Braunn

Tanking a crippled F4 at high AOA, 1600 feet above the water at 190kts. Wow. Well deserved and true heroes of aviation.

Just did a test run at different altitudes, clean config. No pylons. You might wanna re-try your flight test. Below 5000ft over Marianas in good weather it not only sustains airspeed at 7.5g starting at 400kts but accelerates. I even pressed the paddle while on A/B and it hits 9g until GLOC. At 19000ft there's a different story and it bleeds fast on MIL and A/B but it's noticeable better in level turns for me. All in all it's not a big difference but on a clean jet it holds energy much better IMO. Not very realistic for me to fly a clean jet though. I'm always loaded to the gills. LOL I don't know what update you got but for me the Hornet is in beast mode now. Several people already posted on YT about it already. I'm not complaining though. I love that jet.

F-18 definitely OP now. Holy crap even I can win a dog fight.

Haven't noticed it says TNDL myself. I still say L16. LOL

If you're adjusting fuel load for weight before testing you're basically moving the yard stick around, and it will create a different result. I get that you probably like the Vipers very much, I do too, but there's no way around the fact that they are thirsty AF when operating in a combat scenario. They do have range in perfect conditions like good AOA (6deg), light load and 90 percent throttle, but I don't like to compare fighters to airliners.

No fuel adjusting, no overthinking it. Plane for plane testing. Full tank. Apples apples. Ferry range is not what most people do so the most realistic way of doing it is fly a mission. 10/10 times I can stay active in the AO longer in the Hornet than in a Viper before starting to look for a tanker. That said, I've also done a few tests comparing them both just taking off and cruise and the Hornet range is at least 50 miles more no matter what I do.

Doesn't really swap around though. I have yet to experience the Hornet in any scenario where it doesn't have longer range than the Viper. And I fly both regularly while in the Viper I always stay out of burner unless super necessary. Most cases, even with two bags, couple of mavs and Jdams, unless runway is short, I don't even use burner on take off in the Viper. In the Hornet you kinda have to with weapons loaded up. Clean neither needs burner on take off in this game. Try a clean Hornet and a clean Viper, stay out of burner on both and check for yourself.

Can't accomodate for everyone. It's an impossible task. When you jump into that rabbit hole and make a French translation, here comes the Spanish and wishes a Spanish version. Then you have the Asian crowd. A LOT of Asians from many Asian countries with very different languages play DCS. So where would it end?

Game launchers are kinda noob territory and makes it easier for new players that DONT know how to navigate the folders and such, but I see how it may make DCS more appealing. Even if I don't like it.

AS a fresh Huey guy with fresh eyes I notice the Huey has lots of potential still for a better game experience. Like loading up the chopper with troops or whatever, you can actually see them, would be an experience booster. Maybe easier to accomplish would be LIGHTS. Landing and search light is not even close to realistic performance.

Nice video. Like always, we get what we get when it's ready for early release basically. If Afghanistan and Iraq map is released 2024, then I bet if ED can get the Chinook ready there will be a LOT of happy faces. CH47D was heavily employed both wars.

Nose will drop after aerobraking when its ready to. Theres no set speed where it should go down. If you cant hold the nose up w full elevator deflection.... guess what, youre not fast enough. And shes ready to wheel brake a little before rwy exit.

I quite like it and hard to see it as boring even though the Viper is my first love. Hornet is just a lower powered aoa beast with long legs. I find that fun as its the opposite of a Viper. Gotta reset the brain before flying it in many ways. Besides, it have a more complete weapons deployment compared to Vipers. And I'm not even close to have it "nailed" yet.

@baltic_dragon You said pizza. Now I'm hungry. Love you man.

NWS on until 70-80kts. Viper is the same. I have not noticed lower vertical stab authority myself but that doesnt mean you're wrong. I would also check the inputs and see if there's a curve setting implemented by the update. I remember last spring they screwed up the Viper controls pretty bad after an update.

You know, I wasnt even drunk when it happened but I have tried two times now same scenario after take off mission 2 and it's not occuring anymore. Maybe it was a pebkac issue. Probably, as I think about women a lot when I fly the Viper. But thanks for listening.

I tried a vanilla instant action to confirm and it was flying straight as an arrow. If it's not a known issue I'll try it again and see. It was definitely unflyable.

Mission 1 was fun and got the winds n stuff but mission 2 the winds went totally maniac. There's no way to trim it. Take off and climb all at 3-400kts and it's impossible to trim and it changes every 200ft. Setting trim nose up, then winds change, trim nose back down, winds change. Every second almost. Blablabla. Normal or nay?

Even worse.

No Norwegians, Russians, Finns or Swedes will buy the Kola map. Change my mind.

Have you tried ditching the unholy child called FSR 2.0 and run RSR instead?

Yeah, the radio stuff is easier when you just pop in SRS and have humans to deal with in mission. Played the first mission. Campaign looks to be magnificent. Really enjoyed it but it's NOT for beginners that don't want to get down and dirty with the systems in the Viper. Thank you for making it.

My GAWD I've been swearing, crying and screaming for 30 minutes trying to wake up Tower for cleared start up this fracking thing and didn't catch you gotta go OTHER at F10 option... YGBSM!!!! :)

Because Chill drops voltage to run cooler and I run the Full POWAH BIOS on water. My XFX gpu draws more than 400W.

Yes.