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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! -
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Crosser replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 4:20 pm
Idk that might be easier than driving a HMMWV on a trail barely wide enough for the vehicle, while it is snowing on the old Pvs7 with like 30 degree FOV -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 4:02 pm
ya imagine trying to hold a stable hover with them on -
Crosser replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 3:59 pm
The video works though, and reminds me why I hate NVGs, why I really hate NVGs lol. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 3:59 pm
well they were originally jpeg but I was trying to link it from Photobucket idk what I am doing wrong -
Crosser replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 3:54 pm
I thought it was just my phone not showing the pictures, no clue why they don't display. What format are they? Jpeg (jpg), png, bmp? -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 3:51 pm
ok idk why the pictures are not showing anyone have any ideas? -
Eagle_Rising created new topic Cool/Interesting pictures.
June 6 at 3:49 pm
I want to propose a thread where we can share some cool or funny pictures/videos from real life aviation or DCS since I haven't been taking many screenshots I will start it off with some of my real life pictures but I will also be taking screenshots next time we have a mission and finally a video from some NVG flying https://youtu.be/PEOO1BpvLWA -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 6 at 3:23 pm
no I'm not going to be doing much my warno is just going to be the revised mission brief and I don't think I have the patience to write up an entire oporder and IDK if I can even talk about spins data I think that's what usually makes those documents FOUO -
Crosser replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 6 at 3:05 pm
Wow, you're going all out. Warnord, you going with opord, SPINS, ATO....I realize that the majority of people reading won't understand a single thing just stated -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 6 at 1:53 pm
it should be done by this weekend I will release the WARNO a couple days prior to the actual mission -
Crosser replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 6 at 1:42 pm
I'm ready to try it, I've got a mission that I'm ready to release (multi-part, multi-role). Just need to find the time to get it out -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 6 at 12:20 pm
Ya you mainly look at the flight routes and loading and landing plan but the other stuff is somewhat important for example whether and enemy ADA -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 6 at 12:13 pm
Ya you mainly loom at the flight routes and loading and landing plan but the other stuff is somewhat important -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 6 at 12:13 pm
Ya you mainly loom at the flight routes and loading and landing plan but the other stuff is somewhat important -
bobthethurd replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 6 at 8:13 am
That is some awesome shit, and I have absolutely no idea what like a third of that stuff means. I guess you learn to pick through it for what's really actually important. Might give the mission a look in a little while, or tomorrow. -
BaDCrC created new topic Congratulation to Blackwolf and Bobthethurd for their first BSD wings!.
June 6 at 4:33 am
Following his active participation in previous BSD missions and his successful submission of his own created mission, Private Blackwolf is promoted Junior Lieutenant and awarded with the status of Pilot and full member of the Blacksharkden. Effective today 06/05/2016. Following his participation in Blackwolf's mission, his submission of two mission he created, and the positive assessment I received from BSD members, Civilian Bobthethurd is promoted directly to Junior Lieutenant and awarded with the status of Pilot and full member of the Blacksharkden. Effective today 06/05/2016. We hope to see you both often in flight and to propose many other missions to the community in the near future. (Bob, remember to fill your logbook with the hours you flew, the number of missions you took part in and the missions you proposed so we can keep track of involvement). Blackwolf, you should have been able to create a mission even with your trainee status. We need to see that with you. It's not normal. We are all waiting for you at the mess. Beers are on you guys! BaDCrC -
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bobthethurd replied to the topic Bob's Application.
June 5 at 9:30 pm
Like I said. We're already just fiddling around in a quick mission, so hop on TS and i'll get the info from Blackjack. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Bob's Application.
June 5 at 9:18 pm
Yep Blackjack sure is. Small world huh? I can run a mission today but I do not have the Gazelle so I would be in a KA-50. Ya'll let me know I'll start a server. Blackjack can give you the TS info or I'll PM it to you. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Debrief Drug War.
June 5 at 9:00 pm
"Blackwolf, you did pretty well with so few hours on the Huey. Remember though that plummeting from 4000 meters towards the ground is not something your rotor likes usually :)" -
bobthethurd replied to the topic Bob's Application.
June 5 at 8:50 pm
Here all day, actually flying with a buddy who says he's part of the group too, shall we? -
Crosser replied to the topic Bob's Application.
June 5 at 6:53 pm
Looking forward to having some more Gazelles to prance around with -
Crosser replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 5 at 6:50 pm
FOUO = For Official Use Only, I think it's pretty self explanatory after that. Most of my briefing slides are "FOUO NOFORN" Which just adds "No Foreign" and then things get higher and higher after that -
Blackwolf replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 5 at 5:57 pm
Wow, that's very cool. Looks like a lot of work, and whats a FOUO? -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Bob's Application.
June 5 at 4:43 pm
Welcome Bob, It's good to see that we have some more people flying the gazelle, especially since it is a very frustrating aircraft to fly. But diversity is good in this community so I think you should be just fine. also Bad we all know that the Army trains the best helicopter pilots in the world, Just saying -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Bob's Application.
