While in the process of locking up a Mig-21 in an F/A-18, one of our pilots asked how I was getting on with the C-130J, as I am the only pilot in our squadron to own the module. Being busy and in a bit of a difficulty to give a short reply like “great” or
TBD Server – Spectrum Development – Part 1 So, I’m sure plenty of people have joined a few of the main persistent DCS Servers and really enjoyed what people have managed to create. There’s been some really impressive servers, that I won’t list in case I miss one. However, if there is one thing I’ve
After a few months of constant running and testing, TBD Squad now have a server running 24/7. It hosts a range of missions created by the Squad as well as a couple of Foothold Missions. “I had a lot of fun, looking forward to Thurs!“ The server is most active on Monday and Thursday evenings
In my initial approach to designing a replica Spitfire throttle quadrant for use in flight sims, I chose to use rotary potentiometers because I initially thought that I would be able to place them back to back inside the lever axis shaft, with one for the throttle and the other for the airscrew control. This
The forthcoming presentation of my home built Spitfire simpit at an aero-collector fair in Paris was an incitation for me to create additional controls and some dummy components to improve its visual aspect. The new control fitted is the wobble pump for which I had designed a replica some time ago but needed to make
In between flying online and other activities I get a bit of time to undertake my favourite pastime which is doing R&D on my replica Spitfire sim controls. It’s the occasion to imagine how to design mechanical operating functions that also include modern electronics to transmit instructions to the flight simulator, instead of the original
We in TBD Group are working on the Normandy 2.0 map making up targets for Mosquito Intruder & Ramrod missions. One idea was to to have German supply convoys moving west to resupply the Caen area and to see if we could stop them by destroying bridges. So we set up a fuel supply train
Since my early days of online combat flight simulator flying starting in IL2 Cliffs of Dover and moving on to DCS, there have been heated debates about which aircraft should be in the plane set for the particular period of WWII that a given map is supposed to represent. For example, in the early Cliffs
I am a bit late in publishing this follow on as I got tied up building 3D cockpit parts for customers and that took priority over writing articles. Recently I looked at the the number of views on the subject and had some enquiries for further details. These were indications that I should not wait
After the success of Operation Desert Justice TBD are being redeployed to the Pacific and we’re looking for support…