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It would be cool if they could get enough info on Su-27M to make it (some were produced and tested so I guess some manuals exist somewhere). It has a more modern N011 radar with some A2G radar modes, I guess it would have had R-77 support, etc. while at the same time it never entered service and its tech is more or less completely outdated.

The NM variant finally omitted it IIRC, but it looks pretty ugly without it IMHO.

Yes, you are correct, my mistake, though technically that's BAE APKWS II. The original APKWS was using a de-roll bearing to stabilize the sensor.

The Hydra rocket doesn't need stabilization as its trajectory is already achieved with fins and rotation. The only part you need to stabilize for the APKWS is the seeker head. It's the same principle as the bomb, actually, it's just that having a partly powered weapon allows you a bigger engagement envelope (e.g. from low altitudes). Regarding the trajectory, the APKWS missile locks on after launch so the Hydra rocket flies its normal powered ballistic trajectory and then engages the seeker in the final descending stage. The bigger issue is how to actually translate the seeker signals to correct the path of a rolling rocket towards the target. Again, this makes no sense. There are no gyros and INS autopilots in these rockets, it defeats the original purpose of reusing cheap rockets. Besides, how do you imagine a cheap sensor would identify a spot to hit from 2 km away if the laser illumination is stopped? It would translate to a huge CEP which is why these weapons don't work this way.

A CW radar? I always thought it was similar to Fagot/Konkurs missiles, like a SACLOS system where the missile has a flare in the back which the system (9K114 Shturm) tracks with an IR tracker, but instead of sending radio correction commands via wire, radio signals are used instead via the characteristic antenna hanged under the nose.

So, let's complicate (and make more expensive) the cheap rocket further to remove the benefit of adding the laser guidance in the first place? Again, that makes no practical sense. I presume the OP simply misunderstood something.

Where did you get the information that the system doesn't require laser designation till the impact? That makes no sense.

I'm all for any 70s-80s airplane type which more often than not had a specific set of roles for which they had their own unique systems, tactics, sometimes even weapons, etc. An Su-25 would seem to be a logical module for ED since they already have the FM done and the 3D model and even the cockpit (as a starting point at least). It has no radar or even a TV screen so its systems should be relatively straightforward to implement and some of that systems code could be partly reused for other Cold War Soviet aircraft presumably (e.g. MiG-29). If they're worried if it would sell enough, they could do some analysis on how many man-hours it would take to make it and set up an Indie Go Go campaign (or whatever) where they'd only start the development if their development cost is covered.

I'd presume it's simply a Polish name for the Mi-24V as IIRC they use letter W to denote the sound usually associated with the letter V.

AMD is announcing new CPU's (higher frequency supposedly) tomorrow and they should be available in two weeks. It might be worth waiting for those even if you insist on buying Intel as it might force them to bring their prices down.

One important factor that you've left out is the resolution you're going to use it for.

Apparently, the AN/APG-68 in Block 25 had this capability (maybe AN/APG-66A as well then?). "Beyond-visible-range capability has been added in the form of a high-PRF track mode to provide continuous-wave (CW) illumination for guidance of the AIM-7 Sparrow semi-active radar homing missile." http://www.f-16.net/f-16_versions_article5.html

F-14D had a more modern cockpit (here shown with PTID which came later on, originally it had TID and LANTIRN image was shown on the smaller MFD IIRC).

According to all of the reviews, the 3080 offers at least an 80% improvement on the performance of the 1080Ti at 4K, sometimes much more (depending on the game). The OP is using the original Vive with a very low resolution where CPU scaling plays a much bigger role. There's still a possibility that something is not correctly setup on his system (e.g. drivers), but in any case if he had a HP Reverb instead, the improvement gains would have been much more significant.

Did you even read the quoted post?

IIRC, the VP was rare as it was the last variant to enter production and Soviet Union went broke at that point. The armament itself was a solid compromise between V and P apparently as the Mi-35M continues to use the same dual 23 mm gun turret configuration.

From reading the update, I got the impression they just meant to say 'component'. Having said that, I think they would be crazy not to sell the dynamic campaign module as an add-on to the base game. It makes perfect sense, IMHO.

The 'A' was widely exported and manuals are readily available, plus, it's not in Russian service anymore. I would have preferred the 9.13, but OK. It's the best looking airplane design IMHO, so I'd be very happy if they make a full module out if it, despite its limited avionics.

IIRC, the first 39 F-14A's or so came with AN/APR-25, the later ones had AN/ALR-45 which soldiered on till early 90's and upgrade to AN/ALR-67. I would also presume there were sub-variants and slight upgrades of the AN/ALR-45 over time, but I'm not sure if the F-14's got them.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2410795&postcount=5 https://apnews.com/ff8979c9f5b1b9eb0561a97a6a0af387

Big difference only in such sequential read benchmarks, not in any real world scenarios. To the OP, maybe this tool can help you: https://www.ubackup.com/clone/ssd-cloning-freeware-4348.html#:~:text=Best%20free%20SSD%20cloning%20software%20-%20AOMEI%20Backupper%20Standard,from%20one%20disk%20to%20another.

The Corsair HS-70 is over the ear and all over the ear headphones get hot in the summer especially, though I guess the earcup material makes some difference there (i.e. fabric is better than PU leather). On the other hand, over the ear makes for a better sound isolation and thus offers a better or louder sound quality I guess than the smaller on-ear ones, though I'm not sure if I described the difference properly. So, I guess the first thing to decide would be whether you're bothered by extra heat or not in the summer (which basically means whether you have AC or not :) ). For example, I have this problem in the summer and the AKG K550 I used to use (the plastic headband actually fell apart from the humidity with time as parts were made with that silicon layer) were pretty much unusable in the summer without an AC. So, I got the fabric Steelseries Arctic 3 which gets less heat and were comfortable at first, but the sound quality is IMHO pretty bland for music (bass is too weak for sure and I'm not into bass-heavy music at all) and the headstrap has gotten loose pretty quickly and they didn't consider this possibility in the design so the velcro straps on it are too short to further tighten it when it gets loose. The recent revisions of the same model supposedly upped the bass and stuff, but not sure if the headstrap issue was addressed. I actually bought a used set of Sennheiser Momentum 2 headset which has a noise cancellation option which I could really use, but I didn't get a chance to try them out yet. Maybe in 10 days I'll get a hold on them.

And perhaps making the screen bigger and squared? Also, some buttons wouldn't hurt. I guess having those nifty buttons already, some functions could be assigned to those buttons then? You know, just for kicks and giggles.

Wasn't the AWG-9 supposed to tell the missile when to go active via a DL message?

It's probably related to those Spectre and Meltdown patches which mitigated exploits related to the branch prediction which was an important feature for performance in these Intel CPUs IIRC. Regarding the IRST problem, did you try completely removing those drivers? I don't think they're necessary even if you have RAID. RAID will still work with some default Microsoft drivers (or Microsoft vetted Intel drivers). This long video issue sounds pretty much unacceptable, though I can't tell what the root cause is. Can't comment much on the sleep problems, but it's normally a driver issue and I have those sometimes on these Intel based laptops I've been using for the last decade (like e.g. some sound issue or network cutting out after awaking). The best approach from my experience (at least since Windows 10) seems to be not to install any drivers yourself except for the GPU or for devices Windows can't identify. If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it, that kind of a thing, I guess. Of course, with so many configurations out there, your mileage may vary, of course. The Intel is more limited in PCI-E lanes, but I suppose you're not using all that storage in parallel anyway. Thus, a better model mainboard would have had some extra SATA controller to provide for more SATA ports. I guess you could add a PCI-E card with extra SATA ports on it to solve your issue?