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Its awesome to see this project. I flew the old freeware one a lot and did rocket attacks with it. I taught a friend of mine new to serious flight sims in the older alphajet, it waw very easy to fly and get the hang of for a noob. looking forward to this!

For me, it works perfectly with a hotas and track IR. Its certainly my most favorite freeware plane to fly. The training missions are also very well done and explain how to use weapons perfectly. I am on 1.2.1 as well but my only problem is sometimes to arm the weapon reticle and weapons, after using the key to bring up the weapon window, the mouse will not scroll through the options to arm rockets/guns or activate the reticle sight. I do wish a future update will allow us to use a toggle on the dash to arm or even a key stroke, instead of the menu. it worked the first few times I flew the aircraft but now I cannot navigate the arming menu when i bring it up so i am now stuck and unable to arm and fire.

Since building Revells old OA-4M model kit, I have wanted this 2 seat FAC/Attack version in this sim. It was one of the last skyhawks to really be deployed by the US before it was retired. (Marines)

I have a book somewhere in storage on modern Russian aviation from the mid 1990s with tons of photos from Russian air bases and in flight. all the aircraft from that time has its own section in the book. The Tu-95 is featured extensively in the book. A lot of the photos in the book, I have never seen online. The book really made me love this plane. As iconic as a B-52 but those supersonic speed rotating turboprops really make it unique. Kind of crazy how a person can admire a plane designed to wipe their country out but people who are not aviation fans would not understand.

Given how many KA-52 have been captured intact during the current war and those that have also been at air shows for some years, I doubt its that classified now. Except of course for maybe some systems not seen in export models which can't be that much. Besides, Egypt also uses an export version and they have a lot of them.

Too be honest, I wish the Ka-52 had been done from the start instead of the single seater. The 52 has been seen predominately in the Ukraine war. Over the years its been said by JANEs and other analysts in military circles that the Ka-52 was a rare bird and used mostly to escort the single seat KA50s but actual use shows the 52 has been used a heck of a lot more in combat history and on its own and the Ka50 has not been used as much . Besides, it was in the legendary sim- EECH and was one of my faves in that simulator. (Still an awesome sim on its own sporting a dynamic campaign which sadly, modern sims do not offer andit has aged quite well.) Really looking forward to this module.

+1 FOR the uh-1n, It was used by all branches except for the Army and has had a longer military career history when compared to the D or H models. Afterall the Venom while very different is just an N model at its core as well. I always did like the camo schemes used on the spec ops UH-1N USAF variants.

A Hound would be awesome. I always thought that WW2 bomber style gunner gondola under the cockpit was neat. The heli would be good in DCS because it was used extensively by the warsaw pact and well into the 80s with middle eastern countries.

I want this so bad, Have not had a proper Kiowa since Janes longbow 2 and EECH- mod and the EECH version is pretty nice (proper zoomable 3d cockpit) but its nowhere as nice as this module is going to be.

Its weird but when on the ground, when you apply power and start to taxi the turning is very sensitive and if your not conservative on the pedals, this plane will turn very fast in an unrealistic manner, is this a bug in the mod?

Good mention of needing DPM camo and Fals. Both sides had essentially the same rifle. SAS have always used M16's over the Fal or L85 so yes, those are there.

