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Didn't we establish that for a long time now?

Considering this: https://hushkit.net/2019/03/16/2019-analysis-how-good-is-the-block-ii-pakistan-jf-17-fighter-aircraft-today-compared-to-its-peers-and-potential-threats/ That would put the Thunder's performance slightly over the MiG-21s. We don't have the Bison so that's hard to compare with the DCS 21bis. But on the same hand it says the F-16 Blk 52 has the upper hand in the dogfight, which would put our Blk50 even higher over the JF-17. Currently, the inverse is the case.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.

The thunder flies like the viper should. Highly energy sustainable also at low speeds, has a high turn rate and is really enjoyable to fly!

The aggravating thing about this particular bug is not that ED does not acknowledge it, ED labels it correct-as-is instead. Same with the FM in the beginning.

You won't hear any afterburner sound in the pit and it sounds very authentic to the tapes I watch on Youtube. I think the hornets afterburner effects look badass in comparison to the viper one. That one just looks flat, unappealing, too red and uninteresting (direct view into the engine nozzle). I hope that is just WIP. Also F-14 Tomcat afterburner effect from behind is just the worst. Flat textures, and a rotating, flat looking texture. The M2000C's afterburner just has one texture and looks a** without heat blur effect on in graphics settings.

Short answer: No

Ok, two planes are coming at each other in BVR high aspect. Risk level is high and both need to go banzai. Both are stealth fighters and cannot see each other with their radar. Also they have Laser counter measure system equipped against IR missiles. Tell me what will happen. fun fact: gripen were able to close in to F-22 and splash them in red flag because of their advanced ECM system. But if you talk about DCS, then yes.

explain to me why I could easily defeat another hornet player in a BFM situation consistently for 3 rounds? I flew 1 circle, two circle and the vertical each per round. That being in the hornet. In the viper it is far more difficult. I just could kill him in a snapshot head on after we ended up merging a few times and me changing tactics to a one circle. what you talk about pilot skill is common sense and knowledge, and talk is cheap. you sound like somebody who knows the theoretical stuff, but never had any practice. One or two degree definitely make a difference. Not to mention energy retention and g onset rate. you miss the problem here completely, in that the viper is not up to par per DCS implementation. It’s not about general airmanship. I could be wrong you really are that good in the viper. I’d like to fight you, me being in a hornet. In that case I’d like you to teach me.

Exactly. Go up to blow up. When two pilots with equal skill match against each other in DACT, the hornet will win. This is not about pilot skill, but the box the pilot sits in. And the flight performance for the viper is definitely not accurate. Basically saying "Learn to fly I the viper" is not helpful at all and completely misses the point of the real issue.

At least giving us a WIP with better flight performance now is better with the disappointing WIP we have now. We already have to cope with it for almost 2 years.

Any news?

For mission 3 the mission suddenly exits after I arrive at the tanker after a while. The score is 0 and I cannot advance. Is there any solution to that?

At night you can see the 2D, rectangular image nature of the afterburner rings. The files need to be cleaned up in order to hide the artifacts around the ring. Else it looks like dirty rectangles. See attached files.

Right click on the button instead of a left click. I seem to remember it works.

Currently Jester only tells the position of the bandit. But in a dogfight when padlocked on the target, I don't see vital information like speed. Here a human RIO can help out by reading out knots. Jester could be helpful here too, in addition to saying bandit position by also saying speed.

Thanks!

There is no voice over in mission 8. All missions up to 8 are fine.

The defecting F-16 just won't land. I follow the instructions to the latter. I approach the airfield from the south, drop the gear and fly about 4000 feet over the runway. The defector mimics me, also dropping the gear, he just won't land! When I eventually land on that airfield, he just circles endlessly until he crashes into the ground. :doh: