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Do you mean the RL radar switches to medium PRF within 8 km? Or is this also modeled in game?

I have the best results with SU-27 when I operate in a look up scenario at short range, not exceeding 5 miles. You really have to do as if your radar has no look down capabilities at all and go for a Vietnam era style pursuit. And indeed: keep the EO system on, I use HPRF on the radar. The IIR missiles are in fact simple heaters with no imaging capabilities whatsoever and the R-27ER's non-performance has been sung over emphatically already in this thread. I guess the vintage AIM-7D Sparrow was wildly superior to the R-27 as it is modelled in this game. The good thing is the SU-27 is so manoeuvrable that classic dogfighting is an absolute blast! BVR and associated tactics are simply non-existent in the game with the SU-27.

Phantom supermanoevres! What you can do with a Phantom, see 30:24 ff The Phantom can also fly sideways :=)

Solved! Thanks Cobra, yes I fly the openbeta alongside 1.2.16. But this was a re-install issue, PC broke down. I now succesfully installed the Mig on 1.2.16, will keep it at that!

Damn indeed I get in my 1.2.6 install an error with the activation, I get "integrity error of the key" or something. Online it shows it is activated though. What a mess!

Another T-38 cockpit vid

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F-5B So nice!

Same here!

Yes, I had the same problem with the Serbian skin, others seem OK ?

Thanks guys to pointing me out this nice new feature. I mostly play single player, and often have labels turned on because I cannot see a thing (contrast being indeed the main issue). I hugely prefer this model enlargement setting over labels, since the latter profoundly alters the gameplay. I do not care whether the AI now thinks I'm a cheater, since honestly there are no bigger cheaters in DCS than the AI. It's time for payback I would say! :D I do agree that this setting shouldn't require a restart of the game and that it should be able to disable it serverside.

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Yes, I also have the silent cockpit experience

T-38 What a beauty! I'ld like to fly that one in DCS!

Tomcat against Mig-23 footage

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Solved: I just forgot to set the RADAR in fixed beam. In 1.2.16 I got away with this, in 1.5 not.

It's very different tactics also: the A-10C is optimized to work with JTAC's and small groups in contact with the enemy; the Su-25 is more a classic ground attack / assault aircraft ideally suited to support advancing forces on the frontline. Majority of sorties in SU-25 still today is with unguided rockets / 100 KG bombs. It's fast and efficient. Unguided weapons do not necessitate a direct kill to generate the wanted effect. When it's raining bombs, enemy positions/columns will go in hiding, even when the bombs are not directly obliterating them. To make use of this you need fast, dynamic tactics. But am I right the SU-25SM can also deploy the KAB-500 laser guided bomb?

Yes, your parameters seem right to me. I also take about 30 degree dive, in idle, and try to release around 1 mile or so (when the red light appears), which falls short of the target. 1,2 kilometers might be better. If there is actually no CCIP in play, then I just will have to do some better calculation indeed! In 1.2.16 the pipper really behaves like in CCIP mode: it moves up when you are nearing the target, when it is over the target the red light appears and you release.

That might explain it!

I like the SU-25 in game very much for its speed and manoevrability, it really flies well. If I'm right the avionics upgrades in the SM series allow to deliver unguided weapons with high precision from medium to medium-high altitude, and it also supports laser guided bombs. Should be a big improvement. Also one can guess the countermeasures have improved.

Well, first of all in 1.2.16 everything works well, I can bomb quite precisely. In 1.5, the pipper doesn't come up the way it does in 1.2.16, and when it shows, it is way off the mark. Gunning and rockets work perfect. I set the ASP in bombing mode, unlock the tactical drop etc ... Is there something else I have to do compared with rockets?

In 1.5, the pipper for in bombing mode gives erroneous info, it is virtually impossible to hit anything relying on it. I don't have that problem in 1.2.16.

For me, the Mig-21 holds the top spot on my list of DCS favourites! It is simply brilliant, a joy to fly. To be able to enjoy this absolute classic in such detail, who could have imagined this.

A-4 Skyhawk for F-35 DACT training: http://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123456902