CrazyGman

Managed to get a lucky 9k114 Shturm kill on Sunday

On the cold war server pvp yesterday I managed to shoot down a slow and low F-5 with just the regular old sthurm it was awesome

Either way we can have the F1 with just the rear aspect heaters since lots of the time that seems like what they most often carried.

In the F1 DCS interview he says the first varient the F1CE (the one shown in the interview) carries Matra magic 1's Aim 9E Aim 9G And Aim 9N So the 9N is slightly worse then the AIM 9P, but not by much. So all of those are rear aspect heaters Also the R530 that the F1CE also carries in both radar guided and IR seekers is "medium range" but are big and heavy and not really as suited for shooting down fighters especially ones manuvering. And the F1CE's radar does not have look down shoot down capability. So I think it will be like the R3R, but heavier, have longer range but be less maneuverable.

I'm wondering if we can have a mission where the F-14As get some AIM-54A's in limited numbers? Mostly I think it would be interesting to fight against, but without AWACs I don't think it would be that powerful. Even now Tomcats are IMO not to hard to defeat with good tactics and MiG-21 and MiG 19 pilots. Yes you will have to make sure your not heading straight up at the Tomcat, but that is already the case.

That Mirage F1 CE is going to fit right in with the current plane set. That mini electrical/analong hud will be nice, with being able to see heading eyes up when doing intercepts, and then having range information when dogfighting in close.

Been getting this glitch for a while when there are clouds that are lower then the mountain tops, at a distance there seems to be a bit of a graphics glitch, I've include a video link below, and my current settings. Just wanted to know if this was normal? or something unique that other people are not experiencing.

Are your sure that is a programing thing? Or a limitations of the planes weapon systems. There is no cage/uncage button i believe on the C-101 and I don't know if it has the proper wiring so that the cooling system can be used to cool the seeker (allowing for longer range front aspect shots. go fire some AiM 9m's or Magics when you don't uncage the seeker, they frequently miss then, because the seeker is still looking boresight when it clears the rails and at that point the closing distance of your target will likely put the front aspet small heat signature of your enemy out of the view of the uncaged AIM 9m

What issue are you having with the current rear aspect missiles?

Cosplay comes from the shortening of "costume play", which is referred when people dress up as fictional characters, often in the context of superhero, sci-fi, or fantasy themed characters etc... In this reference he's says that the M variant of the F1 is kinda the exception of the F1 series, and not really a representation of most F1's that where involved in actual combat (with maybe the Iraq F1's coming somewhere between the later E varients and the Final M varient). So using the Mirage F1M to represent the older varients of F1 like the C variant (that I think didn't carry the 530F because of it's older radar) or the E variant (which did carry the 530F and had a better rada) is like trying to use the current F-16C Viper we have in game to represent (cosplay) something like the early F-16A's in the 1982 Lebbenon war. They are both F-16's but the A has a fair number of significant differences to the C

6 Fair enough and I do understand that, and I'm really not trying to ask for specifics, just a general idea like for instance you can read material on how much and what type of ordinance was dropped by units during conflicts. I actually finally found a reference to it which is what I was looking for.

Well no one has actually specifically said that they were an Apache pilot, and again while I don't doubt that some people here are pilots, I always prefer to have a healthy amount of skepticism. Now most of the accounts I've looked at are from US and British accounts, but I so far have practically no info from the Dutch side with their Apaches in Iraq on 2003. Do you know of any published articles or books?

I do understand that, but there are l enthusiastic members within the community and I was hoping someone would have come across an interview, or a book or article or video that describes or shows them being used, but I have been unable to hear a direct account of it. No I did understand, and I hope you don't take offense but mounting them and firing them are not the same thing. So I am looking for an account by a pilot/co-pilot gunner that mentions them being used, and I realize that due to the operations the Apache found itself in that even mounting them was rare, and even when they had them on which In your picture was 1 of the 3 (so probably 2 with the other stub wing) did the ROE situation come up where they would have been able to use it?

Still not hearing any real world examples of the AGM 114L ever being used in combat. I get that really the only time it could have been used likely was in the opening stages of the invasion of Iraq, but I wonder if the ROE prevented them from being used as the missile goes pitbull for final guidance and with the role the Apache was providing you want to have full control of where that missile goes in the terminal phase.

Yeah loaded it's pretty rate to see them, and from the accounts of British and American pilots I've read and listened to interviews i've yet to come across one actually being launched against an enemy. I'm hoping for a primary source.

Cool, do you have a source?

Just curious, it seems from all the material I've read that pretty much ever hellfire missile used in actual combat has been a laser guided missile? Which kind of makes sense if you think that most of the combat the Apache has seen in the last 2 decades has been CAS against insurgents. I was wonder if any radar guided missiles where used in Yugoskavia, or in the 2003 invasion of Iraq or anywhere for that matter?

Plus you know carry a tenth of your countries total amount of FOX 3s to be lost if anything goes wrong with your sortie.

I've been able to finsh off a damaged M1 abrams with the 30 mm. Has to be close range with high rate of fire and top rear from directly behind it though, side and front will do nothing

+1

Yeah I feel that having the as a added "pylon" option like the chaff flare dispensers in the MiG 21 would be prefereable

How do people feel about the mi-24 exhaust supressors, i'm not sure if i like the look of them or not. I wonder how much added benifit they have as the Russian ones in the Syria conflict didn't have them installed but did put down flares in their attack runs. Maybe the threat potential was pretty low but the decided to drop flares to give "some" protection "afterall it works for jets" I've been flying with them on since the begining but i wonder what taking them off in game does in terms of the hinds prrformance (top speed) climb etc, i'm unfortunatly out of town so i can't test it, but I was wondering what the diference in game is and if anyone has tested it to sone degree. Also what is the penelties of having them installed in real life?

I was wondering if we could get a definitive answer for this, as this is constantly obfuscated. Is any of the glass on the apache amoured, Or is it all just plexy? From the thickness and angles it seems like it's just plexy. I know on the cobra (which has minimal if any armor at all) the glass is plexi, based on how heavy armor can be and the fact the apache uses movement and it's sensor suite to stay at safe distances I wonder if any apache pilots or techs can put this topic to rest.

Again weight/benifit. They are added wieght and reduce engine output slightly, and flares seem to be more effective anyway as an active defense, so the Hinds used in Syria usually flare during and after their attack run, just im case there is tge odd manpad around. In higher threat they might consider adding them

I was able to pull the 360 degree yaw spin while keeping forward momentum. You really have to psy attention to what your collective and rpm govenor is doing to make precise manuvers