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What engine you going to use?

I've seen Part 135 operations who never moved to electronic due to cost and paperwork needed for authorization as well as the cost of the devices needed. I assume that most Air Carriers and Part 135s have switched by now though. I seem to recall it used to be that going electronic was actually a change to the type certificate of the aircraft and was thus a Major Alteration requiring a Field Approval or STC. Otherwise, you still had to have the hard copies readily available, in flight to the pilot, even if using some form of electronic check list. I could be completely wrong though since this is under the operations side and my area of expertise was maintenance.

Fly

Can't do this Sat due to IL2 WW1 event at the same time.

Copy all, thanks.

Some questions: Why is Red only given the Mi-8? Do the Blue helis not have anti-armor capabilities (Kiowa and Gazelle)? Personally, I would like to include anti-armor for the helis. In the briefing .pdf it alludes to photos but I don't see any: Use the Radio F10 Command for current War/Peace status and additional missions available. Pic 1: Blue Munitions Factory. Destroy factories, warehouses, supply tanks. Pic 2: Blue Munitions Supply Ship. Destroy this ship Pic 3: Port Said. Destroy the supply ships. Pic 4: Destroy the cargo supply ships. Pic 5/6: Spy Rescue It may be too much work but I'm going to ask anyway . Could you have a mini mission map with an area to practice the Arty?

FYI, this only works on the F-18 https://forum.dcs.world/topic/369390-tactical-turns-flying-with-an-ai-wingman/page/2/#findComment-5608138

Signed up (well, I already was actually ) and selected planes.

Regarding DLSS 4: User asked: "Dear @BIGNEWY, I asked this question in some of the DLSS topics but didn't get any answer yet. It seems that DLSS 4 Preset "K" is a very huge step forward for VR users, its quality is exceptional. Unfortunately right now we can only "hack" this version into DCS by DLL changing and for another question you replied that the devs will work on DLSS 4 only AFTER deploying Vulkan. Of course there're some blurs (mainly in MFDs, mirrors and fast movig dial numbers) which could be mainly caused by the lack of proper support on DCS side. But it seems that the performance and quality of DLSS 4 Preset "K" even in its unofficial state is so massive, that it needs URGENT attention. May I ask if this timing has been changed? If your origintal statement means that we're just mere weeks away from Vulkan, then it's OK, but if not, then IMHO the devs should really prioritize the full integration of DLSS 4 before anything else, it's so revolutional - especially for VR users." BN's reply: "we are not ready to upgrade DLSS yet, but it is something we are discussing internally. I have no ETA's for the release of vulkan yet or DLSS 4. It is probably not the news you want to hear and we are unlikely to match your desired timeline, if you are using DLSS 4 currently with success that is good, but at the moment it is not officially supported." Since it seems to enhance performance more than quality and it looks like some blurring issues and with having to essentially hack the game in order to make it work, I'm not going to risk it since my FPS is fine as is. I did update to the latest driver and have the DLSS 4 stuff downloaded and might try at some point.

@Lee Good info for you as well. @Labroisse, Lee fly's mostly IL2. Any advice regarding that?

Not yet. I won't use Viacom since I've had bad experiences with it breaking things.

This is interesting... https://forum.dcs.world/topic/369390-tactical-turns-flying-with-an-ai-wingman/ Also this: DCS: MiG-21bis by Magnitude 3 Fixed SPO-10’s light operation

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/release/2.9.13.6818/

I assume that you got the Crystal Lite. I have the Crystal OG so my settings are probably not appropriate. @Flyboy, @Labroisse and @Lee have the Lite and would be the best for advice. PIMAX XR over Steam for sure. Look at videos from this guy: https://www.youtube.com/@VRFlightSimGuy

This is a continuation of my previous skin "37+22_JG71_NORM81B [Revised Feb 1, 2025]" depicting Luftwaffe F-4F-53-MC, 37+22, SN 72-1132, CN 3722 of JG71 which has now been be painted in the NORM 90J scheme and has served numerous years in this scheme. It has weathered substantially and has had corrosion control touch-up paint applied in various areas. It is shown as it appeared when at Wittmundhafen Air Base - ETNT, Germany, circa 2010. It will later be freshly re-painted in that scheme for participation as one of four Phantoms in the "Heritage Flight for the Phantom Pharewell send-off celebration on June 27, 2013 at Wittmundhafen Air Base, Germany. All Phantoms were subsequently retired from service with the Luftwaffe. At that point, 37+22 had accumulated nearly 7,100 flight hours in its years of service. This depiction was based on the default skin "37+24_N81B_JG72" with some variation of the camouflage as noted in period photographs of this particular airframe. Some items of note: * Corrosion control paint lines modeled. * All placards / stencils re-done in text and graphic vectors. * Crew given period gray flight suits with appropriate patches. * Crew given period Luftwaffe side caps (garrison caps). * Crew's gloves specified as white gloves by custom args and gloves depicted as worn and grimy. * Engine exhausts darkened to reflect the appearance in period photographs. * The gray flight suit and dirty white gloves will show in the first person pilot view. The default command to turn the pilot body on / off is LShft+P. Colors match the default skin "37+45_N90_JG74" but adjusted to simulate the weathering / darkening of the base colors as shown in historical photographs. Colors for NORM90J: Darkening overlay @50% opacity 585858. Removed areas for corrosion control paint. Dark Gray: 778085 Med. Gray: 8b959a Lt. Gray: 939ca5 Link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3343179/

I'm always a sucker for a good cover

I haven't seen this one before. Such a unique and evocative voice and so cute.

Nice @Gabi! You must be a bit cross-eyed after hand painting all of that intricate detail.

This was kinda lost in the 2025 and Beyond announcement... I WIN! and get a 1st runner-up to boot! Winner: German Democratic Republic (GDR) Mi-24P, No. 361 1st Runner up: German Democratic Republic (GDR) Post-Unification Mi-24P, No. 361 Mi-24P Hind Livery competition Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Mi-24P Hind Livery Competition! While our original plan was to select just three winners, the outstanding quality of so many submissions has led us to include more. Check out the winners below: Top Three Winners German Democratic Republic (GDR) Mi-24P, No. 361 - 100,000 ED Miles + 1 Free Eagle Dynamics Module Soviet Bagram - 50,000 ED Miles CZ Livery - 25,000 ED Miles Runner-Ups (Each Awarded 15,000 ED Miles) German Democratic Republic (GDR) post-unification Mi-24P, No. 361 US Coast Guard (Fictional) Bagram Soviet Schmerle Mi-24P – Polish 49 PŚB (49th Assault Helicopter Regiment) Mi-24P – Polish 56 BLot (56th Aviation Base) Bulgarian Air Force Bort 129 Mi-24P Azerbaijan Army 1993 Egyptian Air Force A huge thank you to everyone who participated, your continued passion and support drives the development of your DCS. We look forward to bringing you all these new liveries for the Mi-24P Hind in an upcoming update!

Took me a few seconds to get it...

Lots of predictable but funny responses... EDIT: It pretty much lost any relevance since the moderators at Reddit removed the illustration. Don't know why they did since it was completely inoffensive.

Apparently "popcorn cannons" are all the rage in China. Google it. You can buy one on Amazon. Sheesh! Popcorn.mp4