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F-15A all the way ~ your cold war gang

As for the fixed net, that is just one of three variants used on the sight unit throughout its production. This one being the mid production. Late production is what we see currently.

Well - DCS is made for fully computerized radar systems ala F-15C, MiG-29 etc. The semi-computerized stuff from MiG-21 or 19, or the plain uncomputerized CRT output on the Tiger... most of it would have to be done from scratch to be actually realistic.

yea, you could put 6x500 under the fuselage, but apparently the airframe would suffer greatly => not used in practice

Yes. The radar dish of the RP-5 is rather small and rotates in one direction; RP-21/22 dish has to stop after each sweep (also move up/down into its line). As for entering service, original P should be in second half of 1950s; the PT upgrade (added pair of pylons to launch R-3S) was carried out in second half of 1960s to my knowledge.

Yes and no. MiG-21S still did not have a gun just like P, PF and PFM - but it had, just like the PFM, a gunpod. MiG-21 bis in DCS does have a gyroscopic gunsight with automated range input. The reason why P PF and PFM did not have a gun was not because of some stupid "who would ever need a gun", but rather because there was nowhere to put it because of the radar. Hence why the GSh-23 was first installed in a gunpod (on the PFM and S) and later in a small dorsal housing. MiG-25 of course had a PKI sight, just like the aforementioned "gun-less" fighters; no clue where you heard otherwise - but it's wrong.

That in fact is not a theory. It's just misrepresented. GCI is the prefered method, as it allows the MiG's to sneak in on the enemy and perform a sudden ambush; not because the migs would be blind otherwise. It's also not PVO-thing only; the front-line aviation would also use GCI preferably until merge. One thing to keep in mind with that is that real GCI doesn't only work in the Target-BRA mode, as in DCS, but also, let's call it, Intercept-BRA, where the GCI guides you to a position best suited for attack, while keeping you hidden from the enemy radars - because notching exists. And then once in range you turn on the radar, lock, launch, evac. Or even better, you use the IRST. :thumbup: It does however bust the myth that Soviets would be blind without it. On a different note... ...would be neat to also get the original M for some early 1970s shenanigans; would go along nicely with the MiG-21bis

I am a simple man. (But it looks better on the Phantom)

maybe... he wants the other Hokum Yes please ^^

I mean, isn't she beautiful with the CFT's? At least give me that for the FC3 one; bombs are secondary.

Personally I really dislike calling something "multi-role", it's way too confusing. F-15 built as a knife-fighter first, and then bomb-lugging capability squeezed in utilizing just what was already on the plane (hence "no pound for air to ground"); and the Typhy is for all intents and purposes a bomber with self-escort capability. In any case. Yes, give me my F-15C, with a pair of CFT's - and three MK84s underneath, just to make all the fanboys mad.

*machine velded (seen the welding process) **no actual exposed rivets the way they are described, the plane is very smooth overall from aerodynamic viewpoint ***Empty mass 20 000 kg, 15 000 kg of fuel ****G limit 3.8 for the recon variant, 4.4 for the fighter variant Further, both MiG-25 and 31 are surprisingly manouverable; we are speaking of quite a large wing with Cy_max of 1.1, possibly more for MiG-31 thanks to the wing glove, but actual value would be classified ;)

N008 would make it MLD, wouldn't it?

That is the inherent issue with early-access products. When releasing footage yourself, you can simply say "don't mind this, this is just place-holder"; when you actually let people try it out, they don't have this commentary and cannot tell what is finalized and what is not - and will inevitably assume that things that look at least half pretty or plausible are supposed to be finalized or at least representative of what the final product will work like...

Exactly as you say. The one antena would be blinded on the ground. In DCS practice, it would be the same as having the option in the load-out menu.

Well technically they could do full-fledged IFF for MiG-19 v MiG-19 situations. However it would be limited to Razbam only - for anything else it would of course follow the default logic, unless speifically told to follow such hypothetical new code.

I'll drop my 5 cents. 1) How air target return looks: It looks exactly the same as RP-21 return, except it's scanned from one side only (the scan radar does not oscilate, it rotates). Not only that, but it technically consists of two radars, one for upper hemisphere, one for lower (so in practice, MiG-19 has 3 radars, one for tracking and two for scanning). You have 3 types of returns, above, below and centre. As the radar duo rotates (let's have one rotation = one period), in first semi-period it shows targets above, in second semi-period it shows targets below. Centre-target is a target that can be viewed by both radar scanners (it is where the FOV's of the two dishes overlap) and will be per one period shown twice. Similar principle is used in RP-21, except here you have one dish doing both sweeps. Do also note that a single target gives multiple returns dependent on its size. Go to 2:10 to see the RP-21 iconography visualized: UbqHsXLqwJY 2) Ground return: RP-1/2/5 is not stabilized and the scanning plane is perpendicular to plane's vertical axis at all times. Therfore, in a perfect 90° bank, only one half of the screen will be cluttered. And while the radar cannot be used below 3600 meters of altitude, pilots were trained to perform intercepts of targets flying as low as 500 m, while themselves being at 100 m of altitude above ground. What was their trick? Simply blinding the dish for scanning below. This method is described in a book I've read recently, ISBN:978-80-7573-012-1

I don't know... it's a doppler-filtered radar after all...

That really looks just like a WIP problem. It comes down to how it is programmed. Radar screen reflects a position of an object. For it to work properly, you have to not only record the position (they already got that part) but also display it at the right moment and "freeze" it until it fades out. Not to mention a plane will give you multiple returns (which was used to verify size of target) dependent on its size. I have seen an airliner give iirc 5 returns on RP-21, I'll see if I can find the footage. Both work roughly the same way with non-stabilized radar dish; slight difference being that one sweep in RP-1/2/5 is for upper sector, one for lower. (Note that the lower sector could be blinded for low-level operations, both sweeps are done in the same direction - unlike with RP-21/22 - and that both sweeps will see the target that is on level with the aircraft boresight - again, it's not stabilized.) Go to 2:10; RP-1 radar screen would look the same. UbqHsXLqwJY?t=2m10s

Speaking of the Czechoslovak livery... just seen this on the internets... :D Just saying but... why do people have tendency to switch the blue and red? Not the first time I've seen it... Remember kids, Blue always forward, red either down or inwards. :thumbup:

Technically speaking, the RWR on MiG-19 is there to warn you from stuff like radar range-finders, such as the one on F-86 ;)

You folks want to compare something to the F-14? Well? ...where is my MiG-31? :megalol:

Awaiting eagerly

Or you could just look at the SM-90 launcher, only used for Volkhov system.

The SA-2 we are getting is not Dvina however, that's Volkhov )))) Minimum engagement altutude 100 m. Max distance 43/56 km Min distance 7 km Ceiling 30 km, on stationary target up to 35 km Max target speed hot/cold is 420/1100 m/s Max 1 target per battery, 3 missiles per target Can engage 0.7 targets per minute.