RAZBAM A-29B Supertucano

[Cyborg71]

I mean it's lovely. Really nice. But muh Mudhen?

[EAF51_Luft]

Any news about Super Tucano?

[jamespejam]

It´s being 3 years now.. anything to share? it´s being mostly 3D modeling so far but not much info about weapons, version, two seater, systems, customization (removable armor shield?).. it has being a quite silent development and somehow frustrating for the ones following it.

:(

[Lucas_From_Hell]

It´s being 3 years now.. anything to share? it´s being mostly 3D modeling so far but not much info about weapons, version, two seater, systems, customization (removable armor shield?).. it has being a quite silent development and somehow frustrating for the ones following it.

:(

 

 

You can find more information about it on Discord, but to answer your questions:

 

• Version: A-29B, Ecuadorian Air Force standard (two seater, second batch with dedicated weapons operator rear seat and ground proximity warning system)
  
• Weapons: Unguided bombs, laser guided bombs, GPS guided bombs, unguided rockets, 12.7mm and 7.62mm machine gun pods, 20mm cannon pods, IR air-to-air missiles (AIM-9, MAA-1, Python 3)
  
• Systems: Standard A-29 avionics suite plus GPWS, AN/AAQ-22 Star SAFIRE III turret
  
• Customisation: Cockpit armour plates will be removable
  

[munckmb]

Any updates?

[joanvalley]

12 hours ago, munckmb said:

Any updates?

Working on 3d cockpit and textures for the exterior model.

[ST0RM]

Coming up on 4 years on the A-29 and 5 on the whole Tucano announcement, since you initially started with the basic T-27 Tucano, not the Super.

Are we feasibly looking at another 4-5 years of development? I'm not being sarcastic, just looking for an honest answer. 

[norbot]

Two weeks and everything is subject to change. 

[Mars Exulte]

I don't know why people fuss about this stuff, it's no good until you can at least pre-order it That said, I'm super interested in the A-29 as a Texan stand-in for adv flight training

[treisch87]

I wonder if it will be possible, to add and remove the side (ceramic) armorplates for the A-29B Super Tucano. Because they reduce the max loadout by 200kg.

 

Edited March 7, 2021 by treisch87

[joanvalley]

7 hours ago, treisch87 said:

I wonder if it will be possible, to add and remove the side (ceramic) armorplates for the A-29B Super Tucano. Because they reduce the max loadout by 200kg.

 

 

Yes.

[Rakkis]

Quiet in here for months, any breadcrumbs?

[ST0RM]

On 11/30/2021 at 4:02 PM, Rakkis said:

Quiet in here for months, any breadcrumbs?

 

[Marcos Paes]

any news about this?

[Mogster]

From the ACS podcast Ron Zambrano interview a while back it seemed Razbam have been selling a desktop training package for the A29 based on DCS. I’d imagine Razbam wouldn’t want to compromise those contracts.

Its a shame as the A-29 and its varied loadouts would be great in DCS imo.

[Rick50]

 

A civilian retail product might... or might not, be affected by  a military training contract. We don't really know as we'll never see the contract's stipulations.

We also don't know what that training package's scope really is. Often military contracts are not as complete as a DCS full fidellity module, rather instead focusing on only  one or two objectives.

Yes, most of the time when they show off a simulator, it's a "full mission simulator", all the bells and whistles, all singing all dancing, with a giant round dome to project a beautiful image, every switch from startup to mission to shutdown.  BUUUUT.... 15 years ago someone got a contract for a simulator to teach new fighter piilot trainees how to do low level tactical navigation in a relatively simple T-38. They got the contract and used FS2004 with a T-38 cockpit.  Similarly, helicopter door gunners, and Humvee .50cal gunners often get simulation on that, standing in a partial mockup of the helo or truck, a dummy machinegunn, and wear VR headset displaying the sim. What simulator? eh... Ive forgotten the name now... it was originally a realism for training offshoot of Bohemia's ARMA or Flashpoint series, and has been used a lot for all kinds of training contracts.

So for instance, this particular training package might be strictly for flight, navigation and radio training.  Or maybe just for familiarity of flying by the numbers. Or maybe just to fly basic AG with dumb bombs in a simulated online coordinated team. It even might be restricted to just representing / teaching how do use Paveways with the turret ball designator FLIR, and nothing else. This is very common in the branches of the US military, different sims for different purposes.

So what's my point? Only that the existence of a training contract is not a sign of doom for a DCS module. It may be that the work done already may not be nearly enough for a complete FF DCS module, and that this work may be ongoing for eventual release.

 

 

[Rick50]

I meant to say VBS3... 

https://bisimulations.com/products/vbs4

[joanvalley]

The DCS version is being worked on. Basically we're not showing every step of development but it is being worked on. It will make it to DCS and we're really happy with the way it's turning up. Thank you all for your interest and support!

Jose V.

[Rick50]

 

Thank you for the tiny update!

I very much look forward to using the full module... the FLIR sensor ball designator... APKWS as a force multiplier, high drag free fall bombz... intercept and dogfighting with other trainers and COIN light strike, guerrilla and smuggler aircraft... 

[hannibal]

i would love this module for the Avionics and Multicrew with Propeller!