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  1. Yeah, you can also see videos of real pilots ripping the basket clean off the hose. Doesn't mean it's the proper technique. Tomcat is harder to AAR than Hornet, but not excessively so. Proper technique, trim and remembering to set your wings up (either bomb or locked full forward, depending on speed) do go a long way.
  2. It's exactly like saying Afghanistan is a desert because of the Helmand province. As a matter of fact, it is extremely diverse, although it is on the arid side, so it does go brown, especially when it hasn't rained in a while. However, that does not mean it lacks vegetation, it's just that this vegetation tends to be other colors than greens that we're used to in wetter areas.
  3. They should look more consistent between water and land. Shadows are caused by blocking of sunlight, not any material properties. They come "on top" of things they're cast on, the reduction in light intensity is visibly uniform.
  4. Because you've looked at one of the aforementioned two areas where there are deserts in Afghan. Nobody said there weren't, just that it's not all that there is to the country, and it's not fair to call it a "desert map", or a desert country. Pics from famous US ops in places like Helmand or Kandahar don't really represent the majority of the country. Don't look at Google Earth images, either, since you don't know when a particular pic was taken, whether it's brown or green from above depends heavily on the season. Nobody is claiming it's going to be a lush, forested paradise. It is arid, and it's also more vertical than big forests usually prefer. Shrubbery, grass, multicolored poppy fields (the opium poppy among them, a major headache for everyone, including, at times, the Taliban) and various other non-forest forms of vegetation abound. That's not even accounting for irrigated fields. Even the part we're initially getting will be quite diverse, with temperate areas to the north and desert in the south.
  5. It would not. Utter lack of 1960s assets would be a problem for that map, because Korea was, for most part, gear from 1940s. We'll have a total of two aircraft (MiG-19 and F-100) from the 60s, and that's it. The asset pack would have to be built almost from scratch. Seeing as so far, Vietnam era efforts have focused on late period in the war, wishes for that particular period will be a pie in the sky for a long time.
  6. Could be. WWII vintage photos, including air recon imagery and press articles, are relatively plentiful. I doubt Germany in 1960s was mapped and imaged nearly as thoroughly as Normandy was. Early Cold War jets could fight on a Korea map, which should be sufficiently documented (because again, wartime photos). I'm just not seeing 1960s Germany being made, especially since we actually have very little of Korean War era hardware, particularly cutting edge stuff. Korean War itself would be easier, because aside from early jets, very little post-WWII tech was used.
  7. You may want them, but realistically, that's not what you'll be getting even if ED makes such a map. In fact, you'd be lucky to just find enough information to make one of those, as pre-Google Maps maps and photos are notoriously difficult to find. The area had probably been photographed enough by spy satellites that you might have enough declassified photos to make a 1980 version. For the earlier ones, I doubt it. In practice, given the effort required, you would be looking at three full price maps, and ED generally doesn't do it that way.
  8. Doesn't the wire also get trotted out for slippery runway conditions? In Kola it might be a significant concern (if we ever get runway icing, that is).
  9. The problem with other variants is that this area changed massively during Cold War, and especially between WWII and Cold War. As this was expected to be the primary front of WWIII, updating hardware and infrastructure on it was a priority. Germany, especially in the West Germany, developed rapidly, and East Germany had a pretty solid industry, too (people often note that the West got BMWs and East got Trabants, but they conveniently leave out the numbers on how many people got a Trabant, versus how many could afford a BMW). Post-WWII reconstruction meant the area was quite dynamic. So I think that yes, if you want to make the area without a huge amount of work, you have to pick a time period and focus on it. 80s is probably best right now. The maps currently in development share one notable property: they're all in developing world, and as such the urban areas don't change that much. The differences between Soviet-era Afghanistan and 2000s-era Afghanistan would be mostly concentrated in Kabul, which probably grew a bit since then. In Germany, several locations would be barely recognizable between the two maps, and even road layout might change.
  10. They aren't rivaling the Himalayas, they are Himalayas. Just not the part people usually think of when they hear the name (that is, the central part where Mount Everest is). The proper name of that part is Hindu Kush Himalayan Region. While slightly less tall, it's no less spectacular, although the best part is on Afghanistan's eastern border. I presume they started with the Western part to ensure they'll have the time they'll need to do those mountains justice (although making Kabul will be quite a task, too). This is one map I'm really looking forward to, although like with others, I'll probably end up waiting for actual campaigns for it to show up, since I fly in SP only.
  11. This is probably related to emergency situations when those restrictions are not fulfilled. If your flaps are broken, or the IFLOLS is, or you're laterally unbalanced for whatever reason, you can still trap, you just have to lose some pounds. It's important on the boat because generally, you'll only dump only so much fuel as to be at max trap when coming into the groove. Nobody is going to be dumping an extra 1000lbs of gas without a good reason. In fact, as a rule of thumb, if you're flying a healthy jet with no issues, your max trap is 34K. That's what I've heard in a video made by an actual Hornet driver. The unrestricted numbers are for when you have to go outside the normal way of doing it.
  12. That's about what you should expect when setting up for a mission there, too. I also expect the same people who say it's a "desert map" to load the Apache up with full shells, 8 Hellfires, rockets and the radar, then attempt a vertical takeoff. Nu-uh, you're not going up today. Checking your performance tables is going to be important even for fixed wing, since while their ability to fly is somewhat less affected, the takeoff roll can get long in these conditions.
  13. FYI, Afghan isn't actually a desert map. People are going to be so surprised when they find that out... I can also foresee a flood of complaints from those who load their helos like a flying armory, go flying in an Afghan summer and then realize the helo feels like it is stuck to the ground (especially the Hind, which routinely used a runways to take off when flying heavy in the region). Or that they can't set QFE because the dial doesn't go that high. Afghanistan is mountains, people!
  14. We have enough deserts, that's true. Which is why we're getting Afghanistan. No, it's not a desert. It's an arid mountainous region with some downright gorgeous views. Afghanistan is pretty, although it can also look pretty beige depending on the season.
  15. These days, Winwing is an interesting option. Their sticks are based on real aircraft, but also have enough extra functionality to be truly multirole (and besides, those real aircraft happen to have great ergonomics).
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