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(I'm replying here since *this¨* is the F-35 thread!) The more I think about it I believe the F-35 is not a "jack of all trades". It is not meant to combine all the roles of 4th gen aircraft. It is a genuine 5th generation aircraft that fights in the electromagnetic spectrum and this way redefines all missions. It has everything it needs to do so. Problems of the past, such as aerodynamic concerns, have largely been overcome: the F-35 already accumulated thousands of flying hours without aerodynamic mishaps, compare this to the beginnings of Tomcat and F-16! In fact, aerodynamics has been completely mastered through computing. The F-35 must be one of the safest airplanes to operate ever. It flies as well as an F-15, F-16 or Hornet but much better controlled and safer, leaner, so more attention can go to the mission. Of course, consensus is growing that it will not replace the A-10, since that is really more a troop support plane than a genuine fighter aircraft. But all the other tasks now performed by different 4th gen fighters, I believe 5th gen warfare just obsoletes the differences, e.g. between SEAD, DEAD and Strike missions. These are essentially outdated concepts in the 5th gen battlespace, which is EM first. (And please stop about the limited payload nonsense: how many times do we have to repeat the F-35 has actually a higher payload than F-16, Harrier and Hornet, not a lower one? Lets focus on the fact that the former have zero, none, zil internal payload. )

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Follow-on for the A-10 ? http://aviationweek.com/defense/acc-chief-open-10-follow-platform

The F-22 and F-35 have a radar built by Northrop-Grumman, the Super Hornet has one from Raytheon.

Super!!!!! Congrats to ESA!!!

Oh yes I like this article!

^^ Nice pic Ross!

They also did not seem to "lock" the target as we do in the game but just tried to hold the pipper over it?

My MacAfee antivirus software gives me a warning not to visit the forum site, saying that it found "risky behaviours". A false alarm?

Do your really think that when there is still SAM coverage and CAP the F-35's will be used to destroy a vehicle nearby troops? What a nonsense. The whole argument that current CAS platform cannot do so in a high intensity conflict yet the F-35 would do so is completely crap, because in such a case CAS is nowhere a priority. The F-35's would go for the SAM and the CAP. You seem to think they will load Chuck Norris with a parachute in their internal bay to drop him over the troops in contact, but chances are they will prefer to load anti-radiation and air-to-air missiles and Chuck will have to take the bus.

I'm not sure the USAF really wants to use its high-prized F-35 jet to perform CAS. In low-intensity conflicts, other jets can do it and in a high-intensity conflict there are other priorities. My guess is the USAF will assign CAS to the remaining F-16's if it ever withdraws the Hog. The Marines however do not have much options when they withdraw the harrier, but essentially the F-35 can do what the Harrier does, be it that it seems to me much to sophisticated to operate in harsh and forward deployed environments, but then again this is exactly what the Marines aim to do.

Great work Harald and all those involved! Much appreciated!

The F-35 will arguably be a better F-16, Hornet or Harrier. But the idea that it could replace the A-10 is beyond imagination. It is not even a debatable proposition. The F-35 is nothing less than a giant statement that the USAF top brass simply doesn't want to do the CAS mission altogether.

Cool car, I like the HUD!

You need toe brakes indeed (even though I tend to take off without braking, but at least you badly need them for taxi). But do check whether they function properly: I had to invert the axis for the brakes on my X52 pedals.

Enjoy! http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/26/newest-u-s-stealth-fighter-10-years-behind-older-jets.html

Indeed I am 100% happy that Eagle developed these real joystick controls for CA, which is logical and a real improvement, only in my particular case, I seem to have much better motoric control with the mouse than with a joystick axis, specially for the aiming. Could be just me; in the mean time I got everything almost fixed, except the forward movement/brake which really doesn't work with the arrows, I learning to adapt to do it with the joystick. But I do guess the interference is just a small bug and they will fix that in a next release?

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Damn I don't seem to manage setting up the controls: I just want to use my mouse for the turret and my arrow keys for movement as I always did, but with the update it is completely porked. I understand that I have to map axes (that I won't be using ) to my X-55, but even if I do it still gets screwed up: I can now use left/right arrow again but still not up/down arrow and the turret movement is completely erratic. Is there a simple setup instruction for this?

That's all true, but the F-35 takes heat management a dimension futher, if I'm right also to improve the heat signature of the aircraft. So what I'm saying is the temperature tolerances might be narrower than on legacy aircraft.

Fuel is an integral part of the F-35 cooling system, so I can imagine temp tolerances are tighter than on other aircraft? Seems very logical to me that they do some tryouts to see whether somewhat cooler fuel helps improve system availability.

Los geht's ! Supercool, the sound of the DB 605DB engine is just addictive!

Yes, here updater starts also! Cool!