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Around 2-3 quarter 2007 would be more like it. Look how long Lockon took from Flanker 2.5. One thing though, will ED be getting a publisher for the LOMAC sucessor or will it be on-line only and through Naturalpoint and Simw like FC.

The Blk 52+ is too advanced to be modeled exactly, and since these F-16s use the APG-68V9 radars which are currently the most advanced ever fitted to the F-16 until the V-10 come out in a few years. Most of the radar performance and in particular it's SAR ground mapping modes are classified. The model ED want to do is the Blk 50/52D. These have fully HARM and HTS capability but cannot use JDAMs, WCMDs or JSOWs. And use the slightly older APG-68V5 radars which can be modeled more accurately.

If Fighterops can do it, I don't see why ED can't. Besides it would be good for on-line training missions. Nothing wrong with flying a two seater with the guy in the back doing nothing, is there? Plus the good thing about the F-16 is that you skinners can put the markings of up to 22 countries on them.

The Su-33 is heavier beacuse of the wing folding system and the beefed up landing gear. It carries around and extra 1,000kg of fuel aswell. The two extra hard points are nice to have but I don't miss them when flying the 27. In short the Su-27 accelerates faster, has a higher top speed and turns better than the Su-33. The canards in the Su-33 are passive not actively linked to the control system like the ones on the Su-30MKI/35, they just react to the flight conditions. They just help when flying at low speed on finals to the carrier and also reduce the takeoff run. The canards on the Su-30MKI/35 oppeate as a seperate control device like a tailplane or rudder and they are the one that help with turning ability along with the other advantages.

Thats the great thing with AMD and it's 939 socket. Get a standard singel core now and upgrade to dualcore when they are more widely supported. Either way current AMD dual cores are plenty quick enough right now. I would not be put off getting one.

Lockon uses a dual core like a single core processor. It will run faster as it is a faster processor but not as fast as if it used all the features of a dual core. F4:AF will take full advantage of a dual core processor however. Check the link for more info http://www.simhq.com/_technology/technology_042a.html Game need to be programmed with dual core optimisations built in when they are developed to used dual core or a patch could add support for it later.

Yes, it is modeled. It you are on the ground and shout down one engine, you have to use your rudder/nose wheel steering to keep it straight. In flight it is the same. If one engine goes and you go to AB in the other, you will notice it. But if you keep the power down to around 80% in the good engine it won't be too hard keeping it going straight. Even look at the the cockpit dials when you loose an engine. The best time to experiment with this is when you are on the ground so you have less of a chance from crashing if you go into a spin because of asymetric thrust and you can't start the other engine in time.

No. thats the manoeuvre. See that its over the grass and not the runway. Might has cooked a few rabbits that hang around the side of the runway. He probably hit the panic button that makes the fighter return to wings level flight in a slightly climbing attitude and 350kts. But I think he's going much faster than that.

The upgrade program is commonly referred to as a -220 equivalent kit, or “E-kit,” upgrade, meaning that the F100-PW-100 engine is brought up to the equivalent specification in thrust and reliability of a production model F100-PW-220 engine. In the upgrade process, the -100 engines are removed from the aircraft and overhauled at the U.S. Air Force’s depot at Tinker Air Force Base. During overhaul, the engines receive upgraded parts and components via an E-kit supplied by P&W, thus becoming the equivalent of a -220 production engine at less than half the cost of a new engine.

Your right the F110s are GE engines. I made a typing mistake, should have been F100-PW-132. This is the PW equivelent of the F110-GE-132 that is use in the Block 60 F-16s. That are rated at 32,500lbs. A recent study has show that the USAF will need to serve beyond 2014 and to achieve this it will need new engines as the current 220/Es will be well past their life span. And there are to more 220s being made. Some of those 220s that were made available are to be fitted to ANG F-15A/B MSIP models aswell. Most of the ANG fleet are still using the -100s and desperatly want the upgrades. Seeing as the first GE 132 was tested in a Block 50, it is possible to equip them in the F-15 in the future as the engine is able to fit in the engine mounting brackets. Along with possibly the 229s as said above. PW are still test their 132 engine so right now the 229 is the prime contender. Those F-15K are powerful beasts. They are the only GE powered production F-15s, they may be able to set new records for the F-15 if they are done without CFTs loaded.