June 5 at 3:49 pm
Welcome Bob! As Bad said immersive as possible but not so super hard core. We all have a good time and its just fun. Let me know what night you would be free and I can set up a intro flight for you. BK -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Bob's Application.
June 5 at 2:43 pm
Hi bob and welcome to BSD. yes, we meant your callsign, not your real name indeed. Thanks for your presemtation. It's interresting to see that we are getting people into rotorheads thanks to the Gazelle and not the usual Kamov (that said, we have pilots here flying exclusively the Mi8). Putting down some targets in the ME is often the only thing required to start a good mission. You should be able to propose your first mission in no time. We are looking at making flights as immersive as possible without turning off people from flying by being ultra hardcore. So procedures and proper use of brievety are seeked (might take a little bit more practise for some of us but we are all here to learn from the others). We are lucky to have some real life military pilots in our ranks so, once they are done bitching about who is best between army, air force and navy, they are giving pretty good advices. :). I am traveling this week until thursday. I am usually setting up a quick intro flight for newcomers to get to know them, but since I'll be a bit busy this month traveling, feel free to enrol in any mission that other members are setting up and I'll get their feedback about you anyway. Once your first flight done, and assuming you like the way we are flying here, you'll become a trainee until you propose a mission for the community. A that point you'll become a full memnber of BSD. -
bobthethurd created new topic Bob's Application.
June 5 at 5:42 am
Call Sign: Bobthethurd(I'm guessing you mean my name online.) Age: 27 on the 18th Internet: Cable Timezone: GMT -6 Central Standard Time Availability: Most days noon to 2AM, but not tuesday nights. Hours: Probably a couple hundred in the A-10, thirty or forty in UH-1H, about ten now in the Gazelle. Another twenty or so between TF-51 and SU-25T. Editor: Very meager experience. Mostly I just put down targets in interesting places to use for practice and figuring out what I should and should not engage in different aircraft. Ride: The Gazelle is everything that is good about everything, and if you disagree we'll fight. Like men. Expectations: Just looking for people to play with. If you guys are more into hardcore simulation that just makes things better. I love learning proper procedure, though my radio discipline is probably off since my Arma 2 ACE days, if it was ever on to begin with. -
BaDCrC created new topic Debrief Drug War.
June 4 at 4:41 am
Pilots: Shurugal (Huey) Eagle_Rising (Huey) Blackwolf (Huey) Crosser (Gazelle) BadCrC (Gazelle) Total mission time: 3 hours Was really fun tonight with 5 choppers flying, it was great. Eagle_Rising, hope you'll find a fix for your disconnection problems. Blackwolf, you did pretty well with so few hours on the Huey. Remember though that plummeting from 4000 meters towards the ground is not something your rotor likes usually :) First time for me to fly a joint mission with Hueys and Gazelles and I have to say those two match pretty well with similar cruise speeds and complementary weapons. Mission 1: Harvest time 30 km navigation north with Gazelles doing the navigation with NADIR followed by Hueys. Found the camp in a clearing in the middle of the woods. The 2 gazelles took out the watch towers while the hueys were cleaning up tangos and trucks with miniguns. No mid air collisions so I guess there was some good coordination. Success. Mission 2: You Shall not pass 15 km Navigation West with a 7 minutes timing to intercept a convoy before they are reaching the border. We flew straight and were kinda caught by surprise by the two Zu-23 on truck that were part of the convoy as we popped up from the edge of the mountain line only 2 km away from them. Probably need to be more careful next time. One huey down. A second one damaged. Co pilot killed. But all the vehicles were destroyed. Success. We lost the last Huey on RTB while he was trying to wash out the blood inside his cockpit by taking a dip inside the nearby lake. Mission 3: Industrial Strike (+ Mission 4: Cocaine Airlines) 40km navigation West. We were caught by surprise when JTAC announced two Mi-8 inbound to intercept while we were flying towards the initial target. Eagle_Rising showed us his skill with the Huey by taking down the two Hips alone with its mini guns. We then re deployed around the industrial complex and most of us took heavy fire from Zu-23 both enclosed and on truck. I lost my weapon officer but I was still able to fly. Eagle_Rising went Winchester and still got two kills by landing on two tangos. Impressive! :) Too bad for the VRS at the end. The industrial complex was cleaned from enemy activity but we lacked firepower to take down the facilities. Still a nice success. RTB 40km NOE with the two remaining Gazelles. Lost one while Crosser was demonstrating the barrel roll capability of this aircraft. Lost the second one after a hard touch down at the FARP. Although we lost all our machines and pilots, our action was a huge blow to the drug traffic activity in South Ossetia. Congrats! ;) -
Crosser replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 3 at 10:26 pm
Sounds good, looking forward to your mission. I'm in the process of building a few, might have to change them now since the Gazelle was added. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 3 at 9:55 pm
ya that's what I figured with the briefings but I thought I might as well do something with all the free time I've had lately but at least now we have a template if anyone wants to make one of their own. As for the mission editing I'm watching some youtube videos now but I will let you know if I need help. -
Crosser replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 3 at 8:37 pm
I completely understand how time consuming these things are, while it gives an immense amount of information and is more "true to life"; I don't know if the general group of people would care to read everything to it's fullest or get the full effect. It could be a good poll to put up however. If you need help with mission editing/building and the triggers I might be able to help you with them, PM me or we can coord a time block in TS to hash things out. -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 3 at 8:30 pm
haha ya I left off the FOUO intentionally and I guess I could make an AAR after we do the mission depending on how it goes but I haven't really finish the AMB yet. There are still a lot of rough spot in that power point and not to mention the actual mission editing I need to do. But if you guys are actually into this kind of stuff we could make a planning cell where everyone just works on one specific part. idk how serious you guys are but I know I couldn't do this by myself for every mission once I go back to work. -
Crosser replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 3 at 8:09 pm
HAHA, oh Army briefs. I opened up your slides and IMMEDIATELY knew it was an Army powerpoint haha. You're missing your FOUO though ;) Joking aside, a fantastic presentation, are you preparing an AAR also? -
BaDCrC replied to the topic operation goldeneye.
