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ViperEagle, why even bother?

Pretty sure the AIM-7F was the one to introduce solid state electronics to the Sparrow family. Could be wrong though - it's been a while.

Not only that, but if you're going to go as far as to claim the F-15C has already done DACT with Su-27SM/35s and got spanked, you might as well claim that Darth Vader sent a couple TIE fighters and interceptors to USAF Red Flag. Oh BTW, the TIEs beat the F-15. Turns out blaster fire is superior to AMRAAM.

Oh yeah, I remember the that exercise where the USAF sent a couple F-15Cs to fly against Su-27SM/35/30s.

That's where you're wrong. The AIM-7F was much more lethal than any SARH missile before it. The AIM-7M is just an improved -7F.

That's only half the story. The next sortie, another F-15C pilot, Captain Pete Mitchell (a navy transfer credited with 3 MiG-28 kills flying F-14s) went up against a Su-37 Terminator, which the Russians flew in because they knew Captain Mitchell was such an amazing pilot. In the first scenario, the Maj. Karabasov in the Su-37 started on the F-15's six. Capt. Mitchell hit the brakes and the -37 flew right by. Instant kill. In the next round, the Eagle started on the Terminator's six. Capt Mitchell turned his F-15 around to purposely put his opponent on his six, which baffled Maj. Karabasov, but then his plan became clear when the F-15 hit the brakes again forcing the Terminator to overshoot. Splash two. Source: Warbirdfeces series - Boeing F-15 Eagle Volume 52

Weekly? God man, that really sucks. Have you heard of laxatives? Might help.

Let's get a few things straight: - There is NO such thing as an MSIP II F-15A/B - the MSIP II program was ONLY for the F-15C/D - MSIP I was used for the F-15A, that enabled it to fire AMRAAM; however, it retained the SAME APG-63 radar - The MSIP programs were implemented in the mid-1980s; which allowed all F-15s to fire the AIM-120 - however, only the F-15C was updated with the new APG-70 radar (so yes, by the time the Su-27 was JUST entering service, AMRAAM-capable F-15s were doing the same)

The F-15E can carry 3 GBU-28s. Not that it does.

If the point was to maintain balance, the F-15C+AIM-120C should have never been modelled in the first place. That is a mid/late-1990s weapons system flying against first generation, 80s-era Su-27s and MiG-29s.

Well, players/AI can still play their "Dodge this missile for free" card against the AIM-120C.

The 850XT? Why? If anything, go for the ATI X1950 series - they are the best single-GPU graphic cards available on the market.

He was being sarcastic with his Top Gun remark. Try searching that up in Wikipedia.

This perspective presented in this thread is too narrow - technically, it's not a 1 vs. 1 replacement. It's not a question of whether the F/A-18E/F can replace the F-14 - there is always gonna be capability overlap, meaning that everything the F/A-18E/F can't do as well as the F-14, there is gonna be something else that can fill the gap. If you look at the force structure of the 2006-12 USN vs. the 1980-90s USN, it is far more capable. F/A-18E/F + F-35 + AIM-120D + SM-2/6 + ESSM + RAM (plus AEGIS/SPY-3 AESA/AWACS/EA-18G) VS. F-14A/D + F/A-18C + AIM-54C + AIM-7/120C + SM-2 + CIWS (plus AEGIS/AWACS/EA-6B) So technically, the USN isn't gonna be losing *anything* with the retirement of the F-14. The F-35 alone with its stealth and the AIM-120D can handle almost everything the Tomcat/AIM-54 combo can. And anything that slips by the fighter screen will be targetted 200km away by SM-6 active radar SAMs fired from AEGIS, whether above or below the horizon.

It's better if you just max out the model at 50K polys. There will be no significant framerate hit, since there will have to be LODs (required by ED to accept model).

Hajduk, missing canards/whatever are INDICATIVE of a training missile. It's NOT a new missile. Militaries do it ALL the time.

Yeah, they are pretty off, but it's hard to get them "on" because the colours look different depending on the lighting, and stuff. And yes, I am seriously considering re-starting all my F-15C skins from scratch just for this model, but any work would have to wait until after I finish my exams.

