pass and crashed in nearby hill. So no IMEX available for the downed pilots (including BaDCrC who also made a bad move and crashed). Mission is a partial success. 6 trucks made it to Gelendzikh, 5 with ammo, 1 with fuel. All rebel troops were wiped out. We lost all of our aircraft but the pilots survived and were able to drive back to the shore with a humvee left, to be picked up by a sub. Let's do it again next time! -
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Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 18 at 10:01 pm
I went to the rift site did the test to see if I could run it..nope I'm missing 3 out of 5! The only thing that passed was my OS and RAM. Video card is a r7-290 not a r9 and I'm missing two of the 3.0 usb's..so I will have to upgrade a lot to even run it..oh well a 32 inch HDTV isn't that bad. Speaking of that here's my set up( yeah its messy I know). I should have held a phone to my ear for this one..can you hear me now? :P My other hobby: Some dive in Richmond VA, 2001.. Me and the wife backstage with Rick Springfield. Very nice guy and he put on a great show. I was never a fan, I'm more heavy metal..but it was a good show, for pop rock. I just learned to fly on instruments... One for Crosser..Tj's don't need no stinking snow shovels! Its a Jeep thing. Oh I did say hold my beer but daymmm! hehe. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 1.
June 18 at 11:27 am
Kind of looks like my landings! :P Sorry I missed the first part, bad storms came through and took out my power. I'm good to go for Saturday and Sunday. -
BaDCrC created new topic Test ArtSL.
June 18 at 3:24 am
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BaDCrC created new topic [SA342/UH-1H] Operation Harmattan III Briefings.
June 18 at 2:34 am
Day 1 - Briefing available: Operation Harmattan III - Day 1 Briefing (MISSION COMPLETED) Day 2 - Briefing available: Operation Harmattan III - Day 2 Briefing -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 17 at 7:49 pm
Ok so I added an acronym list idk on some of it I really don't want to insult peoples intelligence but idk what some peoples backrouds are I also added a link to this website which should help with any of the acronyms I missed http://www.militaryacronyms.net/ -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 17 at 7:18 pm
ok fair enough I guess I am just used to seeing them everyday so I didn't even think twice -
Crosser replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 17 at 6:05 pm
Brevity terms was the main confusing thing, maybe add an acronym list. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 17 at 4:41 pm
awesome appreciate the second pair of eyes on it I got rid of any mention of the Black Hawk but I can't find any good graphics of the Mi-8 so the uh-60 is taking its spot for that. also what was confusing most likely it was how I worded something. -
Crosser replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 17 at 2:05 pm
Looks good overall, a few mentions of the UH-60's but minor stuff. There was somethings that I didn't understand at first but figured most of it out. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 17 at 2:02 am
I just made some updates to the mission brief so it should all be (mostly) correct but if anyone finds anything wrong/confusing please let me know I'm still having trouble with adding documents so here is the link https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B91t4OirdMAmeTFCM3cyemg5S0k&usp=sharing -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 1.
June 16 at 5:03 pm
ya it sucks I've had it happen before and the instructor wouldn't take the controls he just had me fight through it the entire flight -
Crosser replied to the topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 1.
June 16 at 4:50 pm
That's the kind of thing that'll dunk you in the drink -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 1.
June 16 at 2:48 pm
Wtf? Looool! -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 1.
June 16 at 1:32 pm
also let's not forget about the #1 killer of helicopter pilots yes that's right I'm talking about that special D -
Eagle_Rising liked a reply to the topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 1.
June 16 at 1:28 pm
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Crosser replied to the topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 1.
June 16 at 1:04 pm
Noooo, I didn't land too close. He turned around and skidded towards me until he touched disks. Then tried to take off and killed us, it was highly comical, much good laughs -
BaDCrC created new topic Debrief Operation Harmattan III - Day 1.