June 3 at 7:23 pm
Wow. I just love this kind of brief. I know it takes a significant amount of time but that's a real pleasure to prepare a mission with this level of detail. Maybe I should think about a way to upload missions briefings. You can submit a document today to be uploaded into the library either through a link : Briefing Goldeneye by Eagle_Rising Or by uploading the file itself: Operation Chammal But it usually needs to be approved once submitted. So it is not ideal. -
Eagle_Rising created new topic operation goldeneye.
June 3 at 4:52 pm
So I've been working on a mission lately and I thought I would share my progress. It's pretty much your basic air assault mission with the mi-8 with ka-50's and gazelles providing security. I still need to figure out all the triggers and smooth out a few things here and there but if anyone has a recommendations or suggestions it would be much appreciated. also I thought it would be cool to show you guys what an actual mission brief look like so I threw together a power point for this mission however it takes a lot of work for those slides so I don't envision doing it again. so I wasn't able to upload the file here but here is a link to it in my gmail folder https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B91t4OirdMAmeTFCM3cyemg5S0k&usp=sharing -
WindWpn replied to the topic Welcome to Eagle_Rising and Windwpn!.
June 3 at 2:03 pm
Nice, looking fwd to next Ka-50 mission! Great practice for me with data link ops as I do not use that as much as I should. ~S~ wind -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Welcome to Eagle_Rising and Windwpn!.
June 3 at 3:09 am
I said it on the ED forums as well, Welcome guys! I was great fun flying with ya'll. ~S~ I may have a mission for us next week....Wednesday or so. Nothing big, just go shoot some stuff type of thing. An hour or two. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic MI-8/MI-17 Aircrew Training Manual .
June 3 at 2:59 am
Yeah thanks Eagle! I have zero time in the UH-1H so this might help me some. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic MI-8/MI-17 Aircrew Training Manual .
June 2 at 5:19 pm
Cool. Documentation now also uploaded in our library (Private/Aircraft Doc/Bell UH-1H). Thanks Eagle_Rising. -
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Eagle_Rising replied to the topic MI-8/MI-17 Aircrew Training Manual .
June 2 at 11:56 am
I also found one for the Uh-1H so that should come in handy. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic MI-8/MI-17 Aircrew Training Manual .
June 2 at 4:49 am
Wow! Instant upload in the library (here)! That's pretty awesome. Thanks Eagle_rising! -
Eagle_Rising created new topic MI-8/MI-17 Aircrew Training Manual .
June 1 at 11:34 pm
So something that I'm sure a lot of people don't know is that the U.S. Army actually flies the Mi-17 which from my understanding is just the export version of the Mi-8. And I'll be honest it's weird seeing them fly around down here especially when you are in a mock POW camp. But anyway I found an aircrew training manual that lists all the different tasks a rated aviator should be able to perform so I think it could be useful for those trying to improve on the mi-8. Also i would check out Ch-6 for all pilots regardless of air frame it talks about crew coordination and also has a list of standard words and phrases -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Links to Documentation Appears Down?.
June 1 at 2:56 pm
Yes. Forgot to upgrade your access rights last night. It should work now. Sorry. -
WindWpn created new topic Links to Documentation Appears Down?.
June 1 at 1:56 pm
hello all, when I attempt to click a link within the Library of documentation, I receive 404 not found error. Perhaps the hyperlinks are incorrect? For example, the below throws the 404 error: http://www.blacksharkden.com/index.php/documentation/documents/aircraft-manuals ~S~ wind -
BaDCrC created new topic Welcome to Eagle_Rising and Windwpn!.
