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AJS is more likely than the JA since as far as i know the JA shares some avionics with the Gripen, the datalink among some other things, and i imagine most of that would be classified. :-)

He made a new thread titled something like: leatherneck modules for late 2015 and then he linked in this image with the UFO photoshoped out. :lol: ok, might not have been this exact one but it was very similar xD

Thats been there a while and it has been stated that those images has nothing to do with the new modules. :-)

Oh, my bad it was reddit apparently! I have to many separate forums to monitor! :doh:

We probably could but he mentioned it in a swedish forum so it wont do much good here. :P

So, lets meet half way with the JA37? Those where upgraded with the same MFCD that was in the Gripen at the time, but can to my knowledge not carry a targeting pod (and that makes sense since it's primarily an interceptor). I do know that they did evaluate the possibility of using targeting pods on the AJS 37 but I'm pretty sure that never happened. :P

Well it does fit the "New or unique methods of propulsion or force distribution" bit doesn't it! Da Vinci Aerial screw confirmed! :lol:

Fantastic! Can't wait! :D

I'm fairly sure you need to update to runtime 0.7.0.0 for Oculus support to work in DCS 1.5.

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When you switch from the main menu and actually start the simulation on 1.x.x you see the desktop for a short period right? thats because it opens a separate exe to run the actual simulation. In 1.5 the same exe will run the simulation as will run the menus.

And a real beauty at that! :D :pilotfly:

I have used it with and without TARGET on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 without any problems at all. :-)

While it would be awesome to get all three of them, the AJ and AJS is actually more likely than the JA since the later share a lot of technology with the Gripen that might still be classified (datalink among other things.) :P

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Well they apparently have two separate unanounced modules, one of which then might be japanese. :-)

As a swede i can only agree, i was just about to mention that the Typhoon looks like an ofspring of the Viggen. :lol:

Yes it does, as mentioned it is a combination and modernisation of the AJ with added reconnaissance capabilites (S=Spaning=Reconnaissance in swedish.) The AJS also had the following upgrades compared to the AJ: The new processor and the MIL-STB 1553B databus. A MIL-STD 1760 "universal" stores interface system. An improved RWR system that also had a data recording function, giving it a bit of electronic intelligence capability. A new mission planning system, with mission plans downloaded into a data cartridge that was plugged into the aircraft []as part of flight preparations. The cartridge stored flight data during the mission, and was yanked out at the end of the mission for review on a mission computer. Capability of carrying Rb 15F Anti ship missile (the same one carried by Gripen) Capability of carrying up to 6 Rb74 (Swedish designation for AIM-9L) Capability of carrying Bomkapsel 90 (Also carried by Gripen) Its radar was also upgraded to a similar or identical specification to that of the PS-371/A on the SH 37, allowing the AJS 37 to perform radar reconnaissance flights. Unlike the SH 37 the AJS 37 could not carry external reconnaissance pods. Read more

Not only that, there's actually a privately owned airworthy AJS-37 in sweden that they could probably get access to if they needed it. :-) I know i'm late to the part but but concerning the different variants of the Viggen the AJ was the first one, the attack one. Most of the fleet was later uppgraded to AJS which was a halfwaypoint before the Gripen was in wide use in the swedish airforce. The AJS is the model that the Viggen was originaly intended to be, a multirole aircraft that could switch more or less seamlessly between attack, interceptor and reconnaissance modes, i read somewhere that in some aspects it was actually more advanced that the A/B variants of the Gripen. I found an old article that was written around the time that is was introduced, its unfoirtunately in swedish so most of you probably wont understand a word of it. :megalol: http://www.fht.nu/bilder/Flygvapnet/Flygvapennytt/fv_nytt_2_91_ajs_37_viggen.pdf As others have pointed out it had a thrust reverser and was designed to operate from runways only 500 meters in length, something few modern aircraft can claim to do. The thrust reverser would automatically engage when the nose wheel touched down and very quickly put the aircraft at a complete stop and could also be used to reverse te aircraft out of small roadside rearming bases. It was designed to use the swedish cold war era tactic of road bases were it would land on seemingly regular roads in the forests of sweden and refuel and rearm and then take of again. This tactic was developed because we more or less counted on the soviets to take out our regular air force bases within hours of a possible invasion. :P They often practiced this capability without the pilots knowing where they would be landing after the exercises. A swedish Road (more or less swedish cold war propaganda):megalol:

There's head movement due to G-forces? xD

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Well yes, of course a civilian airliner with the sole purpose of getting from point A-B as economically as possible will have more sophisticated systems tailored for this. :-)

So you're saying it could be done? ;) And the main reason for this doesn't really have anything to do with the landing it self, it's because taxing in zero visibility is still not possible. :-) It could land since it has ILS, but I'm sure it's not common. Even civilian aircraft who can land automatically in conditions like that can't do it if the pilot isn't trained to do it manually in the same conditions, (in case of systems failures etc). :-)

As stated above the instrumentation, navigation systems etc of the A-10 is, with some exceptions, quite old fashioned. Almost any Airliner will have more advanced navigation and autopilot systems installed. (Cat III basically means no decision height to abort landing and 700-150 feet of visibility.) Notice that they can barely see thew runway until the aircraft is less than 200 feet above the runway. :-) Most military fighters do not have this capability, they have tested it on the F-16 but i do not believe it is in operational use anywhere. A lot of the carrier based american aircraft have been equipped with ACLS (Auto Carrier Landing System), I think even the F-14 used it, but i'm unsure if it was ever used during weather conditions like this. :-) A snippet from wikipedia "The Automatic Carrier Landing System (ACLS) is similar to the ICLS, in that it displays "needles" that indicate aircraft position in relation to glideslope and final bearing. An approach utilizing this system is said to be a "Mode II" approach. Additionally, some aircraft are capable of "coupling" their autopilots to the glideslope/azimuth signals received via data link from the ship, allowing for a "hands-off" approach. If the pilot keeps the autopilot coupled until touchdown, this is referred to as a "Mode I" approach. If the pilot maintains a couple until the visual approach point (at 3/4 mile) this is referred to as a "Mode IA" approach." Hmm.. I think I got off course a bit there, might need to upgrade my navigation systems...

Not sure if this is posted in the correct subsection but here we go. When i try to create a fast mission the only thing that is spawned is my own aircraft and a flightpath with 2 waypoints. I have provided a screenshot of the settings i use when creating the mission and a screenshot of the generated mission in the editor. I'm running DCS world 1.2.8.