USARStarkey

f15

Ok I set an AI to 28,000ft. he Ran at military power up to 441.899mph. Not the correct alt or MP, but thats close enough for me.

My vote is on the P-51

I'm sure someone in there will want to hang me for this statement, but I almost wish theyd release SFM planes first and do the PFM shortly after.

Silver is reserved for the allies. Its in the bylaws, Volume 3301, section 12, chapter 2 paragraph 4, subsection 10: "THOU SHALT NOT, produce in a game a piston engine aircraft of German make without paint or camouflage of some variety. Silver is for the allies only, specifically the Americans, in order to enhance their OP."

The aim 9x is technically in the game just as a thought. I have modified my game to allow me to use it along time ago. I don't use it online. You cant use the helmet mounted sight obvisouly, but the thing is alot more agile than the 9m, but not nearly as good as it should be.

The release date of any DCS project can be demonstrated as a function when Y is equivalent to actual time to complete, and X is equivalent proposed time to complete. This is written as: f(Completion time)=2(Proposed Time) No offense to devs intended. I know there are good reasons for delays, I'm just kidding around here.

I really hope they release the planes as they are finished instead of making us wait till the whole bloody thing is done.

Like I said, I'm done arguing about this. We can just agree to disagree.

Sigh. What you are still not understanding, is that my not being able to scan every inch of the battle space is a completely moot point. Nobody, at any altitude, can scan everywhere, especially people hiding at 2k relying solely on RWR and IRST to find people. As you have pointed out, even with AWACs and friendlies, I still might not see a bandit. This applies to all planes at all times etc. Great, glad to know you understand SA and its limitations! The reason I was so adamant earlier about being able to find people is because you are implying repeatedly, that no matter what I do, they will be able to magically hid from me. It doesn't work this way. Just because he goes into the notch and wants to hid there doesn't mean there aren't things I cant do to pick him right back up. In fact, I find this to be very easy to do. You argument hinges entirely on this lopsided and fantastical idea that once you reach X skill level for the low bandit that everything else just goes out the window. Also, it has become quite clear at this point that continuing this argument is completely pointless. Lets just agree to disagree.

1. You sure do make alot of assumptions. By your logic, if I omitted something, especially if it is common on the servers, then it is therefore true. It going to be hard to argue my point if you keep putting thoughts into words I've never uttered. 2. "Yes and No" Yep, that just about sums up any tactical debate. 3. I find it amusing that you have insisted now for about 4 posts I was assuming I'd know the location of the bandit, and now you are basing your position at least partly on the idea that the bandit knows my position. At this point it becomes quite clear that I could just not say anything at all and you could carry right on making inferences and assumptions based on things I never said that you have implied by lumping me into some "general server riffraff" category. This does make having any sort of dialogue quite difficult, as apparently if I don't mention something, you go right ahead and assume that thing to be true or false--whichever suits you more. Just in case: I am not flying a submarine! I know I just now said this, but I didn't want you to think I was!

I NEVER said I was cruising around solo. You are assuming that for some reason. Sure, there are other planes of both the Flanker and Eagle variety floating around the battle space-That should be obvious, and not worth mentioning. If there are Hostiles flying around the periphery of my Radar area, there can also be friendlies flying around that he doesn't see either. This is proportional to both sides, and therefore a moot point. I can however get a pretty good picture of the relevant battle space around the area I am flying into, or around a target I have selected to kill. Whether I fly alone or not, there is always a potential for me to not see a threat. This applies to both sides however, which is belied by the fact that you seem to think the only way this will work is if the Flanker is ignorant of my presence. Much of the effectiveness of any tactic is how good the pilot is at obtaining and keeping SA. I personally have no difficulty finding flankers hiding in the mountains against ground clutter, or finding them after they notch. If I get into a situation where I lose track of my opponent, or feel like there might a new threat in the area that I did not at first see, I use my superior speed/alt to simply leave the battle space and come back at a better aspect and where I dont think I will be expected.

Good grief you are really really arrogant. Apparently disagreeing with you is some kind of a sin. I don't agree with your "constructive criticism." I also don't appreciate how your opinion is apparently the constructive criticism of a sage, and my opinion is "bullshit" Of course I keep denying the "flaws" in my tactics, because I don't agree with your thesis. EXCUSE ME, for arguing a point of view different from your own. Geez, get over yourself. If hope you don't approach every person you meet in life with this same thought process, you might get tossed on your ass.

