F-16 or F/A-18?

[Pilotasso]

Im not in a crusade to diss the hornet, After all I was a falconeer for 10 years and flew the hornet to death in falcon 3. I would just as well fly it again :)

[RhineHornet]

...it was so long ago that I lost the original pictures..

 

Which do you mean, these?:

 

http://lockon.co.uk/img/technology/FA-18-25.jpg

http://lockon.co.uk/img/technology/FA-18-wing-mech-01.jpg

http://lockon.co.uk/img/technology/FA-18-X-ray.jpg

 

or these?:

 

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Rhinehornet/lo_fa18_1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Rhinehornet/lo_fa18_2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Rhinehornet/lo_fa18_3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Rhinehornet/lo_fa18_4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Rhinehornet/lo_fa18_5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Rhinehornet/lo_fa18_6.jpg

 

 

Well, as you may conclude by my nickname, I am a little biased. But I have to concur that ED's exterior model of the F/A-18A Hornet is still the best I have seen for simulators anywhere. It is such a pity it is not flyable :cry:. So my vote of course goes to the Hornet. The Legacy Hornet that is (the models A to D). It looks a lot sexier than the Superhornet, IMHO.

 

Someone in this poll thread mentioned the Hornet could not be modelled, since a lot of it is still classified. Well, I am not too sure about that, since there is already the complete Super Hornet Flight Manual online available - for free!

Did any of you see the Hornet of the FSX acceleration pack? The virtual cockpit and systems modelling looks to be top notch, the exterior model though has a lot of errors, Captain Sim are not very good in creating exterior models properly/faithfully. ED's Hornet model is the best out there.

 

And how are you guys all doing!? I haven't been to this forum a loooong time. If there'll be a Hornet as add-on for BS, I'll be back in business with you fighter jocks. :D

[EricJ]

If I remember correctly, there's alot of manuals still not available online, and I'm sure Matt could fanagle something, but that's crossing a line that I'm sure he doesn't want to, or really needs to. So there was talk about access to the A/C model Hornets (plenty of stuff online), and the SH was more or less newer, so an A/C Hornet is more feasible because of that.