Tupolev Tu-22M3

[Tweet29]

Hello Again, Friends:

 

Back when I was in college, in Ronnie Reagan times, I can hardly remember a speech by President Reagan that didn't include some mention of the dreaded "Backfire Bomber". Even though I was sufficiently politically aware to have some inkling of a smoke screen when I saw one, Reagan's sense of urgency and passion went to soaring heights when he spoke about the "Backfire Bomber". It was surreal; Reagan didn't discuss the airplane in the context of a machine, operated by men, but rather, as an invincible, nearly almighty entity, that could single-handedly bring about the destruction of the American way of life. In fact, if one were to listen to his speeches, it would be all but obvious that the "Backfire Bomber" was a sentient, evil entity, that would, of its own accord, take off in the middle of the night, bomb our cities, kill our men, rape our women, and carry our children off to Soviet brainwashing camps, without a single Soviet airman lifting a finger.

 

It's amazing what propaganda can do, and many of the Tu-22M1-M3's capabilities were grossly exaggerated, for purely political reasons. Fortunately, the Tupolev design bureau gave us something that was not only devoid of such evil, but also, in the eyes of many aviators, a beautiful machine, with flowing lines and graceful curves; the French deemed a Ukrainian unit the winner of a "Concourse D'Elegance" (Beauty Pageant for the non-Francophones amongst us) at Le Bourget, one year (I don't remember which), and, IMHO, for good reason. As far as "reasons" go, the one for my post is rooted in the fact that FC3 includes a gorgeous re-design (not just re-rendering) of the Backfire, and for those of you that haven't seen it, I urge you to have a look. My rig is good for 19 x 12 with everything maxed, and, believe it or not, the aircraft looks even better than it does in these screen shots, due to the JPEG compression used to make these pictures. I could shoot the thing all day long, but I will limit my exposé to the following few pictures. Have a look at it for your missions; aside from being beautifully re-done (nice job, DCS!!!), it will actually out-accelerate any other aircraft I've put against it, that's carrying a combat load (at 10,000 metres).

 

Regards,

 

Dr. Nathan Stahlwirth, PhD., ME, PHY, SAE

Edited July 21, 2014 by Tweet29

[xaoslaad]

The F-15C Intercept quick start mission is as far as you need to go if you want to see a couple in game. They are pretty. I enjoy shooting them down.

[Tweet29]

The F-15C Intercept quick start mission is as far as you need to go if you want to see a couple in game. They are pretty. I enjoy shooting them down.

 

 

 

That's great to know. It's certainly a bit more convenient than having to edit one into a flight. I have always enjoyed the meteorological effects in this series of games (thanks Industrial Light and Magic!!!!!), and wanted to set the ambient lighting just so, to fully exploit the effort that was put into both the model, and the skin rendering.

 

Nathan

[Stratos]

Always liked soviet bombers, since the times of the Petyas to the latest Tu-160.

[Mobius_cz]

I have to agree :) Really beautifull bomber. Thank you for this topic.

[Kaktus29]

i wonder how much work would need to be done to model DCS Tu-22 -original version without modification as to have as much info possible to bring it to dCS standard..

 

i know i know, impossible not to mention the multi-crew environment problem that hasn't been dealt yet..but would love to fly in it, bombing, cruise missile attack, terrain hugging, and other stuff..refueling altough US insisted refuelling option to be put out and they succeeded in that.. otherwise this would be almost a strategic bomber if refueling ability not impeded..

[FraserNZL]

God please this plane in DCS even as fc3 level