A bit of history. I have been interested in the Falklands war since I was in my teens. My mother was mainly into painting ceramics but she also built scale model aircraft for shop windows and by doing that she got my older brothers free model kits from the shop owners. She was very good at it and that was in the 70s so it must of been a very rare thing at that time to see a woman in here 30's building very detailed models of C-130s, B-17's and all those other 1/48 kits from monogram.She hung many from the ceiling in my brothers rooms as well. Memories of my cousins and brothers backyard battles with firecrackers...burning plastic shermans and panzers all over the yard (such a waste) but it really did look like a battle as they lay burning or blown apart. This helped spark my aviation love affair. I too ended up building models, both aircraft and armor and then got deep to the history.I always had an interest in the Falklands and other less spoken about wars or conflicts that featured less famous aircraft (like the OV-10, Pucara, Wyvern, and Skyraider) Years ago I ended up building the old Tamiya FRS-1 and researched the historical planes so much that I made sure it was painted correctly and the air frame markings were accurate for a plane that was there. I went on to also build an S. Etendard (3-A-202) that was famous for its successful ship attack. So of course I was very happy to see DCS create this terrain. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- So to the point of this thread, First off of course we have aircraft currently close to what was used in 1982 like the Mirage 2000 (its still not a mirage III) and Harrier, but these are modern and use modern avionics that did not exist in the early 80's. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Core modules or user mods we have to use currently, MB.339 The pucara mod is there but it has not been updated in a long time, its still very usable for this theater. The Gazelle core module is there already which the British used in this war We have a superb A-4 skyhawk mod complete with Argentine markings already which is being improved here and there. We also have the British carrier mods used in this conflict. The C-130 Hercules mod which hasn't been updated in a while but a fully functional aircraft Core module UH-1h for Argentina Bell twin huey mod for the core UH-1H, for Argentina Not sure but I am certain ground assets already exist for this war.....Argentine Amtracs, British Scimitars and Scorpions, Land rovers, Rapier Missle batteries and an assortment of bofors AA and others. This was mainly an Infantry war so that makes it easier. Maybe Combined Arms module is useful in this area of mechanics. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What the new map needs bad is, A dedicated core module of the British FRS 1 Sea Harrier or RAF GR.3 with the weapons and avionics from that period. (I guess the current harrier module could fill in until we had one) For the love of the god (you choice of deity)....a Super Etendard PLEASEEEEEE (I want to carry and use that exocet flying feet above the waves) This is a legendary aircraft. Mirage III's or IAI Dagger (Again I guess the Mirage 2000C with limited ordinance could fill in until a core module was created) Secondary priority, Canberra PR9/ MK.62 (both sides used Canberras, very long range) Seaking HAS 2 or HC.4? Ferrying royal marines, SAS and cargo or slung artillery pieces from ships would be fun. *My priority for badly wanted core modules though would be the Etendard and an Early harrier. Some would probably say a Skyhawk. but the fan made mod really is well made in that we have a well made flyable air frame with a great cockpit and working ordinance to fill that need for now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In closing, Anyone have any information on whats coming for South Atlantic map? Ive been digging but do not see many threads on it. Add your thoughts and links here if you wish. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For fun......... My 1/48 scale FRS-1 build in the conflicts scheme and markings, as seen below, despite having AIM-9's, as proven in Vietnam years before, it shows the importance of having guns in fighters. No matter how advanced that missiles become. (air frame history, 2 kills ) 21.05.82 3.12 pm. A-4Q Skyhawk of CANA 3 Esc also shot down near Swan Island in Falkland Sound Lt Marquez was killed. - Flt Lt Leeming RAF of 800 NAS using 30mm cannon XZ500/(1)30 21.05.82 3.30 pm. A-4Q Skyhawk of CANA 3 Esc damaged over Falkland Sound by small arms fire from HMS Ardent and again in same incident as above. Unable to land at Stanley with undercarriage problems and Lt Arca ejected. - Lt Morrell RN of 800 NAS using 30mm cannon XZ500/(1)30

I recently saw a 1/72 scale model of this plane in polish schemes for airforce and navy. Its a really cool looking plane. Like a skinny L-29. Only weapons Ive seen on these is cannons and maybe rocket pods.

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The link is dead guys, can't get in.

Im mainly a sinlge player gal and have flown sims since the mid 90's. I am happy that the copilot will have Ai logic. I wont enter SP versus MP debate as that been going on for over a decade but I do prefer offline and dynamic campaigns, this is one reason I bought into the Hind. Im am more anxious to get my hands on the OH-58D though.

The ability to have the minigun and even the penguin and hellfire options would really round it out. Add in some antiship, ship/shore resupply, seal insertions/extractions, and SAR missions and your all set.

It seems to be working with the default .lua file which clearly states monitor on leftside so thts clearly not a problem anymore, I just would like to tweak it to get a f10 moving map on that 2nd screen.

I tried getting this to work all day but failed, So I am running a main 2560x1440p 32" monitor and I would like to use the dcs moving map or something on my 2nd monitor to the left of my main screen which is a 1600x900 22" I did setup screen in dcs to 4160x1440 which was 2560+1600 added up to 4160 and then my main screen height. I played around with settings in lua but often the screen would be cut and I would have to ctrl-alt-del to get out and reset the config file because the buttons were cut from view. I tried the default .lua set up for camera and mfd as well but did'nt work. Does anyone have a simple .lua file for 2 screens in my sizes together? thanks in advance.

It would be lovely to see a K-car with the 20mm door gun from the Bush Wars http://img.over-blog.com/600x399/1/95/08/26/Alouette-III/Photo_27_EJ-50.jpg

+1 for Tucano. There are enough jets in this sim atm. Time for a few nice COIN turbo props. :)

Its hilarious how you rush to the defense claiming Im somehow asking for something for free. Fact of the matter is I own 7 modules and we should be able to use the full amount of accumulated points on a purchase. For as little as we get per module we buy its not like they would be losing anything.

Am I the only one that finds it ridiculous that we cannot use the full amount of our accumulated bonus ponits to go towards the payment of a DCS product? For instance I try to buy an item with $12.00 in points and yet it only allows $3.00 to be used. "Your bonus account balance $12.00, You can use $3.00 to pay current order." For as much as we pay for these products, you would think DCS would allow us to use all of it.

I have a huge problem. I have the Gazelle and I have DCS 2.0 Alpha and 1.5 and it will not see an update. I am still on 1.5.3. Why is it not updating? I don't use Steam. I am also logged in on DCS and have all my aircraft in the manager with the serial codes.