Lee Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) Tornado nose wheel Middle part of Panavia Tornado nose wheel...? (Wishful thinking...) Edited April 20, 2015 by Lee [sIGPIC]flash.gif[/sIGPIC]
ChoSeungWan Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 If they announced A-6, I'd seriously message Cobra or someone and demand to know the earliest time I could lock down a preorder of the A-6. I'd actually look forward to that over the F-14. +1 I fear it may never happen because of the bias against non sleek, non single-seat fighter planes :cry:
Roadrunner Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 +1 I fear it may never happen because of the bias against non sleek, non single-seat fighter planes :cry: i wouldnt say that, most folks just want to have a true multirole single seat BEFORE other more specialiced aircraft, so that the latter complements the former one and not the other way around ;) personaly i'm with them, but i'm patient and enjoy flying other stuff while waiting :D for the original hint: some things were close, but i havent seen anything that i would say is matching the picture, very curious what it is ;) regards, RR [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "There's nothing to be gained by second guessing yourself. You can't remake the past, so look ahead... or risk being left behind." Noli Timere Messorem "No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always been there first, and is waiting for it." Terry Pratchett
Grim_Smiles Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Well judging by the thread title its a 2 character designation, so all you guys need to do is to look at the ones with plain and simple 2 character designation, be it NATO/GRAU, doesn't matter. That was probably Rudel making a Famly Guy reference: 1 "Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky; With hideous ruin and combustion down; To bottomless perdition, there to dwell; In adamantine chains and penal fire" (RIG info is outdated, will update at some point) i5 @3.7GHz (OC to 4.1), 16GB DDR3, Nvidia GTX 970 4GB, TrackIR 5 & TrackClip Pro, TM Warthog HOTAS, VKB T-Rudder Mk.IV, Razer Blackshark Headset, Obutto Ozone
ESA_maligno Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 Wellcome RAIDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: It´s the same main gear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
Ultra Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 Looks like you nailed it! Where'd you find that picture?
jubus Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 I'm still sceptical, IMO it would be completely nuts to release Raiden instead of Zero as the first Japanese aircraft. Also the irl gear of J2M (in at least the picture i found) is different. Maybe ESA_maligno did that model himself and imported it to DCS just to troll us :lol:? *foil hat off*
ESA_maligno Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 Just reading the forum ...... ED, from the creators of B29 ....... Not saying it's RAIDEN ..... but that model has the same landing gear ...., .... only that, each draw their own conclusions .... 1
ESA_maligno Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 http://virtualcockpits.web.fc2.com/mod/dcsw_raiden21/dcsw_raiden21.html RAIDEN MOD
Ultra Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) This makes me feel like Rudel is just trolling us since the picture you found is pretty much exact, yet it doesn't match the RL version! :doh: :lol: I'll bet it's a simplification of the real design, so we aren't going to be able to find an exact match. Edited April 22, 2015 by Ultra
Alexander Seil Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 If the gear is not just outright misdirection, it has to be a Raiden. So, here's a crazy theory - the "modern" aircraft is a B-29 (service time overlaps with MiG-21)! The Raiden is the "WW2" one. No, I'm not insane. Leatherneck mentioned ground radar. Behold.
Dudikoff Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 So, here's a crazy theory - the "modern" aircraft is a B-29 (service time overlaps with MiG-21)! The Raiden is the "WW2" one. A Raiden AND a B-29? Now that would be a downer if it really turns out there's no true 'modern' add-on forthcoming soon (besides the Tomcat). 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!
Alexander Seil Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 There are too many late-war "superfighters" and not enough content for an interesting WW2 scenario. The other companies aren't helping much - it's just a whole flock of warbirds. Realistic and interesting scenarios require different aircraft types. The B-29 makes a lot of sense. We know they are developing a crew AI for the F-14, and B-29 would be a useful test bed, with fewer systems for the AI to operate. It has surface radar. It's an aircraft used mainly in the Pacific - and all the hints point to that theater, if not a particular aircraft. It's also a fun, asymmetric opponent to the Raiden. If they're not making a Raiden and B-29...they should :D
Dudikoff Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) There are too many late-war "superfighters" and not enough content for an interesting WW2 scenario. It's subjective, but personally I don't see how an "interesting WWII scenario" and the B-29/Raiden package go together in the same context :) IMHO, it somehow sounds even less fun then German bombing missions of Battle of Britain or German bomber intercepts of late war. Just to be clear, I liked the two B-17 games, but they also had a management factor, something which DCS World lacks. Edited April 22, 2015 by Dudikoff 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!
Alexander Seil Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 It's subjective, but personally I don't see how an "interesting WWII scenario" and the B-29/Raiden package go together in the same context :) It is, of course, subjective. What's not subjective is that there are too many goddamn B-17 simulators out there. It's literally the only bomber anyone bothered with in simulators before Il-2 turned the world upside down with the revelation that there were other bombers in World War 2 :megalol:
ChoSeungWan Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Are LN going to tell us if we guess correctly? I'm now going to guess a starfighter for no reason at all.
Ultra Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Apparently even announcements of modules are subject to delays. :D Don't mind me, I'm just being a PITA. ;) 2
Hummingbird Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Wellcome RAIDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: It´s the same main gear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Sadly I have to agree :( Ugh, really would've prefered any other Japanese fighter over the Raiden :(
Angelthunder Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 I wouldn't mind the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden,maybe Rudel can put the Mortal Kombat character named Raiden on his next avatar picture hint to make it official.:smilewink:If it is,then what is the third aircraft,is it World War II or Modern.If it's for WWII,i hope it's the P-38 Lightning.For modern,Mig-25 Foxbat.
KesMonkey Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 I wouldn't mind the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden,maybe Rudel can put the Mortal Kombat character named Raiden on his next avatar picture hint to make it official. But then you'll have people mispronouncing it. Raiden is pronounced Rye-den (with Rye rhyming with tie, lie, fry). However the MK character, although spelt Raiden, is pronounced Ray-den (many westerners make this pronunciation error).
BlackLion213 Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 Sadly I have to agree :( Ugh, really would've prefered any other Japanese fighter over the Raiden :( That gear does look just like the render. However, this picture is from the last J2M in decent condition (per the caption): This gear looks different, more like the Zero. Could it be a restoration issue? I figure that all questions will be answered soon (I hope!). Seems like they must be working hard on something, Cobra hasn't posted something for more than 2 weeks and that seems pretty unusual. Same for Rudel (who is a bit more sporadic with posting), but has barely said a thing save for this post. Perhaps it's because they are working hard on one of these unannounced modules, may be it will be announced shortly before it is released...I feel like being optimistic tonight. -Nick
Snarf Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Yak 9 looks right to me, we have some of the best German, US and shortly British fighters in the game. It would seem likely that a Russian company would want a high performance Russian piston engined fighter to compliment that line up. And the Yak 9 was very good.
Hummingbird Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Can't be the Yak-9, the torque sticks are incorrectly placed.
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