Bozon

That Soviet invasion is imminent!

So which variant will it be? If it’s going to be just one, I prefer the F6F-5 for the ground pounding options. Performance wise they are not that different, so a -5 can stand-in for a -3 variant when needed. Of course, getting both would be nice too.

The statistics are overwhelmingly to the Hellcat’s favor - in kills vs. loss and in particular total number of kills. On paper, the Hellcat is close to the Corsair but slightly inferior overall. However, real life does not work this way and many parameters that we as simmers or armchair tacticians tend to ignore are actually what makes the greater difference in the grand scheme of things. So, if you want to win a duel - pick the Corsair. If you want to win a war - pick the Hellcat. In the Hellcat Grumman have produced a masterpiece of a well balanced design, fit for purpose. The result was greater than the sum of its parts. This does not take away anything from the Corsair, not at all. During the war it was a great land based fighter and it kept developing to a real monster past the war. It just wasn’t what the Navy needed.

This is good news. Mosquito and Hellcat are the top two warbirds on my wishlist. However, at the rate of WWII module development, we are looking at 2025 and beyond, and warbirds modules tend to get stuck is the “not quite complete” state for a long time. I envy the rotorheads, ED helicopter modules are being churned out at a good pace and excellent quality: Mi24, AH-64, Black Shark, now CH-47.

Its a Phantom - it will still be beautifugly and hit mach 2 even if you pixelate it to Minecraft level!

It is counterintuitive if you try too hard. The way takeoff steering works is the following: If you want to veer to the left/right you do it with the rudder the same as any other plane - only if you get no response from full rudder or not enough response, tap the brake a little to “help” the rudder. The way this plays out during takeoff is that for the first few seconds of the run you try to steer normally (rudder up to full), get little to no response and add a little brake power. After a few seconds you start to get a response from the rudder without the need to tap the brakes. From here util lifting the tail and lift off it is just rudder as normal. Most common mistake (I suspect) is that people over think this system and try to steer by pressing the brakes and then applying rudder or trying to do both at the same time - this makes you lose speed, sometimes jump and bang the tail, and then if the speed is high over-steer into a ground loop. The correct way is rudder first, then add brakes.

Turns out that the HB Ukrainian team of developers were working in an isolated farmstead in east Ukrain when the Russians invaded. The F-4E code was left on the hard drive of a computer, disconnected from the internet, 100 miles behind enemy lines. Cobra847 was tasked with training a team of soldiers to parachute across enemy lines and retrieve the hard drive. The soldiers, recruited from murderers, rappers and criminals on death row, are promised commuted sentences. In spite of their history, the 12 men prove a spirited and courageous unit. However, 2022 passed and the team was not heard from. This is why HB were unable to give us any news or even screenshots of the module. Now, with just 2 days to the 2023AB video Cobra and IronMike have taken upon themselves to write the entire code from sctratch. They have been frantically hammering away at their keyboards while being sustained by the other HB employees on a strict diet of Redbull, sugar, and espresso shots. Each of them has worked through multiple keyboards already that fell apart sending Caps Locks and spacebars flying everywhere. Will they make it in time for a 2023AB video? It only takes one broken typing finger for this effort to fail. I dont know bout you all, but I will cheer for them and keep my fingers crossed.

Nonsense! We have less than 2 day left - speculate faster!

How can you be sure of that? Black chemtrails are just different chem. The black ones make you real stupid. I was hit by one and then watched the entire Harry & Meghan documentary.

Chemtrailes!

Correcting the performance of the current flight model to match the short stub exhausts without shrouds that we see in the 3D model will be a good start. Our mosquito is about 15 mph too slow and match the performance for configuration with saxophone exhausts covered by flame shrouds.

I don’t know if bomber mossies ever used 150 oct. Short-time top speed is not as important for bombers who rely more on a long duration high cruise speed not to be intercepted. The ones who really needed the short top speed were the night fighters and day rangers/intruders. Night fighters experimented with NO2 to boost power during a chase. 150 octane was prioritized for FB.VI day rangers/intruders that really needed to outrun enemy fighters on the deck. 2 Merlins running at +25 must have been glorious excess of power!