June 1 at 3:24 am
We are very pleased to welcome our new members and trainees Eagle_Rising and Windwpn from AL and NC! It was a pretty fun intro flight tonight. Thanks also to Crosser and Blackwolf for joining. Kobuleti was pretty busy tonight. I am very excited to see we have some very knowledgeable members now and I really can't wait to fly the next missions with you guys. You have now the Trainee status with the rank "Private". This gives you access to the Pilot mess (as you can see) and all the documentation on the site. You can register to missions or schedule your own for the community. I recommend you have a look at some of the documentation regarding this website HERE. If you have any question, feel free to send me a PM. Again, welcome to you both on BSD! -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Application for Eagle_Rising.
May 29 at 1:43 pm
Great! Remember to register to Tuesday's flight in the missions list. I'll PM you the details to log on the TS3 server. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Application: WindWpn.
May 29 at 1:41 pm
Thanks! I saw you registered for Tuesday's flight so I'll PM you the details to log on the TS3 server. See you Tuesday. -
WindWpn created new topic Application: WindWpn.
May 28 at 3:12 pm
WindWpn 46 Cable 60mbs EST 9 - 11pm weeknights and some weekends Many, have been flying BS since first release Low knowledge with mission editor. I usually only fly as compared to build missions Ka-50 Looking for others to fly online for both local ops as well as larger competitive campaigns such as BlueFlag. I also have a fair amount of online flying experience with structured campaigns and general offerings including TS comms. ~S~ wind -
Macer replied to the topic When are you guys usually available during the week?.
May 28 at 2:48 pm
Any day of the week is fine for me. I typically won't join missions that are announced same-day though. That's just me. I prefer 2 or 3 days notice. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic When are you guys usually available during the week?.
May 28 at 2:27 pm
Ahh! Works now Bad. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Application for Eagle_Rising.
May 28 at 2:19 pm
Welcome Eagle_Rising! Looking forward to flying with you. BK -
Eagle_Rising replied to the topic Application for Eagle_Rising.
May 28 at 3:19 am
Awesome I should be available Tuesday. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Application for Eagle_Rising.
May 28 at 3:07 am
Wow. Very nice presentation Eagle_Rising! I guess there's a lot of things we will learn from you!! I setup a flight this coming Tuesday 2100 EST. Let me know if you can make it. We'll have an informal flight and chat just to get an idea of your level with the shark. -
Eagle_Rising created new topic Application for Eagle_Rising.
May 28 at 2:56 am
call sign Eagle_Rising age 21 type of internet connection and speed: time warner cable 60Mbps up and 10 down timezone: currently I am Central time zone but will be moving back to Eastern next month availability: during the week I am usually free after 1700L and probably every other weekend Flight hours: in game I have conservatively have 50 hours of actual flying (not just goofing around) In real life though I have about 110 hours in a bell 206, 22 hours in a OH-58A/C and 50 hours in a Uh-60A/L with about 10.5 hours of nvg time in the Black Hawk Knowledge level with dcs editor: I know the basics (just enough to edit pre made missions) My preferred helicopter is of course the Black Hawk!! but until that makes its way into the game I would have to say the Black Shark I still am learning a lot on the ka-50 but I know enough to be combat effective. The Huey is a close second and I am pretty familiar with it considering it is very similar to the Kiowa. I have also been working with the Gazelle but really don't see the point until we get multi-crew support for it. I also have the Mi-8 but am not very proficient with it. expectations: Really just want to fly with others and have fun while sharing some of what I have learned while becoming a better pilot myself. A little about myself: well I am currently wrapping up flight school down here at Rucker so that's pretty exciting. If you haven't figured it out yet I'm a Black Hawk pilot so I guess It's kinda funny that I want to fly the Black Shark in game considering you couldn't get me into an Apache in real life but I digress. Anyway I am really excited to fly with you guys let me know if you guys have any questions. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic New Guy.
May 28 at 2:12 am
Hi WindWpn and welcome. Please have a look first at this topic for your application so it makes things easier to get to know you. Although the main idea of BSD is indeed to gather DCS rotorheads for flights, we are looking for pilots not just willing to fly other's missions (aka "consumers") but also willing to create missions for the others (aka "producers"). I hope this philosophy is OK for you. (see "about BSD"). Thanks. -
WindWpn created new topic New Guy.
May 27 at 7:45 pm
hey all, new guy, but relatively experienced in the BS. look for me (callsign WindWpn) on some of the multiplayer servers to perhaps join up for a flight (either NTTR or Caucaus). i usually join those with high player counts evenings both weekday and weekends. I am also signed up for Operation Blue Flag though have not flown yet in 6. Was fairly active in 5. Anyway, looking for perhaps some other pilots to fly wing/lead. Indeed, I am on the US east cost on an island off NC! ~S~ wind -
BaDCrC replied to the topic When are you guys usually available during the week?.
May 21 at 1:55 pm
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Blackwolf replied to the topic When are you guys usually available during the week?.
May 21 at 1:10 pm
Nope still get the "log in" message. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Operation Licorne 2 Debrief.
