Zeus67

Folks, this one might be something you may like, please post some suggestions for AV-8B Night Attack liveries, pics only and a short description if possible. I can´t guarantee yours will be included, but some will make the cut to the final product, thanks for your input. Remember that the aircraft in the images must be the Night Attack version, not the Plus nor the Day Attack. Check these images if you have any problem identifying them: Night Attack (This is the one we want): PLUS: Day Attack:

We know. We are very much aware that DCS pilots are members of the "Hold my beer, I got this." club. You guys do things that real stunt pilots won't dare, ever!

Folks, please understand that we cannot give a specific release schedule. ED is complete control of the release schedule for all mods. All I can say is that Early Access will be out by Q3.

As soon as it is ready, I'll make a CCRP video.

The problem are the differences between the two cameras. The RL camera is using a wide type of lens, while the DCS in-game view camera is using a narrow type. I can assure you that all cockpit elements have their true dimensions.

In due time.

Folks, I understand Gedeon's feelings but I won't let any hot discussion either derail the thread or start a flame war.

AUTO (CCRP) Mode is now functional.

The tl;dr version: The mission computer uses ARBS generated LOS rates, aircraft altitude and airspeed to calculate target range. It can be used in CCIP mode.

The only good thing about Top Gun is watching F-14s fly.

The book is 1000% better.

This is the cockpit that will be modelled: Avionics wise, the A-29B Super Tucano is a turboprop F-16 Block 52 without radar.

Current exterior model:

Yes.

ED and us agreed that it was time for the AV-8B N/A to have its own subforum.

At this time it is in the modelling phase. Exterior model first then cockpit. As you can see from the images both the exterior and the cockpit are different from the Tucano. Specially the cockpit. The modeller does post images of the new model from time to time to our FB page. I'll repots them later here.

Folks if we started talking about all the aircraft we want to develop for DCS, we will never end. We will talk about the A-7, A-6 and other aircrafts in due time.

We can't talk about schedules and deadlines. Sorry.

Yes, but don't worry the aircraft is being developed as we speak.

Here is the video of the first bomb run test (CCIP mode):

We don't expect any.

This does not seem to be a M-2000C bug, unless you are using a modified HUD symbols texture.

Unfortunately, like many other things in DCS, fuzes are quite simple. There are a couple of parameters that can be handled by a developer, 2 for normal bombs and like 5 for cluster bombs, but still they are quite simple. As for nose/tail fuzes, in real life they do have an impact because the few milliseconds in detonation delay due to using either noze or tail indicate how deep the bomb dig into the ground/target. But in a simulation they are one and the same, for all intent and purpose the explosion is instantaneous. That is why we had to use unrealistic delay periods of 4 seconds in the M-2000C (The FW-190 uses 8 seconds delay) when using time delayed fuzes. So you can see the bomb hit and a couple seconds later explode. But for DCS it is irrelevant since it cannot detect how deep the bomb digs into the target. It can only detect bomb collision with target and act accordingly. ED does have plans to include penetration control into their collision model but we don't know its status.

Gauge upgrades:

I wish I had better news, but I've spent the entire week struggling with the Armament Control Panel (ACP). This deceptively simple instrument is quite complex. It is the heart of the AV-8B N/A Air-to-Ground capabilities. It controls delivery modes, fuzing (for bombs), launch/release priority, jettison mode and of course it has a manual mode as well. For starters: The AV-8B (D/A, N/A and Plus) have 5 different delivery modes:1 for AGMs, 2 Computed modes for AG weapons, including guns and rockets and 2 manual modes, one of which is a user controlled depressed sight the other is a standard iron sight. There are 24 fuzing options based on selected weapon. And then you have the basics: release quantity, multiplier and release interval (in feet, this is an American aircraft after all and everybody knows that America doesn't favor the metric system :) ). There are four jettison modes. It also has 4 different sensors to select in order to get the ballistic computations required for hitting the target with dumb iron bombs. Like the A-10C it has a built-in laser spot detector that will lock the system to the selected target, enabling you to deliver plain old dumb bombs to service it. And I am not even touching the LITENING Pod yet. Quite a difference from the M-2000C, which is an interceptor with secondary AG capabilities and the AV-8B N/A, which is an attack aircraft with secondary AA capabilities. So I'm working a week in this thing and yet I'm not getting to the point where I release bombs. Sigh! Well, I'll keep toiling to get there. I'll make a video as soon as bomb release is operational.