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My biggest struggle in the Hornet on the MP scene (other than not having the time to commit to a squadron on a private server that actually flies realistic missions/scenarios/tactics) is that the Vipers' 120C's always go active while my 120C still has another 8-10 seconds (or more) TTA... making my defensive evasion offset 70 deg max (I always descend to the gimbal's elev. limits as well) before I break gimbal. If I break off for an aggressive defensive evasion, my 120Cs of course go dumb... and while I'm turning back towards the bandit(s) for another shot, they've already fired one or two more 120Cs, rinse and repeat.

Nice! Were any of these 9 kills in one sortie against Viper's...and with no groveling in Valleys? And you don't seem like a 10 amraam missile truck guy, so 9 kills in one mission, in the Hornet, on a public server, with as many Vipers in the air as the GS server... THAT is an Amazing accomplishment to be sure!

So hop on the GS server in the Hornet and do show us all your successes against those Vipers lobbing 120C's from 35K+ at Mach 1.5.

To anyone who thinks the DCS Hornet is "Over Powered" - jump on the Growling Sidewinder server any given moment, hit 'tab', and watch the near endless stream of: "[so & so] in F-16C block 50 has killed [so & so] in the F/A-18C Lot 20 with AIM120C AMRAAM" "[so & so] in F-16C block 50 has killed [so & so] in the F/A-18C Lot 20 with AIM120C AMRAAM" "[so & so] in F-16C block 50 has killed [so & so] in the F/A-18C Lot 20 with AIM120C AMRAAM" "[so & so] in F-16C block 50 has killed [so & so] in the F/A-18C Lot 20 with AIM120C AMRAAM" "[so & so] in F-16C block 50 has killed [so & so] in the F/A-18C Lot 20 with AIM120C AMRAAM" "[so & so] in F-16C block 50 has killed [so & so] in the F/A-18C Lot 20 with AIM120C AMRAAM"

Yeah, this one has been around for a little while for me as well.

Yeah, it's still there. Hopefully 2.7 knocks this bug out.

Upgrades, if we are speaking of GPU's, are not available and may not be for quite some time. Secondly, one who would like to upgrade from their current, say 1070, to a 2000 series card, or even a 1080 will need to pay in excess of $1200+... the GPU market right now is an absolute nightmare. Used 1000 and 2000 series GPUs are more expensive than the msrp of the 3000 series cards... which are all out of stock. For perspective: I purchased my brand new EVGA 1070 SC card for $393.89 on Amazon in 2017. You can now get a used one for $701.99 (plus $8 shipping ) Perhaps the moral of the story? GPU prices never go down with time.

Agreed. It's a bummer.

This kind of illustrates the point of my original post above: I think it would serve the community (though we're certainly in no way entitled) to have the Hornet developers speak to what those "several issues" are and what they've actually tweaked in order to dispel needless speculation.

While it's certainly too draggy to be practical for my purposes, it is no fantasy.

Hey, Team. A humble request/wish: Having looked at the (attached) mini update from Wags today, it looks really really great! However, I have one concern regarding the upcoming flight model, drag, FCS changes coming. Namely, after having gotten used to (read "fallen in love with") the current FM and how the jet performs, I and I'm sure others will be experiencing some real or placebo'd changes that will leave us all wondering: - 'why is the jet slower?' - 'what happened to our turn performance?' - 'how could the already draggy Hornet get more draggy?' - 'is the jet's low speed handling degraded?' - etc. etc. These end up being fashioned into long, drawn out threads of discussion and speculation that may be entirely based upon mis-perceptions and placebo effect. Heck, the new FM may actually perform better, but all we will know as the user is that "the FM, Drag, FCS have been updated." So, my request/wish would be that the FM developers could put out a simple, bullet point statement about how the new FM will perform compared to the current one we have... and (bonus points) the rationale behind the changes (i.e. new data became available, SME's didn't approve of the old one, etc.) This way, whether people are pleased or pissed about how "their" Hornet is now performing after years of something "else," at least they will be able to avoid the Elephant-in-the-Room question: "What exactly has changed?" Again, this is PURELY wishlist/humble request... if we get nothing more than "FM changed," I'll just trust that it was a change for the better (meaning: closer to the real-world performance of a Hornet Block 20). Thanks for your consideration.

