DCS: A-7E Corsair II by FlyingIron Simulations

[mayo25]

On 6/15/2021 at 12:24 PM, Santus said:

 

You can give a try with David Tussey , whom has flown the A-7E for 20 years in the navy. He answear some questions on quora.

 

https://www.quora.com/profile/David-Tussey?q=david tussey

On 6/15/2021 at 12:24 PM, Santus said:

 

 You 

Edited September 8, 2021 by mayo25

[AG-51_Razor]

I guess I'm going to have to slide down the road and check into ED's Mosquito clinic for some methadone to take care of these shakes and sweats. It's getting really bad now!

[Devil 505]

I am sure everyone is just as interested in this one as I am.  Happen to take a quick look on their facebook and noticed some new images they posted last month.  Thought I would give everyone a heads up, the A-7 is still underway and looing good.

 

https://www.facebook.com/flyingironsimulations/

[AG-51_Razor]

Hey Donny, please tell me you haven't been pinched by the cops for dealing!! I'd curl up and die if my A-7 source got taken out of action. Please let us know you're OK and that you've still got plenty of "product" to pass around.

[AG-51_Razor]

Seriously though, I'd sure like to know that Donny is OK. It's going on 2 months since we've heard from him and that's not like him at all. Just check in with a thumbs up is all Bud

[_Hoss]

You need to change your name from Razor to Jones, because yer Jonesing pretty bad right now...... Intervention time brother.

 

Hoss

[AG-51_Razor]

What can I say Hoss? It's an addiction I've had for quite some time and I can't say that I even really want to kick it. I get such a warm glow from the thought of being in the SLUF cockpit while rolling into the groove, calling the ball and yelling to myself, "C'mon funny feeling!!!"

[Hawks5]

This is from their Discord channel about a week ago:

"Real talk though, we're back to 7 days a week on the A7 & I have made some nice breakthroughs with the code that I've been hung up on for awhile. Progress on the art has paused while our additional art contractor finishes up on another warbird of ours. He should be finished in a couple of weeks, at which point he'll be moved onto the A7 full time for a remodelling inside & out. We'll be sharing some images of the work he is doing for us soon - he works insanely fast and produces incredible results, so expect to see some nice A7 screenshots over the coming months Meanwhile I am splitting my time between improving drag modelling on our FM, capturing & integrating CFD data for gear + flaps & have now also started working on logic for the more complicated digital sensors & avionics Trying to squeeze in as much as I can for the writeup which I will be doing over the next few weeks"

Edited October 13, 2021 by Hawks5

[_Hoss]

On 10/10/2021 at 4:21 PM, AG-51_Razor said:

What can I say Hoss? It's an addiction I've had for quite some time and I can't say that I even really want to kick it. I get such a warm glow from the thought of being in the SLUF cockpit while rolling into the groove, calling the ball and yelling to myself, "C'mon funny feeling!!!"

The F9F would be my favorite "funny" feeling ride.......... Essex, Corsair, Skyraider, we have the Saber, Mustang..... just need an F-80, F-84......... and the damn map to go with it.

[AG-51_Razor]

I couldn't possibly agree with you more Hoss but unfortunately, I have this thing about living in reality.......whenever possible, and pining away for an Essex class carrier deckload of mannly blue airplanes to go punish the North Korean communists is way out there in another space/time continuum compared to wishing to be in the cockpit of a module that has been announced as an official project. I'll grant you that I realize I may well be in that other space time continuum by the time this Corsair II arrives but when it comes to expending emotional energy on my wishes, I'll stick with the thing closest to reality.

[Savvy]

I'm trying to find information about wether the A-7E could fire Mavericks. I know there were some photos of A-7Es in desert storm with mavericks loaded but I'm not sure how they were actually controlled.

In the 7E cockpit the only larger screens are for the Radar and the Moving map, so it looks like there's physically no screen to display the Maverick camera on?

Unless it could only fire laser mavs that were designated by third parties - which doesn't seem right as you'd still need to know when the mav has laser track.

Anyone know for sure if Mavs could be fired? and if so, how were the controlled?

[Dudikoff]

Not sure if the Mavs were ever certified and used on Navy A-7E's, but if they wanted to, one simple solution would be to make the radar screen compatible with it like on some export variants of the F-5E.

Edited October 15, 2021 by Dudikoff

[FIS-Donny]

On 10/11/2021 at 1:22 AM, AG-51_Razor said:

Seriously though, I'd sure like to know that Donny is OK. It's going on 2 months since we've heard from him and that's not like him at all. Just check in with a thumbs up is all Bud

Don't worry, I am alive and well - thanks for your concern

As mentioned above, we have an amazing artist who will be taking over the modelling of the A-7E soon. He has done some incredible work on the F6F (MSFS) for us, and he is insanely fast so expect to see some beautiful shots over the coming weeks & months. I will still be working on the A-7E, but primarily as the texture artist.

Dan, our programmer, has been making some fantastic progress on the systems & avionics. I'm sure he will be doing a detailed writeup on the progress in the next few weeks, but he shared this screenshot on discord:
"Hands up if you've played enough DCS to recognize this location from the radar image alone "

 

Regarding the maverick screen - I believe the radar screen was used, but I'll have to double check with our SME's on that one

[AG-51_Razor]

That's awesome Donny! Glad to see you're still with us. Thanks.

[Savvy]

6 hours ago, FIS-Donny said:

"Hands up if you've played enough DCS to recognize this location from the radar image alone " 

 

That one is a bit easy

[Eldur]

On 10/16/2021 at 1:25 AM, FIS-Donny said:

"Hands up if you've played enough DCS to recognize this location from the radar image alone "
 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

I might digress, but this

Anyway, at this point, that place should be a massively huge crater to be anywhere near realistic, since literally everyone in DCS has thrown at least a gazillion of explosives on it

[t-stoff]

As I've mentioned there is A-7 group on facebook really active all the time with former ground crew, pilots and fans.
I can recall post I read about a portuguese A-7 Corsair II pilot (A frames with E avionics) that they used to "target" car windows on the highway with the SIM maverick. 

[MikeNolan]

Hey Guys,

Dan here from FlyingIron - you can read our latest development update here! 

Questions, comments & feedback are welcome

Thanks!

[MAXsenna]

Looks awesome!
Thanks for the writeup!

[TLTeo]

That's very impressive progress, thanks for the update!

[QuiGon]

52 minutes ago, MikeNolan said:

Hey Guys,

Dan here from FlyingIron - you can read our latest development update here! 

Questions, comments & feedback are welcome

Thanks!

Very impressive work!
You guys might be new to DCS development, but it is evident from your dev report, that it's not the first time you're developing an aircraft for a flight sim and that you know what you're doing

[MikeNolan]

Thanks guys, appreciate the kind words  

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

I'm looking forward to this one: we need more '70s era full-fidelity aircraft in DCS! 

[Ala13_ManOWar]

With all the bells and whistles they talk about this is anything but a 70's era aircraft, more late 80's and 90's I guess. Anyhow, I'm all the way in for this aircraft.

Great update mates!!

[IkarusC42B Pilot]

Using the default map as a database for the gps is permanent?