SharkWizard

Hope I'm on the correct section of the forums. I just noticed L-39 was not discounted while many much newer modules were. Was that intentional?

Interesting. Then the situation is going to get worse for the FC3 9.12 pilot because I fully expect ED to fix those problems eventually. Still just pressing the ecm button(s) is simpler than notching using the SPO-15. So just maybe it may improve overall SA for the 9.12 pilot?

Yes I completely agree and but I also expect DCS to get more realistic in this field as time passes. And if the Talisman can give a 9.12 pilot a slightly better chance to get into visual range against 4+ generation fighters even if its radar is completely out of action I expect it would/could improve its chances in the online AMRAAM shootouts. Because at least nowadays those jamming F/A-18s online mess up my radar/home-on-jamming tactics completely. I however expect the biggest question is whether its too legally ambiguous for ED. (Another thing I have wondered about is whether there were any in-flight refuelling mods ever made available to the basic 9.12. I thought the Belorussians had also made such kits, but it turns out I was wrong since I was recalling the -29BM. If there were any it could be an excuse for ED to include it as an option.)

Well, it has an IRST for those cases it can't burn through the jamming.

I wonder if ED could have the Belarussian Talisman ECM (available as an bolt-on upgrade to the 9.12) included as a possible loadout with the F-F 29. As always with ECM, the capabilities of the Talisman would need to be guessed by ED, but it might slightly even out the playing field for those interested in taking the 9.12 into those online AMRAAM festivals. Or maybe it would violate some laws to include it?

Personally I find it very enjoyable to go up against the deluge of AMRAAMs either online or in single player with slightly inferior equipment such as either R-77s or 27s. Defeating your "enemy" with inferior weapons is very satisfying (and when it goes wrong its not that bad ). That said wouldn't even a modern Su-35 with R-77-1s or R-27s still be considerably disadvantaged against the most modern 4+ gen AMRAAM carriers anyway?

Absolutely love these large tape instruments that were introduced to the plane quite early on I believe. (btw quite a lot of the F-106 manuals can be found at https://www.f-106deltadart.com/manuals_documents.htm)

They did quite a lot with the cockpit early on Contrast the above picture with this one:

Those are all in the rear seat of the UB model aren't they?

Remember that F-16, Su-27 and F-18 all have fly by wire systems. The MiG-29 9.12 and 9.13 on the other hand do not have a fly by wire system. They have a electro-hydraulic system assisted with dampers so you have pretty much close to direct input to the flight surfaces.

I hope I'm not too off topic. If you are very serious about protecting your private data you could always run both win7 and 10 as Virtual machines from within a linux OS and use hardware passthroughs to run DCS or other games at very close to or at full performance.

Now if we were ever to get a K, I for one would prefer the original K even if it wasn't mass produced. Much more beautiful lines and two nice CRTs side by side in the cockpit. It would surely open up lots of possibilities for use in DCS. Still the original original 9.12 with those unnecessary fins that were later removed, and composite engine covers that could crack and fall off. Now that dream could only be matched by the pre-production model or was it prototype that had the forward landing gear right below the ejection seat. Perfectly happy with a standard 80s 9.12 which would be wonderful.

Found by accident the original DCS in 1997 I think in a local gaming store. Bought it immediately with the remains of my hard earned summerjob funds (I was a little kid back then). Even recall posting a lot on the forums in the 2.0 era.

I believe Fast Jet Performance's interview with Simon Pearson might just be the source in question.

I would buy it for sure, but for a "pure" Air to Air US of A jet I'd prefer an F-106A with it sleeker lines and old-school high-tech cockpit. And if/when we get full fidelity F-15C I'd prefer to get the 80s version similar to what we've already got. Or perhaps both the 80s version and a super new version like we got with the 16 and 18.

Yeah I also started to watch Bruce Gordon. Though it was the Millenium7star fellow on youtube who really introduced me to the F-106. Such an absolute beauty and I would love to fly it in DCS and it seems that basically all the documentation down to how to assemble one in your garage is easily accessable on https://www.f-106deltadart.com/manuals_documents.htm The hard part would be recording the sounds since none of these fly (as far as I know) any more.

Any chance you are using Nvidia GPU? There is a temporary fix if so. Just use Nvidia drivers from earlier this year or get a Radeon.

Redfor can take off from Jan Mayen (1,6km) or they could use the runway at Egilsstaðir 1,8 km or Akureyri 2,4 km if they got to North East Iceland. Runways at Keflavík are only slightly longer at 3km each

Looks like its time to do carrier landings on the 29 :D

What about the F-106? The air-2 would be a brain- and facemelting missile in any event. Also flying with an eye-patch like a pirate would be "interesting" to say the least and especially in VR I'd surmise.

Sounds like the MiG-29 and other Soviet fighters really have the equivalent of a 'RIO'. Just ground based one with a huge ground based radar to search with. ED now just needs to develop the Jesterovitch

Very interesting. Could be useful to have R-27s on the middle racks when the inner ones are occupied by drop tanks for longer flights.

As it certainly should That out of the way. I have no problem with adding other customization options for our ingame pilots. Maybe something like they have in Eveonline with loads more moustache customization options. Be assured that as soon as we have full-fidelity MiG-29 ED has my fullest blessings for commencing this endeavor.

Regarding different voices being available, as in female voices for the females or even "black" voices for blacks etc. Modern neural networking tech has made it almost trivial to generate your own custom voices for the game as long as you have the text you want to be read. The biggest problem with DCS pilot customization however is the lack of moustache customization, which shouldn't be mere texture without any 3d geometry on the pilot. Absolute travesty considering how important moustaches are in proper aviation

Apparently this is possible in real life, where the drop tank switch only drops the centerline tank. To drop the wing mounted tanks you'd select inboard stores and then hit the drop stores switch.