Harry.R

Nice stream, I flew into Khasab many years ago, it looked very familiar as did the coast route after that :thumbup:. Have you modeled the polution 'haze' that hangs over the gulf these days?

The NVG images look spot on. It's a dark place out there without moon light or cultral lighting to provide a light source. Low millilux levels.

Well done guys!

The Harrier has the glide ratio of a house brick. IIRC the boldface on the FRCs for fuel starvation was eject. :)

I placed my bets on the JPs that used TLAR during the Batemans bomb competition, it always seemed to work out well ;)

From my personal experience, all the goggles I worked with either had no gain adjustment or in later models auto gain, not manual gain like in game..

NVG brightness is set by outside light condition not by the pilot. Turn up your gamma?

Yes, I have the same problems here. I know of such a leader, he is Danish and like bacon.

Mr.Maverick you could lead? It is easier to get a wingman than a lead?

https://tacairnet.com/2016/08/10/watch-this-raf-harrier-destroy-part-of-a-runway-with-its-thrust/ Typical 3 Sqn...Any jet would have done this to be fair. In the UK this year a Vampire jet ripped up a runway taking off for a display.

I'm sure the Viggen guys were going to implement something like that, you could order them to meet you somewhere on the map? The ability to drop a NATO 'T' (although off topic) and have a nearby tanker for helicopters would also be good. Although we talk of FARPS, the DCS maps have plenty of airfields, these would be FOBs (Forward Operating Base) and would be where most of the fleet would live and operate during any operation.

A Harrier needs a length of runway/road/matting/hard grass to get airborne with a useful fuel/weapons load, although it can recover vertically after most of the fuel and weapons are expended. IIRC DCS FARPs were designed with helicopters in mind.

I understand USMC Harriers used a FARP near Baghdad during Gulf war 2.

Thanks Zeus, what Pipe said ^ and also what WAR said \/, but not what NeilWillis said! ;)

I’m with you WAR, I’m sure it’ll be toned down during ea. I only ever saw it at night on the 7 and 10 so can’t speak from AV8B experience

In the UK ‘You’ would wear your ‘nite’ helmet and carry the goggs out to the jet for attaching later if you were flying a day into night trip. The difference comes when you use the same Gentex helmet for day and night flying which means fitting an NVG banana bar. This is a sim though so potentially you could just press the N key and avoid all the hassle. :lol:

Thanks, I've seen that incident video before and it's the first time I noticed the hot nozzle glow. :music_whistling::lol:

Argh! 20 Sqn! Pass the eye soap!

I realise this is wip but I personally never saw the (GR7) hot nozzles glow in daylight, only a dusk/night. Does the AV8B engine make the hot nozzles glow in day light?

Let’s hope so, nice taxi whine at the mo.

In the early days training and experience, the aircraft and VTOL was new, the UK put fairly experienced pilots on the aircraft, the US didn't. For second generation Harrier I'd say training, tactics and operation deployment losses.

Short answer is no.

Thanks for the rapid response Zeus, she’s lookin awesome...and pre-ordered :thumbup: WAR great post, nvg bloom from strobes was a distraction, even IR, also image ghosting (as you move your fov from a bright light source) on older tubes.

As I understand it, the issue was with the video feed from the sensors and monitors, not the NVG?