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Theres also the problem that I'd have no place to upload them to... And also the fact that the whole soundtrack is 4 CD's. Lotsa space needed for that. EDIT:Finger slipped...

I dont think I can legally. I ripped the files from some of the AC5 soundtrack discs I have.

I run Ace Combat 5's soundtrack (or part of it... HUGE soundtrack). The second mission briefing music (when you're flying the black jets) replaces Main on mine. Very fitting tune, I think.

Contrary to what the site says, the engine ate the bird, not the landing gear. I've seen that one before. And for the concerned, both crew survived punching out, though from what I remember they got tore up pretty badly.

Jammer strobing or blinking (cycling the jammer on and off rapidly). Probably doing it fast enough that you dont see the indication on your radar.

He's refering to the HI/LOW switch for gun rate of fire. If I remember right, low rate of fire is half that of high. In theory, it should save some ammo in strafing passes. Dont know how useful it is in practice, though in Real Life they have it hard wired to high rate of fire. Something about damage from vibrations or such.

I just got one of these things, and while I'll argue the 'not healthy' part, I will say it can be hard to stay focussed on something for a while. Then again, I've only had the thing for a day, so I'm not totally used to it.

I would think that the jammers would have a duty cycle of some kind. IE: So long turned on, so long turned off to cool down or risk frying something. Think of the Su-25T's laser for an example of what I speak of. Maybe they could, at some point, implement a duty cycle for ECM pods?

If you're lazy, ask the AWACS/GCI to ID him. Otherwise, use the Mk 1 Eyeball.

A cobra is a high angle of attack maneuver that makes no real effort to change the velocity vector of the aircraft (quick change in the direction the aircraft is facing, then letting it aerodynamicly 'snap' back). Thrust vectoring on an R-73 creates a high angle of attack, with the intent of changing the velocity vector in a damned hurry, which it does. And a fast change in velocity vector (IE Turning) will cause alot of G. EDIT: To be a little more clear. A change in facing, like a Cobra, will only create G force from the deceleration of the wings acting like an air brake and the engines trying to push the aircraft up. About 3g as mentioned. The R-73 is changing facing and, with the engine still burning, changing it's actual direction of flight, at a very fast rate. This could easily reach the max accelleration G of the engine, which on the sources I've seen is around 12g. EDIT2: I'm in the Air Force and I still cant spell...

Only when the motor is still burning. Once the motor burns out, the thrust vectoring gear on an R-73 is nothing but weight.

USAF critter at the moment, fixing radios and weather gear at Hickam AFB (yes, they moved me). Not doing any work on aircraft besides GA stuff on my A-P license, though I want to change that at some point.

AIM-120 Payload 40 lbs Blast-frag AIM-7 Payload 88lbs Blast-frag AIM-9 payload: 20.8 lbs Blast-frag for AIM-9L/M R-27 Payload 39 kg (86 lbs) expanding rod R-77 Payload 30 kg (66.13 lbs) HE fragmentation R-73 Payload: 7.4 kg (16.3 lbs) HE expanding rod R-60 Payload: 6 kg (13.2 lbs) HE/Uranium fragmentation For ranges I just looked for the R-73 and the AIM-9, and the numbers I found suggest 10-18 miles for the Sidewinder and 12-25 miles for the R-73. If those are the same numbers Eagle had to work with, or atleast similar, that explains heater range. I was surprised to see the Russian heaters were the 'lightweights' in payload, though. EDIT: The R-60 payload is no typo. They use Uranium (likely U238 'depleted') as the fragmentation material

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I'll take a SWAG and say it's probably a simpler bird in terms of structure and avionics (doesn't need to carry heavy bombs, doesn't need to know where they'll fall). Easier to fix and wont break as much. Of course, it could just be the exact same bird, only with bomb and rocket ballistics deleted from the computer and placarded as A2A only.

With the F-14 retiring, we may be more likely to get the TAC manuals for them (if they're not already available) than we are to get the bug's TAC manuals. And TAC manuals seem to be the killing point in ED not being able to add the bug.

Vortex ring: Eh...what? Blade stall: Short of an extreme case of blade stall causing a collision of blades between disks, non-factor in the Shark. Cross coupling: If this is collective-tailrotor coupling, not a factor as the tail rotor does not exsist on a Shark. Overtorque: Hmmm, probably a bigger problem, due to a more complex transmission system for a coax rotor. Translational lift: I forsee alot of fixed-wing transfers becoming SAM targets frequently because of this :D EDIT: Friggin' IE, it didn't show the other 2 pages of stuff that grew out of this thread.

Er...no.

It's worth noting that IR lasers of ANY power are automagically in the catagory of 'non eye-safe'. Visable lasers can be 'eye-safe' because, since the eye can see the beam, some kind of reflex will be able to protect the eye (blinking, glancing away, etc.). IR lasers do not register to the eye, and it will not try to protect itself. So, the only indication you have something is wrong is discomfort in the eye (Going on experience from exposure to IR illuminators, it feels like your eyeball is swelling. Not a nice feeling, and a laser is likely worse.), or blindness.

I didn't... I just replaced it with the second briefing music from Ace Combat 5. Seems to fit like a glove.

Similar concept, only strapped to the back of a plane otherwise packed with radio gear.

Anyone here ever play Air Warrior? Anyone here remember the Yak-9D? For those that dont, let me fire up the Wayback machine and take you back to the mid nineties. Then, there was a wonderland of a WW2 air combat simulator call Air Warrior (Or just AW). They had a wonderful selection of aircraft that ran the spectrum of capabilities. But there was one plane that didn't really fit in. It was underarmed, underpowered, and had no business even being in the various arenas. This aircraft was the Yak-9D. It was said that you had to be suicidal to fly it against the FW-190's and P-38's and (the demon of demons) the Spitfire. But there were those who would take this crippled aircraft up with but one mission: To humiliate anyone that got in their crosshairs! Thus, the Yak-attack was born. Flash forward to Lomac. I see the MiG-21, if introduced, filling that role. The aircraft that someone would fly screaming 'Screw your TWS and AMRAAMS, I'm kicking your a** anyways!', and then do so. I welcome that day when it comes :D

In a pinch you could also use information on the Bell Longranger. I believe they are the same helicopter. EDIT: Or I could read the whole thread and see that has already been mentioned...

Actually, the drop-tank thing is an old bug from 1.1.