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Ive just started playing with the ME. Is it possible to get ships to fire cruise missiles from max range? They only seem to want to fire if they are close enough to see the target right on the coast.

Harrier went out of service at the start of the year mate, they are looking at selling the airframes to someone at the moment. Yanks, Spain and India are the favourites to buy at the moment and there is enough training material to probably not warrant a contract. Its a sad state of affairs the whole Carrier/GR9/F35 balls up.

GR7s and GR9s used to do plenty of carrier ops aswell. GR9 and FA2 in a pack would be awesome though :)

It will work, you just wont be able to release at the range you could in F4. If it keeps you in cover and from over flying the target area its still a winner though

Surely depends on the threat and terrain types though, a lot of the time its not ideal flying straight and level over the target! Popping up from under visual and radar and slicing back down after release has got to have its advantages. I know Tornados have toss bombed upto 4 miles range but they have an obvious speed advantage. Anything with GPS guidance has got to be a winner here, im off to give it a go! :)

Also, if you exceed your max TO weight take off with less fuel and A2A refuel once your in the air

Apache AH1 :)

I thought when toss bombing you want to be increasing your climb angle as the bomb releases rather than at a steady angle, so you get the added effect of g force on the weapon to give you a bit more range? Good work though! I tried it earlier with 82s and they kept overshooting

First chance to see the new Aston in action :thumbup: Shame its a straight six now, the old V12 was just rude!

Anyone off here going? Cant wait, counting down the days!

Ah the famous operationally proven and legendary F-35B, good choice! ;) Maybe in 40 years when it finally enters service.

They may well do, trainee RAF pilots always insist they fly jets aswell but I cant find it in myself to describe the Tucano as a jet regardless of what type of engine it has.

Things with spinny bits strapped to the front of engines dont count as jets :p

Is there any other planes that get a closer merger to helo? Oh no thats right... :) The systems would be fun, nozzle control, always close to your JPT limit, duct pressure, hover performance, water flow/content, sniper, brimstone, carrier ops... etc

How about the Carbon Fibre Death Provider like in your avatar :)

Perhaps ED could supply him with one as he is helping and furthering the community/game ;)

Ive got a basic Android app working, gives basic info nothing like these ios ones so far though! Ill post some screenies when I get a layout that isnt all over the place :)

GG does the damage model decrease with distance from impact or is it simply a set amount of damage within a set sphere?

Harrier is similar you need to manually drain it, screwdriver and rags around your arm.

Most jets I've worked on will sit at idle until certain temp is reached, its like cooling your Turbo on a car before shutting down, otherwise you will get tons of heat soak. Prop planes often give it a quick blast before shut down to get some cool air down the engine (grove tutor and tucano anyway).

Im on early evening usually but I work shifts so gets a bit random sometimes.

your an old fart.. :P

Ive been working on an Android version of something like this for a few weeks ;)

That's because the tonkas are always u/s! :)

The Spanish, Indians or Yanks might buy up the Gr9s yet.