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No it doesn't really make sense for it not to have one. However, of course firewalling the throttle will cause an instantaneous overboost, relief valves have a finite opening through which pressure can escape and therefor if enough boost is applied too quickly the system will need time to catch up. If overboosting does not occur with smooth application of the throttle, then it proves the system works. I will say that expecting to be able to just throw the throttle around on a 2800 horsepower radial engine is stupid. You really expect to not have to perform proper engine management throughout all regimes of flight? In a 1940's airplane? This isn't an F-16. In the Mustang for example, you must keep track of your engine/oil temperature, especially during a dogfight since you can get slow with high power resulting in increased oil temperature due to decreased airflow over the oil cooler. These planes will not manage or fly themselves for you...

I don't know whether it has one or not, but what happened to your engine that leads you to ask this question? I assume something happened that made you think it doesn't and that it should.

Hopefully it's sooner rather than later. Really looking forward to finally getting the new AI models they've been teasing especially the S-3.

What's not a thing about it? It is most definitely already working in DCS, I've had my bombs guided in by my friend before and had no issues. And I've guided his bombs too. Plus you can do it from JTAC ground or AFAC aircraft units too if you want an AI to lase for you.

It is an official image actually, Cobra posted it on the Discord today.

They've said last month it is still planned to release in 2023 along with thw A-6 AI model. Part of me wants them to just say a much later date than they currently think so that they can then release it "earlier" than expected. This way they could somewhat mitigate the reactions to missing deadlines yet again.

Thanks Flappie!

Would think this should warrant at least an acknowledgement from the ED team... The colors have been a problem since at least 2016(first post I could find on the subject) and the finish has been a problem since I bought the F-5 in 2021 and with no acknowledgement from the developers whatsoever, not even to say that it's been reported or they even know about it. Hopefully this gets fixed when ED eventually reworks the F-5. That being the case, I decided to just fix it myself. I haven't mastered making the "rough-looking" effect when painting with Gimp so you can tell where I covered stuff up but I think it's good enough to stand in while we wait for the necessary official fix. Here are the files if you want them. The install path is in the main directory: DCSWorld\Bazar\World\textures\AeroWeapons I would recommend unzipping Aeroweapons as sometimes when overwriting files in a zip it can affect the rest of the files and in DCS they usually turn black or have a black tinge to them. cbu-24.dds cbu-24_spec.dds

Exactly my reasoning. Especially for the AI A-6E since that's supposed to come this year with no talk at all about the KA-6 except that they plan to do it. I believe the F-100 and Skyraider we're getting can carry the pod too (or maybe it's a different pod, F-100 team has said they might do it in their Discord but the A-1H guys never responded) so I would have thought they'd want it ready ahead of time while they were overhauling the external model anyways. At least the S-3 can now refuel itself as I recall them showing the refueling probe along with the ASW boom is now modelled. I wonder what the reasoning is, surely fuel flow is already modelled and they just have to make the pod removable and program it to only perform the tanker role when the pod is loaded. I'm by no means a coder though so maybe it's some sort of limitation of DCS currently.

Excited to finally be getting the new AI models!! Was hoping they might have consolidated the S-3 into one plane with the buddy pod as a store option instead of having to have a separate tanker unit, but it seems that isn't the case. I wonder if they'll release the skin templates too, we didn't get one with the C-47 so, maybe not...?

Really hoping at minimum we get the new AI models.

Doubt it since it isn't tagged as reported and no dev responses. Seems to happen quite frequently with some of these bugs unfortunately...

Another screenshot from the Discord

I agree the VSN mod is no where near the level that Heatblur's F-4 will be but this is just objectively false. You can compare anything to anything else, comparisons do not have to be limited to whatever arbitrary categories you set. Here we have two simulated aircraft and two cars. Both items fit into broad categories and can in fact be compared. in fact you yourself just compared the corvette and fiat 500 by saying the Fiat is a better economy car while the Corvette is a better track car. That's a comparison.

