Tomcatter87

Just tried out the Airboss station for the first time - really fun, even in single player. With uncontrolled aircraft and some triggers, you can order flights to start up and get airborne, which is really cool to watch. However I noticed that it was not possible to order AI flights to attack or fly to a certain point. I think that's a Combined Arms feature (?) that is usually available if we just fly normally. Pleeaase, add this feature to the Airboss Station as well, it would be really helpful.

Are you sure the correct seeker head is loaded? I know there's a table around showing some seeker combinations that did not work for me. After changing the seeker, I finally got a tone. Also, after the first update the seeker tone is much less audible, I turn it up fully now.

Thanks a lot! Wouldn't you want to upload it at the user files section? I'm pretty sure many people would like this beautiful skin.

The EC-121 will be such a great asset to use with the Phantom Looking forward to it!

Got me there You see, all that Phantom flying gets me confused now.

I'm not sure about the carrier, but I remember an episode in the F-14 Tomcast where Crunch talks about a mishap in the Tomcat at a NAS and the crew chief [edit: PLANE CAPTAIN, of course] coming up on the intercom. Also, as I understand it, the Phantoms crew chief menu is thought to substitute hand signals, at least it says so in the menu. However I won't say no to an animated crew chief [...again, PC ] giving hand signals for my Tomcat

I'd also like to stress that I'd love to see crew chief / startup functions like putting on the helmet, performing checks et cetera in the Tomcat. It's such a great feature of the Phantom.

Could someone from the Heatblur team please acknowledge this? @IronMike

Hey there guys 'n' gals, I'd like to hear you approach on a scenario I'd like to create. It's an intercept mission for the F-14A that includes a dogfight with a bandit - but without a shot being fired. Like it happened in the 1980s when Tomcats intercepted Libyan planes that maneuvered aggressively, but without firing a missile. I've tried around using the advanced waypoint action "Follow", but the result wasn't that good. I'd like an AI MiG to perform some dogfight maneuvers, then turn back RTB after a while. Could also be great for more realistic training scenarios.

Here's your nice new Tu-95 being harassed by evil capitalist fighter jets It looks really great and suits cold war era scenarios better than the modern version by Currenthill.

Wow, thanks so much! As a Tomcat guy, I especially like to see a new, soviet style Bear. In your first post, there's a typo (Yak-38 instead of 28). Talking of that, a Yak-38 Forger would be awesome, too. Cubanace was working on one, but I think this project has been abandoned. Not to mention an Il-38 But I don't wanna be the guy screaming for more when a great mod just has been released. So again: Thank you for making our sim better. Gotta download the new version of the mod and take some screenshots of your beauties now.

Looks really good! Where can we download them?

I'm looking for some liveries for this wonderful mod. Especially a German Air Force one - and a USAF Camo skin would be awesome too, both SEA and Euro Camo. Are those paintjobs out there somewhere?

Wow! The Huey was my first module, I still love it. A revamp would be so great - maybe you can change the pylon system that's being used to a more common one. But an update in animations and modeling would be superb, too.

It would be really great if Heatblur could fix this. Other AI planes use the Maverick without problems.

I'm looking forward to the functions of Jester 2.0 in the Tomcat. Also to a functioning TARPS pod. I'd really wish Heatblur would fix Jester's not completing the startup checklist (arm seat, turn on ADI and altimeter) and also the long-known bug where the AI wingman's Tomcat's wings are clipping through the fuselage.

Thanks a lot for those beautiful Badgers! I'm the one who made the metallic soviet Badger-Skin for the H-6, but from now on, I'll use your mod now instead. Great work!

I'm trying to set up my keybinds and Voice Attack profile for using the Jester and Crew Chief Menu. It's great to see that many functions can be assigned in the DCS controls menu. But unfortunately they don't seem to work. Funtions like connecting the air source to the right / left engine or to tell jester to turn on the jammer are not trigger if I press the according keybind. With the jester menu, they do work, but I'd like to be able to set up my controls for that.

Would you care to share your wisdom with us?

I took some first hops in the F-4. Just to power this old lady on puts a big grin on my face, I love the crew chief implementation. The look and feel of the Phantom is outstanding, and I really had a hard time choosing between all those beautiful skins for my first flights. The phantom is easy to fly, stable, powerful, but it's really hard to fight with, especially against those UFO AI flight models of MiG-21 and 19. Still I'm willing to get better Also the new possibilities of Jester and his new phrases are really great. Some things I noticed that might need some tweaking: Coming from the Tomcat, I find the new Jester menu somehow quirky. The head tracking sometimes has quite some lag, sometimes I have to move my head around a few times to even get a cursor. The second layer of options does not seem to have keybinds, so I don't know how I can set up my Voice Attack to tell the crew chief to turn on external power, for example. It's a bit of a bummer, since Voice Attack was a game changer for me in the Tomcat. Also, it would be great if the Jester / Crew Chief menu closed after selecting an option. It's kinda annoying to have to press the button long again after selecting something.

Just wanted to give a huge thanks for all the skin makers involved in creating this incredible number of skins from different eras and nations. Each of those skins looks wonderful, it was such a hard choice which one to pick for my first flights.

Man, I find the Phantom quite easy to fly - but probably the hardest plane to fight with. I was having a hard time against AI MiG 21 and 19 yesterday - yes, use the vertical, but those AI planes hardly bleed any energy. I dropped all tanks, tried to keep my AOA to the value thats marked in the gauge (is it 19.2?), still those MiGs flew circles around me, I couldn't even extend away, because those 21s are really fast, too. Any hints would be much appreciated.

Did you try to bind the "off" position of your switch to the gear down function? Thats the way i did it. If you assign the key for the gear down function, first press the switch to on, then select the "off" position of this button to the gear down function. Works for me. I believe the "else off" functions are obsolete since DCS introduced the "off" button position.

Those liveries and the external model look gorgeous. I'm pretty sure I've seen footage of more hellenic and japanese liveries, I hope they will make it into the release as well.

It still happens, would be great if you could fix this. I'd reckon about every third time when I arm an ejection seat in the Tomcat, quite annoying. I then have press it again and again to make that sound stop.