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Toilet bomb! on skyraider! its not officially authorized in the manual! someone tell that pilot's maintenance crew to not to mount a toilet on his BOMB RACK!

I don't know for sure what they are referring to but i would think it likely what mislead ED into thinking so was the TO 1-F16CM-1-2 2007 which shows harms being carried on station 4 and 6. Someone from dekka provided the pertinent excerpt on reddit as per quote " 4 x AGM-88 loadout is presented in T.O.1F-16CM-1-2 (15 october 2007), Figure 5-2 (Sheet 363), so it seems that it's a valid loadout."

Indeed Ed needs to find a better way of optimizing the game. ( or in the future not doing any higher detail terrain if better optimization is not possible). Even When looking at much new flight sims, seem to run smoother and able to do so with lower "recommended" specs. going from 32gb at 64gb ram you already have plenty enough to do professional level video editing at 4k lol. Were going to a place where suddenly your already high end gaming rig is becoming more akin to high end professional workstation, because old spaghetti code.

They wont be making FC3 aircraft, but thats because MAC will be a thing, and what it will amount to is a FC4. (Not that i would expect su35 for mac, but just pointing out, that having simpler modules will still be a thing)

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this is very much a pleasant surprise. Initially they said they were basing it on a 2002 Ah64D block 2 This is definitely later and better than a 02 model given AAR57 CMWS, and of course MPTADS/MPNVS

looks like we in fact are getting something a bit later than a 2002 AH64D. official list of features plus new screenshots https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/2021-02-26/

Yes , but that was well after the fact. So when ED does find the time to renew the F5E tiger, ( Wags himself said its something he would like to see) because if you haven't heard ED has alot of other things on their plate to get out of the way , il expect more than just a higher texture 3d model update. yes radarless models exist as well for Navy/usmc Those cockpit diagrams of the radarless versions are cited in the 2006 manual

Same manual states that there are ( or were given its dated 2006 ) radar equipped models operated of the F5E/F. A chart has symbols various F5 models and what features they have for I for installed, S for some, and N for none. In the above example which F5E/F were fitted radar, S for some with older APQ 153 radar, rather than APQ 159 which isnt fitted in USN/USMC F5E's, but is in some F5F's Yes the F5E's bought from Swiss got designation of F5N. Then again when F5E was being made What Belsimtek had marketed the F5E specifically being a USAF based aggressor model. Which as i pointed out, wouldn't be accurate as the USAF F5E's even until retirement never had RWR or Countermeasures suite. ED didnt make it Belsimtek did. ANd yet the F16 and F/A18 hornet are actually a specific models.Those are the standards they set. But by all means engage in mental gymnastics to rationalize F5E as accurate enough. Ah well guess we will have to wait for DCS F5E II, a paid update to get correct F5 model, which should have been from day 1.

? Yes the F5N does have 'a' radar. an/apq159v3 to be exact according to the 2006 natops manual

no greece in Syria map. Cyprus ( soon to be added) and a portion of Turkey yes

In the sense example is more was more noticeably modernized relative to the other example provided. Which really was just a Mig29G with GPS. bolted in above Mig29's HUD repeater. IM sure adding in a MFD and Up front controller has to do more than just making it nato compliant., since thats what the Luftwaffe "MIg29G" already achieved, since from what i read it new databus, new mission computer, new navigation suite including a Moving map capability on the MFD

Seems like the Poles thought otherwise..... Although im sure you knov Having an added on GPS module isn't just " oh look i can have more waypoints"

and that is its the tomcats greatest weak point, especially as it has to be programmed manually ( no data cartridge) , and once you get too much drift cat cant update INS like you could in other teen fighters in a pre GPS era by using A/G radar to update the INS. That being said thanks to Lantirn pod having self contained GPS, Tomcat Drivers, will have an accurate coordinate position of where they are. Look how many waypoints on can have with an aircraft like Viggen, which is generation 3. For example which went into operation in the 1970s. can hold 9, and you dont have to manually program your entire navigation profile due to data cartridge. Again this is just a suggeestion that ED could do 2 Mig29 derivatives in 1 module. Polish Mig29A is a "mig29G" with GPS added in at some point. Not a big difference, to model a 2nd variant.

you mean something like this? some of the polish migs also have a Up front control display and a MFD

the Turks used F100 SUper Sabres and F104 Starfighters during their Invasion of Cyprus ( which will be added to the syria map) Can we have an F100 and F104 too?

yea i was thinking they could do a soviet vanilla Mig29A but also throw in post cold war polish 9.12A mig which has the AN/ASN 175 GPS added on. Since having a a crappy INS with only 3 waypoints would suck. That is assuming they can't find concrete documentation for a more intensely modernized export version of the 9.12 Dont have a Polish Mig manual but you can see how this particular GPS operates from the 1988 UH1H Manual ( 1999 revision)

