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Hi, fighters We responded to numerous requests from DCS Normandy1944 users and found additional features and resources to ensure that, in addition to summer, seasons of autumn and spring are also available to users on the DCS Normandy 2. And since on the Normandy 2 the textures of fields and trees are made separately for England and separately for France, the user will see the difference between autumn in England and autumn in France. There will also be differences in spring on these different parts of the map. England spring England autumn France spring France autumn

J-8II won dogfight over JF-17 in Pakistan years ago. Unfortunately, J-8II has same gun deviation angle as JF-17 Per 82 program office, 2 finished upgrade and many test (i.e. EMC, INS (around Edwards AF) etc), along with 4 avionics upgrade pack (radar, etc) were sent back to China later.

Does the number built really matter? How many combat scenarios in DCS are fantasy? I don't think it's much to ask for on the playerbase to just use a slight alternative history setting where J-8PP's were built in numbers. Also having any J-8 may make it easier to introduce other versions later on.

Of all the aircraft available to make, Deka has decided to make a jet that never existed beyond a prototyping phase. Really not sure what the thought process is here. "Full fidelity" simulation of a fantasy I guess

For 8PP, two finished upgrade and tested and flew. US wanted to continue the program very much but asked too much money further, so China cancelled it in 1992

What's this, then? Hint: not a mockup. The plane was built, two of them to be exact. I don't know if it flew, but it looks like it might have. This is the only J-8 we're realistically going to get. This will likely be a very accurate simulation of an aircraft that simply never ended up in wide service. Which, incidentally, is probably the only reason they've been allowed to make a module out of it. Asking for actual Chinese aircraft is a waste of time, and in the current political climate, for Russian ones, too. This is suboptimal but it's the only way we're getting anything Chinese. In fact, expect it to get worse, since there had been some worrying signals from China as of late.

J-8II Deka Ironwork Simulations During the 1980s, China’s J-7 and J-8 could nullno longer confront the threats of the Su-24 and Tu-22 from the north. Therefore, there was an urgent need for a fighter with medium-range interception capabilities that consequently gave birth to the J-8II. In order to install a larger radar, the nose air intake and its shock cone were replaced with an ogival radome and lateral air intakes. Benefitting from an upgraded power plant, using two WP-13B turbojet engines, the J-8II, as an interceptor, can carry medium-range air-to-air missiles and fly Mach 2.2 at 12,000 meters. The upgraded J-8II by Grumman (a.k.a J-8PP) was fitted with APG-66(V) radar, 1553B bus, and other western devices. For the first time, the 1553 data bus concept was introduced to the Chinese aviation industry. To launch and guide Aspide/PL-11 medium-range missiles, a Chinese made continuous wave emitter was installed to work with the APG-66(V) radar. The J-8PP can perform medium-range interception against low-altitude / high-speed and high-altitude / high-speed intruders. It also has limited ground attack capability. The DCS: J-8II module will include the flyable J-8PP and the AI J-8F. Key features of J-8PP include: AN/APG-66V-PRC-F8 radar with NAM, STT, ACM, GM, and AGR modes AWG-27 for loadout management Fire Control Computer from Westinghouse LN-39 INS HUD from GEC Head Down Display from Honeywell Air Data Computer (CPU-140/A) from GEC Radar Warning Receiver SPJ/IFF 2 x WP-13B turbojet engines Air-to-Air missiles: Aspide/PL-11, PL-8 and PL-5 Unguided weapons: 250kg GP bombs and 57mm/90mm rockets We hope you enjoyed this preview of this fascinating new module coming to DCS.

Some more images This is one of the two J-8II exported to US for project Peace Pearl (the other one is preserved in Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) Museum) Higher quality image of cockpit and a few different shots

Uboats and team, I’m sorry to see people complaining about the aircraft and variant we’re getting. You’ve done great work with the JF-17 and I’m excited for the J-8II. Keep up the hard work.

I believe this is the cockpit of one of the delivered Peace Pearls

Also this article, long read, states that - The JDAM employs the US standard Mil-Std-1760 umbilical interface, incorporating the Mil-Std-1553B digital multiplex bus. Before launch the JDAM's embedded software communicates with the launch aircraft's stores management processor, no differently than a computer peripheral. Prior to release the JDAM is powered up using an umbilical feed from the launch aircraft. The JDAM executes an internal self test, warms up and aligns the HG1700 inertial unit. Once the JDAM is ready, it communicates status information to the launch aircraft, which then downloads GPS timing, GPS Almanac (ie nav message), GPS Ephemeris (constellation) and the GPS PPS crypto key. This information is used to initialise the GEM-III receiver. https://www.ausairpower.net/TE-JDAMPt1.html So if the alignment is happening on the prosessor inside the bomb, there should be no difference in the alignment time whatever the mode the aircraft is in as long as the bomb is powered ON, we currently have 2 different alignment timings, depending on which mode is selected and what is displayed on MFD.