The CBU-52B has a mirror finish to it. This is incorrect, it should be matte like all the other cluster bombs we have in DCS. The blue stripes on the nose should be yellow since this is not a training bomb. On the rear of the bomb it should say "CBU-52B/B" and not "CBU-24H/B" as it does currently. Here's what it should look like. And here's a CBU-58 since I couldn't find any real world pictures of the CBU-52 CBU-52 textures.trk

Well the L model was the last and most widely produced version and flew in both Europe and the Pacific starting in 1944. It was the primary USAAF fighter in the Pacific (https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196280/lockheed-p-38l-lightning/) during that timeframe but the P-51 had pretty much replaced it in Europe as the primary fighter aircraft. This is the version that FlyingIron has already made for MSFS according to their website so it is the most likely candidate in my opinion.

Why don't you look that stuff up? Never heard of a "photo bullet", I can give you a picture of a .50 cal round but not sure how that would help, lol. Also guncams don't always work properly or are loaded with film in the first place. This happened multiple times in WWII and even happened to the F-14 crew that killed the Mi-8 during the Gulf War so there may not even be guncam evidence. I found the marker with a quick Google search, if you want more like a military doc, wingman testimony, or whatever please do your own research. This thread is supposed to be about a female pilot model for the La-7, not arguing the historical accuracy of MiG kill claims during the Korea War anyways so maybe this discussion should be ended with an agreement to disagree.

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=40422 From the historical marker in his hometown: In Korea, Ken was the first man to shoot down a Russian Mig jet with an obsolete P-51 fighter.

So the current way it's simulated is innaccurate. The only people that will know the difference will be the people who actually flew the missions or operated the radars and since they won't be telling us what's modelled right or wrong, who's to say we can't make a more accurate simulation of the EW environment by guessing? In my opinion it would be better than nothing since what we currently have isn't great. Why shouldn't ED or whoever else attempt to actually simulate jamming or other parts of the EW environment that could enhance gameplay in a more realistic way? If they can't get the information, and we can't get the information, how will we know that what is produced is completely inaccurate and wrong? The answer is we won't know because we can't know. I'd much rather have them attempt to make it more realistic than just leave it as is.

You can also see the gun port shroud/bulge in the 3d render and it's been stated to have the gun, so I don't see why it matters that the last operated Starfighters didn't use a gun since the one we are getting will.

You specifically called out Italian and Turkish DCS fans in your post, what was I supposed to think? As full fidelity modules? Do tell. Uh, yeah it's called being a company and making the products that they want to. They don't have to pander to whiny people on the internet. I'd like an F-104C to fly around but I'm not complaining about them not making it because we don't always get what we want and crying about it won't solve anything. Same...?

Nothing wrong with stating your own opinion. I wasn't saying whether the gun is good or bad, just that some people would prefer it because they would like an earlier version. Did you ever stop to think that I and others might actually be interested in simulating Vietnam? And therefore would be more interested in earlier versions of those airplanes that served during that time such as the early F-104, F-4, F-5, F-8, A-7, MiG-21, etc.? That's the same reasoning to you wanting an F-104S because your country used it, not "ignoring 30 years of history". Just simulating a different part of it. It's also the same reason Aerges is likely to make a Spanish Air Force F-104G. They are a Spanish company and want to bring their country's version of aircraft to DCS. So what? You asked how people would cope with not having a gun on their F-4. I responded by saying exactly what they will do. They will mount gunpods if they want a gun, it really is as simple as that because DCS is a game and historical realism is in the hands of the mission makers.

They'll strap gunpods to them, operationally realistic or not. Some people prefer the earlier versions of the F-104 like the A and C versus the newer versions. This also plays a big part in wanting a gun because those versions had them. How many F-104's didn't have the gun? Just the two-seater and S versions from what I'm reading, so why get mad at the people who would like the variant we get (which is already confirmed to have the M61 per the announcement making this argument pointless) to have a gun?

Can't the G carry up to four sidewinders with two on the wingtips and then a dual rack under the fuselage? The announcement clearly says it only gets 2 sidewinders so did the Spanish G not get the belly launcher rack?

In what way is that a G and not the E we are getting? We've only seen the front seat, which I would think would be similar between the two anyways with most of the differences being in the rear cockpit.