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Deliberately not reading the thread first - so I'm repeating 20 people, I'm sure :P Ka-50 for combat operations, and anti-armor missions - hands down. Mi-8 for "Oh my god, I just figured out how THAT worked!" moments: she's a challenge, complex to figure out, and really rewarding to fly well. Huey seems to be the most out-and-out fun to fly, and my inner 7-year-old loves to drop that pilot gun-sight down, spin up the mini-guns, and hose down truck columns at high speed aiming only with the helicopter :megalol:

I don't know ... sure, they just sit there aren't aren't that maneuverable, but they've got guns that can shred your plane poking out all over the place :) It's just a different kind of air combat challenge, just like siege warfare is totally different from armor tactics. IMHO - the big bombers of the era were beautiful aircraft in their own way, and I haven't seen anyone try and do a high fidelity modern simulation on any platform. I'd buy one.

What cockpit does this mod use for the L-39?

A must? No. Unbelievably useful? Yes. It's kind of like owning a car in a major city. Do you absolutely need one? Nope - you can actually do everything just using public transit. It's just 20x harder. Same with TrackIR (or any other head tracking system) and DCS. The only thing that could make me give up TrackIR is a version of the Oculus Rift that was good enough to read instruments and spot targets.

For that matter, there's a Mirage F1 for FSX http://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/2616/fsx-mirage-f1-package/ Still don't think it's the same :)

As much as I'd like an F-104 (and I'd really really really like one), Maj_Death raises some good points about "fit". I'd say that if I can't have an F-104, I'd like an F-5 (and I agree with A or E - ideally I'd like the CF-116 variant, but that's not happening :P). However, there's something in the wind that indicates that someone may already by working on an F-5, so - unless that mysterious someone doesn't actually exist, or it's really AvioDev - it might not be a good choice for AvioDev.

Great video. Anyone can run their gameplay through a capture card and slap it on YouTube - but there have been some really good videos of the C-101 that show some thought, cinematography, and real talent - including this one. Well done.

Well - for all of us F-104 enthusiasts - if it doesn't ever happen in DCS, there's always this for the low, low price of $USD 30,000. http://www.flyastarfighter.com/starfighter/f-104-starfighter.html

All the Mirage/F-104 back and forth aside - given the level of quality we've seen so far on the C-101 - provided that AvioDev follows through successfully with EFM and combat capabilities for the C-101CC - I'd be willing to purchase their next offering without hesitation, even if it was a Spruce Goose. :P

Sorry, but I've looked very hard into FSX, and I can't agree. I was very tempted to go that route, since - at the time - there were some aircraft that I was very interested in that I just couldn't get through DCS: L-39, F-86, F-5, T-38, and F-104. Ironically, we now have an F-86, and the L-39 is supposedly on its way (and there's rumor and some very slight evidence that we might be seeing an F-5). However - FSX is not "for the price of a DCS module". FSX is - by software standards - ANCIENT in the extreme. It's bare core system has horrible graphics and performance by modern standards. By the time you retro-fit it with the scenery and performance expansions, you're hundreds of dollars into the core simulator, before you've even touched the plane. Add on the fact that combat is an afterthought third party expansion, and I've decided not to go that route. Don't get me wrong - if you were a civilian aircraft enthusiast, I'd still recommend it. As there are aspects that DCS covers that FSX does not - combat - there are aspects of civilian flight that FSX covers that DCS does not. FSX still very very good for it's niche, however - in my opinion - it's niche isn't combat active military aircraft. Hence, I would not equate a flyable FSX F-104 - with rudimentary combat systems as an add-on - with a full EFM combat capable F-104, in DCS.

Has this been confirmed? I'd love a flyable Hind.

You know that people not wanting what you want doesn't make them automatically wrong, or evil, right? You can sulk about it, or you can do something about it. No one is stopping you from putting together a development team, petitioning the manufacturers, and the U.S Department of Defense for the systems, flight, and performance data, and building it. People have explained the situation to you 5 ways from Sunday, but if you think they're wrong, go for it. They might even be wrong, and you'll succeed. Best of luck.

There's a plethora of Runway/VOR/TACAN/ILS resources in this thread here: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1781851

I deal with that in 5 years when it comes out.

If it was an official "baked in" feature, that would be great. However, I'm wondering if - as per Flagrum's comment - it might be possible to do this now in the mission editor, even if it involves some pretty tricky programming, or custom LUA scripting.