RAZBAM Mig-23MLA damage model

MODULAR BUILDING MOD PAINTKIT FOR THE GROUND & BILLBOARD Installation: Drop the "Modular Building" folder in C:\Users\%username%\Saved Games\DCS\Mods\tech\ Ingame, the building elements can be found under "Static Objects -> Structures -> MB - XXX"

Also, and I do not want to speak for Deka, but they want to do Chinese aviation. They are doing AI versions of other J-8 versions, and they felt the best info they could get for this one. As always purchase is optional. If its not your cup of tea then you have that choice, I for one think it will be an interesting version and allow for some cool wat if scenarios which honestly most DCS MP sessions are what if scenarios.

Flight models are the stuff of black magic to me, I had a look at the work going into it and did some research on getting the flight data but I too sympathise, this was from the CFD software from last year. The propellors caused quite a few issues with negative lift and all sorts of weird stuff but its mostly ironed out now Most of the data was lost in the 1959 fire along with most of the manuals so we have to use computational fluid dynamics to generate data through what is effectively a wind tunnel

I think it`s just human nature. Some people don`t read carefuly, or thinking "Well it`s preorder so release will be soon". But if we read carefuly: "The DCS: F-15E Strike Eagle by RAZBAM has entered our final validation and testing phase. The pre-order, which comes with a 30% discount, is currently planned for the 15th of February, 2023. Once the pre-order begins, we anticipate the F-15E to be released into Early Access a few months later and perhaps sooner.?" From "Oficcial News 2023

Dear pilots and friends. The OnReTech team is in the final stages of the second phase of the Sinai map project. We took the time to unique models and small details on the surface. Improved green colors for field and surface textures. Fixed some bugs and comments. Modeled 11 new airfields. We continue to work on the second phase and are engaged in setting up and testing the project.

DCS is a sandbox, there isn't really a problem. Simulating the Vietnam War is as exciting as simulating a fictional war against China with J-8PP's fielded, isn't it? If you prefer one over the other you can also ignore the one you don't like. That they are prototypes doesn't really matter, what does is if they are documented in detail. If they are documented in detail, then they'd be fine for DCS. Deka should be able to work on what they want, and who is even to say that the planes you list are possible? DCS has room for multiple developers, not everyone has to chase the most popular planes.

sure it does it’s part of the game and we are talking about the game, the Ka-50 is similar. It’s been years since these things have been in the game. It’s either non mainstream but still fairly representative or nothing. I really don’t think anyone has any basis to complain nothing new is going on here. A peace pearl J-8 still fires the same missiles as a J-8F, has similar flight characteristics, and is in the Salish class radar range wise.

Expressing negative thoughts, you say? what do you gain? .. if the aircraft doesn't appeal to you then simply dont purchase it.

They're minimal, sure, and W11 does also degrade the UX compared to W10 (worth mentioning this). However, with Intel's thread director there should be better utilization of P and E cores compared to W10. That said, if OP has an AMD then I'd tend to agree with your view on sticking with W10. Microsoft seem to have picked Intel as a first-class passenger for W11 while leaving AMD behind. Money talks, in that regard.

Most likely because they do not have the required documentation (at least stuff they allowed to use).

It matters that in all likelihood no aircraft ever actually existed in this configuration. There's fantasy conflict and fudging some details to get something into a flight sim and then there's just making something up. Where is the simulation aspect of a simulated conflict against a jet that doesn't exist?

step by step

I know, i have not said otherwise...

ED has plans to make WW2 ATC, and I think, the Supercarrier Briefing room technology will use to build briefing rooms on bases, as tower ATC with the CAG Supuercarrier technology.