AIM-120 rather poor K/D ratio I would be open to mock battles. Blaze prefers to his apparently infallible tactical know how. So would have hoped you would see that like in all tactics discussions, I was speaking in generalizations. Obviously, I can miss people sometimes. Conversely, they sometimes fail to see me, and also fail to hid effectively when they do. I can, and do, say the same about skimming the treetops as you do about flying high. It only works if you don't know the counter

I see that it is extremely difficult to grasp that I'll get the info whether he wants me to or not. See! I can be patronizing too!

No what you are misunderstanding is that I won't allow myself to not have info. For every move he's got to hid, I got one to force him into the open. And vise versa.

Excuse the spelling errors I'm typing on a phone

Actually, you missed my point. I don't know what difficulties your having, but missiles are easy to dodge at 40k. Not loosing altitude in turns at 40k is easy. Lol, if he shoots from my 3 or 9 at 6k or something big whoop. I'll just keep flying straight and light a cigar while the missile missed for me. Do it all the time. Also, in not sure what your experience with the radar is, but you seem to think it is a lot harder that it actually is to find people. I WILL know where the enemy is before I'm 10nm out. I can't speak for you though. I'm not just going to "trust" you. I don't care who you've "trained" with. I've been in servers with several of the people you mentioned and neither of us has killed the other yet. Lastly, you massively over- estimate the notch. It is practically useless against a good eagle driver.

I dunno, works for me on heavily populated servers all time time. :) At full burner at 40,000ft, I can fly pretty much as long as I need to, certainly much longer than anyone trying to chase me down low. at speed, at 40k, a shallow turn is all you need to dodge anything coming up and in front of you from 15k or below. This has worked for me pretty flawlessly, even against multiple shots coming from different aspects. IF I did need to dive for some reason, I could care less about everyone seeing my contrail at this point, as I have clearly lost the initiative and my next move will be to exit the area at full speed, which after my dive is now either close to or over 900 knots...bye bye. :P I do this tactic routinely, and it works just about every time. I dont have any issue whatsoever finding people who are low with my radar. It is very very easy, even when they are close.

Not really, its very hard to hit me that high. Let me put it this way. I've had Flankers(and been IN flankers) less than 5nm right behind a F-15 at co-alt. When they fired their ET or ER at about 500 knots, me doing that or more, the missile could not catch me. Half the time, when in this situation myself, I couldn't even get launch authority. So when Im cruising at 680knots at 40-41k, and he manages to shoot one up at me, imagine how hard I have to work to dodge that missile? Not hard at all. I barely have to change course, if that. Also, if your smart with how you use that radar, you can find people who are less than 10nm out flying at 6k. Do it all the time, easy peasy. The guys down low have nearly as hard a time seeing me as I you think i do seeing them if we didnt find each other on the way in 60nm out.

I dunno, we could debate this for ages. But Ill say this much: At 40k going full speed with stores, I barely have to sneeze to avoid a R-27 coming up at me. I have been fired on before doing this, and I haven't been hit once. In my experience, the notch isn't really that big of deal. They normally go into the notch right after I fire the for the first time, and then come out of it 10 seconds later with no idea where I'm at because they're pointing in the wrong direction and they aren't looking up. Second, I have encountered multiple bandits just about every time I do this. Normally, they are all hiding in the mountains and have about the same chance as the target of hitting me. I am simply going far too fast to be hit. I never descend below 35,000ft unless I know my target is alone and I am greedy for the kill. If for some reason I miss, I zoom back to 40k and book it out of the AO or engage some other target that doesn't require me to turn around. I haven't done this against the AI at all. I've done it only in a "server scenario." I have only had TWO AIM-120s go stupid due to ground clutter out of dozens that did not. I'm not sure what your on about with the mountains thing. You say I am wrong about not being able to duck into the mountains, and then describe avoiding my missile by......not using the mountains at all. Also, it is EXTREMELY easy to predict where people will come out of the notch or our from behind a mountain. ANY Eagle driver worth his salt will require his bogey with ease. So far as I'm concerned, they can sit down their in the notch with their radars off all they want, blind and slow. Even if he knows where I'm at, and is particularly good at avoiding my shots, I can sit there and lob missiles at him if I absolutely have to and keep him defensive.

Yeah I just wanted to confirm. Not something I had thought about before.

Yeah, assuming its accurate, a fully loaded eagle in dcs at 35k can only manage near 700knots at full after burner. You'd need a hell of a lot of thrust I'd think to go even faster

That's what I was thinking. Which be a huge advantage for the raptor