Avimimus

It is a shame that we'll likely never see most of these (although F/A-18 is announced). Those theatres would be great though! So many aircraft have seen use in Syria and Afghanistan. It'd be fascinating to have more realistic COIN/CAS campaigns as well.

This is a bit out of date - but flying the A-10A I'd often carry 7 or 14 M151s. The idea was that if I was surprised by AAA, I'd ripple the entire load. It is faster than a Maverick at close range and has a higher first shot PK than the GAU-8... not sure how it is with the A-10C though.

It is quite plausible that the RBK can't be reprogrammed in flight. However, this is also an issue with the FC3 level of modelling. The A-10A suffers from a similar problem. There is no way to set the release parametres in the loadout screen prior to take-off either!

You are absolutely right sir! I'd forgotten and my mind had filled in the details with rumours of a prototype which probably doesn't exist! As for the original question - I looked up the specs and that rate of fire, muzzle velocity, and weight of the bullets are all comparable with the M134 - so you should have twice the firepower from the Mi-8 compared to the UH-1...

I always loved the Jaguar. A Sepecat Jaguar vs. Su-17 pack would be perfect!

True the A-16 argument doesn't work that well because PGMs were much less common. Hey, anyone remember the plan to put 3xGPU/5s on an F-15? They also tried mounting them to F-5s...

I wasn't able to do it: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=151728 Someone might though. I'd rather like an F-51 myself.

I still miss the TM myself ...I remember back after Flanker 2.5 when there were screenshots of 'Su-39' before it was cancelled!

I will buy this if you finish it.

Are you talking about the 12.7mm or 5.56mm miniguns? The 12.7mm ones should have a more effective maximum range than the 7.62mm ones on the Huey, but the 5.56mm ones should have less effective range.

I'm very much into COIN. I'd love the IA-58 (probably even more than the OV-10). Honestly, given the number of trainers, and light helicopters we're seeing built the DCS engine should evolve to support COIN. Sure, it is nice to have fast jets, carriers, or bombers - but we can have both - and the IA-58 is one of the great CAS aircraft of the century, and provides a nice intermediate level aircraft capable of fighting both the Su-25 and helicopters.

Also another question: Is there any way to set the MDB or KMGU release rate using ground crews? I know the FCS doesn't allow it - however, I presume the settings can be changed on the ground (as with the RBK bombs)

Okay, wait a moment. I'm now more confused then ever. There are at least two factors here: The trigger system, and the ballistic computer. - According to the triggers, the guns and air-to-air missiles can always be carried (they are on a separate box). - The trigger system for air-to-ground weapons allows selecting any pair of hardpoints. - One can also set the ballistic computer to one of two pre-sets (bomb or rocket). As I understand it from previous posts, this could be used for two types of bombs or two types of rockets (despite the labelling of the bombs). Also, this shouldn't have a bearing on air-to-ground missiles at all (because they don't use the ballistic computer). So, if this is correct (and I may be wrong): - If you had three types of rockets, and only two firing computer modes - then the third type of rocket wouldn't have a misleading gunsight. That is the only problem. Correct? So, you could still theoretically use the fixed sights ('8' key) for manual aiming and override. - Ideally you should only carry two types of unguided bombs or rockets per sortie (to be realistic), but you can carry other types of weapons. This is my current understanding - but it is mainly guesswork. Can anyone provide corrections? Note: I may be confusing some of this with post I've read on the Ka-50.

Any information on the new SM3 upgrade?

Plus the 23mm cannon pod.

I wasn't aware they were still flying given the lack of spares. Anyone know how much they've been modified over the years?

Pah - I modded Il-2 to have a flyable Po-2/U-2 biplane with two Molotov cocktails... to take out a truck you'd have to hit it directly with the burning bottle (and before the fuze burned down). It was a lot of fun - you just had to limit your expectations to taking out one or two vehicles though! Compared to that this thing will be like an entire artillery formation! Just be happy to bag five trucks! ...That said, I'll be tempted to mod the Su-25 and put 8 PK-3 pods on it for a total of 24 guns...

I would just like more control over cluster bomb setting for the Su-25 and A-10a... they used to work better prior to DCS...

Funny that - I was already avoiding loading such weapons on the inner most hardpoints for just that reason. I guess my instincts are right! I guess I should probably avoid the inner-most two pairs of hardpoints? Any word on the S-13? A salvo of those produces a lot of gas!

Any word on if we'll get new rocket pods? I'd love a CRV-7, but there are also some pretty neat French rocket pods.

I'll be a fan of whichever one gives me unguided weapons. SACLOS is pretty close ...but I still want a few rockets or a gunpod!

Ten thousand years sir!

I'd just like to see: - More randomness in the AI's ability to spot and attack other units - More randomness in the damage models (i.e. move away from a hitpoint system to a probability based system). - Slightly better modelling of acceleration and traction

Well, when the smaller discount compared to past sales is combined with the drop in the Canadian dollar (and the recovery of the American one). It means that most modules are actually closer to twice the price they once were. I think 14.99 is fairly reasonable myself (if one is willing to wait 24 months after release!).

Does it have swing wings? The Su-17 is actually my favourite at the moment (moreso than the aircraft listed - although the Mig-31 would be pretty neat).