As you already know no leading-edge maneuvering flaps are utilized in the F-15. Leading edge flaps were extensively analyzed in the design of the wing. This complication was avoided by the combination of low wing loading and fixed leading-edge camber that varies with spanwise position along the wing. Airfoil thickness ratios vary from 6 percent at the root to 3 percent at the tip. The link to the full article I found on this below is well worth a read. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-468/ch11-6.htm

The F-15 started life with the F100-PW-100 that were rated at 25,000lbs each. These engines suffered from reliability problems and the engine could suffer from power surges if the pilot became very active with the throttle in a dogfight. The new F100-PW-220Es have better reliability and offer higher performance in the ability for the pilot to perform throttle slams without worrying about a flame out. But as a down side is that these engines are slightly less powerful, rated in around the 23,000lbs bracket. The F100-PW-229s are rated at 29,000lbs each. They are the same as those fitted to the Block 52 F-16s. They are fitted to offset the extra weight of the F-15Es CFTs with extra fuel, LANTIRN system and the typically heavy bomb loads carried by them. The 229s will be fitted in future to the F-15C/Ds that are to remain in service till 2025. They may also get the new F110-PW-132s rated at 32,000lbs each. Flying an F-15C with two of those hogs will be happy days indeed. There is life left in the 30 year old design yet. I know figures vary from source to source but this backs up my figures. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-15-specs.htm Some source say the 220Es have a higher thrust rating while others say they are slightly less powerful to improve the reliability.

I have the exact same experience. I prefare AIM-7s to 120s. I don't mind holding lock until impact.

You must have altitude hold on. Press H to turn it off.

Very true, it's nothing better than an ARH AIM-7.

Would that involve much work? Time or skill wise.

I know that that. Thrust varies with altitude and ambient air temperature. High alt, low air density = less power. Low temps = gives more power. Thats why F-15Es with heavy weapon loads had to use afterburner to stay on the boom when refueling at high alt in OIF. Still nowhere near 30K but 23K is the standard manufacture advertised thrust rating for the PW 220Es.

Yeah, the great white hope. BVR combat was a hit or miss afair in the 80s, no pun intended.

Yep, the F-15A/B/C/D all have 23,450lbs per engine. The F-15E has 29K per engine.

I'd wait until Fighterops is released with it's intended dynamic campaign before I'd buy it. Then it will be worth paying for. I agree every successful title is good for the genre but it's going to have to be good game/sim to be successful, the hardcore sim community have some very high standards for new games to live up to.

The T/W ratios I used were for 13,420lbs internal fuel each which is the F-15s maximum. The Su-27 has what is called an internal auxillary fuel tank which is never filled unless it's going out on a very long range mission. The 11,620lbs is the standard full fuel load carried IRL. Seeing as the Su-27 had no drop tanks made for it. As far as I know they are now available for the Su-32/34 and the Su-35. The Su-27s pylons have to be plumbed for them which they not currently. Maybe standard in the SM upgrade plan. The Indian issue with the MiG-29 is valid and true, I'm not knocking that but consider that the MiG has been in service longer and it's pilots know it better than the relativly new Su-30. For example, when Iran took delivery of it's MiG-29s and used them against their F-14s in training, the F-14s beat them most of the time but that all changed when the pilots got used to fighting in their new MiG-29s. Could be a case of both.

Just wondering is anybody working on a correct AIM-120C model. The 120 in Lockon is the model of a A or B model 120. The C model has smaller rear fins.

I never ment to imply that the 120C-7/D was in development for LOMAC just IRL. The F-15 is finished except for bug fixes in LOMAC. The Su-27 IRL is usually loaded with 11,620lbs fuel for normal missions. For longer range missions its fully fueled, all 20,720lbs of it. But this enables it to fly further and when it gets to where the fight is it's down on fuel and able to dogfight well, where as a MiG-29A has just about enough fuel to defent it's own airbase. The MiG-29 is like the F-16 in the respect that it has it's full agility with full internal fuel and a max load of 6 AAMs a piece. A Su-27 with 13,420lbs of fuel thats a full F15 fuel load, weighs around 45,200lbs and has max thrust of 55,116lbs. Add in 4 R-73 and 4 R-27RE missiles that gives a weapon load weighing 2,360lbs. Combat weight of 50,980lbs. Su-27 combat T/W ratio 1.08:1. With the same fuel load as a fully internal fuel F-15. Bear in mind the Su-27 is usually only filled with 11,620lbs of fuel. It has been proven when Su-27s visited the US, that a fully fueled Su-27 can turn as well as the F-15C fully fueled. The F-15C weighs 41,560lbs with full internal fuel. It has a max thrust of 46,900lbs. Add 4 Sidewinders and 4 AIM-120s weighing a total of 2,128lbs. F-15 combat weight of 43,688lbs. F-15C combat T/W 1.07:1. Very slightly worse than the Su-27. But IRL both fighters are going to have used up a considerable amout of fuel by the time a dogfight starts.