100% agree.

And it shows, no doubt about it. Let's cross our fingers and hope that Top Gun: Maverick increases Hornet/Supercarrier sales, yes? Appreciate your work and passion, Wags. W

To Wags, Mr. Grey, and the entire ED Team: Just a quick word of encouragement and praise: Your DCS Hornet module, which I've been flying nearly exclusively since day one, and which was a day-one pre-purchase for me, is an absolutely amazing achievement. The user-community has been spoiled (speaking, at least, of myself) by all that DCS has to offer at such a high level of fidelity, so there's often much (childish at times) whining and demanding that goes beyond helpful bug-squashing-constructive-criticism that is needed from the community to be sure. However, I would still maintain that the Hornet is so good in it's current O.B., W.I.P. state, that it could easily stand on it's own if no other modules were offered in DCS. Keep up the good work on this jet! We are rooting for you as you keep bug-squashing until this amazing module is fully baked. I was flying Baltic's Raven 1 a couple of days ago and thought, "my goodness... we've come along way since my days with Falcon 3.0 and Graphsim's Hornet." Your F/A-18C Block 20 is a masterpiece! Keep up the good work.

Here's some nice praise for the Legacy Hornet from an Eagle Driver, when asked by (the delightful host) Mike about the most challenging fighters (including the Viper, Rafale, Typhoon, etc.) he'd ever DACT'ed against... "Dozen" gives special attention to the Australian Legacy Hornets @ 3:47. For those on these forums that struggle against the Hornet in DCS in WVR, BFM... just know that this seems to be pretty close to reality.

The Hornet is THE BOSS in the gunzo fight. Give her lots of rudder.

Agreed.

Just finished mission 4. This campaign is absolutely fantastic so far! You and your little team have really put on display the maturing excellence of DCS as a platform and the Hornet as a module! What a great campaign, BD! Keep up the great work. Any Hornet content that you're associated with will be a day-one-purchase for me.

SO true! ED, Heatblur, etc. are operating on a whole other level. It's quite astonishing how spoiled we are.

Yes, I've noticed the same. It was introduced (apparently?) in one of the two latest O.B. updates. One of us will probably need to provide a track. It will also happen if the two inner pylons have single 120s vs. the double racks... but it may simply be related to the outer pylons being removed altogether.

You betcha.

Yeah, my request was sarcasm...which doesn't play well online. I'm very aware you cannot find such charts (partly because I've looked many times ). I did do a little past-forum research and I'm convinced "Mover" is our favorite "Mover," Lemoine. So... Mover: I LOVE your channel, Sir! I just watched your "fini-flight" yesterday (Ironically, while I was "arguing" with you on this forum ). I really appreciate your content and do not doubt your expertise one bit, my friend! Gentlemen like yourself, "Jello", "Hasard," "Gonky," Markus at OmegaTau, and our man over the pond at "Aircrew Interview" have made this truly an incredible era to be an arm-chair fan of military Aviation! Thanks for that and your service, sir! Side-note, I once ran into Dan Rooney when I was a college student at a coffee shop here in KC when I was home over Christmas break. I didn't know who he was, but noticed his leather jacket with the Viper on it with the 138th FW patch when he was flying ANG in Tulsa. I chatted him up and he was extremely friendly and willing to talk Vipers/fighter aviation for a few minutes while we waited for coffee. Later on I started noticing his face on brochures, saw him on TV when PGA was in Tulsa, etc. and now on your channel. Folds is so cool and I'm glad you can give it some airtime on your channel. Cheers, brother and thanks for your service!

Nice. Thanks, Broski!

Is that because you don't have them, you don't want to share them or something else? If you haven't ever seen them...then that's something else. But please understand that Major Boswell is, to me (a non-credentialed jet hobby-est) a known entity, a Viper pilot, etc. Regardless of whether or not you "know what he means by...", you are just a forum member with 157 posts from my perspective, so be patient with me if I'm a little slow to just go with what you've said. For all I know, you may be C.W. Lemoine, a Lockheed engineer or fighter pilot yourself. So my apologies if I'm too slow to just say, "I'm wrong, you're right" which may very well be true.

Fair enough. Could you PM me the E-M charts for the F/A-18C Block 20 with the 402 EP's? Thanks.