WarthogOsl
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I think the main thing to keep in mind as far as range is never to launch between 20 and 30 miles. Preferably, launch inside of 20 miles, or outside of around 40. 20 to 30 is not far enough to take advantage of a loft, but far enough that the missile will run out of fuel and quickly slow down before getting to the bandit.
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Today, after updating, I was trying to connect to an MP server, and timed out connecting to it. I saw the timeout dialog, but after I dismissed it, I could not open the main menu. I ended up having to go into task manager to quit the game. This happened several times. I feel like this was happening a while back, but was fixed?
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Yeah, I don't get why you'd need the zero doppler filter for that reason then.
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Is PD any more prone to seeing the inside of the radome versus pulse radar?
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I'm not sure it really says that, or perhaps it's badly worded. If you look at the diagram of the DDD with an target at 7 various aspects and rates of closure, only the one flying at 90 degrees to the radar is invisible.
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I think some were taken directly from Navy, Grumman, or Hughes sources. Some appear to have been redrawn in a slightly different style, presumably based on those sources. Here's an example from Stevenson's book, which is credited to U.S. Navy:
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Fwiw, most of these graphics appeared, in their original form, in James Perry Stevenson's "F-14 Tomcat," from around 1975.
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In DCS, at least, it's possible to move the wings just after shutting down the engines. There's still hydraulic pressure, I'd assume.
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So should it be yellow tinted tape then?
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If you don't have a stick extension, try refueling with the wings in bomb mode. It tends to be less pitch sensitive.
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Here's me last night, 26 miles away when the first missile impacts. I wasn't even trying that hard, fwiw (cranking, but not quite to gimbal limits). Launch was at 53 miles from 40k.
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F-14A/B Flight Model Tuning - Guided Discussion
WarthogOsl replied to IronMike's topic in DCS: F-14A & B
Probably Kurt Schroeder, as he's been interviewed a few times. I think Dale Snodgrass (whose father worked at Grumman) also called it a 10G airplane. -
I'd be surprised if those buttons got pressed enough to get worn out from use faster than any other buttons in the jet. It also seems like the issue only affected the 2-stage buttons. For example, the master caution light/button doesn't have anything retaining it when the metal plate-fix shows up on the ACM panel.
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I assumed it was more of a design issue with those buttons.
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How did they fix them?
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F-14A/B Flight Model Tuning - Guided Discussion
WarthogOsl replied to IronMike's topic in DCS: F-14A & B
My copy of "The Encyclopedia of World Airpower" shows 82,000lbs, as does the appendix of Heater Heatley's "The Cutting Edge." -
For sure, but not the early hi-viz liveries, as I said. Definitely not VF-84 in those days.
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Yeah, I have a few of his, as well. However, while I'm not really a rivet counter, the turbine warning stripe should not extend across the middle of the fuselage on any of the early liveries.
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Like that, yes, though there's a small, but noticeable inaccuracy on that version (hint, it's toward the back).
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Ah, but notice I said white flaps...because by 1980 VF-84 still had white bellies, but the tops of the flaps and stabs were gray instead of white.
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I'm really curious as to what new liveries we will get (still hoping for early, white flapped, VF-84).
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i agree, it's great! BTW, here's another new one I'd recommend: the soft cover version of "Half Century Baby!" This was originally a larger format hard cover that was pretty expensive. I had tried ordering it a few times, and kept receiving it damaged. The soft cover is only $14 on Amazon, though, and I'm very happy with it! Lots of pictures and new side-view art work.
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F-14 right engine artwork with afterburner in the F2 view
WarthogOsl replied to scommander2's topic in DCS: F-14A & B
It's been like that for a long time. Basically, any time you switch to an external view, it shows the afterburners lighting up, even if they were already lit. -
The U-2 can do other things aside from photo recon...for example signals intelligence stuff. It can probably do that while loitering out of range of SAM's. Satellites can't loiter.
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JPS wrote a great F-14 book as well!
