howie87

I'm on a 2500K @ 4.0 GHz with 8GB of ram with a a GTX 770 and am getting pretty bad stuttering even at 1440x900 resolution and with a high 'reported' frame rate in game. It isn't smooth though. Worst in the MiG-21.

Weirdly I get stuttering too after the update. FPS counter says 80-90 FPS but it feels like 15 FPS for a reason I can't explain. It just doesn't make any sense but looks awful.

Yeah, I had the same thing happen after updating to the latest beta. Wrong forum though. The MiG-21 is by Leatherneck, not Belsimtek.

The US F-5E will be a great aggressor aircraft for the NTTR. In the 2009 Training and Readiness Unit Requirements Manual it says: "All Weather Intercept (AWl) Stage. Purpose - The AWl stage is to develop the PUI's skills in the use of the APQ-159 RADAR system to find other FW aircraft that are beyond visual range (BVR)" So even as recently as that the same aircraft and radar was being used for adversary training. I don't really care about firing mavericks if the real life variant of the airframe they are modeling can't.

I can't really see what is wrong with the picture in that link to be honest. In the one I posted it's pretty obvious though.

I like the look of the flap systm for the F-5. A three way toggle on the left of the throttle for UP/THUMBSWITCH/DOWN (where the up and down positions override the thumbswitch and the middle position transfers control to it) and a thumbswitch on the throttle body for UP/CRUISE/MANOEUVRE modes.

Judging from the inclusion of the RWR and some of the features seen on the external model ('shark' nose and enlarged leading edge extensions) I think we're talking about a very late F-5E. I'm guessing we'll see something similar to the Swiss Air Force variant but minus the radar upgrade to the Emerson APG-69 probably. I doubt we'll get a radar with air to ground modes or look down capability, although I would love to see it happen!

Just bumping this as no response yet. Definitely a bug and looks worse in video than screenshots.

Picture says it all.

I'd love to see functional air-to-air Tacan like in the A-10C. Not sure if the F-5E was capable of this though.

I don't understand all this talk of fairness. There's a whole bunch of aircraft I'd love to see in DCS and 'balance' doesn't come into it. I'd snap your arm off for a western multirole aircraft without any Russian equivalent being available. I'm sure most of the people who talk about 'balance' really just have a preference for a different aircraft and if everyone was suggesting their preferred airframe be modelled, you wouldn't hear them saying "Oh no... We can't have that wihout X, Y, or Z"

This really should have been a poll...

OK, the Thud and an F-4 then... Oh man that would be perfect. Throw in the SA-2 SAM and a Vietnam map and I would throw money at you until I was broke.

Ooops, I stand corrected! The damage model seems to be the issue here then.

The MiG-21 will get its rival in the form of the F-5E by Belsimtek. I'm about 95% sure we'll get a Viggen from Leatherneck from all the hints so far. As for the other aircraft, I have no idea. I'd love to see another fast jet but I'm expecting a warbird of some kind. Probably the Corsair or Hellcat. If it was up to me, I'd love to see an F-105. The Thud was a mighty beast of an aircraft.

You can use this chart to give you some idea. By my calculations, carrying 8x FAB 100 bombs at 500m AMSL 450L would give you closer to 10 minutes of flight time at the MiG's max endurance speed of 480km/h ;) In a clean jet you'd get around 14 minutes. 12 sounds about right as a ballpark figure. 480km/h indicated is the max endurance speed for the MiG-21 at all altitudes. http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2154839&postcount=16

Hmm... I deployed it low level at about Mach 1.1 yesterday in full afterburner and didn't notice any reduction in top end speed. Try at Max speed and see if it slows you down?

Ok thanks.

The landing gear can be deployed at any speed in 1.5 without breaking or causing drag.

Dynamic multiplayer campaign in 4th gen fighters with better ATC and new maps please! I'm not asking for much really...

So excited for this one. Beautiful aircraft and perfect opponent to the MiG-21, not to mention a great addition to the NTTR for dissimilar aircraft training. Day one purchase from me. DCS is finally starting to move in a direction that I'm looking forward to.

I see this on the tail...

Anyone else see this on the loadout view? (I don't have the 109 module installed at the moment) I also see the same image on the tail of the MiG-21 here http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2512943&postcount=37

When in F6 view on a missile or F2 view on a supersonic aircraft, the sound chops and glitches when the viewpoint is within the shock cone. The shock cone doesn't seem to narrow as object move faster in the way that it used to before 1.5 either.

Confirmed. It's the 'mute' light that's the issue. As previously said, it doesn't have an offset texture. Has been this way since the MiG was released.