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  1. I have no idea why this assumption is so pervasive. Here, a German Typhoon with PIRATE:
  2. Do you already know what the extent of the available capabilities is going to be? Specifically, can you out of hand confirm or deny PIRATE and Meteor?
  3. Sure! Page 234, item #28. E: Added the revision history to show page 234 had remained unchanged since May '45.
  4. So wait, didn't the P-47D-30 come with an A-23 turbo regulator from the factory? This document dated Feb 3, 1944 says the A-23 regulator was already being used operationally and was to be preferred over the A-13. From what I've been able to find in a quick search, the first P-47 block that came with the A-23 regulator from the factory was the D-22.
  5. But what makes you think the later Hornet's engines would suddenly spool up slower?
  6. In the absence of drag, yes. Once you get close to a plane's level top speed, the heavier it is, the faster it'll keep accelerating past it. Is it going to decide the fight? Probably, hell, almost certainly not outside of very specific circumstances. Is it measurable? Absolutely. E: Also, following your logic, parachuting is impossible. -------- Also, saying this isn't true because the 109K outperforms its opponents is a logical fallacy. The plane has in the vicinity of 400 more hp than the Spitfire and Mustang, yet is around 800 kg lighter at TOW than the P-51 and around the same weight as the Spit.
  7. I really wish ED would take the F-16's release to finally do something about this. Heatblur electing to use their own values for the F-14's M61 was the right choice considering the sorry state the vanilla game's is in right now.
  8. antagonist

    Gunsight

    What's the issue with the D-9's sight?
  9. It's not about physical distance between them, it's about the hydrostatic head the heart has to pump blood up against.
  10. Pylons 7/7a and 3/3a, what does that mean?
  11. The moment where ownership of a certain module is required to be able to access online play is the moment where it's probably only going to get bought by the ones who don't care for online play. Don't let this be to current day combat aviation what the WW2 asset pack was to DCS: WW2.
  12. I can attest the Saitek X55 is prone to creating ghost signals in the switch wiring if you move the throttle. Maybe the X56 is affected in a similar way?
  13. I can confirm vertical scan modes are working with the gun selected.
  14. Yes, confirming. Also would like to add it should be smaller if you're in VR.
  15. Then consider this to be two bug reports in one, because I'd bet any loadout requiring pallets on the rear hardpoints while mounting AIM-7s on the forward ones won't render them.
  16. If you select the rear two fuselage hardpoints to mount AIM-54s and the ones ahead of them to mount AIM-7s, the AIM-54s will just float in the air as no pallet will be installed. I am also unsure whether that kind of loadout configuration was valid for the plane.
  17. Ah, so they *are* missing and I wasn't imagining things. That's good to know.
  18. Let me say beforehand that I may be completely wrong about the following: From my understanding, one of the differences between the A and B version was the addition of RWR antennas underneath the wing gloves, which required two fairings per side to be added to the fuselage. With the D, these RWR antennas were relocated to inside of the compartment where the glove vanes used to be installed, cleaning up the airframe's lines again. So I was expecting our F-14 to have those fairings, but it doesn't. Is it an oversight or is my information inaccurate/incomplete? :huh:
  19. Master test switch is synonymous with eyestrain and borderline neck injury. Also, without some inventive neck strain, the hydraulic transfer pump switch cannot easily be operated because it's obscured by its cover - an issue exacerbated by the fact I couldn't find it in the mappable controls list.
  20. VKB dev cycles being what they are, I don't see this becoming available before 2025 or so.
  21. But shouldn't chaff discrimination be reliant on actual speed, not relative? Assuming an F-14 is chasing a contact from slightly below and a delta-v of 0, any chaff dropped to spoof the radar would almost immediately slow down to ambient wind speeds. I don't see how disabling the MLC filter against a target above the horizon can even affect chaff discrimination as chaff would have a delta-v much slower than 133 kts over the vast majority of its lifetime.
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