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Agree, the take-off is amazing though. That said, the JASDF apparently likes to demo its Eagles in pairs and the display is supposed to be quite something to watch.

There sure are some tasty ones in those TBS videos though. I want that GR.7 model!!!

Excellent! So there are, ah... um... *implications*?

If so then it's a new version that is very different to the original. On almost all pictures of Mak sensors I have seen you can clearly make out 'spots' that are probably optical windows/apertures. http://www.foxbat.ru/maks/brzeg_164ograp/index.php?picid=brzeg_164ograp025

I don't think they're RWR antennae either, but AFAIK the laser jammers were mounted in FLIR-like ball turrets near the main landing gear. My guess would be that they're infrared missile approach warner lenses. EDIT: Have a look below the rocket pod in the first picture. Behind the open access panel you can actually see what I'm talking about, that metallic semisphere is what I believe to be one of two laser jammer turrets.

You can land on ships in BS? Fantastic!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, that missile effectiveness slider is a bloody nuisance.

I take it that is a tentative request for more pretty pictures and a vague hint that GE doesn't work with Win98 ;) In that case:

In the absence of JSTARS aircraft and proper arty spotters this arrangement is fine IMHO. Much better and more realistic than if it wasn't there at all, I would say.

Sevastopol and the Mysterious Crimean Airbase that ED never modelled are now high-res too ;) As is Saki, including NITKA! Hell, many Crimean airbases are.

Yes, that's what I'm talking about. It's called 'Altarm' or 'Totarm' (once it's no longer connected to the river) in German :)

Maybe, but not necessarily. You see that rather often with meandering rivers when they erode and eventually break through the rock at the base of a loop. Of course, man frequently takes matters in his own hands when he canalises a waterway. So, what we're seeing is a former loop of the river cut off by either erosion or human canalisation.

It still is a very good idea. I can see how translating the complete manual would be impossible, but I'd say the illustrations and diagramms would be very useful. They'd lend your simulation-manual a unique touch of credibility and atmosphere, not to mention the fact that creating new ones would be akin to reinventing the wheel ;)

Looks pretty good, keep going :)

This one?

*BUMP* Come on, where are all those DC fanatics? SK means what he says! Perhaps posting this over at Frugal's would help, since few people who consider the lack of a DC in LOMAC a true showstopper would be hanging around here.

Excellent, that is not only an impressive achievement IRL but also a very useful thing to have for us simmers. This suggestion definately has my vote :)

Yes, as I said the original Su-30MKK for the PLAAF is different (that's what the first few of your pictures show, the last one is a Su-30KN AFAIK). The Su-30MKK2 is newer and serves with the PLANAF (Chinese naval air arm) rather than the airforce. I'm not sure if they have the same cockpit layout as the Testpilot's Su-30 shown here, but they could.

Like ForceFeedback said 13.5g is the structural limit, beyond that point you will get permanent deformation of structural components. 1.5x9g=13.5g (9g being the maximum design load condition), standard practise for structural design in western aircraft :) As D-Scythe remarked the main asset of the Mirage2000 is its instantaneous turn rate (that and an impressive roll-rate) and Mirage airshow displays are of course cleverly devised to take advantage of this. Its sustained performance is not quite as good as that of the F-16, Hornet and Flanker. It does make for very nice displays, I've seen it my self at le Bourget last year. Another Mirage speciality is high altitude and high Mach number performance, due to the comparatively low by-pass ratio of the M53 engine (have a look at the flight data section of the website in the original message).

The logo on the left fuselage side seems to indicate that this is one of the Testpilot's Su-30s. http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1027487/L/ That's not to say the Su-30MKK2 doesn't have the same layout (the original Su-30MKK is different), of course ;)

That's what my impression was too, which is why I said 'if'.

It's real IMHO. Look at the photos posted in the airliners.net discussion, that should be rather convincing. As for the refueling probe, it's anyone's guess as to why it's extended. To show off (you'd think the altitude would do the trick though ;) )? To somehow disable restrictions of a possible new FBW system (it's a testbed Su-30 afterall and the recent gear up landing of an Eurofighter Typhoon was performed with the probe out for that reason)? One thing is for sure though, if it's indeed Kvotchur at the controls then he certainly has a precedent for doing this kind of stuff. Ask AndrewMcP ;)

SK, you have my support in your quest for keeping the current debriefing save scheme, aswell as extending it to multiplayer missions. While I would like a DC to be real-time, I suppose the cold hard facts look like this right now: - handcrafting missions has been shown to be dead-end for creating gameplay content for LOMAC (difficulty of creating missions and each new patch rendering them obsolete) - even a limited, turn-based DC would probably be of great value to LOMAC's gameplay - SkyWars2 appears to hold the most promise of survival among the few DC projects in existance - Black Shark is the last chance for ED to provide you with the changes required to make SkyWars2 work - in other words the last chance for us to see a DC for LOMAC (since the LOMAC product-line comes to an end with BS). So, more power to you!

As the globalsecurity link mentions the spike is there for aerodynamic reasons. Blunt IR-seeker domes are rather draggy and to achieve supersonic performance this spike is used to create a shock-cone that 'shields' the rest of the missile airframe, IIRC. A similar arrangement is used on the Trident and M51 SLBMs, allowing for a blunt nosecone which cuts down on total missile length without sacrificing payload volume in the tip.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1020729/L/ That would make a nice skin, IMHO!