Sceptre

Happy birthday Canada, from New Zealand :drink: :gun_smilie: :holiday: :drink: :smilewink:

This reminds me of that Flanker mission in LOMAC where it puts your and your wingman against 8 F-16 block 52s, and expects you to kill them all and still have enough ammo to kill a bunch of A-10s, while avoiding a patriot SAM site. I thought this was normal for the flanker for a while and that I was a terrible fighter pilot. Don't expect to be able to kill waves of Russians in your A-10A, remember it is an old plane and not designed to fly through heavy hostile AA environments and near enemy fighters. Best way to test your skill realistically in FC3 is probably multiplayer or user made missions. Some of the more recent official campaigns approved for the sim by ED (Huey and Mi-8) are really good, and don't expect you to do a bunch of stuff that real pilots wouldn't do.

I think ED's goal is to have a setup like they do with the Su-25A, F-15C and A-10A with the rest of the FC3 planes. Give them all AFM and 6DoF pits and sell them as standalone medium fidelity modules.

FC2 and blackshark 1 are the same as our current versions, except the older ones are standalone games and donot work in dcs world. Also, the graphics of FC2 and bs1 are outdated.

Because you don't get more bad ass than Cold War Russian tech.

my favourite IL-2 mod! But no way am I flying this over DCS: Sabre :joystick:

Very interesting post, thank you. I've always thought that Russian technology is under rated, and that it's simple but very effective :)

I hope EDGE supports realistic canopy scratches :D

USA was spending 11 million dollars per day in the Vietnam war, I shudder to think what it is now.

I read somewhere that the AIM-9B will be available, but don't quote me on that. I'll see if I can find the post.

All the modules have at least an advanced flight model, with the exception of the Fulcrum and the Flankers. When you cycle through, for example, bomb intervals in the Su-25A, you can see the switches move, but I think the Grach is the only plane that has this feature. The other planes tell you in the HUD. IMO the planes are definitley worth getting, because if you buy FC3 now, you get the F-15C in its full PFM glory, and the Flanker will soon have that and you will be able to upgrade for free. Also the non clickables are excellent if you just want to move mud in a CAS jet without going through a lengthy startup and tutorials. The A-10A don't forget, is much older avionics wise and does not have the ability to drop PGMs such as the Charlie Warthog, so it's really easy to learn to use. From your post you said that your favourite DCS aircraft are the modern ASM/PFM and I agree with you entirely, these are my favourite too. But as an owner of all things with the name "DCS," you should definitely give FC3 a shot. If it's not your cup of tea, it will be a blast when EDGE/Nevada comes out and the Su-27 gets its long awaited PFM :)

yes

The GAU-8 fires 70 rounds per second.... does anyone know how much 1 30mm DU shell costs?

I always use manual Countermeasures, with 4 chaff and 2 flares every 0.25 seconds, and set it to fire 4 or 5 times. Works like a charm, and I rarely get show down by missiles with this on. Also, it's make another program so slowly dispense chaff when being spiked by an EWR or getting locked up from long range.

Are they going to do the same with the Flanker when the new flight model is released?

I'd rather have a MiG-27..... the Su-22 looks almost identical to the MiG-21.

Awesome, looking forward to it!

Is it PFM or AFM that we get in the Flanker? I can totally understand the amount of dev time in that case, PFM is leaps and bounds ahead of AFM.

That would make sense, 30 minutes sounds about right to breathe in all the oxygen that's in the canopy from when you closed it on the ground.

If you get the jump on a player, it doesn't matter what they're in because they will be dead.

I'd rather wait to play the missions that read the manual first anyway

Yeah I meant towards the pilot. Yes, the animation is correct.

Always, if taxiing left, the left pedal is depressed, the right pedal comes forward, and vice versa.

MP-5. Enough said. And don't forget that Germany had ICBMs (V2) over 70 years ago. And I believe that Germany lost because purely because of Hitler. He did things like take Stalingrad, only because it had Stalin's name in it. It had no strategic advantage whatsoever and his Generals even told him this.

lol