eatthis Posted August 10, 2019 Posted August 10, 2019 dcs NEEEEDS this and the 104 7700k @5ghz, 32gb 3200mhz ram, 2080ti, nvme drives, valve index vr
Alicatt Posted August 10, 2019 Posted August 10, 2019 Absolutely, and the export model at that for the ground attack capability. Sons of Dogs, Come Eat Flesh Clan Cameron
Hummingbird Posted August 10, 2019 Author Posted August 10, 2019 I really want to fight against the MiG-21 in that thing!
Wrightie Posted August 11, 2019 Posted August 11, 2019 My most amazing memory of aviation was at Salmsbury airfield in Lancashire. I was at a families day as a child in the 80's. I was stood with my uncle on the tarmac at one end of the runway as a Lightning took off and went vertical with full afterburner above my head. It was the most incredible sight and that was it i was hooked. I'd buy this in a heartbeat.
eatthis Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 BEAST of an airframe, garbage avionics lol 7700k @5ghz, 32gb 3200mhz ram, 2080ti, nvme drives, valve index vr
fl0w Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 A lot of people underestimate how vital this could be as a base interceptor in our game against targets, especially high speed/alt targets. Could get this out to 50 nm quickly in a couple of minutes at angels 30, the climb rate is quite fascinating.
Harlikwin Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 BEAST of an airframe, garbage avionics lol Lucas electronics eh? They never did figure out how to keep the magic smoke in...' Did they use Lucas fuses? New hotness: I7 9700k 4.8ghz, 32gb ddr4, 2080ti, :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, HP Reverb (formermly CV1) Old-N-busted: i7 4720HQ ~3.5GHZ, +32GB DDR3 + Nvidia GTX980m (4GB VRAM) :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, Rift CV1 (yes really).
Alicatt Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 A lot of people underestimate how vital this could be as a base interceptor in our game against targets, especially high speed/alt targets. Could get this out to 50 nm quickly in a couple of minutes at angels 30, the climb rate is quite fascinating. As long as you had a tanker waiting for you at angels 30 :megalol: The lightning wasn't known for her long legs, even with one engine in idle it still didn't fly very far, and the over-wing tanks reduced her mach number to 0.93 as the aircraft ran out of control authority above that speed. There are a few tales of Lightnings being ferried to/from overseas and they had to get the tankers to slow down as the Lightnings could not keep up. Yes a most interesting aircraft :) Still, it is my favourite aircraft closely followed by the F-14. Even for my small frame the cockpit is quite small and cramped, there is a height limit for pilots based on the length of the femur, if it is too long you would leave your knees in the cockpit if you had to eject, as they would get hung up on the combing around the windscreen. Sons of Dogs, Come Eat Flesh Clan Cameron
Harlikwin Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 Yeah I've always thought it was a very interesting aircraft. But for DCS, I'd rather see planes that had more users and are more multi-role from the era first. Mirage 3 for example. New hotness: I7 9700k 4.8ghz, 32gb ddr4, 2080ti, :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, HP Reverb (formermly CV1) Old-N-busted: i7 4720HQ ~3.5GHZ, +32GB DDR3 + Nvidia GTX980m (4GB VRAM) :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, Rift CV1 (yes really).
Hummingbird Posted August 14, 2019 Author Posted August 14, 2019 Correct me if I'm wrong but the F.6 range was 800 nmi on internal fuel? Not great, but not terrible either :) By comparison the MiG-21Bis has only a little over half the range on internal fuel at 600 nmi it seems.
Alicatt Posted August 14, 2019 Posted August 14, 2019 Ferry ranges for the F.6 Lightning armed and unarmed with/without over wing tanks. https://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=215445&stc=1&d=1565772877 https://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=215446&stc=1&d=1565772877 https://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=215447&stc=1&d=1565772877 https://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=215448&stc=1&d=1565772893 Sons of Dogs, Come Eat Flesh Clan Cameron
Hummingbird Posted August 14, 2019 Author Posted August 14, 2019 Yeah with that range it would fit just fine into most servers. Imagine a server with this line up: Blufor: EE Lightning F.6 F-5E Tiger F-8J Crusader F-4E Phantom Redfor: MiG-21Bis MiG-19P MiG-23MLA Man that would be glorius!
drPhibes Posted August 14, 2019 Posted August 14, 2019 Lucas electronics eh? They never did figure out how to keep the magic smoke in...' However, they did provide a solution to the problem:
umkhunto Posted August 14, 2019 Posted August 14, 2019 We have exactly as much of a chance to see the EE Lightning in DCS, than we have to see the Typhoon.
