DCS A-10C WARTHOG Quick tips

Note* 1. This guide was made by collecting tips from other people documents, tutorials from different forums, sites and etc. 2. I hope I wont offend anyone by using their stuff in my quick guide - my intention was to have a quick and simple pdf document for my personal use, and I decided to share with others for free 3. If I didnt mention anyone in this document, or post a link it is simple because I dont have an exact idea from where and what I have used in creating this pdf file - sorry for that :(

Input coordinates in CDU

The UTM coordinates will be in the form of 2 letters and 6 numbers. 1 Make sure your STEER PT switch on your AAP Panel is set to FLT PLAN. 2 Set your right MFCD to the CDU repeater function. *NOTE If your CDU is not on the WAYPOINT PAGE, then hit the WP key on the CDU, or FUNC 3 on the UFC. This will bring up the page where you can choose to select WAYPOINT by hitting OSB 7 3 You should now be on the WAYPOINT PAGE and ready to continue. 4 Hit OSB 10 to switch from the default L/L (Lat/Long) to UTM. 5 Hit OSB 9 to select the number presented next to the question mark as your new target waypoint. 6 Using the CDU or the UFC, enter the 2 letters, and 6 numbers without spaces in the scratchpad. 7 Hit OSB 16 to enter the UTM coordinate in to the computer. 8 Verify the number entered is correct. 9 Using the CDU or UFC keypad give your new waypoint a unique name eg: TGT A and hit OSB 7 to change the name. 10 Now turn your STEER PT dial on the AAP from FLT PLAN to MISSION. 11 Use the UFC STEER rocker or with the HUD as SOI, DMS UP to cycle thru the waypoints until you see the unique name you created for this target. 12 Find your target waypoint symbol on the TAD and then use the steering cue's on the HUD to prosecute your attack.

Radio Comms Freqs

Top Radio: VHF/AM / AN/ARC-186(V) VHF AM Radio 1 VHF/AM transmits and receives between 116.00 and 151.975 MHz. Used for both air-to-air and air-to-ground communication. _________________________________________________ Middle radio: UHF/AM / AN/ARC-164 UHF Radio The frequency range runs from 225.000 to 399.975 MHz. Used for various assets (wingman, support flights, controllers, etc.) _________________________________________________ Bottom Radio: VHF/FM / AN/ARC-186(V) VHF FM Radio 2 VHF/FM operates between 30.000 and 76.000 MHz Used for both air-to-air and air-to-ground communication.

Slew Speed Config

1 Go to page 2 of STAT, use osb 19 to scroll down to THRTL, enter desired slew speed using UFC, 9=slow 1=fast. 2 Hit the osb next to slew and its done. great for speeding up TGP slew,TAD and HUD. Could be done at start up waiting for nav align.

ATC direction

ATC:
Fly heading 232 for 35, qfe 29 runway 13, to pattern altitude. 232 = direction 35 = miles (distance) qfe 29 = pressure at local airport As as additional aid, you can use the TAD to set a markpoint at the bearing and range provided by ATC using the TAD cursor with the hook function (left side of the display) set to OWN-CURS.

Reset hung store

1 start level flight, autopilot On 2 remeber which station is "hung", class of weapon 3 access INV page 4 select hung station 5 select weapon type (bomb, cbu, gbu, misile, pod) 6 select weapon by name 7 click load station / symmetrical 8 click on stat page to return to main 9 on stat page, select station belonging to hung store 10 smart station are marked 1760 11 select power on station belnging to hung store to clear failed status 12 after that find LOAD page on one of the MFDs (it is not shown initially, pilot must press and hold one of MFDs buttons to show) 13 select load DSMS 14 switch to DSMS

CCIP Error fix The solution for CCIP Invalid is; 1 HUD SOI, 2 From UFC Panel: "Pg DATA" Down (at HUD, lower right corner, it shows the elevation of "steerpoint" flashes) 3 Use "SEL" to change it to DTS 4 End of problem

JDAM deployment GBU 38 wont deploy? Press pickle and hold only when MAN REL id displayed in HUD and when range CUE is beetween MIN/MAX tick marks.

