Airhunter

Not every single datapoint will be from flight tests, expecially the beyond structural or operational limit area and a lot is simply extrapolated.

Is this thread even about the Mig-29 anymore?

What documentation? That one possible launch envelope which has been thrown around a thousand times by now? There have been adjustments to the ER as of late which made it more in line with it.

Yup. Currently the 54C is the worst performer in DCS as far as guidence and lofting goes. (CCM aside). This has been brought up in the past but I don't think the developers will consider any changes without further documentation. Obviously if you could say use the same API and guidence as the 120B it would be muhc closer to the above described methods.

Not according to the charts and NATOPS. Was it done with a cleaned up and emty test airframe? Maybe. But this "evidence" is anecdotal at best.

You can consider the 14D almost a new airplane or "evolution" of the Tomcat. It became a lot more digital with a ton of new avionics, a full up HUD (even different to the B(U) ), new ejection seats and was more capable with the new radar and IRST. With all these new toys it also became quite a bit heavier than the original B, but nothing too drastic, marginal raw performance degradation at best considering same payload and NOT grossweight. There are also B(U)'s which also had a differend HUD, similar to the Hornet and A-7, DFCS, PTID and so on. Late A models also got the PTID and DFCS.

Drag for various stores and also at various altitudes is also all over the place resulting in you being stuck at M1.2-ish at roughtly 30k feet and higher, while easily going faster lower). And afaik the B won't hit M2.35-ish anymore clean which was possible in the past.

That chart actually cuts off at around 22 degrees as it reaches the lift limit. And for sustained you'd wanna follow the Ps=0 line. I'm less concerned about turnrates and whatnot when it comes to the FM but more about the weird drag "walls" that we can currently see as well as stores drag. Hopefully this can be finally fixed after half a year...

Known. Will be in the next update.

The C is reduced smoke, it is not completely smokeless anymore like it was in the past.

Nice! Thanks for the insight, you guys rock. Day one purchase on my end with no hesitation.

Yup, sadly the #1 voted for item, namely the flight model and fcs bahavior, still wasn't addressed. It was mentioned briefly in a recent newsletter but nothing concrete yet.

Sure, but what is the current status of the project? What is there left to be done for an initial EA canditate?

Pretty positive one of the top of the line Virpil sticks and the CM3 throttle will do just fine.

Probably gonna be an option with either the early or IRIAF A.

We probably wont see the A-6 AI until like Q2 of next year given how things are going at the moment.

First of all, the manufaturer "statement" is nothing more than a sales brochure describing the general characteristics of the missiles, they don't go into ANY technical detail whatsoever. You keep mentioning "proportional navigation" in every sentence you write, yet you seem to have very little understanding on what it actually is. Proportional navigation is as broad of a term as "infrared" - it basically covers a mathematical method on calculating intercept courses based on distance and angular movement. You do not have any official or forml source with technical details, guidence algorithms or maintenance manuals. Others, including me have provided you with the official base, kinetic flyout charts and graphs for the base and extended range R-27. ED themselves have mentioned a CFD-rework of the R-27 family and various lift and drag coefficient adjustments in the next patch to mitigate some major issues. And I repeat, you do not know how the R-27T/R/ET/ER guides or flies, especially not based on a simple brochure merely mentioning what proportional navigation is. Even in game we have a very simplified FC3 model, not requiring any cooling phases and pre-setting of target parameters. You can absolutely either launch override the missiles and fire it beyond seeker range or cue it to a radar lock. Kinematiaclly speaking you do not want a missiles without thrust vectoring to pull lead straight off the rail, the whole point of proportional navigation is to pull as little lead as possible in the early stages of flight when the motor is still firing and accelerating the missile. Not to mention that the 27T/ET is not meant for maneuvering targets past +8 G's. Every missiles in DCS uses proportional navigation coefficients and methods. Read the last sentence again. If anything YOU are putting a lot of personal opinion and interpretation into a brief statement on the internet by a missile manufacturer. It's not like everyone isn't agreeing that the current variants underperform in DCS and need a rework (which they are going to receive), it just all ends the moment you bring up these accusations and personal interpretation on how exactly the missile should guide and which upgrades for it even exist.

Yet you cant sustain 9G's or have a CATIII restriction? With the complete lack of standoff or precision munitions apart from LGB's, what's the point? DCS and realistic are polar opposites.

The over the shoulder shot is made possible via. sensor fusion and datalink. DASS is for the most part a defensive sensor and CM suite.

It's a temporary fix, which has very little effect anyway since there is mode code behind the curtain and behind what can be accessed through the game files.

Guys, everyone keeps falling for the bait, this is one huge circlejerk without any substance whatsoever. Clearly pepin and Fri are trolling all of you if you all keep falling for it. I suggest some mod to close this thread to avoid further incidents and reports. If said individuals really have something to back up their claims or show they can private message one of the ED developers.

What use would it bring to have an A2G radar in a APG-68 Viper? Like, seriously?

It's just gonna be a better pod, more zoom as well to spot those pesky manpads.

The real big ticket items will be the SNIPER pod and JDAM's.

So judging by todays newsletter we arent getting anything apart from a sound update for the Hornet? What about the beforementioned and highly requested FM and FCS changes or proper GPS/INS alignment? I really hope next month will see a ton of this stuff, otherwise I dont see it being anywhere near feature complete by the end of the year.