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But I still would hope that this isn't the "normal" smoking behaviour of the engine: to me, it is clearly badly tuned: it is incomplete combustion and/or burning oil. Very bad for MBTO imho.

The very best thing I ever saw, absolutely thrilling!

Live Freefall from space: http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/ #redbullstratos Look at the curvature of the earth from 70.000 ft!

Did you notice the wrong aircraft is smoking ? :D

Yup, I have the same on T-80 etc: over 3300 seconds reload time.

Last week I was abroad for business, so I could'nt care less if FC3 didn't came out, sorry guys. The thing is however ... now I'm back!!!! :d

Super, this fixathon with the new updater works smooth!

They are slated to receive 60 Rafales in the latest standard with AESA.

Sorry Lou, but the book was rewritten *after* I uninstalled 1.2.0 and installed 1.2.1, at which moment I *discovered* that I lost an activation. Now, it's too late.

Phantom!

The hypoxia problem seems definitely solved; here an article with most detailed explanation to date: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-air-force-says-f22-oxygen-problem-is-solved-20120923,0,965744.story

With the Mirage, you always have this sense of speed:

You mean like the Super Hornet? Which was delivered on time & on budget, and since has been saving operating costs while excelling in a variety of combat missions? :music_whistling:

:D

The same attack in which unfortunately 2 Marines died. It only now emerges the attack caused such destruction.

According to several news outlets it seems that the taliban destroyed up to six Harrier jets in their attack on Camp Bastion: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/09/insurgents-posed-u-s-troops/ http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1693071/Taliban-raiders-wore-US-uniforms-hit-jets http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19614911 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9be_1347758337 http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/sep/15/yuma-harrier-jets-marine-felled-afghanistan/

I second that: R-77 on Flanker! But my uppermost biggest wish is some other AI-pilots. I fly offline, and I cannot count how many times one of my AI wingman just shot me out of the air. These AI morons should be court-martialled and kicked out of cyberspace for once and for all.

The answer is clear: yes, it is. What is shown in the JSOW film is *another Hornet taking over the command of the JSOW*. This allows very versatile tactics, which are of extreme importance against well defended naval targets. The AGM-130 is very good but older and imho useless against ships. The AASM is of course a very, very impressive weapon, just like Apache/Storm Shadow. But why you guys want to do diminutive about recent JSOW developments escapes me totally.

Should work now!

LAGS A-G missile based on AIM-9L (by Diehl, makers of Iris-T) offered for Eurofighter: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ila-diehl-lags-ahead-with-eurofighter-offer-376236/ Link corrected! (I make new thread because news thread seems gone?)

Nice. Thanks for sharing!

I still prefer the Su-27, but I play off-line: the problem there is not with the Su_27 and/or its missiles, but with the AI. You have two kinds: the opposing AI, who see and know everything and detect you from outer space, and your AI wingman, who are the most incompetent, clumsy failures you can imagine. So, in 2x2 or 2x4, I have to do everything "miself and I" I also use HI for detecting, MED before lock; R-27ER for forcing position and R-27ET for the kill, R-73 for self-defense when in the merge. I do keep the Su-27 at high subsonic, and do not engage burner before the merge. You have tremendous manoevrability that way, allowing me to shake off any SAHM missile coming my way quite easily. I do not really engage F-15's though, seems an unsmart idea :=)

I'm really looking forward to FC4: Whiners Edition (to be integrated in DCS: Get a Life!) It will be soooo realistic that you can only play it strapped to your Aces II ejection seat.

It is understood that there will be an open competition for the RADAR part in the upgrade, with both Raytheon (RACR) and Northrop-Grumman (SABR) vying for contracts. http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/racr/ http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/sabr/ Besides the USAF there will be a huge market for these upgrades in international F-16 fleets.

Oops, sorry. On the topic: I wonder how the SABR/RACR F-16 radar upgrades would compare against APG-79.