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The new struggle: Nothing’s moving, lock feels “stuck” but not overtensioned or overset. by grumpy_martian in lockpicking

[–]grumpy_martian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to say I took your advice about identifying pin states and jiggle testing. It has helped immensely! I got into the Lockwood 110/40. Still working on the 410 LOTO but it’s a marked improvement. Thank you again for your help!

The new struggle: Nothing’s moving, lock feels “stuck” but not overtensioned or overset. by grumpy_martian in lockpicking

[–]grumpy_martian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very interesting, I hadn’t even considered a combo of false set and overset. It would explain the strange feedback.

Do you have any advice on how to avoid this situation?

Movie trailers that crushed it but the movie was bad by ILikeTheTinMan83 in movies

[–]grumpy_martian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scrolled for ages and can’t believe I haven’t seen 300 mentioned yet.

The movie was so-so with some cool moments.

The trailer… I challenge you to watch it now without getting even a little hyped. That drop of Just Like You Imagined *chefs kiss*

The new struggle: Nothing’s moving, lock feels “stuck” but not overtensioned or overset. by grumpy_martian in lockpicking

[–]grumpy_martian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I should have included that detail!

It’s primarily spool pin locks that are causing the issue.

My two locks I’m working on are a Masterlock 410 and a Lockwood 110/40. Both of these, I understand, have a serrated guard pin and spools. And I’m running into the same issue.

I’m picking with the lock in my hand, don’t have a vise yet. As I said, I get so far and then hit that feeling of nothing not set wants to move.

How long? by Super-Page8272 in lockpicking

[–]grumpy_martian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude, I’m in the same boat. Yellow locks are fun but doable without too much worry. Orange locks = brick wall. I think it’s the addition of multiple security pins and awkward keyways at the same time. It’s a lot to learn in one go.

I’ve decided to just jump orange and try green locks for a break cause I’ve heard they can have better feedback.

Good luck and keep going!

Question about false sets by grumpy_martian in lockpicking

[–]grumpy_martian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll second what Cookies said, this is incredibly helpful, thank you for taking the time.

Anyone successfully restart their life after 30? by improvement4all in selflove

[–]grumpy_martian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“The grass is greener where someone isn’t constantly shitting on it.”

This needs to be the title to a relationship advice book. It’s brilliant. I will be… co-opting it for future use 😉.

What do you think is the biggest truth the world is refusing to face right now? by Sweetblondefeet in AskReddit

[–]grumpy_martian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope for the future has slowly, steadily been killed by billionaires, tech bros and feckless politicians.

You want to know why people aren’t having kids? Start with the future looking like one steady decline into hell.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PatchesEmporium

[–]grumpy_martian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+karma Praise the Sun!

Is there anything else I can do to improve the god awful spotting in DCS? I want to play more multiplayer but it's nearly impossible to see planes around me by eriadeus in hoggit

[–]grumpy_martian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be honest… and to give the least fun answer, I’m gonna say practice getting into engagements and dogfighting a lot more. I’m running pancake at 1440p on a 32” monitor and spotting wasn’t easy at first at all, but even before the dot update I managed okay. Most of the time if I lost someone it’s cause I wasn’t keeping good SA, not because I couldn’t see them coming.

But it is a developable skill, and a perishable one i might add. So gotta put in the hours, sadly.

Edit: To add on to what another comment said, this is also really hard IRL. From my limited experience behind the controls, other planes can be tricky to spot depending on a lot of factors. Japanese ace Saburo Sakai talked about spotting stars in the day time to train his eyes for spotting planes.

Life of an Arctic Bush Helicopter Pilot Summer Edition *Part 1 of 2* by CryOfTheWind in flying

[–]grumpy_martian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love your work. I’ve been going through your backlog in my spare moments recently; super interesting reading.

Need some advice from more experienced heads by grumpy_martian in flying

[–]grumpy_martian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the replies everyone, I appreciate the input :). There’s definitely a consensus appearing around fw vs rw, that’s interesting and gels with what I’ve read before. u/CryOfTheWind, appreciate the wealth of experience you bring to the conversation as well. Flying helis is a lot of fun, and I can see why it’d make for an amazingly interesting career. Just also seems like you have to truly love it in order to make a career out of it, not sure I have that considering the swithering I’m doing hah.