On that note, i'm sure you'll have nothing to say, but i'm really curious what happened to Battlefield Productions after they came towards us with talks of developing the ground aspect of DCS further (I know their main objective was around assets packs, but they did say a pipe dream could be FF ground modules). They disappeared without a word even though it seemed like their intentions were quite well met with the community at least, can't say what ED thought of it and if they ever actually did contact ED, of coarse we won't ever know. But it's sad to think they were probably the first 3rd party to be ready and work on the ground side of DCS and it didn't work out it seems. One thing they wrote though that makes sense to me would be this "Not sure what the take up of Combined Arms has been, but having played it, it seems like it was a great idea that was probably not fully realised for various production reasons, the frame work is there, it just needs expanding as a concept and making into something which holds enough interest to generate its own player base. Re: the co-existence of these vehicles vs the "Airforce" - yes valid points, but I think if the ground forces became good enough it could start to generate its own player base with people running servers possibly exclusively for land war "one day", with the options of AI controlled Air Assets." I can understand ED isn't willing to risk the time and ressources on something that might not actually attract the amount of people hoped for, but this is why we're back at hoping a 3rd party is willing to take that risk (Which won't be Battlefield Productions from the looks of it).

J-8II by Dekka Ironworks

Except that in the AWG-9 PD-STT only tracks the target in angle and rate in regards to keeping locked onto the target. Range is measured intermittently and added to the track file but not used to filter out returns in the radar itself. It's funny as the engineers that designed the AWG-9 saw a reason for it. The sidelobes on the AWG-9 aren't really comparable to newer systems and are not as easy to just do away with and you also have to remember that the comparable RCS of the ground that's causing the zero doppler ground return is comparably massive to a target in the air.

You're not wrong in that there are application where you can use low doppler returns or non-doppler returns as data but for pulse-doppler radar applications you really can't. Especially not older non-contemporary systems. I hadn't thought I needed to specify that I meant in pulse doppler radars for target tracking purposes as this is what we're discussing here. The issue is that the very reasons for the existance of pulse doppler radars are also the reasons why you can't use it when there are none or little doppler on the received signal. There is a reason for a radar like the AWG-9 having both pulse and pulse-doppler modes, they complement each other but the radar operator has to choose which mode to use. For more moderns systems the controlling computer can do this automatically for the operator or use other newer modes and techniques to bypass these issues.

From IDF Mod Team: "Textures of the external model are in progress"

Вопрос: Хочу выставиться поточнее. Что делать? Ответ: В идеале - подключить вертолет к наземному питанию, до старта ВСУ/двигателей запустить точную выставку. Запуск двигателей начать по окончании выставки. Если выставляетесь с запущенными двигателями - используйте минимальный режим. Вопрос: Какая разница между магнитной коррекцией (МК) и коррекцией по заданному курсу (ЗК)? Ответ: Коррекция по магнитному курсу не даст требуемой точности, такая коррекция дает ошибки от половины градуса до единиц градусов, что будет заметно при работе с запомненными точками на больших удалениях. Это происходит потому, что сам магнитный компас имеет погрешность в несколько десятых долей градуса, а при вибрациях и тем более в полете показания компаса считываются с точностью вплоть до 3-5 градусов. Коррекция по заданному курсу позволяет получить точность вплоть до 0.1 градуса при достаточно кропотливых измерениях истинного курса вертолета с использованием карты и линейки. Вопрос: Хочу выставиться побыстрее, но чтобы ошибки ИНС не улетали в космос в первые пять минут. Что делать? Ответ: Можно запустить нормальную выставку, и пока она проходит, откорректировать ИНС по заданному курсу, посчитав его с использованием карты и линейки. Другой вариант - не дожидаться полного цикла точной выставки, а прервать ее через какое-то время после начала последнего этапа (символ ИКВ ТВ на ИЛС). Точность при этом будет не максимально возможной, но достаточной для работы с переданными/запомненными точками и для продолжительной навигации. Можно комбинировать эти два варианта, но учтите, что прерывание выставки на первом этапе (символ ИКВ УВ на ИЛС) приведет к тому, что инерциальные скорости не будут передаваться из ИНС в ЦВМ. Вопрос: Как работоспособность разных систем влияет на скорость накопления ошибок? Ответ: Наилучшая точность и наименьшая скорость накопления ошибок достигается в инерциально-доплеровском режиме (величина ошибки по координате укладывается в 1-2% от пройденного пути). При отказе ДИСС или при его переходе в режим “память” на углах крена или тангажа более 12 градусов счисление производится в инерциальном режиме. В нем система работает максимум 60 минут, после чего автоматически включается курсовоздушный режим и табло “СЧИСЛЕНИЕ ГРУБОЕ”, поскольку ИНС за час накапливает такие ошибки по скорости, что счисление на основе воздушной скорости становится точнее. Если ИКВ выставлялась в режиме ускоренной выставки, инерциальные скорости с нее не будут приходить в вычислительный комплекс, следовательно инерциальный режим счисления работать не может. При доступности ДИСС счисление будет производиться в курсо-доплеровском режиме. Поэтому если есть потребность выставляться ускоренно, позаботьтесь о том, чтобы курс был вами откорректирован через магнитную коррекцию или, что предпочтительнее, по заданному курсу, в противном случае ошибки курса от ИКВ порядка десятка градусов приведут к накоплению ошибок в координатах порядка 20-30% от пройденного расстояния. Вопрос: Я выставился ускоренно, взлетаю, и в начале полета на щитке горит табло СЧИСЛЕНИЕ ГРУБОЕ - почему? Ответ: ДИСС выходит на рабочий режим в течение нескольких минут после включения, поэтому если вылет происходит достаточно быстро, а инерциальные скорости не передаются в ЦВМ от ИКВ - при неработающем ДИСС включится курсовоздушный режим, при котором загорается табло “СЧИСЛЕНИЕ ГРУБОЕ”. Вопрос: Какие еще эффекты есть от плохо выставленной ИКВ? Ответ: Точность выставки по курсу важна для взаимодействия Шквала и запомненных точек. Если у ИКВ есть ошибка по курсу в 1 градус, то при работе с запомненной/переданной ведомым точкой на удалении в 10 км точка на Шквале встанет с ошибкой порядка 170 метров (ошибка [м] = sin (1°) * 10000 [м])