CDU - Clear asterisk error

1. Set your right MFCD to the CDU repeater function, if you choose to input data into the RMFCD. 2. *NOTE: If your CDU is not on the WAYPOINT PAGE, then hit the WP key on the CDU, or FUNC 3 on the UFC. This will bring up the page where you can choose to select WAYPOINT by hitting OSB 7. You should now be on the WAYPOINT PAGE and ready to continue. 3. Try inputting a known waypoint from the current flightplan into the CDU scratchpad. (for example MSN001) you will notice the scratchpad try to auto complete the entry. 4. Then press RMFCD OSB 6 or the RLSK 1 on the CDU. 5. This should bring up the usual data on waypoint MSN001 in the CDU Waypoint Page. 6. CDU Waypoint Page display should resume normal operation. 7. Now you can switch to your chosen waypoint with either the Steerpoint toggle switch on the Up Front Controller (UFC), or with the HUD as the SOI, use the DMS switch UP/DOWN short to cycle between waypoints. 8. If you do not know what any of your waypoints are named, you can try entering a waypoint number into the scratchpad and pressing LLSK 1.

Using 3D navigation (when no ILS)

1. select divert page in the CDU 2. select airport 3. contact tower, get runway number 4. select WP page, select waypoint page, scroll down to page 2 5. switch VNAV mode from 2D to 3D 6. switch VANGLE from ENTERED to COMPUTED 7. set HSI knob to desired heading 8. select STEER PT under HSI 9. follow vert and horiz indicators on ADI 10.*NOTE: touch down point is in the middle of runway

USING SADL 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. confirm JTRS on set TAD as SOI, select NET using CDU enter callsign press {}CALL, enter {}OWN ID and {}GRP ID profile settings -> CHG SET ->confirm SPI DISPLAY is set to ALL confirm SPI is set to ON (DMS left long) lock area/target with TGP (laser must be on) --> TMS right short designates Markpoint toggle Steer point dial to Mark, set TAD as SOI -- markpoint is default SPI confirm wedding cake is visible 8. slew TAD cursor to wingman, verify hook-line between ownship and wingman 9. hook wingman with TMS forward short -> verify that wingman group and own id are displayed 10. click send (with wingman id) 11. after sending, steer-point dial to flight plan (now show flight plan to markpoint) 12. wingman gets flashing NEW TASKING message, confirms with WILCO 13. wingman sees red triangle, hook it with TMS fwd short, then TMS fwd long to lock it *NOTE: DMS left long - the respective flight elements broadcasts sensor point of interest --> purple line extending from wingman SEND MESSAGES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. on CDU start typing message select MSG page - click on MOD {}TEXT button select receipt using TAD cursor and note own/Group code (TN0101) enter own/group code via {}TO button click on SEND MSG receiving message will be indicated in the bottom righr of MFCD (New MSG) delete with DEL or reply with ACK, or clear note with TMS left short

Enter offsets into the CDU via the UFC. 1. Select CDU on right MFD 2. On UFC press (FUNC) once then (4 OFST) 3. Change INIT POSIT to BULLSEYE on MFD CDU page by pressing FUNC once & press SEL rocker - / down Once 4. Rotate STEER PT Dial on AAP to MISSION 5. When you receive a Bullseye call e.g 146/36 a. On UFC enter 146036 (Note the use of extra zero in front of 36) b. Press OSB 8 MH/DIS c. Press OSB 9 to display the information as indicated Waypoint. 6. Select NEW Bullseye created WP in HUD (STEER+- or HOTAS).

CUSTOM PAYLOADS Do you want your custom payloads back? Here is a really simple way. The ingame default payloads that you can select in multiplayer are contained in a file called; unitPayloads.lua located here : <installed folder>\Eagle Dynamics\DCS A10C\MissionEditor\data\scripts When you make custom payloads via the mission editor they are saved to a file with the same name here: C:\Users\<your name>\Saved Games\DCS Warthog\MissionEditor If you name your custom payloads with the correct prefix; i.e Anti-Armor - <custom name> or Mix - <custom name> and copy the unitPayloads.lua from C:\Users\<your name>\Saved Games\DCS Warthog\MissionEditor to \Eagle Dynamics\DCS A10C\MissionEditor\data\scripts you will have your custom payloads to select in multiplayer. Simples...Enjoy. ** EDIT: Oh yeah.. stock advice ...backup your original file before you overwrite it... **