Paradox

June doesn't end until Monday. Optimism. Yes. Optimism.

F-16A if you're an optimist.

My anticipation is really building now. Starting to get tetchy.

Any chance of seeing that manual?

I'm going to continue to express my hope for an F-105D and maybe one day it'll be fulfilled.

It's the earliest date you can estimate if you take Dolphin's timeframe figures as what's going to happen. It might well be later than that.

I doubt many would bother.

I don't think anyone would complain about that. Still think the F-8 would be more interesting as an opponent (assuming that we can't have a multi-seat F-4) but the Lightning would be a more interesting flyable plane.

Well by most accounts the F-86 isn't the most docile of aircraft in its flight characteristics. The complexity of the systems obviously will be less but the flying of the thing might prove an unexpected challenge.

I like this one too.

Yeah those curves might help a lot, easy access to the rudder trim control might help as well. I hope you're interested in the Hawk because the p-factor on jets is much less of a factor (I'm sure you realise that but it's fun to point out that jet engines do have a trace torque factor to think about) and it will be great for its neutral flying characteristics and its great demonstration of exactly what rudder control will do to an aircraft. It should be a very good light attack aircraft as well.

I perfectly agree with everything you just said, precise control with the rudder is very important as anyone who's tried to strafe an Ural or something with a P-51 knows. I feel that precise rudder control is difficult to achieve with a twist stick. I suppose my point is that an aircraft with a large degree of P-factor will be more difficult to precisely control at least in the yaw axis than an aircraft with a small degree of P-factor. I don't actually know if that's true but my reading on the Griffon engined spitfires appears to support my assumption. Your point about changes in airspeed being more important than counter-acting P-factor is well taken, I think you're completely right.

I'm afraid that rudder controls are kind of part and parcel of controlling such a light aircraft with such massive torque at one end. Perhaps VEAO's P-40 since it has a slightly lower power engine than the others perhaps resulting in less p-factor? I've heard that 109s have empennages that are designed to counter some of the p-factor but I think that's only so you don't have to trim for takeoff and then retrim for normal flight.

Eagle Dynamics have picked up this project at vast cost to themselves. I have a little bit of experience in the logistics of printing and shipping things like t-shirts and physical goods to a group of people located all around the planet. It's really expensive... I appreciate that something has been promised and people want the things they paid for but I would rather that ED didn't have to pick up quite so much slack. However I didn't choose a tier with physical rewards so my opinion should be worth less than someone that did since they would have more interest than me. It's probably a tough situation really and I hope it can be resolved to everyone's satisfaction.

Once the funding period ends all pledged money goes to the recipient, what gets done with that money is up to the recipient.

I now feel much more that the project is in trustworthy and competent hands. Thanks Wags.

looooooool

I love the MiG-21 Bison but I don't expect anyone will make it

You're right, this post is much more valuable.

Champion of the people Sithspawn might be able to direct our concerns to something resembling the proper channels but I don't think we'll ever get a direct response out of Ilya.

Done! No problem at all

How would you aim a conventional bomb with the Sabre?

Yeah if it has sidewinder support that makes it very interesting for me. Maybe enough to make it a day 1 purchase. It would make it a very interesting opponent for the Hawk as well.

Can you link the one you mean? I'm not sure if I see it.

Try harder mate.