Bremspropeller

I'm just hyped for the F1BE, but I'm special anyways.

The SR didn't stop because of the Foxbat. It stopped because better assets vs. cost vs. risk were available. Sending an SR meant also sending support aircraft like KC-135Qs with the special JP-7 fuel. If anything, the Foxhound put an end to the SR overflights. Even that jet had low chances of killing a Blackbird unless you're sending an entire PVO district going after a single jet. The U-2 was a comparatively easy target for any M2.0 class interceptor. Not really. I'm arguing that trying to shoot down a target that comes over the horizon at up to Mach 3.2 to 3.5, above 80000ft, is excessively hard with the assets at hand. Doesn't matter which colour your air defenses are.

What? Not quite multirole, but multipurpose. It was an interceptor, that could also drop a couple of bombs. Not neccessarily during the same mission. It's more useful than being a single-purpose jet like the Tu-128 or Su-15, though. I like the Su-15 better, because I like the aircraft better. That hardly makes me a russophobe. But if you want to play the victim-card here, go ahead, whatever you say. The MiG-25 couldn't intercept the SR, because it evidently didn't. Had they been able to squash a Blackbird, they'd done it and we'd know about it as they'd have run the propaganda game, thumping their chest over that achievement. There's only two reasons why they'd not shoot somebody down: 1) They legally couldn't. Ask KAL how well that rule turned out. 2) They physically couldn't. Like Mr. Rust in his R172, who wasn't shot down because "he wasn't deemed a threat" and yet PVO proceeded with some personnel-shuffling in the aftermath. Everybody who wasn't in their airspace by invitation, got an explosive memo. Intercepting an enemy with an aircraft that's slower than the target and with missiles that are only for a fraction of their flight-time faster than the target itself isn't quite a child's play. It requires an orchestra of GCI and command-control assets to work just right. It only takes one person to mess up and the intercept goes to hell. Just look how much of a clusterduck the KAL007 intercept was - and that was a plain vanilla 747-200, not trying to evade anybody, jamming or chaffing.

Yeah, right. Please don't assume you're the only person who's read a book or two. I don't care about world-records, unless they've been achieved by line-jets. That's precisely why I wrote "real-world" in brackets. So have Viggens and a duckton of other aircraft. Being able to maneuver into a position from where you'd be able to squeeze off a missile successfully, is a different story altogether. Even for a Foxbat.

Nothing. It looks better. Capability-wise (real-world), they're pretty similar. null They're both cool aircraft and the MiG comes with the added benefit of having a recce variant and dropping some bombs (plus it actually saw some pew-pew conflict, apart from shooting at unarmed vehicles like the Flagon). Both aircraft only make sense, if we actually could build a proper PVO campaign, including battling the (sub-) arctic weather. Which means: We need weather-presets with sh1ttier weather (lower clouds, less visibility and more rain/ snow). /opinion

Most wanted to least wanted: Su-15TM (for people who like the Foxbat, but who also know how to use a fork and a knife) MiG-25 (for the rest) MiG-27 (because BRRRRRT!) Su-25 (it's already there, but clickety-click) Yak-38 (meh, lots of work for an aircraft that's mostly gonna be shnizzeled)

Check the box left to your left thigh or knee (where the red and green radio pushbuttons are). It has all the volume rheos for the TACAN, VOR, Radio and MSL tones.

The CT uses the same radar scope as the C-200. The square scope is in the CR. I think the greater difference between the CT/CR and the M will be the stores (e.g. double bomb carriers on the inboards, iraqi 2200l tank) and lack of Corail CM stubs under the armpits:

Not only do the manuals not suggest it was a thing. There's also a complete lack of anecdotal evidence of what would have been a serious operational constraint. I don't buy the glass bearing story.

That makes the missle even cooler, thanks Ivan! I guess the M2 has a similar scan pattern? The Super really is super-solid. The only way to defeat it right now is kinetically, like turning cold immediately when launched upon. Don't just squeeze it off when you're getting the green dot, but wait a couple of seconds. Threat permitting. I wonder if that will still be the case with the improved radar modelling.

Chads fly Alpha Jets.

AIM-9B/J - rear aspect heaters => Seeker needs to be uncaged. AIM-9JULI - Juliet with a Lima seeker (all aspect) => Seeker needs to be uncaged. R550 Magic 1 - rear aspect heater => Seeker magically uncages itself. Eats flares like I eat éclairs. R550 Magic 2 - all aspect heater (best heater for the F1) => Seeker magically uncages itself. R530 IR - BFM* rear aspect (and limited 3-9 line capability) heater => Can only be carried on C/L station or inboard wing-stations. Use the C/L station. R530EM - BFM* all aspect Fox 1 (acts like a pitbull on a playground in a furball) => Can only be carried on C/L station or inboard wing-stations. Use the C/L station. S530F - one Fox 1 to own them all => If Jesus had a missile. That's about it. Unless Aerges decides in the future to implement the V3B or C and Python 3/ V3S missile carried by Equador and South Africa. ____ * Big Fat Momma

Hey @peyvolt thanks for your quick answer! There's got to be something off, though - I just made those in the mission editor. Note how the chute-housing doesn't reach the aft nozzle-shroud, while on the actual jet, it should reach about a third to halfway into that O-shround. I made those screencaptures in plane of the nozzle-exhaust, so it should be dimensionally true. Note the position and length of the air-intakes for the afterburner cooling-air. CE EE JA BE Now let's check the actual aircraft: Maybe two similar shots next to each other best illustrate it - note aircraft No 54 has no afterburner cooling scoops, as it appears: The horizontal stabs seem to be a little too large (too much chord), too. Also, the vertical tail's trailing-edge might have too much of a sweep-angle, which sets the tail-base's aft end relatively too far forward. That would explain why the dimensions are correct, yet the issue exists. Thanks for your continuous work on the models! Looking forward to flying the F1BE soon

The engine/ nozzle portion is too long, which to me is the most striking inaccuracy. The air-scoops might be a little too far fwd and they're too short. @Loukuins will have a more comprehensive list of areas for improvement. No, it's not the different angle of the pictures. There actually is some wrong proportion in the rear part of the model.

The Herc will have to battle icing to a different degree than fast jets.

A Buccaneer or a JAAAAAAAG.

Any of them, starting with the Fox.

Nah, hopefully he'd be called Pablo. Pablo fears extradicition the most.

And maybe the 21FL, which was the first version with the big tail, but still without SPS and a fixed gun (GP9 gunpod-capable, though). The FL also (later on) got the additional outboard wing-stations. null null

What's your verdict then?

All resistance is futile. We're all addicts. Realization of our problems is the first step onto the path towards healing... So when are we going to take the 101 for a spin? And when are you going to get the L-39?

Which one did you get?

There is ignition delay, but it's certainly not shown in the manner you're describing. It would be cool if we could have that sequence work in game.

That's a possibility, but I think you're right in that they've just realized in time how dumb their plan was. On the flight into Santiago they'll tell you to sit down and strap in quite early, due to unexpected turbulence happening all the time - a no brainer, given the terrain. Sitting in a C-130 going over the Andes in $hitty weather doesn't really rank too highly on my bucket list. The minimum safe altitude in the region is quite high and might have an impact on performance. Superficially related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571 A nice idea for a MP mission/ server, nonetheless.