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Didn't talk about the F-5E, only F-5. If i understood correctly the list was about aircraft which were in use at vietnam.

You are missing F-4J and very early E. Edit: and F-5, F-8

I might be in love with that one from VF-96..

I think E-phantom has ASQ-19 modified version of ARC-51, RT-793/ ASQ

I would even pay more if i'd have to stress about the reliability of the systems and if my missiles, radar etc just randomly wouldn't work . It's a big part of the characteristics of those machines and I'm flying DCS because of the realistic simulation, not to be the most efficient target killer. Of course not everyone wan't those so those should be optional things (from the server side).

I think i’m having the same problem. I made a bug report in MT area if you want to check?

Nope and nope. J is newly built version with big upgrades to structure and systems including awg-10. J and B are different generations of the naval phantoms. N is rebuilt B with small upgrades derived from J but it still has the apg-72 from the B. S is overhauled and improved J to handle the biggest problems like the questionable reliability of older, more analog awg-10, maneuverability, smokeless engines (some J’s already had these), more radios. Good source for the quick info which seems to be more correct than wikipedia: http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/f4.html

I’m happy with the last update. If i send feedback to ED it doesn’t mean i’m not happy with the update. Mostly people who doesn’t have any problems don’t post that much here. There is few quirks but they are solvable and ED seems to be on top of it.

Turbo mode caused freezing for me. After switching off there haven’t been any problems.

Insanely good looking

I'm very happy with all the variants we get altough i'd favor naval variants. Will be lots of fun with all those

No, it's F-4 forum which includes all the models Heatblur will make including naval models.

I swapped from 9600k which run at 5,1GHz to 13600k which runs dcs at 5,8Ghz and i had about 5-6ms overall reduction in CPU frametimes. I adjusted the settings so that i'm always GPU limited with OC'd 3080Ti (~20500pts in timespy gpu score) and after the change i saw no reduction in GPU frametimes so the CPU wasn't bottlenecking the GPU. Overall smoothness especially when flying low is now maybe a little bit better but the step wasn't that big. Maybe with 4090 there can be bigger differences.

It does work with vr like about all the settings in game except screen resolution which is for the mirror. The difference is most notable in Syria.

I've had this couple times now in multiplayer but wasn't able to get track. WAS'd GUN, I was able to change MANRNG amount but when i try to put "A" ihadss still shows Mx.x

Those failure propabilities shouldn’t be hard coded in to the weapons because there’s just too many variables. Those should be one more tool for the mission builders and they should be considering what failure rates they put on the mission.

If it’s an option it wouldn’t hurt anyone. ”Realism” in games is always a compromise.

No problem. Propably not aerodynamically because they are recessed but they weight about 500lb each. There is also charts for the slatted version in the first page of this topic posted by me and they give much better picture. Those charts are also with quite heavy fuel load so be carefull when reading those. Clean weight without fuel is somewhere around 32000lb for block 41.

F-4 chart is without slats and with 4x sparrow and more than 7000lb of fuel.

I just happened to read that same thing few days ago. They had sidewinder tone coming from the radio because of some USMC stuff and when they tried to talk to radio, only sidewinder tone was transmitted. I read it from ”Tonkin Gulf yacht club” but i don’t remember the unit.

Thanks for the post! It’s always interesting to read real life experiences. I hope you have lots of more interesenting stories about flying phantom

So on the topic, what would ne the recommended tactics with E-phantom against the roughly comparable jets like F1, Mig-19, Mig-21Bis, Mig-23?

John Kerr states in the fighter pilot podcast that S had the most powerfull engines with over 18000lb of thrust. I’m not sure about the actual number what he says. Of course it’s from his memory and should be treated like as it is but usually there is some point in those statements. I’ve been trying to find material from the late years of S but seems like the documentation is quite limited.

Also would be interesting to see how S compares to these with slats and more powerfull engines.