Vitormouraa

Skin I made for the Spit :)

LM1500 and LM1600 Gas turbine engines. The LM1600 is an industrial engine based on the F404 engine, without the afterburner obviously.

No, they are the same version. OpenBeta and stable are just names/designations.

F7F, P-38L, and Mosquito! Beautiful twin-engine aircraft, good armament, fast as hell. If F7F isn't an option, I'd absolutely love a P-38, I'd even trade an F-16 for a Lighting :D

Where is it saying that? Nobody confirmed the F-111F, please read what Grimes and SD said. It's an old item from LOMAC. These items have been there since LOMAC, where DCS wasn't even a thing.

The release build is now the same as the OpenBeta, no fixes/changes/updates whatsoever. They just moved the OB into the release build. No update for us (OpenBeta testers).

This is quite confusing to be honest. The OB was pushed into release build, but there is no changelog? OB wasn't even ready imho. The loading time issues are still there, memory leak etc, unless they fixed all that stuff with this patch. Which is very doubtful.

It wasn't. It was pushing some Gs.

I'm seriously hoping for the release build this week. Let's see if that's the case :)

The Jet Engine thread Nice post. This engine has almost the same frontal diameter as the TF34. Which is a high bypass engine! It's insane how big this thing is. The airflow is also similar. But produces 3x times the thrust of a TF34!

Holy crap! I gotta say I am not a huge fan of the Tomcat, but these videos gave me chills! Very well done. I love how it sounds. The Tomcat flying low 'n fast with the wings retracted must be one of the most beautiful things I've seen. I get more and more excited about these updates! One question if don't mind; Are you going to post another update regarding the engine once everything is complete? I'd love to see how the F110 behaves at different conditions with a proper Net thrust modeled. Thanks, that was great.

Sure! F101 is a very nice engine. Beautiful afterburner too. Love watching the B-1Bs taking off in full afterburner. :)

Yeah I'd love to see an updated cockpit. "PBR/Deferred shading ready"!

Sirius, F/A-22 does not exist anymore. It's been 13 years already since its extinction. Regarding the afterburner blueish flame, there is nothing secret about it :) It has a blueish/purple flame due to the combustion temperature and efficiency. Generally speaking, the russian engines have this characteristic, due to the bypass ratio and higher amount of O2. The flame is hotter and more efficient simply because it has more oxygen available. In this case, though, the engine is on the testbench, being run in a cell with a limited amount of light, if you go outside and run the engine in full AB, you'll see the color changing to yellow. But most of the time, regardless the efficiency and temperature of the afterburner, they will always look blueish at night/ambients with a limited amount of light. Take a look at the AL-31 turbofan family, especially the ones mounted on Su-30s. They are blueish, they look stunning. But the best one has to be the Tu-22; It has to be the most beautiful and most efficient afterburner ever! :) If the F-35 had a blue afterburner, it would be amazing too. Keep in mind that this has nothing to do with fuel!

Yeah. I know. A few days ago I was running DCS without an internet connection and I had this issue. So I am quite happy about the fact that they are doing this change.

Thanks! You're the man!

Why? It used to be like that before... Not being able to play DCS without an internet connection makes me think I am renting DCS modules and not buying them.

Yeah Hawg getting shot hurt my feelings.

It depends on the unit itself and how many times it was exposed to very high temperatures, sometimes beyond the ITT limits, GE engines (turbine blades and turbine nozzles actually) often have a ceramic coating on them, which increases the lifespan by a quite a bit. It highly depends on the temperatures so I'd say this needs to be looked at individually. Things like FOD, loss of the ceramic coating or idling the engine without the cooling it down can decrease the time between changes/overhaul. But if everything goes well throughout its service time, it can be used safely for a long time. Other parts of the engine don't even have a lifespan though.

It's an advertisement. DCS is now running a much more modern engine, much superior than the one from almost 10 years ago. I don't think people will be attracted seeing that trailer right? :) ED seems to be proud of what they've done so far with the engine, and it was about time to make a new trailer for our lovely Hawg.

@NineLine, do you have any word on the subject? Any update from Yo-Yo? Thanks.

Yeah. A-10C is still my favorite module, and will always be. But it's nice to see a 2018 trailer for it!

Removing the tint completely makes me think you don't have canopy at all, maybe reducing the tint transparency a bit would be better? Something in between. I think the default one is completely fine though.