May 21 at 1:55 am
Ok thanks Bad. I thought the html [img] www.blaahblahh.com/my pic[/img] would work. So I'll grab Filezilla and go the ftp way. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Operation Licorne 2 Debrief.
May 19 at 11:37 pm
You can upload them on the public ftp and link them directly. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Operation Licorne 2 Debrief.
May 19 at 9:56 pm
Blackjack hit and coming in Landing like a Boss! -
BaDCrC replied to the topic When are you guys usually available during the week?.
May 19 at 12:40 pm
OK, check out now. I made it work for me. Let me know. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic When are you guys usually available during the week?.
May 19 at 12:47 am
Hmm. Yes. Got the same thing now. Strange. Need to figure this out -
Blackwolf replied to the topic When are you guys usually available during the week?.
May 18 at 9:23 pm
Any night is ok. Tried to vote it just told me to log in..but I am logged in. -
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BaDCrC replied to the topic Aircraft pr0n at McGuire AFB this weekend!.
May 17 at 1:56 am
Yes. If you can post some pictures. This would be great. -
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Blackwolf replied to the topic Aircraft pr0n at McGuire AFB this weekend!.
May 17 at 1:20 am
Great shots! We have a show here this weekend( Lynchburg air show 21,and 22). The Blue Angels will be here along with a bunch more. If I go I will post some pictures. I love the shot of the B-52. When I was out at Ellsworth AFB my house was by the end of the runway so they flew over me all the time! I could sit on the porch and watch the buff's and Sharks take off all day. BK -
BaDCrC created new topic When are you guys usually available?.
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BaDCrC replied to the topic Aircraft pr0n at McGuire AFB this weekend!.
May 16 at 5:33 pm
Aaargh. I should have posted something here to tell I was going there so we could have meet. Well, I went Sunday. I would have loved to see the B-2 on Saturday but I was flying this day. -
Crosser replied to the topic Aircraft pr0n at McGuire AFB this weekend!.
May 16 at 2:53 pm
What day did you go? I was there on Saturday, really good show. I'll have to upload them later, but I also have a few pictures from the B-2 during its fly by, also the B-25. I took a video of the Breitling L-39s taxing out -
BaDCrC created new topic Aircraft pr0n at McGuire AFB this weekend!.
May 15 at 11:24 pm
A few lowres pictures of this weekend's airshow at McGuire AFB NJ. New Jersey F16 The Thunderbirds were here B25 overflying the Thunderbirds Raptor! Impressive demo flight from one of those F18s. The B1 And inside the B1 My little one ready to start up in his Cobra The C5 Good old warbird: TBM Avenger A C47 And its cockpit: kinda looks as old as an Mi-8 one! The frenchies were here too with the Breitling team and their L39 Close! Huey cockpit Iin flight refueling at 2000' -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Funnel Guns Kill - No HUD.
May 13 at 4:11 am
Wow, crazy shot man! Congrats! -
ShuRugal created new topic Funnel Guns Kill - No HUD.
May 13 at 12:48 am
About to head off to gate duty, just thought i'd leave this here for y'all: -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Things I didn't know about choppers..
May 12 at 11:22 pm
You should have in the editor toolbar a picture icon. Click on it, copy paste the URL of the picture you found in the pop up window and click OK. Like this: There are several other ways. If you have a pinterest (free) account, you can actually pin the pictures you found directly into the BSD board (just ask me to add your name once you have your account). To finish with, you got a way to add files and link them on the BSD FTP. There's a tutorial on how to use the FTP in the Library/Tutorials part of the website. About the Blue Thunder modification, I read somewhere it added some serious forward weight to it and they sometimes had to use a remote control one for some maneuvers. -
Blackwolf created new topic Things I didn't know about choppers..
May 12 at 11:05 pm
Well for one after reading the review of the Gazelle ( from the link Bad posted) I never knew that it was Blue Thunder! So now I want one even more, and a JSGME MOD too. I want to fly Blue Thunder! I did a little google search and found pictures of the movie mock up of it. They removed the whole front section and added the Blue Thunder cockpit. I'd post them but I have yet to figure out how add them. The Mi-8, reading the manual on it.. seems it was the "Huey" for the Russians. I did not know that. I do like it, its so ugly its cute. Just a few things I have learned as my conversion from fixed wing to choppers continues. More later. BK -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Debrief Op Chammal Day 2.
May 6 at 8:52 pm
That was fun for my first combat mission in a chopper. Once I have more stick time I won't break things that are kind of important..like rotors..as much! Starting to learn the Abris by doing it is better for me than watching a you tube video and trying to keep up..Squirrel! Thanks for the mission and the PDF brief..wow just awesome. See ya'll next time. BK -
M1Combat replied to the topic Debrief Op Chammal Day 2.
