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It's looking great =Katze=! Best wishes for a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year!!

C'mon Fellas, it's not like this is a very difficult question to answer and it's not going to influence my decision to purchase the Tomcat since I already have it. I'm just wondering about how much longer it will be before we see the rest of the carriers in the Forrestal class.

Yeah, ED needs to figure out how to instill fear into the AI gunners LOL!!

Thanks for the heads up.

Can you clarify your intentions regarding the F-4J? Will it come to those of us that have purchased the F-4E or will it come as a completely new module that needs to be purchased separately?

Hey there HB, I just recently saw a video by an influencer of your Tomcat release for another platform and noticed that he mentioned there were 4 other Forrestal class CV's included in that release. What are the chances of us seeing them in the world of DCS anytime soon??

I could not agree more with rkk01's request for a map of the Solomon Islands. This would be the mission builder's dream map for early to mid Pacific war battles!!

Yes, of course I was

Awesome job with the Bonny Dick and the Maddox!!

As I understand it, M3 is working on an AI Zeke, not ED.

I seem to recall my Dad telling me that the deck edge lights that define the landing area were what he called, "dustpan lights" which could only be seen from astern.

It wouldn't be necessary since the tanker knows which type is calling. Try this easy experiment; get in a mission with both a straight -135 and an MPRS, regardless of what type you are flying - an air force or navy a/c - and give one of the tankers a call for "rejoin". If you are in a probe and drogue type, the Boomer (straight KC-135) won't answer you and if you are in an Air Force type, he'll give you a call back. And obviously, if the tanker is an MPRS, IL-78 or S-3 Viking, they won't respond if you are in an Air Force type a/c but will if you are flying something with a probe on it. So, the tanker is programed to know what type of a/c is calling for fuel. Likewise, they would know which type it is when you call "ready pre-contact" and could either reel out a basket or 'lower the boom' so to speak

Hey, I didn't even realize that they weren't the M3 Corsair for DCS. I just figured that the picture was a little distorted. Not a jab at the Cuesta Bros at all!

The Ham Standard prop hub seems a bit elongated and conical looking and the front windscreen looks a little too slanted. Maybe a result of the screen grab?

"I'm On The Hook"........be careful there lad. This FIS-Donny is the mother of all pushers and before you know what's hit you, you'll be more "on the hook" than you bargained for!! No worries though, he's good for a hit about once a month.

Thanks Warlord. I am aware of the mod but just hoping to accomplish this with stock a/c.

Thanks for the fix Danny! This will last quite a long time

Beautiful!!

Great update!! Thanks. I wonder if you could comment on whether or not M3 has addressed the bounce caused by the landing gear shock absorbers during carrier traps? It seems to me that most of the current WWII prop planes in DCS have a fairly consistent tendency to bounce quite a lot if there is the slightest bit of lift remaining or the vertical speed is a few fps higher than required. This was one of the problems that had to be solved before the US Navy allowed the Corsair to be stationed aboard its carriers. Have you looked into this?

But how certain are you that this is the way it has to be? I am willing to bet that ED could easily make it so that a KC-10 or KC-135MPRS would be able to service either Probe and drogue or boom/receiver aircraft depending on who is requesting the fuel. It's just not a priority at the moment. Hopefully some day they will get one of those little 'round to its' and make it happen.

For me, I would wish for a more user-friendly Mission Editor. As much as I would love to have more toys to play with such as map of Korea, and a bunch of Korean War era planes to fly, an improved ME is, by far, the most significant thing I can think of to ask for. In particular, the ability to zoom into a 3D environment when placing objects onto the map. That one feature alone would save any serious mission builder HOURS and HOURS of tedium in their quest to churn out worthwhile entertainment for the rest of us!! Improvements to the mission builder's ability to shape the weather environment we fly in, specifically to get away from a totally homogenous condition of wind, clouds, precipitation, etc. I could go on and on but I think that ED has the gist of what I'm getting at.

+1000! This doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to manage since the tanker obviously knows which type of a/c is calling for gas.

I heartily agree with this request but would preface it with a repeat of my earlier request for more tanker callsigns if/when (or preferably before) any of these planes are added.

Back to the deck handling qualities of this A-4C MOD, it is true that the Navy had a "J" bar available to help maneuver the Scooter around when necessary whether they used it or not, but the bottom line here is that the brake effectiveness in the model is not sufficient to allow a normally competent sim pilot to maneuver the Scooter where he wants it to go while on the flight deck with a nominal wind of around 30+ knots blowing over it. This is one of the more annoying aspects of the Scooter that makes me not fly it as much as I'd like to. Otherwise, for the most part, it is a lot of fun to fly!