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Looks like the viggen/CA bundle is the best deal, but I'm a little confused by the $88 Viggen/NTTR package. Looks like a savings of $12 off full price. I'm not complaining about saving ANY money on a module, but if you were to buy both for full price, you would receive $22 in bonus points. Thoughts?

also if someone knows how to make embed youtube work, could you help a brotha out?

Due to all the discussion on the new roll rate, I made a quick, extremely scientific roll rate test video. Doing my simple math, at 1000 km/h, the roll rate seems right under 400 degrees/second. Given the stated roll rate of around 420/second, it would appear the flight model is behaving very closely to the real deal. It is also now possible to induce blackout at higher speeds in a full roll, which has also been documented in MiG-21 articles and tests. I also noticed the RWR is slanted about 30 degrees to the right now as well. Not sure if this has been discussed.

i WRECKED the F4 instant action dogfight on the first try with the new FM. MiG doesn't feel like a PiG any more.

Good news boys! New FM update has the MiG-21 kicking ass in a turning fight like it should. I also struggled to keep up with the F4 in a vertical fight like I've read in articles. Really enjoying the update.

If I'm not mistaken, Dolphin flies the MiG-21 IRL. So I'm pretty inclined to take his word for it when he says the module is behaving realistically. Even if it felt totally wrong to us desk pilots, if thats how it is in real life, what complaint could there be? Do we not want the most realistic simulation possible? Or one that feels right to us?

I got home fired up to get a Viggen bundle, and its $88. I'm a little confused. The F5/NTTR bundle is $66. The F5 is 59.99. The Viggen is 59.99 (47.99 now), why is the viggen/NTTR bundle more expensive? Just curious.

It's a gigabyte z170 gaming micro I believe. I'd have to look when I get home. Yeah I could definitely lower it some, like I said I just don't want to mess with it. I'm not the most adept computer person, and like I said it runs cool enough for what I do. It has never been over 73c during hours long gaming sessions. Besides if it burns up, gives me excuse to upgrade!

For sure you don't want to run full voltage full time. My z170 boards bios over clock program uses adaptive voltage. What I meant was that sometimes they apply more voltage than necessary to maintain a stable clock. For example my 6600k runs at 1.3v @ 4300 ghz under full load. It could possibly (probably) run that clock speed at a lower vcore and still be stable. I just ran the boards default 4300 settings to save time and headache. I don't worry about it because the temps are good. I could probably get away with 4500+ at that voltage, but to me, the amount of gain is not worth the hassle.

Bios overclocking is better in my opinion. Most motherboards come with over clocking programs pre packaged, but the general consensus is they are usually a little overboard on voltage. A little research goes a long way in overclocking. I use bios overclocking on my gtx 970 (1320 gpu 3500 men) and i56600k (4.3 ghz). Temps don't go above 73c on either, and get anywhere from 60-120+ fps on high preset for DCS depending on map and location. I use conservative overclocks because I have a small form case and air cooling.

As far as I understand, you can't run out of activations. If you use them all, it will automatically give you another one after 31 days. So even if you burn your last activation, you will get another in a month.

Supposedly hitting us this weekend. I wonder what all made it in

SPAMRAM the merge, then dump remaining 120's after completing 15g turn to get on his six. My favorite F-15 tactic. Works well in BVR too.

Also the mig-21 had issues as well, note the performance drop when placed near other aircraft.

I understand that, but supposedly there's fixes already complete waiting to be sent out according to the bug tracker. I'm curious as to when they will be released? On a Friday update? Or is it at the developers discretion?

They patched 2.0 today, no mention of mig-21 fixes.

Question: Could the size of the cars be too large because the church is too small? Given the size of the other buildings in that one screenshot, the only thing out of proportion appears to be the church. Given the assumption that said church will be used across the map, seems like it would make sense to increase its size to make it look more natural.

Will they model shrapnel? I've read about splash damage issues with other weapons. I wonder the flak will be simulated.

Anyone know if the sound effects are different for things like the engines and gun from the A-10A? I fully understand the FC3 systems are nothing compared to A-10C, but I am curious if the sounds are the same.

Good info here. I initially started trying to out turn the f4 because of all the info I have read. Every documentary about f4 vs MiG21 says the f4 couldn't hang in a turning fight, instead they would use vertical maneuvers to win. It appears the opposite is true in DCS? MiG is still fun to fly, just having trouble being effective in air to air.

It looks good to me, I just think in Zeus images, the field of view is out a little more. If you compare the video of the Spanish Harrier, the hud is in view without the mfcd. If you adjust the FOV in the sim to reflect that, I bet it looks larger. Either way this is day one buy for me. Love the Harrier.

I haven't tried an overshoot, but how do you make him overshoot? Just kill all your speed?

Share your tactics for fighting in the MiG-21. Personally, I cant even defeat the F4 instant action dogfight mission. I turn into the F4 at the merge and with in 30-45 seconds, my RWR is indicated a lock on because hes on my 6. What are your moves with the Fishbed? I obviously haven't mastered it yet.

Birds are set to zero. I'm leaning towards a random failure. I used them again without issue. The joy of MiG-21 ownership. It might work, it might not! Adds to the excitement.

Experienced this last night on 99th NTTR server. Using SPRD-99 for take-off, engine shut down shortly after rotating. You can see the aircraft maintained 1.1 G, and it just shuts down. Someone tell me what I did wrong or was it just a random failure?