karasawa

Well pepin1234 thinks that AIM7 and AIM120 are so effective because of the "balance gameplay" thing?

Last, but not least, another observation: pepin1234 told us that the F117 was shot down by a MIG29 with close range missile, not by mid-ranged A2A missiles, not by surface 2 air missiles, which means: The F117 is still invisible to Yougoslavian radar, right?

Could you please, but seriously, give us a HUD footage? And another observation: There was only one F117 lost in combat. Given that F117 perform the most dangerous missions, it's hard to believe your claim that F117 was always visible to Yougoslavian military.

OK. Show us your CV to prove that you are not 16 years old, man

Yes, and the Ruskis got toasted for most of the time.:lol:

If any of you is searching for a HUD photo which shows a F-15 gets locked by a Su-27, I have one and I can upload it tonight. http://s18.postimage.org/tpya2h65z/Su27_locked_on_F15.jpg But it was not a real dog fight, since the eagle was carrying 3 fuel tanks. It was more of a joke during a scheduled formation flight. A flanker locked a eagle from the rear and the eagle tried to get rid of the tailing flanker but failed, because of the heavy payload. JASDF used to have numerous conflicts against China's airforce. A magazine showed a China's Flanker (From google I was gathering that it's also known as J-12 because Chinese has made some modification), which was maneuvering aggresively against a JASDF eagle, but finally got owned. The translation is as follows: I was flying calmly as usual, so I didn’t expect that when we met, he was moving offensively. I still had one fuel tank under my fuselage and won't drop it, so I set the engine to maximum thrust to turn and climb abruptly. He tried to follow, but he failed because he lost too much speed, so he descended to accelerate. I could read this from my HUD. http://s7.postimage.org/uo8lbal49/JASDF_01.png Ok, one fight alone does not prove much since this might be a special case. China's modification on J-12 may have made the flanker heavier, thus less maneuverable.

Sorry, man, this was the Falcon downed by ground fire, not by migs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orv8-siraJM

I do believe he will give many excuses for not finding any HUD footage

Anyone need the dogfight footage?

There is a senior F-16 pilot on f-16.net who used to an exchange pilot in other countries and has over 500 hours in Mig-29. He has also acquired a master degree in aerospace engineering after retirement. According to his papers, F-16 block 40/50/52s has a significant sustained turn rate and roll rate advantage, coupled with less energy bleeding rate in high G turn. Mig29 has very few chance without the Helmet Mounted Sighted R-73. In a gun fight the F-16 could outturn and outpower the Mig in almost every situation.

Well, could Yougoslavian airforce show a single F-16 wreckage to public? As far as I know, the Mig29 of Nebojsa Nikolic was shot down by a Dutch F-16 on 6 Apr 1999 and the photo of its wreckage is shown on numerous journals:megalol:

I believe the Su26 is more agile that the Su29:lol:

Well, any source? It sounds to me a good story. If a F-16 was shot down, then the Mig must have the hud footage right? We all know that the hud footage of a downed MIG-29 (killed by a F-16 in the no fly zone) in 27 Dec 1992 was opened to public :D

In youtube just search "A-10 vs" and you got tons of results:)

How is the flight model changed? (From FC2 to FC3)

F-15C in FC3 is way too powerful...it sustains excellent energy performance.

Su-25T has a higher thrust/weight ratio, but I do feel that A-10 has a higher rate of turn, both sustained and instantaneous. Some videos on youtube shows that a A-10, if properly handled, can beat a fighter jet in dogfight, and that happens in real life. Is it a problem of aerodynamic model or Su-25 is underrated?

Does ED has the plan to make a F-16CJ sim? Well, I know there is already Falcon 4.0 series, which is an awesome game. But I do believe ED could make something better. ED implemented a top-end aerodynamic model, which is better than that of Micropose (No offensive, that was an impressive model of its time). And there is already an AI F-16, all ED has to do is to make it flyable, right?