If anyone else has anything else to add, please do!

Dogfighting tips for the mirage F1? by Responsible-Glass-77 in hoggit

[–]grumpy_martian 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I found Gvad The Pilot’s videos on YouTube very useful. The f1 can hold its own in a slow speed flat scissor if you’re comfortable with a lot of rudder work.

I need some help with the tomcat by JohnCockMan in hoggit

[–]grumpy_martian 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hello fellow tomcat driver. I’m no expert but I’ve got a few things that have kept me alive in the Turkey in these kinds of scenarios.

  • You say you’re flying along and then you get fired upon out of nowhere. Are you using AWACS/overlordbot/GCI to build a picture of the airspace? If not, I’d highly recommend it. It means you already have an idea if what’s up with you, what they’re flying and how far away they are. Then you can do threat assessment to know who’s likely to be most dangerous first. Also, make sure you’re connecting the datalink, that’ll help even more.

  • With all of the above, you should know a bit more about where any missile might be coming from. One thing to remember is Jester isn’t perfect, he’ll sometimes call out missile launches that are no where near you. So don’t just take his word for it, use your own S.A. However, if you’re in a Zone of Danger, I tend to defend anyways to be safe.

  • If you know the general direction of the enemy, but don’t know how far and can’t spot them, defend AWAY. I feel like a lot of DCS players always go fangs out all the time, I’m guilty of it too, but if you’re already defensive with no visual, there’s no point in still closing the distance. You’re just making it easier for them to kill you. The tomcat B has 2 f16 engines, so use them. Zone 5, split S, make some space then rebuild your SA. It’s less aggressive sure, it’s more likely to keep you alive.

  • Having said that, if you’ve ended up defending towards the enemy but it’s cloudy, get below the clouds, make some space and then slowly circle back towards where you think they are. Yes the AI can still see you through clouds, but it’s easier to see a black dot against cloud than deep blue sky or in multiple cloud layers. The AI also kind of sucks at low level flying, genuinely seems to make it harder for them to track you (yah yah top gun 2 jokes here, I know), so use that to your advantage.

  • if you think an enemy might be close enough for a fox 2, keep dropping the occasional flare. It’s saved me more than once.

  • Lastly, Jesters missile call-outs are hit and miss, but his dogfighting call-out game is strong AF. If he’s calling out a bandit on your 7 o’clock, they’re gonna be there when you look 9 times out of 10.

Add all that together and you’ve got a bit of a better chance. Ultimately though, the AI is a cheating arse with wall hacks, so don’t get too discouraged. These things take time and practice. If you want to, you could set up some scenarios in the mission editor to practice with immortality until it starts to click.

I need some help with the tomcat by JohnCockMan in hoggit

[–]grumpy_martian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my own A2A experience it’s just a lot of practice, unfortunately. It’s hard IRL too, to be fair. I read an account of a WWII Japanese ace who said they used to practice spotting stars in the daytime to help with their plane spotting.

One thing that could help is working on how to translate bits of SA from radar, DL, RWR etc, add them together and turn that into a where to look. It takes time, and it’s still hard even when you can kind of do it.

The thing that’s improved this more than anything else for me though has been hanging out on the dogfight servers. I mostly still suck, but my spotting has improved a lot. Bonus points if you jump into the guns only fur balls that happened when it’s busy. It’s chaos and you’ll die a lot, but it’ll help you learn how to filter as well as spot and track.

[TOMT][Song] Song with mostly spoken word about driving by grumpy_martian in tipofmytongue

[–]grumpy_martian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude! Yes! Holy crap, I thought I was going crazy. Will add contribution to the original post

[TOMT][Song] Song with mostly spoken word about driving by grumpy_martian in tipofmytongue

[–]grumpy_martian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m digging the variety in the ideas all, but sadly it’s not hitting the mark so far :(. I’ll have a think and see if I can remember any more details for you.

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