BMS Secret Knowledge Collection
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First things first…. wall of text… try to avoid that next time.
Second, yeah, I’ve not seen Panther in a while. I hope she’s OK.
Third, there can never be a No RTFM-zone. The manuals explain things very well and even if it doesn’t make sense at first, having to re-hash all that info for each and every newbie that comes along would be so much more work. Personally, I appreciate a poster that asks a direct question, provides evidence that he has searched the manual (or at least openly admits to being lost), and is willing to learn. Most of the time, I try to explain the general idea, then point the poster to a specific page or section of the manual for him to read. If he gets it, great! If not, then he’s free to come back for clarifications.
Bottom line –- don’t be offended by the RTFM response. Gone are the days of yore when a response would be a simple “RTFM!!” with no additional help. There may be one or two responses, probably, but there will be more helpful responses as well. Remember: Ask a question and be stupid for 5 minutes. Don’t ask a question and be stupid forever
Happy holidays!
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Yeah dunno where Stephanie is either…was flying the dcs A10c with her for a while circa 2011 then she disappeared.
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well, what you are asking for is a tutor. so many less words!
you want someone to summarise and explain stuff. so, perhaps less a tutor and more a lecturer, or an instructor.
going to be easier to find one of those at a VFW. Its a lot of work as Ice pointed out. At a VFW, they at least have the expectation of gaining something in return.
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I might be wrong, but the “Panther” is active in the Virtual Thunderbirds.
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Well the manuals are for what they are.
Most users we don’t read them. Specially when you are at the start were enthusiasm is at it’s peak. I want to be topgun in a few minutes F the books ask away about the NWS.Falcon is vast, and going RTFM only is not the way, which many will say it’s the only way.
On the other hand without RTFM u just loose more time, and at the same time you spend others time.This forum is for this though many guys looks want it for pro stuff only.
So this neglecting issues are solved or answered in squadrons. There communication is not only written but vocal also, many use team speak skype whatever. U join a community and they can assist in a more direct way.
About the secret knowledge well it’s in the books in the HotList and in this forum scattered but most you mention are covered in the books and the Hotlist so it’s gathered and not that secret. Maybe instead of secret you mean hard to find.
Many in the past (and in the future will) have come asking the same things, I believe no one was neglected.
Some with uber nose up or hostile attitude got the naked rtfm as maybe they deserved by many. It’s not polite to go to someones house that offers u something for free with an attitude like u suck.
So don’t worry m8 things are way better in the falcon world and more organized. Still long way to go but the basics are covered.
Oh also instead of writing on pages and whatever write your gathered knowledge here in the forum so to be shared and other benefit from u as u r. Wouldn’t that be better?
Have fun the community needs us all.
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Some of those “secret knowledges” are in “Articles”
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I thank you all for taking the time to respond/comment…;)
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Learning the sim just requires really good will, perseverance, time, patience and… RTFM
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going to be easier to find one of those at a VFW. Its a lot of work as Ice pointed out. At a VFW, they at least have the expectation of gaining something in return.
I may be wrong but outside of the Discord groups, most of the VFWs that I’ve looked at required the applicant to know the basics –- startup, navigation, basic A-A and A-G, RTB, landing, and some needed AAR skills too. I would say that if you have the skills here, you’ve RTFM’ed the manuals a good bit by this time
As a few people pointed out before — teaching someone up to a certain skill level only to lose that player as he goes off and joins his own mates or applies to another VFW is a lot of work and often times not very rewarding — the reward being having more people to fly with. If you just want the basics… how to drop a bomb, how to fire a Mav, how to employ missiles… there’s a lot of people that wouldn’t mind showing the new pilot a quick-and-dirty way to git’er dun! If you want the advanced stuff… flying as part of a wing, chainsaw, mutual support, brevity, SA… that takes much, much longer and more commitment but IMHO, this is where the “playing pretend fighter pilot” really starts getting a 1,000x more immersive and fun. One of my fondest memories was a failed mission - failed because we had to escort a wounded bird back home and keep the flies off of him.
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“Navigation” yeah, depends on what constitutes navigation. Most are happy if you can follow waypoints.
But yes, point taken. Many wings will refuse ab initio students, and for the reasons outlined above, this is perhaps not unreasonable.
After a couple years it gets old…