The Jack Posted September 18, 2017 Posted September 18, 2017 I would love to see a British aircraft in DCS... I know we have the Hawk but it would be great to have a fully combat capable plane!! Would it be hard to model the nose and add the Sidewinder launch rail on the outrigger wheels??? (I know there's the Aden cannons - i'd be cool with the equaliser...)
Tirak Posted September 18, 2017 Posted September 18, 2017 The original plan was to do a GR.7 and later on a GR.9, however, certain parts of the aircraft were more heavily classified than others, leading to RAZBAM abandoning the GR.7 plan in favor of the US AV-8B(NA) due to easier access to information. Among the classified systems in question, the ECM 'tusks', featured prominently on the nose of UK Harrier IIs were cited as a specific example of a system not reproducible due to classified information.
mattebubben Posted September 18, 2017 Posted September 18, 2017 Visual models it the smallest difficulty with making a Gr.5 (or any of the British harrier IIs) Some of the avionics would also have to be changed and that would require alot more work and is where the "problem" lies.
The Jack Posted September 18, 2017 Author Posted September 18, 2017 I know Zues ECM system is dodgy ground but it would be nice to have something looking like an RAF plane with the right bulges etc, instead of just a skin in the colours of... even tho all the systems are US... you know???
Tirak Posted September 18, 2017 Posted September 18, 2017 That would not be acceptable for a DCS module, and such an endeavor would be an expensive time sink as all those changes in the exterior would have to not only be modeled, but also coded to provide the correct flight model as well as damage model. The internal layout would also have to be replicated for systems modeling and damage modeling.
bagpuss22 Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 (edited) Fantastic jet, the first Harrier I wrote software on, PS03 standard, before they became GR5A's and GR7s with the ND03 series software.... Edited October 10, 2017 by bagpuss22 Intel i7-8086K, 32Gb DDR4, RTX2080 with VR
OperatorJack Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 As far as I'm aware there isn't very much difference between the AV8B NA and the Harrier GR.7. Someone feel free to correct me on that if I'm wrong. /да бойз/ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
joey45 Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 At first glance yeah..... but as you look closer they are very different birds. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45
OperatorJack Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 I figured since they both offer identical capability then the only real differences would be fairly sublte? /да бойз/ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Buzzles Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 I figured since they both offer identical capability then the only real differences would be fairly sublte? Wings, ECM (see the tusks on the RAF birds), extra pylons...just off the top of my head. 1 Fancy trying Star Citizen? Click here!
Zeus67 Posted October 11, 2017 Posted October 11, 2017 As far as I'm aware there isn't very much difference between the AV8B NA and the Harrier GR.7. Someone feel free to correct me on that if I'm wrong. Instruments panel has some differences. "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." "The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a soldering iron, a hardware type with a program patch and a user with an idea."
OperatorJack Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 It's still close enough that I can pretend, and count down the days until we get a proper RAF fast jet :cry_2: /да бойз/ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Baz000 Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 Metal2mesh was working on a GR7 & GR9 3D models
comie1 Posted October 12, 2017 Posted October 12, 2017 Instruments panel has some differences. The GR7 also has a missile warning system on the tail I beleive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2VSlaQjN28 Nice wee video for you [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] https://www.twitch.tv/comie1
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