scottysonfire

yep.... it was Photoshop

Thanks for the help guys, Ive been reflying a dogfight against a mig-29, me in the f-15 and Im starting to get the missile evasion thing down! Ive won a few against the computer on excellent! thanks again

Do you think that in real life, fighter pilots who pull a lot of Gs and do a lot of straining often suffer from hemmoroids?

Hahaha! UFO! ok then I wont ask what the most realistic setting for Gs is... but I will ask what is the most commonly used setting amongst advanced pilots?

oh yes.. and thanks to everyone for all the help

You guys are speaking in code... what is BFM? what do you mean by your UFO comment and noG/reduced G? I dont get it... Ive only got my newbie language pack installed

You are probably right about me being bad, Im quite new to this I feel Im doing quite well in other areas of my flying, getting sorted with RWS into STT and TWS targeting in the F-15 and Ive been getting cornerspeed down and Im starting to get acceptable levels of control over the aircraft. I just cant seem to figure out missiel evasion. If I set the computer enemy pilot on the hardest setting, I get cooked right away no matter what I do. BY THE WAY - FREE TRACK ROCKS! I followed a tutorial on making your own set up and I was amazed when it actually worked! It takes flying to the next level... I saw an immediate improvement in the way I fly.

Sheesh... Im skeptical. that guy in the video gets it right so many times in a row perfectly, thats very lucky if hes just guessing. Ive tried guessing and I always get shot down

yes... but how do you know when the missile has been launched, and how do you know the precise moment to turn - as in how do you figure out how far away the missile is?

trying to post the image so it shows up here, but cant figure it out... the link will have to do for now

Can anyone identify this aircraft? I cant find it in the encyclopedia, it didnt show up on radar at all. I was looking for another aircraft that was jamming me, then out of the blue this guy shows up and we nearly had a mid air. http://www.whereisthelove.co.za/images/screenshot.jpg

That sounds great, but how do you know how far away the missile is and when to time your "magic more pull"? Is it purely a visual thing? Or can instruments help? Also, how would you know where the missile is if its behind you?

Ive been flying in "difficult" or "realistic" mode and I cant spot missiles or tell where they are unless I switch on those big red labels that float in the sky. I cant see the inbound missiles on my TEWS or my VSD, but Im a complete newbie so maybe I just dont knwo what to look for? I notice on my TEWS, that when a missile goes active it shows up as a diamond... but does this mean its been launched or just that its active? How the heck do you know a missile is heading your way without using the newbie labels? By the time you see them visually, its already too late, plus you cant get a visual on missiles launched from behind?

Have a look at this youtube link of a LOMAC player in an F-15 doing some evasive manouvres against missiles: My questions: 1) How the heck does he know how to turn at the right time? The first time I watched this clip, I couldnt even see the missiles. How does he see them coming in from behind (if he wasnt in external view) 2) Is there a device in the F-15 cockpit that tracks incoming missiles accurately (shows range from your aircraft and time to impact)? 3) Is this technique difficult to master? Are there other missile evasion manouvres that dont require split second timing?

thanks!

Hmmmm... now youve got me interested what "split"? Im a total noob if you hadnt noticed already

Thanks guys! A big thanks to Red Tiger for his well described practical example, I'll give that a try, except I cant fly the Russian planes to save my life (I cant understand a thing in the cockpit - I just find the American cockpit a lot easier), I'll have to try your tutorial in the F-15. thanks again

Wow! thanks for all the informative answers guys... this all makes a lot of sense... when I fly the F-15 quickfly mission from the startup page, I can never see the enemy helicopter on my radar. Im usually at a higher altitude than him and his airspeed is obviously very low cause hes a helicopter... would this be an example of notching? Even though it might not be intentional as a tactic, rather its just due to the native slow speed of the heli?

Ive been trying for the last two days I think Im just going to give up on that forum and stick to this one do the same users visit both forums? Anyone know? I just wanted to thank teh guys who answered my questions on the Ubi forum.

keh?

Yikes It all sounds quite technical! But surely if you go that slow (50kts) you will stall your aircraft? And even if you dont stall, you wont have much energy left for evasive or offensive flying if you survive his attack? Another silly question: On the HUD in teh F-15, the numebrs on the left side of the HUD indicate airspeed? What are they set to? Miles per hour? Kilometers per Hour? Knots? I find if I fly the F-15 below the number 200, it pretty much falls out th sky if you excecute high G turns Is notching a high G manouvre? sorry for the array of questions, I hope they all get answered

Would notching be similar to beaming? You have talked about the ground in your example - so Im assuming the notching technique youve described only works when you are lower than your oponent so he is looking down at you and the ground appears behind you? So would I be correct in saying you try and keep him at your 3 or 9 o'clock position like in beaming but you are heading towards the ground or at a a lower altitude than him? Do you "notch" before he launches a missile? Or do you notch after a missile is launched?

In air to air combat, Ironhand refers to "notching" (http://flankertraining.com/ironhand/news.html) Ive tried to run the track for his missile evasion tutorial, but it doesnt run properly, so Im just listening to his audio tracks and trying to visualise whats going on. He mentions notching and I have no idea what it means. any help would be appreciated

sheeesh..... and Ive just noticed that I always seem to type the word "the" as "teh" when Im in a hurry sorry for all teh typos

Thanks for he help I just switched to external view and noticed the white jobs have the letters IR printed in red on the side so teh = and - keys werent working for me because I had the green Mavs on my A-10 in teh quick fly mission on the startup page