Robin885 Posted December 20, 2018 Posted December 20, 2018 I love the Hornet, it truely is a multicapable aircraft and does most of what it is supposed to very well, especially with the new items incoming very soon such as the LGBs, HARM, radar modes etc... But there's one thing that pulls down the aircraft according to me, and not by just a bit, it's the lack of countermeasures. So that brings me to one question: Will the BOL system be implemented in the Hornet? I haven't seen this system in the planned weapons list, but it is also said that it may be subject of changes. I know that the US use it on their F18s, aswell as Finland, which uses F/A 18C, which in theory makes it compatible on the Hornet in DCS. It will extend the capabilities of this plane in DCS by a country mile to me. It is also said that the system works through the datalink to be integrated in the ALE 47 system, will we have to wait for the Datalink in the hornet to be available to see such a system? For those who wonder, or just want to have more informations on this system, this is where I've learnt about it. https://saab.com/air/electronic-warfare/countermeasure-dispenser-systems/bol-fa-18/ Thanks, and have fun in the skies :D
raelias Posted December 20, 2018 Posted December 20, 2018 I'd love to see that in our hornet, not hopeful tho once it was never mentioned Win10 64, MSI Krait Gaming Z370, I7 8700K, Geforce 1080Ti FTW3 ,32 GB Ram, Samsung 980 EVO SSD Modules: Combind Arms, A-10C, F-86F, F/A-18, F-16, Flaming Cliffs, KA-50, L-39, P-51, UH-1, Christen Eagle II, Persian Gulf
Kapsu Posted December 20, 2018 Posted December 20, 2018 BOL would be nice to have, but since only Finland and Australia uses it for F-18 i doubt we will ever see it in DCS F-18. But DCS F-18 should have twice as many flares (120 total) than it currently has though, that alone would improve survivability quite a lot. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] DCS Finland - Finnish DCS community SF Squadron
Robin885 Posted December 20, 2018 Author Posted December 20, 2018 It is also specified that the US uses it on their hornets I believe. I’ll check on that. And about the number of internal flares, if it is a mistake, it’d be good to tell them about it, 120 is much better
Silvern Posted December 20, 2018 Posted December 20, 2018 It's a known bug that Hornet has half the flares it should. It should be able to have 60 flares and 60 chaff, opposed to 30 / 60 we have now.
Eldur Posted December 20, 2018 Posted December 20, 2018 It's a known bug that Hornet has half the flares it should. It should be able to have 60 flares and 60 chaff, opposed to 30 / 60 we have now. This is known for ages and could be fixed in seconds, literally. Just like the 22mils spray&pray gun. Would appreciate if they just took the time rather sooner than later
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