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One thing people seem to forget about aircraft of any type is the maintenance! Sure your aircraft can go mach 3 but how many inspections are triggered once that happens, how much time does it take off parts and the airframe as a whole, how many maintenance man hours does it take for every flight hour? While these aren't factors in the sim world they should certainly be considered in any debate about which aircraft is "superior". What good are aircraft that look good on paper but are always down for maintenance and eat up valuable resources to keep flying? There are times where if an aircraft exceeds certain weights, certain G loads, or a combination of both that cut part replacement times IN HALF, no matter if it went 1lb over or .1 G's over a part that should have a life of 1000 flight hours now has a life of 500 flight hours and if the part already has over 500 hours on it the aircraft is "down" until the part is replaced.

I was wondering the same thing

It seems every time its brought up some people get there panties in a wad for some reason and also start crying about realism, (which makes no sense as it is a production aircraft) you would think with how many times its been brought up and the amount of interest shown a developer would pick up on it... My only guess is that since both the Mig 21-93 and LanceR were improved versions of a russian design but didnt come from russia there may be bias against the idea?

I deleted everything and started over and it worked this time, thanks for double checking for me, this is a great mod!

I cant get it to load out anything but cruise missiles under pinpoint strike

I dropped it in my _mods folder and it didn't work it still plays the music to which ever module is selected

Does that mean I spend a few years training before I even sniff firing a weapon, get to fly 3 days a month if I am lucky, sit through hours of briefs before I fly, take a break from flying for a few years to do time in a staff position and then if I am lucky when I come back from my staff job I wont get transitioned to some cargo aircraft? All these people cry for "realism" but have little clue what that actually means... O and dont forget that 99.8% of your "combat" deployments will involve sensor work while burning holes in the sky just praying some one finally approves a request for kinetic authority so by all means I really hope they model in a minimum of 500 hours of flight time before you can load out your aircraft with weapons! There is nothing fun about spending the free time I do have only to get shot down at BVR, if there are a few small advantages given to the Mig-21 most will be all for it. Remember if you suck all the enjoyment out of this developers wont be able to afford to offer realistic aircraft because no one will buy them and we will be left with FC3 type. aircraft

Has any one had any luck with the -21 in multiplayer? Ive spent more than a month reaching a level of proficiency with the aircraft and after several hours spent in multiplayer yesterday on various servers I saw exactly 1 enemy (a helicopter) and was shot down about 3 million times, a few times from sams and the rest all from "beyond visual range" missiles. The SPO/RWR is unless since every type of emission seems to set it off and I never picked up an enemy aircraft on my radar much less locked it up. Any one have any suggestions or know of a decent place to get in some multiplayer action?

ergn, I appreciate your help getting things working and also thank you for creating this, do you have any suggestions to help those of us flying aircraft that wont allow us to cycle way points? Im not even worried about the whole flight plan, even just my start point would be helpful. Thanks Jay

Im looking to develop a substantial Mod for one of the DCS aircraft, it would require new systems integration with old aircraft and making layering changes (think adding gps, radar, and missiles to the P-51 lol) and Ive been told that kind of stuff is basically developer level stuff, so Im not sure its even possible. If anyone thinks they would be up to the challenge either email me at bezrker42@gmail.com or PM me your email and Ill send you the details with a short powerpoint Thanks Jay

After searching 9 pages of key bindings I think the issue is there just arent many knobs that you can map, which kinda sucks...

Using the mouse to turn knobs is driving me nuts, any suggestions on a better way?

Picked up a cheap joy stick to try and use as a collective, its flyable using the curve posted by "Shagrat" but it was made to be used with a HOTAS, I was hoping maybe someone has a better curve or some suggestions. Thanks Jay

I think what sobe is hoping to do is have the kneeboard exported to a 2nd display, say like an ipad or a smaller usb monitor.

Thanks for the mod, fits much much better!

Im basically computer illiterate otherwise Id love to tackle a project like this. It might be impossible but it would be awesome to have a single (mono color) mfd, a cdu for nav and radio input, a electronic warfare display (the circular missile/radar display) hud upgrade and some type of radar improvement. Also incorporate a basic gps nav, not a moving map but the ability to display current location, enter way points and have a basic data base of known locations like airfields. Would it be possible to pull much of the info from the mig 29A and nerf down the radar?

Yes they do, found that out when I went for my first ride in a cessna

Who knew my years of Aircraft obsession would come in useful... VF-111 used the Japanese "Sunrise" flag (which can also look like a sunset lol) on there vertical stabilizers, If I had to guess id say F-14 all the way.

Whats a MIL headset? The airforce usually gets Bose and everyone else David Clarks, having spent a few thousand hours flying wearing a helmet, they aren't terrible after you spend a bunch of extra money on a different liner and ear cups from Oregon aero... Really pointless to wear while playing a computer game though...

I just got my G35 and am having the same issue

I had it at 6500ft with just one checkpoint and set it to orbit, it made one semi circle and then landed at the nearest airport, taxied to the fuel point and shut off then the weapons disappeared as well, The grey eagle i had at 5000 feet did the exact same thing as well. I would really like to be able to JTAC from the UAV, or better yet be able to take full control.

Thanks for the help! Now Im trying to figure out why they went and landed by themselves after about 5 min in orbit...

I haven't been able to even load ordnance on either drone type, whats the trick?

Ive done a fair amount of searching and haven't found anyone who has built a Mig 21 themed "pit" or even moved passed Joystick/mouse/keyboard controls. I am mostly computer ignorant so perhaps its the way the Mig has been programed? It would seem with a "clickable" cockpit a touchable monitor isolating the cockpit area could be used to interface with aircraft systems?