OK, I have to admit the C-101EB is a bit of a mouthful in conversation. Much to my delight, I found that the air force designation is the E.25 Mirlo ("Blackbird"). I think I'm going to start referring to this plane as the Mirlo or Blackbird as opposed to C-101EB :) The combat variant that I believe AvioDev is working on - the C-101-CC-02 - appears to have been designated A-36 Halcón ("Falcon") by the Chilean Air Force. So ... Mirlo and Halcón - Blackbirds and Falcons? :)

I haven't been able to find any examples of the C-101CC (or any of the other attack variants) being used in a combat theater. Has this aircraft been used in actual combat?

I think some of those are likely - some are not. Some would take a long time, even if there was a commitment to making them by one of the developers. Basically, the more modern it is, the more complex it is, the less likely it is, and the longer it will take. In the meantime you will see older, simpler aircraft modules produced because a) They'll sell, and b) They fund the development of the newer, more complex aircraft. I'd even be willing to see civilian aircraft enter the mix - not because I want to fly a 777 (I really don't) - but because the profits from civilian aircraft would help fund some of the more complex military aircraft. I don't have to put them on my server - and the people that want to do civil aviation don't have to put my MiG-21 on theirs. The good thing is that with more development companies coming to the table, it's not and either/or thing anymore. AvioDev working on their C-101 doesn't take anything away from the time or resources of Leatherneck Studios working on the MiG-21, or Belsimtek on the MiG-15. Older or simpler aircraft don't need to take anything away from the more modern ones. So - as long as there's a market to support something, and it's possible to do, it'll probably get done. ---- Like the CF-104 ... as per the OP, I'd like one of those. I don't care if it's not really the right variant, so long as I can slap an RCAF livery on it ;)

I believe there is a mod which introduces new camera types / angles.

I didn't know this was possible - and I like it! I've also wondered if it's possible to set up aircraft so that they fail some of the pre-flight and start-up tests. Basically - on a very low probability - there's something wrong with your aircraft, you will only discover it if you do the proper start-up procedure and tests, and then you have to turn it over to the ground crew to fix (in 3 minites) - or you have to fly with the damaged system if you cut corners, didn't do you tests, and took off anyway. Now - I don't think that I would deploy this on public multi-player server missions; but if one was flying with a squadron that was aiming for a high level of military simulation, this would be a very cool add-on.

Eagle Dynamics models some modern (ish) aircraft due to having military contracts to build simulators for them. I believe that they did the A-10C for the U.S. National Guard - and were allowed to leverage the non-classified bits into an hobbyist simulator. Unless they get a contract to build military simulators for the F-22, or F-35, it's just not ever going to happen - well, not for about 30-40 years. That will be true of any recent combat aircraft, as well. I don't know which version of the F-18 they're working on, but you can be assured it won't be one of the later releases. Hell, they weren't able to make the F-18 supersonic flight model until they worked out some of it in the Su-27 and F-15 PFM models (again, so I hear). You can disparage the "old" aircraft all you want - but if they keep DCS World funded over the long periods of time ED needs to develop a DCS level F-18, and they're testbeds for new programming and code that the modern aircraft sims need to work, don't knock them. In the end, it doesn't really matter what we want; if it's just not possible for ED (or Belsimtek, or Leatherneck studios, or VEAO, or AvioDev, etc.) to build a DCS level module for an aircraft, they won't. ---- That said, I would very much like an F-5 (CF-116), as well :) - and I'm pretty sure than an older widely exported fighter that was never in service in the USAF, is quite likely.

I have to say ... IF AvioDev is doing an F-104, and since ED is doing an L-39, and IF the image of the F-5 from DCS 2.0 which is floating around is flyable, then someone has been peeking at my wish list :) And if they have ... then can I have the T-38 as well ? ;)

I think you miss the point of the rant. We're not going to get a super-current fighter. Ever. Reliable information about those planes - to the degree that developers need to have to create a detailed and accurate high-definition system and flight model - doesn't exist outside of classified documents. This is why you get MiG-15bis, and F-86 Sabre - they're not classified in any way. And neither is the F-104; hell, there's a civilian flying group in Florida for private pilots who own F-104s.

Yes - although there's at least one missing for the C-101 until there's an update. Probably not, as I believe the TACAN data is stored locally for the players in navdata.txt, and doesn't come from the server. I don't think there's ADF in the C-101EB - I believe light attack version - the C-101CC - does have a form of ADF, but AvioDev hasn't released that version - yet.

If not "out of the box", then someone will likely mod it. Devrim does fantastic cockpit mods.