May 6 at 6:39 am
Oh one more thing... While acting like a stunt pilot dodging both bullets and missiles I was also being taught and learning how to send DL info... Which I successfully did before finally being hit :). Next stop... Reconfig the X65F setup so I can DL targets with my hands where they should be :). -
M1Combat replied to the topic Debrief Op Chammal Day 2.
May 6 at 6:35 am
I had a good time. Also... When I approached the AO the second time I pointed the Shkval at the DL target and couldn't see it either. After some moving around I found that there indeed was a very camo'd hill between where me and #2 were at and the target. After gaining a lot of elevation I could see the smoke. I think the approach angle was bad for scouting from that location (Where Red 1 and 2 were at) but good for shooting from due to terrain masking. That said... it was fine for both with enough elevation but I REALLY prefer to stay within 100' of the ground most of the time. That likely is due to playing on the 104th and trying to stay in the clutter so I don't get shot by the fast movers :). In any case... Thanks for the work :). I had a good time. -
BaDCrC created new topic Debrief Op Chammal Day 2.
May 6 at 5:19 am
Good deployment around the killzone. Pilots: BadCrC (Red1), Macer (Red2), Blackwolf (Red3) and M1Combat (Red4). Total duration: 2 hours (remember to update your logbooks guys). Follow up of the first Chammal mission last week. This time we were tasked to take out the ennemy logistic base in the mountains north of Ozurgeti. Weather was just like the first day. Overcast 300m with rain. But full visibility above 800 meters. Group Red took the ATIS and loaded up the ingress route to Alpha on the ABRIS. Datalink test OK. Engines start up and taxiing to Runway 8. Radio communications procedures are good in general. Vertical takeoff together from Rwy08. IMC flight up to 800 meters then VMC on top. Smooth navigation to Holding Area HA1. We went through the mountains above 2000 meters to avoid any small arms fires from enemy groups patrolling the area. We lost BK at that point following a rotor failure. So he has to take another chopper from Kutaisi to rejoin. During this time, first group made of Red 2 and Red 4 joined a south drop point looking for targets while BaDCrC kept moving to Battle Position 2 as defined in the Abris flight plan. I turned out BP2 was a better spot to recon the different targets.But as the recordings showed too, Red 2 and 4 were flying pretty low close to the ground making a visual recon difficult. M1Combat approached a bit too close inside the KillBox and pulled quite a stunt, narrowly avoiding a first engagement from a strela (some damage taken though), dodging the Zu23 on top of the building several times, avoided another SA18 shot from the strela by fooling it with his own flares. The Strela was finaly taken down by BaDCrC as well as a MANPADS on top of the roof of a building. Dodging a first round of bullets from a Zu 23mm. Then dodging a couple of missiles shot buy the Strela. Impressive! The work between the 4 Ka50 was good. The organisation wing leader/wing man was respected so most of the time, any pilot has a wingmen to fly with, watching for his back. Some difficulties for some pilots to find the datalinks sent to them. Most of the largest threats were processed. But we took some firearms hits from infantry scattered accross the base. Macer dealt with them while BaDCrC was cleaning up the last vehicles of the logistic base. Good work. Primary objective has been completed. RTB with the 3 remaining choppers, then 2 left following another rotor failure (be careful when flying at high altitude as it takes a lot more lift to the blade to maintain the chopper flying high, and if pulling the collective too much, you will most likely brake something). Overall, an excellent mission for me, although we were not all the time the full 4 Ka50 due to multiple rotor failure (always check you are below the max speed and blade angles below 13 degrees when flying high altitude). Good fluency in using the Datalink. Some difficulties to find the target in the shkval sometimes. We will have to look at the 'slew to target' function of the Ka50 when receiving or using a datalink. That should help you guys to quickly find the assigned target. See you next week for a new mission. Please don't hesitate to add your own debrief and suggestions. BaDCrC -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Gazelle.
May 6 at 4:21 am
Yep. It's actually simpler than a Cyrillic cockpit. There's a lot of things you can figure out. There are also a lot less switches on the Gazelle than on the Mi-8. On the other hand, the gazelle is a lot harder to fly than the Mi-8 for the moment. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Gazelle.
May 6 at 12:40 am
Hum.. I watched the live stream and read some about it on the forums. Mighty 8 or the Gazelle? If I wasn't married I'd get both this month! :P I may go with this one first. Until a mod comes out for an English cockpit, Bad's going to have to tell me whats what in there. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Welcome to Blackwolf.
May 5 at 8:01 pm
Thanks, The moving ships I had never done before or the auto rotations..so that was fun to try something new. I'll be working on the rotations and small ships in my down time. BK -
Blackwolf created new topic Screenshots..
May 5 at 4:10 am
Thought I'd put a few 2.0 shots up. I like landing on a roof. -
BaDCrC created new topic Welcome to Blackwolf.
May 5 at 3:29 am
Had quite a fun flight with Blackwolf tonight. Precision landings on moving ships, auto-rotations and other stuff made him sweat a bit but he shows great motivation. A very warm welcome to him and I am looking forward to fly the next mission together! -
ShuRugal replied to the topic Working on a mission.