To be honest it did strike me bit unusual that for a card advertised as sold enough for 4K only had 10gb vram Even more "normal gaming" that seemed long just bit low if looking for keeping a card longer term. thought it would of been a bit more attractive with 12gb. shame there is no 3080 more vram. Think middle ground of higher vram model 3080 ti with 16gb would have done the trick as a happy middle ground between what otherwise seem overkill and very expensive 3090 card. 24gb vram. IM wondering how other flight sims are also as vram hungry as dcs for vr, or if DCS is inadequately optimized with resource usage. BUt then again for a generation that is continually out of stock..... maybe il be able to get my hands on a 30 series with as advertised MSRP ( and not price scalped) by the time the 40 series come to the market.

after A6E and Draken AI,, and finishing the F14 out of EA, the full fidelity A6E module development, will keep them busy for the forseeable future

Unusual to have fishbowl Bomcats with lantirn, and disappointed it wasn't added in the end. But understandable form Heatblur. Ah well guess maybe we can expect that say around a decade later when module 3d textures get aged enough, we can hope heatblur opts for a DCS F14A/B tomcat II module update of which they will have the opportunity to include a updated PTID equipped bomcat.

why not both like we got F14A/B? Also as someone pointed out SWIP derivative did in fact see use in Gulf war and in Bosnian conflict. A manual i saw in ebay at one point was Natops 1994/1995 publication called A6E TRAM/SWIP. So because SWIP didn't represent the majority, and the differences aren't drastic the manual covered both models of that time frame. Given that we have late 1980s F14A, and F14B of roughly the mid 1990s, it would only make sense to aim for a comparable time frame intruder to compliment the tomcats.

not using said weapons doesn't mean having to turn the clock to the cold war, the Slam ER for example didnt enter service until the 2000's. Not every squadron gets issued said weapons, or if they do get a limited quantity of them. Slams are not the bread and butter of A/G, even in a precision guided era, they are very expensive. And some nations that use said airframe do not necessarily own the same weapons Take for example RCAF CF18's. We only started to aquire AIm9X' block 2 and JSOWS just recently, even though with Canada had the onboard capabilities to employ the same weapon for long time, and those weapons have already been produced since many years earlier. Or that swiss and Finish F18's had a focus of air defence.

A) You arent forced to use these. This isn't the only weapon. Mission editors can still restrict these. B) these weapons are only really used against high value targets. At best a Hornet will carry what? 4? Even then Hornet wont get far without EFT's so realistically that only means 3 or only 2 SLAMS if one wants symmetrical loadout( centerline EFT not an option due to datalink pod). a;sp they are heavy and very draggy. Such standoff weapons would be more useful if we had a much better A/G radar to work with ( or better yet real time updates from JSTARS), because to maximize said range, and seeing smaller specific targets you would like to engage like say a individual Tank or SAM system its well beyond how far a targeting pod can see. ANd not every targets exact location is known. C)A launched weapon doesn't guarantee mission success. These sort of standoff missiles can still be downed by SAMS. In a multi layered air defences, No risk sure, but a single hornet wont end the entire M/P A/G mission in a single sorties.

just becuase its the 2000's doesn't mean gps based munitions are the end all weapon in every scenario. GPS exclusive based munitions for example are not suitable for attacking targets capable of moving. GPS guided muntions you still need to know where your target is, if you dont know exact coordinates beforehand, than its up to the pilot play around with a targeting pod to search and destroy. This is only seems boring because people only consider real life scenarios where for over a decade pilots have been operating in non contested environments, in low intensity warfare rather than a conventional war with neer peer adversaries.. Even as such gen 4 aren't stealth planes, they have lots of fancy standoff weapons , but they are still detectable at range, are still vulnerable against multilayered Air defense systems , and can still have enemy interceptors scrambled against them.

The pilot won't be removed from the cockpit by the 2040s. Gen 6 aircraft fighter concepts are still being designed around having a human manned aircraft. never mind what wealthy industrialists like Musk say who have a vested interest in pushing for AI purely to make $$$ and would want nothing more than to get juicy defense contract, their predictions are too premature and optimistic even for 20 years from now to entirely remove human pilots from the next generation of aircraft. Although I think people focus too much on a2a combat when comparing the generations. The developments of generation 5 are also quite exciting for those who like surface strike. AESA radars which also have much higher resolution and magnification levels for A/G mapping, the type classification of detected vehicles, and a new helmet sights that show video feed through the HMD so your not obstructed by your cockpit when looking under, to name a few.