#4 MKR + TP is 'Marker' and "telebriefing" (not sure where the P comes in, probably something French. In the manual for the F1ED it's labelled "MKR + TB") The telebriefing is the ground intercom. If your canopy is closed, you need to depress that dial to talk to the ground crew. The little yellow light underneath it will illuminate when it's active. When you're airborne, the dial controls the volume of marker beacons, and the pushbutton does nothing. For #3, I'm not sure. The dial should control the volume of the RWR, but I'm not sure what the function of its button is. In the F1ED manual it's just a dial labeled "TWR".

And the other half are evidence of our collective mental instability.

Your welcome Pappy2! Yes Patpatpowercat, i'm working it as I write this. It's long overdue. The model i had just wasn't cutting it so I have much better mod to bring to DCS. What i've been trying to do is work multiple mods at once but I think i need to rethink that idea and just concentrate on one at a time. One thing about creating 3d models is it's very easy to get distracted with one model and you find yourself working on another model. The reason it's taking so much time for me to release a model is i'm adding all brand new weapons and that alone can take some time. Plus testing. If you only knew how many times we are in and out DCS Testing. That alone takes a so much time. Really wish we had a standalone platform just for testing!!! So short term i will be releasing the French-Chilean=Brazilian LPD which is out for testing and Aquitaine FREMM Frigate. I have also re-worked the USS Constellation. All new weapons. It can hold it's own now in DCS against the new Chinese and Russian ships.

Damn, just shot 6 of them from close range (hot 5-10nm), and none hit the target... waiting for server`s tacview, but something is definitely not ok here. This is getting worse and worse, lost all the hype of flying DCS.

The question is reasonable if you don't know much about missile guidance. I don't think Raviar is making any claims but only asking for clarification. IR missiles can't measure distance so it might not be clear how they determine lead. Proportional Navigation relies on line of sight, so range isn't needed. This allows IR missiles to lead their target without a radar or range finder. So it is possible for the mentioned the missiles to fly lead, although if they are completely accurate compared to the real missiles, I don't know myself.

I’m always happy to see a new module announcement. However, I think we can wait to pass judgement on it as there are no development screenshots yet. For all you know it might just what you wanted. For me, it adds another red 4 jet which equals great! If it’s cool, I’ll fly it.

How can it ruin the module for people who don't care about realism and historical relevancy that other people do care and are disappointed? If you don't care then it doesn't matter what we think, does it?

работаем над мультипотоком, DLSS и FSR любая полезная технология будет рассмотрена рано или поздно, проект то постоянно развивается

I would love to implement it, but I'm limited to DCS limitations. But I'll do what I can.

I can't wait for all the corny jokes about putting a long pointy boom into the gashole (yes, that's actual Vietnam-era slang). Although, true to the form, it's the boomer who's doing most of the hard work...

We are experimenting and working on some options like save a loading of saved missions. There are issues that might make it tough, such as updates breaking saves, etc. But we are working on this already and hope that we can get it to a point that we might be able to do something like this. Thanks.