PhantomHans

What are the Zonar M70 variant of the HEAT rockets used for? Obviously the HEAT warheads are better for tanks, the HE-Frag for soft stuff, but the only reference I can find to Zonar seems to be that it's a proximity fuse. So why is it on a HEAT warhead rocket? Is this to get the correct standoff for the charge to form and penetrate better or am I misunderstanding the Viggen weapons?

I have been doing the tutorial for IR Mavericks. Everything works fine if I ONLY approach the target from the direction of my initial launch. If I try approaching from ANY other direction, the IR Mavs act as if the keys to slew the seeker are backwards and will not lock targets. I have tried changing master mode selecting and unselecting missiles etc but nothing fixes it. Any suggestions?

Pretty much. Tomcat 21 would have been sweeeeet.

Dooo it! do it do it do it do it! VF-84 skins look snappy on an F-14B. Just pretend it's part of an alternate DCS reality where the Navy did the right thing and upgraded them all.

Plus one for this. Would help with cold war scenarios too.

What did you do here?

Should it revert back to that? Also I should start tracking how many Gs I'm actually pulling. I probably rarely get close to 20 if ever.

I think I saw video of an older guy talking about this but dont recall his name, but iirc he was a Grumman test pilot. It makes me think that our HB F-14 may actually have too LOW of a symmetrical G limit before breaking!

Whats the source for those diagrams? Very interesting post BTW

Reminds me of the joy of model building...No matter what color you paint it someone will be certain that you're wrong!

I think that yes, you are basically correct, if you had a responsive engine you don't need the brakes...But the question is, HOW responsive is responsive enough? IIRC even with the F-14B brakes out was the standard.

Several years later I still have this problem with spikes.

Anyone else find that the A model can frequently takeoff without burners? I know it was SOP for the As to use burner for every launch but when lightly loaded (4x AIM-9, 4x AIM-7, full fuel, and tanks) they seem, in DCS, quite capable of doing without it and I'm a little surprised by that.

The DLC really is "lift on demand". The drag isn't a problem at all. In fact I think you're even supposed to have the speed brake extended during landing to get more drag! It really helps keep the throttles much more responsive. Speaking of DLC, I have a question. Was that a feature from the start or added later?

I'd be all on board with this, or doing an F-4G that was 'front seat only'. I accept that at some point we're going to have to abstract or guess at things that simply can't be known. Just be honest that you're doing it and don't lie and pretend you arent.