May 3 at 11:42 pm
well, I wanted to have the flight start at Gudauta fully stocked, and have the FARP closer to the action, but require the FARP to be supplied via Sling-Load. Had it all worked out for the KA-50 sling loads to weigh enough for one full reload, and the MI-8s/UH-1s to be able to carry either 1 load of KA-50 ammo, or 3 loads for themselves. Wanted to have the FARP as kind of an optional "Bring Your Own Reload". But it looks like that may not be practical. Oh well. It's not required. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Gazelle.
May 3 at 8:27 pm
Guys, Can we have an idea of how many member actually own, or are planning to own this module? This will be useful to see if it is worth to set up MP missions with it. Also, I saw that Operation Dixmude, the campaign that comes with the module can be partially be flown in coop mode up to 4 players. This could be pretty fun. -
Isegrim replied to the topic Welcome to Isegrim, our first official BSD pilot!.
May 3 at 4:31 pm
Hey there and thank you BADCrC But OK taken by surprise a little ISE :) -
Isegrim replied to the topic Working on a mission.
May 3 at 4:15 pm
Hey Shurugal I did read youir question in the ED Forums about editing of FARP Warehouses. Now there is no way inside DCS to edit those. It could maybe possible via LUA.script but i have no idea how to use those scripting tools. Also Gudauta Airbase is pretty close to the FARP in this mission. This one´s Warehouses can be edited. I have no idea about what you are trying to do or how far you edited this mission but i hope you will find the best solution for this. I find myself stiil running into Editor traps after years..... so no heads down. ;) ISE -
BaDCrC created new topic [KA50/Mi8] Op. Chammal Day 2.
May 2 at 6:03 pm
Our lack of logistics support last time prevented us from finishing the mission. Now killzone Alpha has been processed, we still need to deal with the killbox Bravo. Please read the full briefing here: Operation Chammal Several terrorist attacks have been reported in the Georgian region of Guria. 5 days ago, a mass shooting in the capital Ozurgeti revealed the existence of an organized terrorist network seeking to spread chaos in the area in order to trigger a religious war across Georgia. Although most of the Ozurgeti attackers have been neutralized, some successfully escaped to hide in remote areas along the border of the autonomous republic of Ajara. These areas have long been known for being a hideout for terrorists of this organization, receiving financial support as well as weapons from the Ajara republic. Two Delta force teams inserted nearby the Ajara border 3 days ago. Delta Force team 2 discovered an important terrorist training camp in the village Gomismta with a very significant military vehicle storage. Delta Force team 1 discovered a significant terrorist logistic center in the village of Bakhmaro but most importantly, identified the hideout of the main instigator of the Ozurgeti mass shooting in this very same village. It was decided yesterday to launch a massive intervention on those two villages. Recon photographs from one of our HALE drone as well as from our satellite a few hours ago indicated a high level of activity. As a result, two strike forces are being readied as we speak to go and neutralize the threats in the village of Gomismta and Bakhmaro, despite the bad weather on Kutaisi from where we will be operating. In addition, an exfiltration operation will also take place in the meantime to get our two Delta force teams back to Kutaisi. -
BaDCrC created new topic Welcome to Isegrim, our first official BSD pilot!.
May 2 at 5:52 pm
Isegrim killed two birds with one stone by flying his introduction flight based on a mission he created. He showed an impressive knowledge on the Ka50, tactics and weapons so it is only fair to him to go from Civilian to Junior Lieutenant and become the first official BSD pilot. I hope to see you again soon Isegrim and enjoy your huge collection of MP missions! -
ShuRugal replied to the topic Tablet Control of KA-50 Controls: ROCCAT Power Grid.
May 2 at 5:44 pm
for me, multi-monitor touchscreen is not a practical option, I simply don't have space for all that in my barracks room. A tablet-focused solution like this is much better. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Tablet Control of KA-50 Controls: ROCCAT Power Grid.
May 2 at 3:40 pm
I have heard and looked at this software before and it is very interesting. I am flying with a 5-touchscreens configuration and Helios, so I have plenty of room to display the panels and activate switches and rotaries. But it is surely a very nice addition for every serious DCS pilot. -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Working on a mission.
May 2 at 3:37 pm
Terrific! Looking forward to fly it Shurugal! If you need a quick MP test, just to make sure everything works alright, before flying it with everyone, let me know by PM. BaDCrC -
ShuRugal created new topic Working on a mission.
May 2 at 12:54 pm
Hey, just wanted to drop a heads-up that I have begun working on a mission. Mission will be reminiscent of Dragon's "Rookie Terrorists" mission, but optimized for rotary-wing operations. Current slots: KA-50 (4) - SEAD/CAS MI-8 (3) - Transport/COIN UH-1 (3) - Transport/COIN MI-8 and UH-1 will have the job of ferrying troops to enemy FOBs. KA-50 will provide SEAD prior to transport arrival, and remain on-station to provide CAS until troops are extracted. Tentative end-state goals: enemy FOB captured and raided for intel enemy POW taken for interrogation enemy vehicles attached to FOB destroyed This mission will be my first foray into scripted events with DCS, so it may take a minute to complete. Ideally, I should have it ready by the weekend, but that may prove overly optimistic. -
Blackwolf replied to the topic Application from BK.
