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RADAR POST @CrazyGman Here are some radar modes of Cyrano, no guarantee all of them will function, cross reference cockpit photos from Aerges to see which ones we might have. We will most likely lack many of the A2G modes. There are also modes which do not show on this manual as it is not exactly the same model Cyrano. For example BZ (not in the manual, but shown in the F1 cockpit) mode appears to be a "Super search" mode. and TL Should be "Air to air Boresight" Here are the scan presets: Here is EMERGENCY GUN MODE (Boresight lock, similar to Mirage 2000):

the main one is Sea Scan, to find boats

All versions we are getting will have the IVM, all the EEs had it, and Tranche 3 and Tranche 4 CEs had it too. we are getting a Tranche 4 i believe as it has the flares and chaff as well as leading edge slats. The radar on the F1M is also a IVM but it is improved with new modes and possibly an IFF interrogator. not sure about the IFF part. it would be nice for Aerges to clarify this so we didnt have to guess so much.

for me im looking forward to the radar modes, namely the boresight and vertical scans used for WVR. it will be so handy to lock someone with the "HUD" for an R530 shot into the belly, especially for the guys who are high enough to contrail. and those 30mms do sound nice, the MiG-21 is exceptionally tanky and the F5 can have difficulty putting it down with its 20mms.

I too play Cold War alot, as you know. I think we can agree that a VAST majority of our kills are on people unaware we are even there. For me the most important features a plane can have for Cold War combat is visibility, top speed at sea level off of burner, and a good initial turn. I think the F1 will fit these criteria perfectly. the F1 should be a menace will its long endurance and high missile count, im so excited!

No one posted this yet? Huge cold war news

Figured you guys might want to see some information on the weaponry R530 S530 R550 If you have any questions I can search for answers!

afaik we wont get the Iraqi 2200l tank, but I think I remember hearing something about a 2000l tank. And of course we've seen the 1200l tanks of which we can carry 3

I was just keeping with the trend of "The DCS ground crew is magical and can re-assemble and entire aircraft in 300 seconds" If I can get 2 new wings, a nose, a tail, and an engine all replace in minutes. I would hope they could at least fix my bent wing spars. As for the other modules, im not entirely sure but I think the old recipe was 1.5x what the manual says while on max internal fuel for a fair bit of them and that worked out pretty well (This would put the F1 at ~11G), with more weight lowing the threshold and less weight raising it. of course many use much more advanced calculations now with varying degrees of success. Im sure what ever Aerges is going with will be a good solution and I trust them entirely on it.

Im not really too excited about trying another half assed G Stress/Wear system based purely on speculation. The F5 attempted this recently were the plane can get damaged at over G and then rip at a lower G load later in the flight. The problem is that its not a good system at all, it ignores weapon stores, it doesnt matter if you land and repair, and the best part is that its set to trigger at specific value where the plane will receive no wear at all under the value, but a constant amount above the value regardless if its 0.5G over or 2.5G over. I think the best bet for now is just setting a hard limit where the plane will break at certain G limits and weight loads until a G stress system can be properly modeled and tested. Once we can get an accurate simulation of that, im all for it.

Agreed, im dying for an update.

well fortunately the shrikes have a pretty terrible PK, and in order to get to the range at which a kill is more likely than not, you would be better off with a Zuni.

Skyhawk is coming and the M2000 would dunk on everything without effort.

Huge news! Thank you Alpen!

I would like to think that its close enough for them to give us a list of what we can expect at least for EA. I would like to start designing missions in the editor but I really have no idea what to do without a weapons list.

Lets hope Aerges includes us some jammers, there was a report on the EW in the Iran-Iraq war that stated F1's flying with jammers were able to break locks from Iranian F4E's after 3 seconds.

If the F4 beats the MiG-23 to release, REDFOR might be in for a roller coaster... F5, F1, and F4 vs MiG-21 and 19. We might have to donate them the F1 once the F4 gets released to hold them over until the 23 arrives. ofc this is very far away.

we can only hope. definitely wouldnt count on it being on release though. If they take the path they did with the S530F then it should be possible, following the same logic. The only Spanish F1 we arent getting is the EdA, which is the only one that used S530Fs. It was also able to use ARMATs. again, a capability which none of the rest of the spanish fleet had. it certainly would be cool to see, it would make a nice pair to go with the Syrel pod.

I would love for this to be a thing, the gun camera does nothing apart from block my vision

oh yeah youre right, that would actually be very cool!

So many roles, so many weapons! Options unlimited!

In a forum about the Mirage F1, we can assume what people mean when they say "F-1" Can we all agree on that?

I think I can live with the 10G limit on full fuel but the 8.4G ripping in barrels roles (no prior stress) is a bit, weird Also im late to the MiG-21 radar discussion, but I would like to point out there have been times in the 21 in which I kept lock on a person who I merged with, and they flew behind me. to my surprise when I came back around on them I still had the lock. quite bizarre.

I also really hope the AIM-9P makes it onto the CE, as the simulation of that missile is very well done in DCS.

precisely! No one is asking for meteors or anything