Alicatt Posted August 14, 2019 Posted August 14, 2019 Yeah with that range it would fit just fine into most servers. Imagine a server with this line up: Blufor: EE Lightning F.6 F-5E Tiger F-8J Crusader F-4E Phantom Redfor: MiG-21Bis MiG-19P MiG-23MLA Man that would be glorius! That it would be. Just reading the stats posted by an ex-lightning pilot, his longest sortie was 8hrs 30 mins so with a bit of refuelling it can stay up there :) Today, 45 years ago was his last flight in the Lightning, and he had amassed 1023hrs 55 min flying them, from reading his log book his last flight he intercepted a Beechcraft Type 18 on a scramble. Sons of Dogs, Come Eat Flesh Clan Cameron
Alicatt Posted August 14, 2019 Posted August 14, 2019 Of course, if Heatblur are going to make a Saab J35 Draken then there is some hope as the Draken used the same licence built Avon engine the RM6 and the RM6c is a slightly uprated Avon with 17,600lbf thrust about the same as the later Avon 302 that was fitted to some of the Lighnings. So it could share some of that work :) There is some hope ;) Sons of Dogs, Come Eat Flesh Clan Cameron
Extranajero Posted August 15, 2019 Posted August 15, 2019 We need the Lightning - or better still the Jag or the Bucc, there isn't a single RAF aircraft in DCS at the moment. You'd think that the RAF deserved a bit more attention really, but I expect that the trend for Tom Clancy planes with MFD's, FBW and targeting pods is going to continue. I mean who wants to learn how to deliver a low level pop up attack with only a depressed gunsight or CCIP when they can just punch a few buttons and spam a JSOW from 70nm ? --------------------------------------------------------- PC specs:- Intel 386DX, 2mb memory, onboard graphics, 14" 640x480 monitor Modules owned:- Bachem Natter, Cessna 150, Project Pluto, Sopwith Snipe
drPhibes Posted August 15, 2019 Posted August 15, 2019 there isn't a single RAF aircraft in DCS at the moment. Except for the best known RAF aircraft of all time? https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/products/planes/spitfire/
zcrazyx Posted August 15, 2019 Posted August 15, 2019 mega +1, the lightning is such a unique aircraft that could surely find a place in DCS, Raw performance, 30mm cannons, air to air missiles and on some models rockets. Also the holder of many records
Extranajero Posted August 15, 2019 Posted August 15, 2019 Except for the best known RAF aircraft of all time? https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/products/planes/spitfire/ I have so little interest in prop aircraft I forgot about the WW2 planes completely :D --------------------------------------------------------- PC specs:- Intel 386DX, 2mb memory, onboard graphics, 14" 640x480 monitor Modules owned:- Bachem Natter, Cessna 150, Project Pluto, Sopwith Snipe
ebabil Posted August 15, 2019 Posted August 15, 2019 Because we don't have enogh ugly planes in dcs.. But wait.. we already have bunch of FC3 | UH-1 | Mi-8 | A-10C II | F/A-18 | Ka-50 III | F-14 | F-16 | AH-64 | Mi-24 | F-5 | F-15E| F-4| Tornado Persian Gulf | Nevada | Syria | NS-430 | Supercarrier // Wishlist: CH-53 | UH-60 Youtube MS FFB2 - TM Warthog - CH Pro Pedals - Trackir 5
Alicatt Posted August 15, 2019 Posted August 15, 2019 Because we don't have enogh ugly planes in dcs.. But wait.. we already have bunch of Wash your mouth out! ;) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :) Who could say no to the first aircraft in the world to be able to supercruise? The prototype P1A WG760 managed to exceed Mach1 on the 4th August 1954 without the pilot realising, it was only after they checked the sensor data they found out, and it's engines never had reheat/afterburners. Officially it went supersonic a week later, it was limited to Mach1.51 The second prototype model the P1B was cleared for flights up to Mach2. Sons of Dogs, Come Eat Flesh Clan Cameron
eatthis Posted August 15, 2019 Posted August 15, 2019 Yeah with that range it would fit just fine into most servers. Imagine a server with this line up: Blufor: EE Lightning F.6 F-5E Tiger F-8J Crusader F-4E Phantom Redfor: MiG-21Bis MiG-19P MiG-23MLA Man that would be glorius! i heart you!!! 7700k @5ghz, 32gb 3200mhz ram, 2080ti, nvme drives, valve index vr
Hummingbird Posted August 16, 2019 Author Posted August 16, 2019 That high AoA pull up, mmmm..... dTr2UvLqfkQ
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