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The clicky mod is wonderful. No it’s not like full fidelity, but makes it so much easier and fun to do stuff around the cockpit without a bunch of bindings and keyboard combos. Just need to loo right to switch lights, click HUD to change it, click the AP button I want

Good thing they kept Beryuza unlike 29G

Thank you, this will help with the added Doppler warm up time, since the generators will be able to come online faster I believe

You see before words like “ not on par with,” or “is not a counter part” were being used, To me that does not mean “isn’t equal in some ways,” but roughly similar, with the end result depending more on how it is used. F-16C gets AMRAAM in 1992, that’s 8 years of MiG-29 having the longer stick in addition to its WVR edge. MiG-31 is here in 1984 before F-14D or AIM-54C If we want to bring production numbers, who operates what, and turn this into a “who would win war at certain dates based on number of airframes, or if both countries fight a battle with only these two aircraft they have at the time” then there’s not much I can say. For example, I do not subscribe to the idea that the MiG-31 only being capable of 5 G is somethIng that makes it “not comparable/on par with F-16/F-14” because it gains quite a lot of capability from not focusing on BFM. Speed, missile payload, PESA and wide angle IRST, data link with other assets such as Su-27, EWR, and MiG-23P. There is a lot of advantages over western airframes at the end of Cold War, even iF those advantages were eroded away. Does F-14/16 get PESA/AESA before 21st century? Did F-14D with its IRST, fielded in 1991 , operate in comparable numbers to MiG-31 at the same timeframe? Was it able to offload targets digitally to other platforms with less radar range? If our MiG-31 crew is at the same level as say our F-14/16 crew, will the MiG-31 just happily merge against their training and into a situation they know has the odds against them? Is anything western at the time able to intercept at Mach 2.8 over 20 km? Are we putting equal emphasis on BVR/WVR? Are we going to assume the western pilots are better from more flight hours? We could go on forever like this! Does Phoenix beat R-33 in range? Yes. Did F-16C get AIM-120A in 1992? Did MiG-29S get R-77 in 1991 while having R-27 variants since 84? Yea. Is MiG-29/31 comparable in role and use to F-14/16? I believe so. Does Russia begin to lose the advantages they inherited from USSR because of economy until modernization post-2010? Of course If you include China on red side like you mention, and take into account how these assets are supported and used, it becomes more grey? I think so, especially say 2005-2010. Or are the US jets also not comparable to USSR jets in certain ways also? For a long time they are lacking HOBS TVC missiles with HMS, AESA/PESA, IRST focus, or a widely deployed and cross platform compatible GCI datalink unless you want to pit F-106 against MiG-29/31? Is MiG-31 designed for BFM or meant to be used that way? Or perhaps is it’s lack of maneuverability a compromise to fly faster and higher than any Western fighter with the first PESA and likely the longest range IRST of the Cold War. Does F-14 being designed to carry bombs/rockets in the rare event it was needed mean it wasn’t built or designed to be a Long range missile carrier like MiG-31? I apologize for making this such a long message. I just can’t accept that a missile being shorter ranged, or having AMRAAM after 92, or low production numbers and lack of domestic sales automatically disqualify any MiG from being comparable. But I completely understand that if real war broke out, the advantages of these eastern platforms will have the odds stacked against them. How about, 4 MiG-31 against 4 F-14, 4 MiG-29 against 4x F-16C. Equal skill and tactical situation. Are they “comparable” or on par? Are the F-14/16 pilots going to dismiss MiG-31 as not having an advantage and to not worry since it will be easy to kill it WVR if Phoenix doesn’t work? What if it’s 1987 and MiG-29 has R-27R against AIM-9 only F-16C? US vs USSR/Russia? Sure US will win. Does that have a lot to do with economy and logistics? Sure. Personally, I find economics and logistics somewhat boring, and airplanes much more fun to talk about.

I dunno, F-14 was designed for fleet defense, and Aegis was a factor in it becoming obsolete, so flying SAM site is a pretty good comparison I think. Su-27SM, Su-30MKK/MKI all began operation in early 2000s. Are they a small lightweight fighter? No, but in 1992-94 you get MiG-29S, which has 90 km radar range, Fox 3, is that not good enough as a F-16C counterpart at the time of introduction? MiG-29K, an aircraft I personally believe is technologically at least on par with F-16C/18C, was introduced in 2009. For F-16C, Until it gets AMRAAM, it has AIM-7 for BVR only against MiG-29 from 1984 with 80 km radar, 35-70 km missiles, and HOBS/HMS combo. Was it equal to F-16C in every way at the time? No. Did Russian aviation basically lose ten years in the 90s? Yes, but I think saying F-16C has no equal until mid 2010s, is ignoring some of the subtleties, and larger airframes F-16C would face If you mean 2007 F-16C block 50 we have in DCS, then yes, I agree not until MiG-29K, Su-27SM3, are equals really ins service. But until then you also have things like 30MKI and MKK from 2001, does dual seats and large size disqualify it from being considered an equal? I guess it’s semantics and exactly what we are arguing

Ah, thought Israel was involved one way or the other! Thanks

What is the lower one? Doesn’t even look like super hind

I think GPS instead of moving map would be awesome. Make it easier to pre planned loft also. However your first two pictures are Mi-35M, and I think we are quite far away from having those in game

Are you sure this isn’t just a ferry Lo’s out? The only way to fire R-27T/ET from the inner 4 pylons is by an ejector pylon. And since it’s LOBL, it would need to be dropped with a lock, and maintain the lock until missile ignition (I bet the missile has a limited FOV under intakes, and the centerline I would think would be nearly useless, especially rear centerline!). Im sure it’s possible, but the fact that all Fox 2s are rail launched as far as I can tell, or tube launched, makes me skeptical of an ejector solution. Especially with the FOV restrictions. Radio waves go through more things then short wave IR and R-27R/ER is LOAL anyways.

