Avimimus

Yes, but we have an earlier variant. I'm sure it'll shine in the mountains through - there is lots of rough terrain, and visual acquisition at short range becomes key. One can also use terrain masking against BVR attackers. It'll still suffer in the power department though. I'd love to see an F-5 as an opponent (although I want a Mig-27 or Su-22 as a fast ground attack platform).

It is a shame that the retarded and incendiary bombs won't work. I've been wanting to patch these on to my Su-25 for some time. I assume ED is aware that they need to add more core engine support for weapons with these features?

Some more fun for 3d modellers - a Sturmovik with a Mi-24 cockpit... http://pkk-avia.livejournal.com/52236.html These are real projects (as hard as it is to actually believe). They were intended to be cheaply manufacturable using surviving infrastructure after a major war.

Sturmovik for the 1990s - with performance figures, weights, and detailed layout information: http://pkk-avia.livejournal.com/58714.html?nojs=1 As it didn't get passed mock-up, a certain amount of creative license is possible for this Su-25 successor. If you build it - I'll buy it... ;)

This is a great plane to fly - it surprised me - but it was my favorite in one of the FC2 flyall mods.

What I really want - one of the ground attack variants (similar to the Mig-27)

I always understood that the IR jammer was a way to saturate a MANPAD's seeker (causing it to fly ballistically). So, it increases your odds of survival while flying *away* from enemies at lower altitudes - a good thing considering the lack of reward visibility.

Probably reusing the same component? I know that Mi-24 Hinds in Afghanistan carried as many as 10 FAB-100s on bombing attacks. I haven't seen photos, but I assume that an MDB-4 was used on the inner pylons and a single bomb on the outer pylons.

I'd like to see the S-24 firing being supported. Mi-8s can and did carry S-24s and a simple mod enables them. The just don't fire... It would be nice to see this made easier for modders. It'd also be brilliant to make a deal with the Mig-21 team to get the UB-32 and UB-16 3d models in the game early... I'd love to have the UB-16 as an option... But I'm excited non-the-less... my favourite module so far (along with the Su-25)

Trying to steal it? :D

What is the fastest way to turn the correctors off again? I want to assign a button shortcut but I can't find it in the control menus.

Grimes captured my reaction exactly :D Even more here (follow the links or register to see the pictures): http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,50.105.html I like the twin-boom Mi-24... Interestingly - a lot of them are actually using engines derived from the same family as those that power the Mi-24 (TV-117 series I think)

So we've heard of the Sh-90 (and Sukhoi T-12)... but have you heard of the LVSh? 47 studies on how to decrease the cost of air-support platforms and decentralise production (in case of war). Costs were estimated to be a bout 1/3rd of the price of a Su-25. The pictures in the following link contain: - Two turboprop powered versions of the Su-25 - A light weight single-engined design with a Su-25 cockpit - A combination of a Su-25 cockpit with M-55 elements to produce an enlarged OV-10 Bronco light transport - A pusher-powered canard design intended to be slower but more survivable than the Su-25 - A smaller STOL biplane/tandem triplane WIG aircraft - Twin engined counter-insurgency bombers with Mi-24 and Kamov cockpits - A turbofan powered Su-25 See: http://bmpd.livejournal.com/673750.html Another related project was the MAI Foton series of studies for attack aircraft that are much smaller than the Il-2: http://s553.photobucket.com/user/abtex/media/SABA%20aircraft/indexphpactiondlattachtopic50-11.jpg.html

It would be nice if the activated the S-24 (you can load it but not fire it). They were used from 3-4 km as area bombardment weapons.

lol

lol KITH Of course, there is also - I'm pinching your cabin! I'm pinching your cabin!

Well - I'd like to see limited FOV when using the scope mode (or zoomed in)... and some improvements to vehicle AI.

+1

No word on collidable trees?

Sure - you can get a couple direct hits with the S-8 on the rear of a tank and thus destroy it - if you can get that close...

Any word on collidable trees?

Thanks! It worked :D I figure - if you are going to bother to carry the 30mm grenade launchers at all - you may as well specialise and get a high saturation from a short burst ...also 1200 rounds at the ready.

I'd love a Lysander myself. It is too bad it didn't make it into CoD (it was in development).

Ah, but if one looks at the Il-2 series... it had two British bombers (Mosquito and Blenheim), with six American bombers (A-20, B-17, B-24, B-25, B-29, PBN). It makes me wonder if we'd have to kickstart three American bombers before the first British one becomes available for kickstarting?

Yeah - that is what I was getting at - although I want a Typhoon instead of a Tempest... and some type of bomber... Although the quote is probably relating to the difference between day and night bombing: - Daylight formations (used by both the U.S. and Commonwealth - but favoured by the U.S.) had to keep formation and required releasing all bombs jointly. - Formation flying at night could be deadly. So bombers would slip in singly (or in small groups) and each bombardier would aim separately. This actually lead to a denser and more accurate pattern of bombs (despite the fact that they were being dropped in the dark).