June 16 at 3:18 am
Pilots: Eagle_Rising (SA342) Crosser (SA342) BaDCrC (SA342) Flight duration: 1.5 hours Mission was a success: Fuel depot destroyed by Crosser Both radars detroyed by BaDCrC Ammo depot destroyed by Eagle 1 T55 and 1 BRDM destroyed by BaDCrC 1 Shilka destroyed by Crosser Take off from BPC at 2230 local. NOE flight below 50m was maintained until feet dry. (Next mission will be 30 as suggested by Crosser who found it too easy). Contact with Frigates JDV and JB. Both frigates engaged coastal defenses. All JDV targets were destroyed. JB frigate did not succeed in destroying all the AA defenses though. But none of the remaining engaged us as they could not see at night.Ennemy was totally caught off guard and the only reaction following the fuel depot destruction was some tangos jumping into a shilka to take us out. Fortunately, Crosser was fast enough to destroy it. RTB to BPC in pitch black night and low on fuel but all 3 choppers winchester. No casualties until Crosser killed Eagle's co pilot by landing a bit too close to him. Gazelle is already hard to spot during day, but it's a real challenge during night. Even with the formation lights on fully bright. Anti collision light helped a bit on RTB. Personally, RTB was more challenging than what I expected due to the total lack of visual reference outside except a few stars. Felt relieved when the skids gentl hit the carrier deck. From a tactical point of view, I ordered a deployement of the 3 choppers North and South of the Gelendzihk bay, which was good from a target scan point of view, but I am not sure if having each chopper flying without cover was how it should have been done though. Good there was no enemy we missed and left behind us. You guys thoughts/remarks welcome. Sorry, no screenshots. I was too concentrated on not hitting the sea. Again, the briefing was (and still is) available here: Operation Harmattan III - Day 1 Briefing -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 15 at 9:59 pm
Ya I didn't really have a problem with the rift in terms of getting sick probably because I've done the full motion sims (those will really mess you up) but my Dad did get pretty sick although I did give him an autorotation at the end. defiantly worth the try though -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 15 at 8:48 pm
I'd love to try the rift. I bet it would make me sicker than my first time with Track IR ! -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Application: Vigilante.
June 15 at 8:35 pm
Set up a mission this coming Sunday 2100 EST. -
Vigilante replied to the topic Application: Vigilante.
June 15 at 7:28 pm
Excellent, and thank you! I'm looking forward to some good simulation time with all of you! Sunday should be just fine for me. I would love to get an intro flight going sometime. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 15 at 7:10 pm
testing out the strength of the mi-28s rotors they are surprisingly strong also am playing around with my oculus rift some more and I know there are a lot of naysayers of VR right now but honestly I think it is worth it. Even though it is pretty expensive right now having my dad (who is a former Huey driver by the way) fly the Huey made it worth it to me. also it is a lot better than trying to use the army's VR which is 10x as expensive here is a picture of the HMD it projects the image on the glass but it goes away once you look down at your instruments -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Application: Vigilante.
June 15 at 2:47 am
Hi Vigilante (I suspected your real callsign was not Viglante! :) ). Glad you finally made it to the website and the forum. Thanks for this presentation. Yes, I believe we can provide what you are looking for. The pilot population we have for the moment is a bit heterogeneous but as we are making more missions, we are getting used to fly together and it's getting more structured and procedural everyday. I think 80% of it by the way is serving, so you should get a lot of understanding about your availability. There is no strong requirement to fly a minimum per day or week, we are just trying to have at least one mission per week (well, so far it's almost only me proposing missions but I have good hopes that, from what I am hearing, I will get some help from the others soon). That's why by the way I am really insisting on knowing how to use the ME (not in a hardcore way with scripting and all that stuff, but if you are at the trigger level, you are most likely able to create a couple of fun missions). I'll try to set up quickly a intro flight for you but I set up 2 missions for this week and I am running a bit late for the one on Saturday night. Well, we can probably do something this coming Sunday if you are available. Again welcome to BSD! -
Vigilante created new topic Application: Vigilante.
June 14 at 11:49 pm
Callsign: Vigilante Age: 28 Internet: Cable, 50 mbs Timezone: PST Availability: Week days are hard to work around with myself being in the military. I'm typically open in the evenings unless I have training to conduct. Weekends are easier to work around, I usually do my gaming in the evening. Flight hours: Roughly 300 hours in the past 2 years I've played. Rotary wing is around 100 hours cumulatively for all currently released modules. Mission editor: Very little, with little to no scripting. Just recently started playing with triggers and such. Preferred birds: All of them! But if I had a choice, probably the Ka-50. Expectations w.r.t. BSD: Looking for a dedicated group that plays at a realistic level in the game. I've played DCS with many others before but it typically turns in to a cluster f***! I'm trying to find some sort of structure to what I do in DCS, and I believe this is the place. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 13 at 10:37 pm
Will do unfortunately i have been very busy this last week so I have not made much progress on the slides or the mission however I will be working on it this week and hopefully get some flying in. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 13 at 2:51 pm
Hey Eagle. Please allow some extra time for the briefing to go through these slides. I would love to get some explanations from the pros. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Picked up the Gazelle on sale.