Flight test does work. Press the switch, and HUD will say BIT while control surfaces move on the ground. After a bit it ends.

I would want the weather/terrain radar. Bomb sight would be fun. More weapons and mines even.

Idk about co-op, IRL it forces radar to MPRF, which is about 20-35 km range. Right now in DCS, any radar dropped lock with active IRST lock will be maintained by IRST, even in HPRF I know one thing we’lll get! We’ll know which bar is scanning! Right now ACM modes also scan whole area instantly, so will be much slower in vertical scan in FF. I think the only performance upgrade we’ll get for radar in FF, other then current scan bar indicator, will be having Lazur/Beryuza to guide us beyond sensor range. Oh wait… that’s after release….. Or that one day we will have S upgrade package with 14% range bump, R-77, and TWS2. I wish they did what Sukhoi did for 27, and put a closure speed indicator that Tells you exactly how close target is to notch. Since it can be 70-90 degrees depending on speed or not there at all. Su-27 also gets R-27 battery indicator, and it’s co-op mode works with HPRF One good thing about co-op in 29, in vertical scan or helmet or optical, radar/IRST/missile all look together and first to lock becomes primary sensor

Yea, I could be totally wrong. I’m sure the AOA sensors we see for MiG-21 onward and 4th gen US aircraft (idk when US first started using AOA input to gunsight) have a good use, and Soviets seemed to think they were extremely necessary for ground attack with slip correction. And of course, a gyro gunsight can easily be made to correct for average AOA. Unless we knew exactly what’s going on under the hood, I guess we can’t know. Would be interesting if so done found a really solid way to test the impact of AOA on the bullet trajectory in DCS

I think part of the theory right now is that what is happening might be correctly modeled, and the result of the ASP-5N not having AOA correction. On MiG-21 you begin to see AOA vane to correct bullets and rockets. I believe the positive AOA when pulling G would weathervane the spinning bullets down. Causing what we see. So you need to aim ahead of the target depending on G load. Sight works very well for me in straight and level flight

Sadly they are only making 9.12A, which correlates to MiG-29A model. I would love to have the ECM and fuel of 9.13 along with radar upgrade and R-77 of “S” upgrade package, but it seems they don’t want to do it. Sad because, I think there is enough info to do its Gardeniya jammer to the same fidelity we have for the new F-16/18 break lock jammers. “Backward engineering” the switchology shouldn’t be too hard. We know the change in HUD symbology and radar range increase. I think the ECM/low production numbers gets in the way ( I think only a little more then a dozen were produced for Russia from the factory with the S upgrade), as well as being able to sell as separate module or upgrade Also, S upgrade was applied to 9.12 also. In which case you get no jammer and extra fuel, but increase radar range 14% and R-77 with TWS2. So what I would really love, is what if one day they make a separate upgrade package for 9.13S, or even make just regular 9.13 or 9.12S. They could sell it as a 5 variant pack. How many years In the future would this be? I don’t want to think about it

On the deck you hit G limit at Mach 0.8-0.85 depending on weight. if it lower alpha limit with increase of speed and thus stopped you exceeding max G, like the way MiG-19 ARU is designed, I would be very surprised but pleasantly so. As there is yhe lack of G limiter. According to CL’s charts, you should be pulling 9-12 degrees AOA on the deck at Mach 0.8-0.85 at 8-9 G

Alpha protection sure. But the faster you are the more you will hit G limit then alpha. Especially with our 1500 kmh IAS limit

Which the reference line is +/-60 degrees. So works perfect for seeing if pitch stabilization has room, and antenna elevation compared to both horizon and nose

I can update it. Basically, all S-5 are now updated to compensate for being more explosive then weight in TNT. This means S-5KO is more powerful then it used to be. You will find that S-5M is basically same explosive power as S-5KO, with none of the anti armor penetration. S-5KP will have the most explosive power by I think 10-20%, and the most penetration. The con is that it’s also the heaviest, and I think was only made in the late 80s as a modern fuse upgrade for S-5 before it went out of production for USSR. The in game model is dated 1986

Ahh, too bad we don’t have the S-5 flare rocket

I haven’t seen setting Gregen latitude in any start up or pre check sequence. I believe 1/10 of latitude is about 11 km, so I would expect it to be set upon arrival to airbase/FARP. There is many things to do when transferring a bird to a new airfield that maintenance can or doesn’t have to do, such as correcting for local magnetic deviation with the Greben and other things connected to it.

Whether a particular module models flares effect on seeker or not, as soon as missile leaves the rail, they will all behave the same and go for a flare that was released before launch if it the countermeasures meet the proper criteria and RNG

And manual

I also use the parking break bind sometimes for some extra wheel brake torque

This must be new?