drPhibes

I hereby coin the phrase "Vigg-on-MiG action".

Simply put: if SAAB didn't like the idea of a DCS Viggen we wouldn't be getting one. If you want to use someone else's trade marks or designs commercially you need to license the design from the owner, or risk lawsuits for trademark infringement. Edit: whoops. Cobra beat me to it. :)

The plane designation is without a space or dash, i.e. AJS37, AJ37. SK37 etc. Missiles are "RB xx" with a space. sources: AJS37 manual and the Swedish air force munitions catalogue.

IIRC, the Viggen doesn't have a traditional INS, but a navigation system based on the air data computer. But I have been wrong before (once), so I'll have to check my manuals after work.

It's a bit hard to tell from the pictures, but the angle between the top of the stab and trailing edge of the rudder is approximately 98° in the picture and 96° in the screenshot. IMO, the measurements are inaccurate enough that a margin of error of ± a few degrees can be expected, so it's hard to tell where the error is. And I'm not driving to Linköping with a ladder, tape measure, spirit level and protractor to find out what the actual values are. Not that I really care that much (I do most of my flying from inside the cockpit), but I know that the rivet counters out there will be losing sleep over it :)

Regarding the tip of the vertical stab: I made some measurements on a picture of SE-DXN. The dimensions are not to scale (!!), but the relation between the dimensions are reliable as they are in the same plane (as in geometric plane, not the flying around, blowing stuff up kind of plane. The picture was taken straight on, so there's not much perspective distortion, and the same seems to be the case with the screenshot).

Copied from a SAAB document on the history of their HUD and optical systems:

Not to nitpick, but 15 + 4 isn't 20...

The voice commands seem to depend on which country you fly for, not avionics- or cockpit language. At least that's what I've seen in MP. US = English voice over, Russia = Russian.

I had no idea there was a cargo indicator. That should make pickups a bit easier. Thanks for the tip Cibit!

Using a rotary switch doesn't exclude you from all MP servers with integrity checking...

I found the spot at the start of the video in google earth. It's not 100% identical to what's currently in GE, but it may be an older 3d scan, or something equivalent from some other source.

For those who are interested, you can find a bit of info about some of the airfields here: http://www.forgottenairfields.com/lower-normandy/

I saw something about the server changing it's name (to "Aerobatics Online" or something similar) in the admin message when logging on yesterday. Is there any additional info available regarding this?

Forget about that cheesy romantic drama with a few cool flying scenes. [Engineering nerd alert]: If anyone is going to do any virtual bird flipping, it would have to be a 3D version of Bob Widlar in the cockpit:

Didn't it say 28.11 in the video? As in one month from now (if it means anything at all). And before anyone pulls out the "but that isn't a friday!"-card, the F-14 was announced on a tuesday (3.3.15).

Add the following two lines to your description.lua (assuming that you've already found the chute texture in the ZIP and saved a local copy of it in the livery folder): {"F-5E3_parachute", 0 ,"F-5e3_parachute",false}; {"F-5E3_parachute_1", 0 ,"F-5e3_parachute",false};The first line is for the deployed chute, while line 2 is the packed chute. The two parts use different material names in the 3d file, but they refer to the same texture file by default. If you just add the first line, the model wil use the default texture from the zip for the packed part of the animation.

The Viggen was (unfortunately) never exported so I don't think they ever bothered with translating anything. If learning Swedish isn't an option (it's quite easy; even small children in Sweden understand it) you'll just have to wait for Leatherneck's translation.

The magnetic declination (the difference between magnetic and geographic north) is approximately 6° in the Caucasus area, and around 11° in Nevada.

When it's finished.

Anther IRIAF F-5E: IRIAF Camo v 1.0.zip

Sounds like a repeat of the Burmese Spitfires. "Disassembled and carefully buried" usually means chopped up and thrown in a pit. Al-Taqqadum is the only case I've heard of where a buried plane has been found reasonably intact.

I only use the NWS for sharp turns (~90°). I prefer differential braking for pretty much everything else.

It's a model issue. Part of the left side nose texture overlaps the top part. Approximately above the battery hatch IIRC. For some reason, part of the texture outside the green wireframe outline is mapped to the top view.

Just pull the yellow/black handle?