May 2 at 1:10 am
Sure, sounds good, I'm up for any day. If I'm not at work.. I just fly. TS is good to go just need to add the IP to bookmarks. This is a whole new world for me..cant wait to get started!. BK -
BaDCrC replied to the topic Application from BK.
May 2 at 12:53 am
Great presentation Blackwolf and welcome to BSD. It's good you have such an extensive experience in MP and combat sim community. We are trying to fly once a week and heavily relying on the willingness of our community to propose missions to the rest of the group. I guess it should not be too much of a problem for you to fly with us. I hope we will be able to fulfill your expectations. We'll have a quick flight together so we can get to know you and so you get an idea if this group is what you are looking for. Before getting on a flight, make sure your TeamSpeak and headset are correctly configured. I'll PM you once there's an intro mission created for you (I'll try this week) so you can connect on our TS server. BaDCrC -
Blackwolf created new topic Application from BK.
May 1 at 10:24 pm
call sign: BK age: 48 type of internet connection and speed: cable 55 up 10 down timezone: East availability during the week: Nights after 6PM,Weekends mostly free. approximate number of flight hours already spent on DCS: Somewhere over 100( just a guess)More fixed wing than Choppers. knowledge level with the integrated DCS Mission Editor: Basic preferred chopper (you can love them all!) KA-50, Have the Huey but less than 1 hour in it. expectations w.r.t BSD.: Looking for a US based group flying the Choppers and can work with less experienced pilots to help through the learning curve.One that works as a team and above all has fun in this hobby. A little about me: I started with Flanker then Lock on/FC's offline and just toyed with it a little. I moved on to Warbirds 2.7 joined a squad and have been an online player ever since. I moved up to IL2 1946, started a squad and at one time ran 3 servers through HL and had fun doing so. I now fly Cliffs of Dover with my group but after almost 5 years I'm CLOD burnt out. Somewhere in there I rediscovered DCS world and bought a few modules A10c, BS2,FC3,CA and all the ww2 planes...and a bunch more(hope the wife won't see this! :D ) In my down time from Clod I would fly DCS,Su-27's KA-50's and some A10c's as well. I like BS2 the best but never flew on line.I can cold start, take off, fly to WP's, use the weapons, land but didn't think I knew enough to go on line and last that long. Well, as an on line player I'm bored of quick missions and flying by myself.I saw BadCrC post to a tailless KA I sort of landed before I blew up picture so I clicked on the link to see what BSD was and here I am. BK. -
Xarkov replied to the topic Intro flight 04/29: Welcome to the new BSD trainees!.
April 30 at 8:39 pm
Thank you for your understanding, I am much more used to flying SP but really look forward to actual missions in the future. By the next flight I will have the TS settings worked out, the rotor noise was drowning out the coms. I will study the datalink settings, I understand the basics but it isn't used a lot SP and finding matches online is hard, that is why I look forward to future flights with you guys. There is a lot of great materiel out there to reference. BaDCrC, I agree completely with setting up a 2nd into flight, I am fairly open especially evenings so whenever works best for you. I will keep an eye on the mission board. -
Crosser replied to the topic Tablet Control of KA-50 Controls: ROCCAT Power Grid.
April 30 at 4:54 pm
This is interesting, I might look into this myself. It's handy having a physical implementation for the PVI/Datalink sometimes, 2-Way feedback would be fantastic for this (ie: datalink lighting when receiving new information) -
ShuRugal created new topic Tablet Control of KA-50 Controls: ROCCAT Power Grid.
April 30 at 3:49 pm
Greetings fellow Kamov Pilots! I recently ran across an application for Android and IOS which allows extremely customizable shortcut and macro buttons to be sent from your tablet/phone to your PC. I have been fiddling around with it since yesterday, working on a KA-50 profile. The software does not seem to allow for feedback from the game (unfortunately) so switches are not state-aware. I have been using cut-and-paste graphics from the cockpit textures for buttons, some of them are fairly ugly, but it's still a WIP. functions presently featured include: Datalink PVI-800 R-800 tuner knobs SPU-9 selector switch Weapon control panel Target Mode controls Exterior lights The software is available for free, though if you want to use more than two custom "grids" of buttons at the same time, you have to pa ~$1 per additional grid, up to a maximum of 10 grids (fairly reasonable, especially considering the funcionality) The control software is available at: http://www.roccat.org/en-US/Products/Gaming-Software/Power-Grid/Download/ KA-50 Profile is available at: http://www.roccat.org/en-US/Products/Gaming-Software/Power-Grid/Store/Grids/Games/Simulation/755/