June 12 at 2:51 pm
I saw the update that's coming but I still will try to learn it as is. I may try a few curves in this one to see if it helps. Something tells me I'll be in the Mi-8 Bad :) -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Picked up the Gazelle on sale.
June 12 at 1:11 am
Great Blackwolf! I am preparing a new set of missions with the Gazelle and the Mi-8 based on the Libyan operations in 2011. You have a few days left to learn this one! -
Crosser replied to the topic Picked up the Gazelle on sale.
June 11 at 5:27 pm
It's not easy, I was helping Shu out last night with it in a quick test mission. They latest update news mentioned that they're changing the sensitivity of the inputs so I don't know if you want to get used to how it handles just yet. Might need to relearn it all over again whenever the new patch hits home. However, Shu and I did have some good fun last night. I got a decent video of him learning to fire the HOT3, on the ground...infront of my canopy haha. -
Blackwolf created new topic Picked up the Gazelle on sale.
June 11 at 8:42 am
So 5 bucks off was enough to get me to buy it! First flight went bad, lifted a few feet tipped right then left, set back down a few red lights came on. Then the engine shut down and I was done. Looks like I will be spending my weekend trying to tame Blue Thunder. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 10 at 3:06 pm
Yeah Bad, we were saying the same thing on TS. It looks tiny next to the shark. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 9 at 4:54 am
Wow. The Gazelle IS looking so small when sitting next to the Kamov. -
Crosser replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 8 at 7:29 pm
Hey, if it fits it ships lol, no matter how close it is. Good stuff though -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 8 at 7:01 pm
Very cool stuff! I just have a few screenshots. Blackjack hit And landing like a boss: This was before I knew about the F2 key. Blackjack and I parked and someone looking for a parking spot. (CoughCrosserCough) And he found it. Then we blew up! Bob showing his skills. I crashed upside down on a roof in Nevada at night. But I found a Strip club next door so I got some one's and forgot about the shark on the roof! :) -
Crosser replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 8 at 4:40 pm
Yeah, they are massive for sure. I tend to forget since I'm around them all the time, but there aren't many planes that can transport other planes haha -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 8 at 4:14 pm
I've always liked those aircraft my grandfather was a flight engineer on a C-124 Globemaster II so I have a lot of respect for those type of aircraft and especially the C-5 I don't think many people realize how big it is until they see it in person. -
Crosser replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 8 at 2:42 pm
Not rotor craft, but this was last year waiting for the crew to finish getting ready. Just sitting out on the flightline in Orlando getting ready to board. We already loaded the cargo -
Crosser replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 8 at 2:06 pm
They look like they're on slide rails, but still doesn't look like it is that comfortable at all. Probably no pedal adjusters either, tough to see though.very cool though -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 8 at 1:23 am
That's pretty cool Bad were you able to get comfortable in there, it doesn't look like the seat is adjustable -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 7 at 11:44 pm
Those are a couple of years old. Not really cool I guess (compared to a Comanche!) but interesting considering the latest DCS module came out a few weeks ago. And also, these are not the kind of aircraft you can easily see in an airshow in the US. I took these pictures during an open event at a nearby airbase a couple of miles away from my home. And that's me! I am a 6'3" guy, so that's giving you an idea of the space available in a Gazelle. The ancestor of the Gazelle, an Alouette III. I think it still holds the altitude world record with a chopper, but I can be wrong. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Congratulation to Blackwolf and Bobthethurd for their first BSD wings!.
June 6 at 11:16 pm
Well, you'd better hurry then! :) Let me know if you still can't setup this mission of yours. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Congratulation to Blackwolf and Bobthethurd for their first BSD wings!.
June 6 at 9:13 pm
Well I didn't word it right. I could create the mission I just could not put it up on the calendar so others could register. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 6:22 pm
all it takes is a little bit of paperwork and a whole lot of time -
Crosser replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 6:17 pm
True, but experience of it would be awesome. Though I would much rather fly a real 60 than in a sim -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 6:11 pm
Don't worry it gets old pretty quick it's really only good for practicing EPs and maybe instruments although half the time the the GPS doesn't work properly. I actually think DCS could make a better flight model -
Crosser replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 5:06 pm
That would be awesome, but unfortunately I can't. Would be fantastic though haha -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 4:56 pm
ya Crosser if you made it to Alabama in the next month I could get you in a sim -
Crosser replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 4:52 pm
I love the Comanche, the RAh66 is beast but well...yeah we know what happened. I wanna go on the UH60 sim! Can I go on the uh60 sim? Haha. We have a C17 and KC10 sim here. Insane! -
