Interested in DCS group

[Bulldog]

What is your Timezone? UTC-8 Pacific

Do you have a joystick or HOTAS? Yes, T.Flight 4. I'm looking into adding pedals and a better stick/throttle when budget allows.

Do you have TeamSpeak and Discord installed, as well as a working microphone? I have Discord and a mic, happy to download TeamSpeak as well if I need both. 

Do you have VR, TrackIR, or a FreeTrack system for view control? I'm currently using opentrack with a webcam and it's proving to be a bit of a task to configure so I might just try setting up VR. We have a couple headsets so I'm sure I can get something going.

What sims are you currently flying? I'm on DCS learning Mig-29 and dipping my toes into the Mig-21. I'm also interested in Su-25 and Su-27. I'm also on MSFS2020 mostly flying bush planes and other small GA. I might be interested in IL-2/WW2 flying but for now I'm mostly focused in on DCS jets.

How did you hear about JG1? I did a search for DCS redfor/eastern bloc squadrons that were somewhat serious and welcoming to women and/or other less represented folks in aviation and simming. I saw several ed forum and reddit posts vouching for you all so I figured I would check out your website, and I liked what I read.

Is there anything else that you'd like us to know? Well my name is Kira (she/her). The main thing to know is that until recently, I have been mostly out of "real" simming for about 15 years due to not having a capable enough PC for the newer sims. I've been an av geek since childhood though, started with sims on Jane's F/A-18 and the early MSFSs. In the meantime, I've been playing simpler gamified flight games like War Thunder (air realistic/air sim), Ace Combat series, Ultrawings, Elite Dangerous, Kerbal Space Program etc. I'm a little bit time constrained, my partner and I just welcomed our first kiddo in October and I'm juggling my job and college classes so I'm a bit of a busy bee these days. I'm very available on the weekend though. Thanks for reading, looking forward to flying with you all. Viel Spaß! o7

[Britchot]

Welcome to the forums, Kira.  Our CO will have some onboarding type emails to you soon. 

Congratulations on your child!  MiG-21s and MSFS bush flying are two of my favorite things, too.  I'm pretty sure you'll find our group fits quite a lot of your listed items.

[Klaiber]

7 hours ago, Kira said:

What is your Timezone? UTC-8 Pacific

Do you have a joystick or HOTAS? Yes, T.Flight 4. I'm looking into adding pedals and a better stick/throttle when budget allows.

Do you have TeamSpeak and Discord installed, as well as a working microphone? I have Discord and a mic, happy to download TeamSpeak as well if I need both. 

Do you have VR, TrackIR, or a FreeTrack system for view control? I'm currently using opentrack with a webcam and it's proving to be a bit of a task to configure so I might just try setting up VR. We have a couple headsets so I'm sure I can get something going.

What sims are you currently flying? I'm on DCS learning Mig-29 and dipping my toes into the Mig-21. I'm also interested in Su-25 and Su-27. I'm also on MSFS2020 mostly flying bush planes and other small GA. I might be interested in IL-2/WW2 flying but for now I'm mostly focused in on DCS jets.

How did you hear about JG1? I did a search for DCS redfor/eastern bloc squadrons that were somewhat serious and welcoming to women and/or other less represented folks in aviation and simming. I saw several ed forum and reddit posts vouching for you all so I figured I would check out your website, and I liked what I read.

Is there anything else that you'd like us to know? Well my name is Kira (she/her). The main thing to know is that until recently, I have been mostly out of "real" simming for about 15 years due to not having a capable enough PC for the newer sims. I've been an av geek since childhood though, started with sims on Jane's F/A-18 and the early MSFSs. In the meantime, I've been playing simpler gamified flight games like War Thunder (air realistic/air sim), Ace Combat series, Ultrawings, Elite Dangerous, Kerbal Space Program etc. I'm a little bit time constrained, my partner and I just welcomed our first kiddo in October and I'm juggling my job and college classes so I'm a bit of a busy bee these days. I'm very available on the weekend though. Thanks for reading, looking forward to flying with you all. Viel Spaß! o7

@Kira, welcome!

Thanks for checking out our squadron.  And congratulations on your new addition!

Real life always comes first with us, so you'll find a lot of people in the group who completely understand the same type of balance you're currently trying to maintain.

I'll send you an email to the address you registered with.

Looking forward to talking with you more soon!