Pocket Sized

A good one. The exterior shots look sexy as hell.

The shot at 45 seconds when the light sweeps over the cockpit it reveals what appears to be blank grey textures where the instrument markings should be... the exterior appears to be in a similar state. But my guess is these renders are old and they've had this video hanging around for a while.

Except that LN specifically stated there would be a very short pre-release period lasting no more than a few weeks. My guess is the pre-release starts this Friday or next friday.

Video rewatch count up to 6-7. I can't describe how much I love LN right now. They keep us in the dark for months... they could have just released a few panning shots of the cockpit with a caption that said "coming soon" but they went above and beyond, as usual... Imagine if, a few days before release (after the pre-purchase), they released a continuation of the video. It would show a few seconds of wedding footage that cuts back to the same majestic dark shots we got. Then, the music builds, the scene lights up, and the quality fades to HD. Slowly the scene evolves to in game footage and a "regular" trailer ensues (various shots of it flying/blowing stuff up) *sigh* and I was supposed to be productive today... not gonna happen lol

I can't stop watching this, help. When I saw it posted in the viggen thread and saw the title of the video I was expecting another video of a viggen doing very low passes. What I got was even more disappointing. Didn't even bother putting the sound on, I don't speak Swedish. A documentary? An old promotional video by the Swedish air force? Ugh. Didn't pay attention to the video and lazily scrolled down. I did a double take when I saw the channel name. I restarted the video and it was at this point that I started screaming.

Cobra said a few weeks between announcement and release. My guess is the announcement/pre-purchase happens this friday.

Sounds interesting! I once saw a clip of somebody in what I believe was a business jet violently rolling left and right despite the pilot opposing the motions with ailerons... there was a comment that said something along the lines of "yaw damper failed at FL410, my worst nightmare." Aerodynamics are so weird sometimes :D

https://youtu.be/p3gQjan9StI?t=80 F-15: You're in a spin! F-18: You're in a spin, which is undesirable. Here's the control movements you must make to recover. F-35: *sigh* You're in a spin, stupid. Let go of the stick and let me take care of it. In all seriousness that spin recovery looked really, really fast. Apparently the F-35 also has some impressive control authority at high AoA... can't imagine how much RnD it took to make the control algorithms work so damn well.

!!! I assumed the radar had no cursor. I imagine you could, after some experience, visually survey the area and figure out what it would look like on radar then put the cursor where the targets should be. But this violates the Viggen's 20 meter service ceiling. Totally thought you'd have to use JTAC or the radar range scale to figure out an offset from your current position, then manually convert/enter the offset coordinates. Not to mention recalibrating the INS before dropping

And for my last post in this entirely redundant thread: No, the Russians aren't too stupid to design a plane with care free handling. Neither are Americans. It's just not worth the effort. You can train the pilots and/or add a warning system which is much easier and more useful. (Something both sides did) There was an F-15 which, long story short, literally tore its wings off. A combination of factors including an inoperative overload warning system lead the pilot to accidentally pull way too many G's. Not to mention more primitive aircraft like aerobatic prop planes, airliners (albeit you'd need a few hundred pounds of force), and a vast majority of general aviation planes can all be overloaded to the point of catastrophic failure.

This was discussed in depth a few pages ago. TL;DR it doesn't matter. The G you feel in the cockpit is the same the wings feel regardless of attitude. Turn rate for a given G will be different but that doesn't really matter here. The plane was grossly overstressed given the weight and Mach number. On top of that, it was still experiencing some roll/yaw coupling because the plane didn't have time to settle before the pull, which led to asymmetric loading and further stress on the airframe.

I have to say I love the cold weather. The A-10's engines spool noticeably faster, the P-51 is less prone to overheating, and you actually have to warm it up before takeoff which is something I'd never done before. Also, doesn't the denser air increase overall performance of the airplane in the same way less dense air decreases performance? Fuel consumption is noticeably higher at a given altitude which adds a bit of a challenge to those of us that have to fly on the deck :D

Except for the Viggen, which Cobra specifically stated there would be a very short pre-release/hype period ("a few weeks between announcement and release")

More realistic grass?

Wow, that was quick :P Yeah, I found the missile on the first page of the thread and edited my post. However seeing how recent the missile is makes me question if we're getting it or not...

Wow! I love the look of the seeker, its just a tiny satellite dish :D What's the typical top speed on one of these babies? The motor burns very slowly. Also, how does it compare to the jet powered RBS-15 in terms of range? I imagine they're pretty similar in the way they operate.

I have a really, really stupid question. I installed the latest version of Java and downloaded Leavu3 + DCS remote 2. Both tell me to run a .jar file. I cannot for the life of me find said file in either of the downloaded zips. Help?

The Nevada update is so close I can almost taste it

+1 for the firebee. For those that don't know, firebees are basically cruise missiles with advanced piloting functions and bigger wings. They were (are?) Used as targets for early missiles.

Just checked the manual and yes, it can display Mach + IAS, TAS, or GS. I think I'm gonna use the Mach + IAS from now on, thanks for mentioning that Neil! No mention of calibrated airspeed. (Which, again, is just a more accurate indicated airspeed which compensates for any errors in the gauge) On topic: OP was reading indicated airspeed, no doubt.

Do you remember which ones they were? Were they rocket or jet powered? The Su-25T can carry a pretty nasty anti-radiation missile that is very useful against ships. (Kh-58U) On the topic of the Viggen, what sort of stability margins does it have? In other words, if you're at 150 kts and pull the stick fully back, will it depart or just nose up and stall? If you do depart is does it like to recover on its own?

Yeah, I was wondering because the BST flight model is bang on. I've yet to see a pilot account/ flight manual that disagrees with the sim. Let's just hope RAZBAM implements Over-G stresses. IRL they pay very close attention to the overload warning system ("beep-beep-beep-bepbepbepbeeeeeeee") because it is possible to literally rip the wings off... although it might not seem like it, CAS is NOT a G-limiter.

Calibrated airspeed is just "fake" (more accurate) indicated airspeed generated by the CADEC/INS if I remember correctly.

Yeah, so I recently did a bit of research and I'm 90% sure the shaking mechanic should be changed. The transsonic buffet is just that, buffet. Not a violent, high frequency vibration. It's caused by air separation on the wing that is initiated by a shockwave. The turbulent air hits the horizontal stabilizer and shakes the aircraft. This also leads to reduced elevator authority and contributes to Mach tuck. This means: A. It should be a lower frequency, less violent vibration than we have now. Closer to the buffet you get when stalling the A-10. B. Not totally sure on this, but I don't think it should be effected by stores as much as it is now. The primary source of buffet is separated airflow coming from the top surface of the wing hitting the stabilizer so underwing stores probably won't have a massive effect on when the buffet starts. (ie the vihkr pods severely reduce the Mach number at which you start shaking)