nscode Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Don't forget "Blue Thunder" and "Airwolf". :D Although, "Blue Thunder" gave us our first glimpse at IHADDS, and even though the movie was supposedly modelled on the AH-64...it was just an Aerospatiale Gazelle with a lot of costume jewelry. :pilotfly: Gazelle is sooo cool... and it can carry a Malyutka... If you manage to hit a modern tank with it :joystick:, it's crew would think that it's raining :D ;) Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
Dudikoff Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Gazelle is sooo cool... and it can carry a Malyutka... If you manage to hit a modern tank with it :joystick:, it's crew would think that it's raining :D ;) Correction, only Yugoslav modified version of Gazelle can carry Swaggers. GA-MA, was it not? i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar!
RvETito Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 ijozic, A little OT but- do you really use currently the computer from your sig???? "See, to me that's a stupid instrument. It tells what your angle of attack is. If you don't know you shouldn't be flying." - Chuck Yeager, from the back seat of F-15D at age 89. =RvE=
ED Team Groove Posted April 23, 2006 ED Team Posted April 23, 2006 I dont understand why there is always this "we want more US airframes" whining ? Pleas compare the amount of simulations about western jets and the amount of sim about Russian Jets. Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
Cobra360 Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Fire Birds! Holy cow, it's been ages since I've seen that movie. I thought that movie was called Wings of the Apache. The fight at the end with the two Apaches up against two Draken fighters and a Defender helo with an unlimited ammo supply for its gun pod and an LAU-61 launcher. What really did it for me the Apache shooting down a Draken with a volly of Hydra rockets.:D
Pilotasso Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Don't forget "Blue Thunder" and "Airwolf". :D Although, "Blue Thunder" gave us our first glimpse at IHADDS, and even though the movie was supposedly modelled on the AH-64...it was just an Aerospatiale Gazelle with a lot of costume jewelry. :pilotfly: That movie originated a series wich I loved to death when I was a kid. Ok the dialogs were a bit primary sometimes, but I hold good memories of watching it. Too bad they dont make series like in the early 80's anymore. Now theres too much stuff arround anti-terrorist organisations wich starts to make me fed up of it. SOmehow they always end up trying to find a nuclear warhead or a jar of virus smuggled out from a russian lab and planted in the US to blackmail the presidency LOL. Realy, they had used these lines of storyline wich are more wornt off than alien invasions by now. .
Guest IguanaKing Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 I used to love BOTH TV series when I was a kid. I actually got to see the Airwolf helicopter in flight IRL. Granted, it was just a dressed up Bell 222, but MAN was it cool looking. Have you noticed how the quality of special effects in TV and movies has actually gone down in the last 20 years (that's my opinion anyway). Like in "We Were Soldiers", all that CG stuff they did for the air strikes was just plain old CHEESEY. Imagine how lame it would be if they had done CG for the F-14 vs. A6M scene in "Final Countdown". About the only "fake" thing I noticed there is that those A6Ms were actually T-6s.
Pilotasso Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Hmm T-6's are a bit bulkier that Zeroes, and as far as I recollect, the ones in final countdown had slighly angled back wings like the real zero. I have seen T-6's up close and I dont know how I could have mistakened it for a zero. But yeah, FX's are mostly crap in any movie that doesnt live with them but to complement some scenes. Like I say it looks like an invisible giant kid is playing arround with model aeroplanes. In the old times they pushed the envelope of old FX's to where the imagination could push, but today its so vulgarized that rarely will anyone make serious effort in it. I thinks its the audiences fault also since no one is no longer awed by something they only though possible to picture in their dreams. Everyone just want to see shootings and explosions and everything else is secondary even if the story behind the action is pure BS. .
Crusty Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Umm Pilotasso...its the texan that has slightly swept wings, not the zero and yeh they generaly get used to represent zeros seen plenty of em painted up at Van Nuys oo err...missus:animals_bunny: ** Anti-Pastie**
tflash Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Look at Shepski's comment in this thread http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=15542 for a promising answer why the Ka-50 is modelled! In my view BS will rock! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Cobra360 Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Yeah, I was reading his post, no.24 a few seconds ago and I am still only going to buy BS because of the AIM-120C, before I found out about that I had no intention of buying BS at all.