So we should model everything that existed but didn't enter service? If that was the case, how bout IR-guided AIM-7s for the F-15C? And someone please model the F-23 somewhere along the line - it's early/mid-90s, shouldn't be too hard to add. I mean, if we're just going to make everything unrealistic and all, might as well enjoy it. Thrust vectoring F-15s - those are always cool. And give all F-15s the 22% more powerful F100-PW-229 engines. The A-12 Avenger too. I want that.

Right.

Sorry, think I agree with Alfa here. You still need to stay within the range of the laser or else your LGB is just another dumb bomb.

Well, paint fades, and lighting can distort the colours. The darker camo is called the Mod Grey scheme:

The point is there SHOULDN'T even be a semblance of balance. IRL, if you want balance between a first generation Su-27 with semi-active radar missiles vs. a second generation F-15C with active radar missiles, you use NUMBERS and team tactics.

Not to be mean or anything, but those are for sure R-27R bodies (on the Flanker in the foreground), and the lack of forward vanes on them and the big black stripes do indicate captive (inert/training/whatever, just not combat) rounds. This isn't a NATO fanboi thing - those REALLY aren't R-27EAs. The R-27s on the Flanker in the background DO have the R-27E body though, but the website makes no mention of whether it's an R-27ER or EA.

The APG-73? It's a great radar definitely, but it's smaller size compared to the radars on the F-14/15 and new Su-27/MiG-31s still puts it at a disadvantage. Anyway, wasn't the entire F-15C fleet fitted with APG-63V1 radars (an update with APG-73 tech) in the early/mid-90s? IMO, the APG-70/63V1, the APG-71 and the Zaslon phased array radar are probably the best radars to be found in any fighter within the timeframe of LOMAC. You don't need the APG-73 to get a bunch of angry MiG flyers ;)

Well, first of all, I just want to make it clear that I was just ranting - again, I have no problem with what ED is doing so far. Not quite - my position is that the information is classified, and there is no way to know. In the absence of such information, it's better to take the middle ground rather than an absolute; making missiles more vulnerable to chaff/clutter in the notch is a whole lot better than leaving it completely defenseless, IMO. And conversely, there could also be reasons why the target didn't execute a beam manouever which is why the older missiles scored kills despite having no immunity to look-down notching. Desert Storm was a turkey shoot for the AIM-7M, R-27s missed every single time in Ethiopia/Eritrea, Israelis won't give anything about the Bek'aa valley turkey shoot, the Iran-Iraq war is an information blackhole, etc. The point is that everything is arguable, because the data we need is classified. A lack of look-down immunity may very well produce a Pk of zero, or it may not - we won't know until we're six feet under or close to it. If I was a real fighter pilot, I would practice beaming ALL the time if it gauranteed an instant escape like it does in Lock On, even with faulty RWR, etc. I'd imagine any pilot would get pretty good at it after a while if the case was that notching gaurantees your safety, and they actually flew fighter planes for a living. You ever hear of Falcon 4.0? It had super missiles, and it's STILL has strong community support (with none of the constant whining about missile performance too). Obviously, even having deathrays like in F4 does not a boring sim make. I made two. And no, I don't think my intuition is superior to anyone's - I'm just merely pointing out that it's simply not feasible to execute modern BVR tactics if the target has an "out" even in the NEZ. IRL, I'm pretty sure target's caught in the NEZ won't have this "Get out of Jail Free" card they can play like in Lock On. You think that the attention paid to you rests solely on the ability to evade missiles 100% of the time by doing a simple break turn? There's more to Lock On's missile modelling than just the notch/lookdown element - even without it, the system ED modelled is still the most advanced of all modern flight sims, with or without the ability for perfect missile evasion. If you're afraid that Lock On's missiles are going to turn into deathrays, I've got good news for you - even at 100% slider they aren't even close to that. Furthermore, you can also be assured that I value any attention paid by ED to its past customers a great deal. Why, find the WMDs, build a free democratic nation from the rubble of a dictatorship and pull out the troops in 3 months of course.