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    Helmets

    在 DCS: F-4E Phantom

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    Congratulations to Heatblur !

    One minor thing out of the category: First World Problems:

     

    How can I customise the pilot and the helmet.

    DId not find the german HGU 55/G helmet.


    Where can I find that or is it gonna be rolled out later?

     

     

     

    Phantom Noses

    在 DCS: F-4E Phantom

    发布于

    Am 12.3.2024 um 15:03 schrieb Omega417:

    Not a lot of love for the long nose RF-4 Variants in here.

    My old man liked it for some comfort reasons.

    No need for a travel pod, because you were able to stuff all your luggage inside the compartments there.....

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    Any information yet on planned version ?

    在 DCS: F-104

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    Am 26.8.2023 um 12:55 schrieb 303_Kermit:

    J is best performing F-104. its last pure "air superiority" variant of F-104. I know S had better engine, but it's also very heavy. And for F-104 it's actually a big issue...

     

     

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    According to my old mans logbooks, he once reached with an F-104F in ISA - condition 35000 fts in 01:32 minutes.

    This thing was considered a hot rod.

    With the G-engine in the D- airframe, it performed nearly as good as the Dash-19 A.

    AERGES announces the F-104

    在 DCS: F-104

    发布于 · 本帖最后于，由The-Dude编辑

    vor einer Stunde schrieb bies:

    Later "beefed up version of the A" was the best performer among all - it has lightweight lowest drag "A" airframe and more powerfull engine. They were built for pure air superiority. This one would be great.

     It all comes down to the matter of taste.

    My old man transitioned from the F84 to that bird and later became an IP on it. In service he flew the F, the G and the TF- 104 G with a couple of hundred hours on it. And his IPs all said that the G was flying much better than the A, despite the fact, that it was heavier. 

    Better radar, an Litton LN-3  INS and the Mergenthaler bombing computer was not that bad either, despite beeing replaced by the dual Lear Timers later on.

    Ground Mapping was first class for those days and the same like in the 105.

    And the As with the big engine were in service for over 2 years only. Only aircraft frome one particularf  unit, the 319 FIS ( 26 airframes) only those received the Dash 19 engine.

     

    vor 27 Minuten schrieb bies:

    It was even more complicated: originally Kelly Johnson designed F-104 as air superiority fighter to defeat MiGs in air combat. He personally contacted Korean war US fighter pilots to know what was, in practice, the most important factors in air combat. Their conclusion was more or less: speed, acceleration, climb rate, zoom climb, ceiling, gun. Thus he created a fighter which overperformed every existing aircraft in this parameters, armed with newly designed powerfull Vulcan gun.

    Not entirely accurate. 

    It was to replace the F 100 in TAC, initially.  Due to long testing and construction, the Tactical Air Commandf lost it´s interest in the A. This was due to poor endurance and the lack of stores to hang on.

    Therefore  all the A- Versions were going to the ADC. Acting als Stand In until the F 106 would be operational.

    The ADC chose the A due to its superb climbing abilities. But Sidewinder only and the gun was reducing this bird to nice weather only. And the low range was the main problem for the A.

     

    There are many reasons the USAF has´nt bought the A in large quantities.

    The C Version was the second try to sell this bird to TAC. Originally 440 were projected, but only 77 deliverd and the rest was cancelled.

     

     

     

     

    vor 17 Minuten schrieb splash:

    I'm more than happy! Aerges has proposed to develop all the planes of the Spanish Air Force and it is going to achieve it.

     

    Then it would be the G......

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    AERGES announces the F-104

    在 DCS: F-104

    发布于 · 本帖最后于，由The-Dude编辑

    Reading the article in the news, it looks like it is the late, beefed up version of the A.

     

    Day Fighter only.....and not the G. Which is a little bit unfortunate, IMHO


    We will see, after the Q&A will come out and more details

    The WIng - F15 at Bitburg in the 80ies

    在 Military and Aviation

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    Am 20.4.2023 um 19:47 schrieb Jeb:

    I fley into bitburg and ramstein all the time, 1983-1986, loved trying to get gunned buy the 15`s and 16`s that flew out of their. they just wish they could match our turn radius in the hawk. the would try then zoom off a few miles to get us on another pass 

    So you were based at Stuttgart AAF?

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