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yeh the early (mk1) had a smaller vert stab and were limited. theres a story about a guy who got disorientated at full reheat in a cloud. when he came out of the cloud at warp 9 he realised he was pointing straight at the ground, the resultant significant emotional event caused him to yank the stick for all it was worth bending the airframe but flew home safely, the g needle was bent off the scale and they reckon he pulled something like 13gs lol ps sustained 8g turn in 1960 is ridiculous lol skip to 5:30 on this and tell me with a straight face the lightning couldnt turn

ok, cant wait for a d then lol most of my squadmates use the hornet and we mainly do atg, therye annoying me lol

just found this snippet off tinternet, if its true are hb planning to put gps on the b?? With the addition of the LANTIRN in the early 90s, and later with GPS for the B and D Tomcat models, it was a very viable air-to-ground platform.

it could turn too. an interceptor is a very specific role it requires speed climb rate and not alot else, the lightning was in service in 1959 and when they tested everything nato had in the mid 80s! including the teen fighters and 104s mirages etc, the lightning creamed everything in every single test bar 1 which was a dead heat (supersonic acceleration on the deck which the 104 matched). it was also the only thing to sucsesfully intercept concorde from the rear and also the only thing to intercept a u2, it did it by DIVING on the u2 from 88,000 feet!. it was a MONSTER kinetically which was exactly what it was designed to be. was it a good fighter? debatable due to shite range and dated avionics, certainly not a patch on the f15. was it a good interceptor? the best! the pilots also thought it would be a good dogfighter, (i guess use it as an energy fighter?) it was also apparantly very nice to fly

should i use that or not? even at a shown 45+ fps i still get stutter sometimes

Is this applicable to the index?

I know the mustang does (same engine or different variant?) But i dont know if the spitfire does

Wow they even moddelled heart attacks!

You can buy an assault rifle in america but not a kinder egg because its dangerous, makes me chuckle that

It wasnt designed for that though, it was modified to make it work in the ground role. It was the best pure interceptor ever made and nearly by accident it could turn well too

i have no idea how to activate camera lol

i dont think its a wrong choice but i would love the option between worn and clean ESPECIALLY if it means more fps!!!! im desperate for that lol

ive noticed a quirk/bug with the ap. if i flip the switches for alt hold and switch ap on (regardless of pressing nosewheel button) when im on the ground (possibly in the air with the gear down too but im not 100% on that) then the ap wont work at all for that flight no matter what i do. also is it normal for the ap to act like fbw when switched on but not activated? i use it every flight for that reason lol, stops the plane porpoising and means i dont have to trim out apart from landing

yeh :( and mike beachy head died of heart attack too so thunder city is all gone :(

ive had exactly that idea but havnt had a dogfight to test it yet lol

im struggling for decent fps with my index, system is 7700k at 5ghz 32gb 3ghz ram gtx1080 with mild overclock i struggle to hit 30 fps even at low settings

LOVE the last shot haha

i heart you!!!

BEAST of an airframe, garbage avionics lol

i love threads like this! proper feedback and proper reaction from devs

i never knew the ap wouldnt work above 400 knots, learn something every day

i mostly use the mk60 but ive tried the c. i havnt altered my launch parameters, at all, head on shots from co alt (give or take 5k feet). all the missiles track perfectly till a few hundred yards out and then suddenly snap to some bizarre angle, sometimes lag (like its chasing chaff) and sometimes lead which cant be chaff, it DEFFINATELY feels like a bug. i did more testing tonight fired a total of 11 missiles 9 of which were between 50 and 20 miles, all head on shots so serious closure speeds. 1 of them hit! used both tws and pd stt with the same results the other 2 i fired in acm mode and both hit np. its getting to the point im thinking about ditching them completely and trying the sparrow :(

dont think i have any mods and its upto date. crazy break close to target is what mine do