Also, ships on land are notoriously difficult to sink.

@JP Gabobo I like this shade of blue-gray! Is this the correct shade for coastal command? I think most models/drawings I’ve seen make it less blue - but that does not mean they are correct.

They have gone quiet about all WWII things. It has been many months since anything significant has been announced or patched in WWII. We don’t know about any modules in development and the Mosquito “early access” status has not advanced in ages - no navigator AI, no pilot models, no Very pistol, no response regarding reduced performance that matches a model with saxophone exhausts and flame shrouds which is not what we have.

The suggestion by Aussie_Mantis was that the F-4E/D could theoretically carry 21 SUU-11. From what I googled, the gun inside that pod is GAU-2 (M134 in US Military) which fires 7.62mm rouds. The numbers I pulled are for that gun. 6000 rounds per minute from 21 guns is 2100 rounds per SECOND. let it rip!

Lets see: bullet mass is about 10g, muzzle velocity is 850 m/s, rate of fire up to 6,000 rpm - numbers to my understanding. Mass multiplied by velocity is momentum, divided by time is force, so in MKS units: F per gun = 10e-3 * 850 * 6000/60 = 850 N average force. That is already impressive as it is equivalent to a weight of 85 kg. Now multiply by 21… F for 21 = 17,850 N = 4000 lbs force That is truly a lot and will slow the plane down, but it is no where near the thrust of the engines. I am more afraid that the number of bullets DCS will have to track will crash the software…

Because when they do, they will want something to sweeten the pill - a trailer, screen shots, some other reveal, and it is not ready yet. My bet is that we will get something of the sort by next weekend.

Oh boy… I would love to try 21 miniguns on my F-4E Was it used toilet paper?

HB and also we should light a joint, take a deep puff, relax and enjoy xmass/new year. After that we should look forward to a well prepared release, with the ability to release a quick-fixes patch within days later - something that is always required to this or that degree with such complex modules.

If the SAM radar is turned off or looking the other way, it means it is not a threat = SAM suppressed, mission accomplished.

This appears to be a Minecraft skin

I can’t find any indication that P.8 compasses had an electric input/output of any sort, for a remote indicator or otherwise. It seems that it was just a compass. This site mentions the use of P.8 as a check for aircraft with a remote indicating compass: https://saskaviation.ca/aircraft-grid-steering-compass-type-p8/ Another site mentions a compass and repeater on RAF bombers. They refer to the whole system (main unit and remote indicators) as “distance reading compass”. I can’t copy&paste from that page so just scroll down to “D.R - Distance Reading” section title: https://compassmuseum.com/aero/aero.htm They mention that the main unit feeds compass reading to the bomb-sight for the bombers. Since the mosquito was designed initially as a bomber I suppose that FB.VI shares this compass unit with the B models. So, from what I could find it seems most likely that the RI repeater has nothing to do with the P.8 compass, and it has its own main unit installed remotely. It is the internet so grab a fistful of salt, but this is all I could find.

Look here, I think this is supposed to be similar to what the mosquito has, but I don’t really know. They say this unit was typical for RAF bombers: https://rochesteravionicarchives.co.uk/collection/navigation-inertial/distant-reading-dr-compass-mk-1 Apparently this unit has a variation correction on the main unit, probably adjusted on the ground before the flight.

The Remote Indicator repeater is electrically connected to a “remote” compass unit (I don’t know where it was installed) and “repeats” its reading. Therefore it is a magnetic reading - our unit does not have the ability to add a true north correction. The P8 compass is a different instrument that is a reliable backup - for example, electric problems will cause you to lose the RI repeater. Since both measure magnetic heading they are “supposed” to show the same heading, up to possible issues with interferences for which P8 is more sensitive (I don’t believe DCS includes that). Note that since P8 is located low next to your left knee, you are observing it from a funny angle. You need to move your perspective to get a proper reading. I will not be surprised if there is a bug and they don’t show the same heading - I never look at the P8 due to its location.