Guest IguanaKing Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Umm Pilotasso...its the texan that has slightly swept wings, not the zero and yeh they generaly get used to represent zeros seen plenty of em painted up at Van Nuys I've got 3 T-6s that I have a pretty thorough knowledge of, like where the pitot and static moisture trap/interface is located behind an oval panel just inboard of the right main. They are all fairly recently decommisioned training aircraft that belonged to the South African Air Force. I had major leakage problems with one of them, but the owner had all of the technical documents I needed. They were all written in Afrikkans though, so they weren't much help at first. Luckily, one of my other customers was able to translate it for me. Now that you bring it up though, Pilotasso, I'll have to give that scene another look. Pretty sure they were T-6s, but my memory might be faulty.
Outlaw24 Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Yeah, I was reading his post, no.24 a few seconds ago and I am still only going to buy BS because of the AIM-120C, before I found out about that I had no intention of buying BS at all. I totally agree with you in reference to the AIM-120C, hopefully there might be some more improvements in the areas of performance and stability. Spoiler: MSI Z790 Carbon WIFI, i9 14900KF, 64GB DDR4, MSI RTX 4090, VKB STECS Mk ll throttle, VKB Gunfighter Ultimate MCG Pro w/200mm Extension, Winwing Orion Rudder Pedals W/damper, Wingwin Monitors/MFD's, UTC MK II Pro, Virpil TCS Plus Collective, MSI 34" QD-OLED @240Hz monitor, Samsung 970 Pro M2 2TB (for DCS), Playseat Air Force Seat, KW-980 Jetseat, Vaicom Pro, Tek Creations panels and controllers.
S.h.r.i.k.e. Posted April 23, 2006 Author Posted April 23, 2006 Yeah, I was reading his post, no.24 a few seconds ago and I am still only going to buy BS because of the AIM-120C, before I found out about that I had no intention of buying BS at all. They fixing the Slammers in BS? What about the 15's radar?
Guest IguanaKing Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Yup, they were T-6s flown by the Confederate Air Force. I just noticed that the RC model that was nailed by the sidewinder looked like an actual Zero though...never noticed before. They did a great job with the special effects though, it had both of us second-guessing ourselves. Here's a link that confirms what's in the narrative on my DVD...never watched that part until today. http://www.coastcomp.com/av/fltline2/avmovie.htm#F Sorry for going OT guys, I'll shut up now. :music_whistling:
Alfa Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Yeah, I was reading his post, no.24 a few seconds ago and I am still only going to buy BS because of the AIM-120C, before I found out about that I had no intention of buying BS at all. You shouldn't cheat yourself out of this experience Cobra - the Ka-50 really brings an entirely new aspect to the sim and even if you aren't all that in to helicopters, I think you will be surprised(I know I was) how cool it is to fly one in the Lock-on world :) . Cheers, - JJ. JJ
SUBS17 Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 I'd agree on this I love having Russian AC but at the end of the day ballance is nice IMHO I am looking forwardto the F-16..that would be a good line up.. SU-25 A-10 SU-25T A-10C KA-50 AH-64 SU-27 F-15 SU-30 F-15E and Tornado SU-33 F-14 MiG-29 F-16 Mirage Mig-29K F-18 Naval Mirage Yak-38 V Harrier GR Mk _ AKA AV-8 and Mig-23/27 and F-4E :pilotfly: The question is how big will ED need to be to do this? For your list the SU25 has no match, the A-10- SU25T A-10C- SU25TM.:D [sIGPIC] [/sIGPIC]
GGTharos Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 I disagree ... how about A-4? :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Guest IguanaKing Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 How about the F-111F? OK...I'm a Vark geek. :D
Guest IguanaKing Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 And I'm a Vark geek who let the meaning of GGs question sail right over my head. :doh: The F-111F pretty much owns everything already in the sim in A2G ability.
nscode Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 MiG-29 does... if TN's would be added :D Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
upyr1 Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 MiG-29 does... if TN's would be added :D With TN any ground target gets owned
upyr1 Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 And I'm a Vark geek who let the meaning of GGs question sail right over my head. :doh: The F-111F pretty much owns everything already in the sim in A2G ability. See I want the F-4 GG wants the A-4 and you want the F-111 Me thinks we could compromise and have all three in a 70's era sim that features the F-111F for LOMAC...:joystick: with the Russians geting the MiG-23/27 21 and SU-24
Guest IguanaKing Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Actually, the Vark accounted for over 70% of anti-armor kills in ODS, with no losses in that conflict. That was in the early 90's, when it was finally coming into its own. As for the MiG-29 TN...I don't think so...show me a MiG-29 that can haul 13,610kG of ordnance into the air. Besides, I still think PAVEtack has better capabilities than the orgazmatron or whatever its called. :smilewink:
nscode Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 With TN any ground target gets owned And so do F-16s :) Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
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